{"id":334718,"date":"2018-10-24T15:29:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T22:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=334718"},"modified":"2018-10-25T07:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T14:27:26","slug":"south-carolina-3a-state-champion-liam-walker-verbally-commits-to-purdue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-carolina-3a-state-champion-liam-walker-verbally-commits-to-purdue\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina 3A State Champion Liam Walker Verbally Commits to Purdue"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Greenville, S.C. native\u00a0Liam Walker\u00a0<\/strong>has announced his verbal to move to West Lafayette, Indiana, and join the Purdue Boilermakers class of 2023.<\/p>\n

Walker swims year round for Team Greenville, where he qualified for the Speedo Junior Nationals in the 100 butterfly, placing 65th at 56.59, slightly off his best time of 56.24. Walker also swam two time trials at Juniors this summer, where he swam best times of 24.23 in the 50 free and 2:09.88 in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n

Walker is also coming off a strong final high school season where he was 3A state champion in South Carolina in both the 200 IM (1:53.42) and 100 fly (50.53). The 200 IM win was a little off his best time of 1:52.53 from the Speedo Champions Series in Greensboro in March, but his 100 fly was a best time.<\/p>\n

Walker swims for St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Greenville.<\/p>\n

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