{"id":267284,"date":"2017-07-21T18:38:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T01:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=267284"},"modified":"2017-07-22T06:39:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T13:39:55","slug":"florida-gators-get-verbal-commitment-from-y-national-champ-leah-braswell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/florida-gators-get-verbal-commitment-from-y-national-champ-leah-braswell\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gators Get Verbal Commitment From Y National Champ Leah Braswell"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Leah Braswell<\/strong>, one of the current stars of YMCA swimming, has verbally committed to spend her college career at the University of Florida. Braswell will join the Gators in the fall of 2018.<\/p>\n

York and York County YMCA’s Braswell was the 2017 YMCA National Champion in the 1650. She’s been repeatedly at the top of the rankings, often just behind teammate and soon-to-be Georgia Bulldog\u00a0Courtney Harnish<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Braswell\u00a0is distance oriented but is strong across the freestyle spectrum and puts together a solid IM as well. Her best SCY times are:<\/p>\n