{"id":333012,"date":"2018-10-12T10:19:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T17:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=333012"},"modified":"2018-10-12T10:19:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T17:19:28","slug":"ncsa-100-breast-champ-maggie-kleinsmith-gives-villanova-verbal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncsa-100-breast-champ-maggie-kleinsmith-gives-villanova-verbal\/","title":{"rendered":"NCSA 100 Breast Champ Maggie Kleinsmith Gives Villanova Verbal"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Breaststroker\u00a0Maggie Kleinsmith\u00a0<\/strong>of Mount Kisco, N.Y. has announced her verbal commitment to Villanova and will join the class of 2023.<\/p>\n

Kleinsmith does her club swimming with\u00a0BGC-N Westchester Marlins under head coach\u00a0Zachary Hojnacki<\/strong> and is a Nationals qualifier in the 100 breast. She was the 100m breast champion at NCSAs this summer in addition to placing fourth in the 50m breast and 10th in the 200m breast. She also was a two-time finalist a NCSAs in March.\u00a0Kleinsmith has represented Fox Lane at the New York Federation Championships each of her high school seasons so far, placing 13th in the 100 breast as a junior.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI choose Villanova because of the incredible academics and athletics! I think it\u2019s the perfect place to continue my career as a student athlete. I\u2019m super excited to spend these next 4 years as a wildcat!!!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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