{"id":280646,"date":"2017-10-15T18:28:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T01:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=280646"},"modified":"2017-10-15T18:28:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T01:28:02","slug":"ohio-hs-finalist-ashley-voelkerding-verbally-commits-to-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ohio-hs-finalist-ashley-voelkerding-verbally-commits-to-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio HS Finalist Ashley Voelkerding Verbally Commits to Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT: Ashley Voelkerding<\/strong>, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from the Cincinnati Marlins, has verbally committed to take her talents to the University of Alabama beginning next fall. She’s a NISCA All-American at Saint Ursula Academy. Her Marlins teammate\u00a0Justin Grender<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>has given his verbal commitment to the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n

Voelkerding made her mark on the high school scene last year. At the Ohio Divison 1 Championships she recorded her lifetime best 200 freestyle time to finish fourth. She also touched fifth in the 100 fly. On relays, she split a 51.62 to lead off the team’s fourth place 400 free relay and split a 24.85 on the fly leg of the sixth place 200 medley relay.<\/p>\n

Voelkerding’s best times are:<\/p>\n