{"id":335365,"date":"2018-10-30T10:22:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=335365"},"modified":"2018-10-30T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:22:35","slug":"northern-arizona-rings-in-verbal-from-swim-atlantas-lainie-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/northern-arizona-rings-in-verbal-from-swim-atlantas-lainie-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Arizona Rings In Verbal From Swim Atlanta’s Lainie Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Northern Arizona University has received their first verbal commitment for the fall of 2019 from Atlanta, Georgia’s\u00a0Lainie Bell.\u00a0<\/strong>Her twin brother,\u00a0Liam Bell<\/strong>, also recently announced his\u00a0verbal commitment to Alabama.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bell does her club swimming with Swim Atlanta where she has met the Winter Juniors standard in both backstroke events and turned in four lifetime bests at the Georgia Senior LCM Championships this summer. She won both the 100 and 200 back at Georgia Age Groups last winter in addition to three other top-10 finishes. She also competed for Druid Hills High School last season at the Georgia State Championships.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI\u2019m happy to announce my verbal commitment to Northern Arizona! Thank you to everyone who has helped me get here. I\u2019m truly grateful.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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