{"id":331836,"date":"2018-10-04T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T20:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=331836"},"modified":"2018-10-04T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T20:09:13","slug":"florida-state-secures-verbal-from-ncsa-champion-nick-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/florida-state-secures-verbal-from-ncsa-champion-nick-vance\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State Secures Verbal From NCSA Champion Nick Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Saint Charles, Ill. native\u00a0Nick Vance\u00a0<\/strong>has recently given Florida State his verbal commitment and\u00a0will arrive in Tallahassee next fall.<\/p>\n

Vance does his club swimming with West Chicago Sharks and is a nine-time Junior National qualifier with a U.S. Open cut in three of those events. He capped off his summer season by winning the 200m back at NCSAs and was the 400m IM runner-up.\u00a0He earned a gold, two silvers and a bronze at the Illinois Senior LCM Championships and\u00a0recorded a pair of best times at Nationals.<\/p>\n

Vance has also seen success in yards and achieved\u00a0100% lifetime bests at Juniors West last winter with an eighth-place showing in the 200 back. The USA Swimming Scholastic All-American posted six top-5 finishes at the Illinois Senior Championships and won four events at CAT American Junior Nationals\u00a0in March. He was also recently chosen to participate in USA Swimming’s National Select Camp.<\/a><\/p>\n

He told\u00a0Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n

“So excited to have found my place. Awesome coaches, awesome team and culture, awesome school. Let’s get to work! Go NOLES!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His best times include:<\/p>\n