{"id":338199,"date":"2018-11-16T15:46:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T22:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=338199"},"modified":"2018-11-16T15:46:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T22:46:38","slug":"oregon-state-champion-luke-thornbrue-commits-to-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/oregon-state-champion-luke-thornbrue-commits-to-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State Champion Luke Thornbrue Commits to Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Hillsboro, Oregon standout\u00a0Luke Thornbrue\u00a0<\/strong>has announced his commitment to Notre Dame and will suit up for the Fighting Irish next fall.<\/p>\n

Thornbrue does his club swimming with Hillsboro HEAT Swim Team and is a seven-time Winter Juniors (or faster) qualifier, which includes a trio of U.S. Open cuts. He had three best times at Junior Nationals this summer where his highest finish was an 11th-place showing in the 200m free. He finaled in three events at Juniors West last winter and placed seventh in the mile. The USA Swimming Scholastic All-American won the 400 IM at Oregon Seniors and posted five top-10 finishes at Federal Way Speedo Sectionals in March.\u00a0Thornbrue also competed for Century High School at the Oregon 6A State Championships during his freshman season where he won the 200 free and 500 free.<\/p>\n

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

“I am thrilled to announce my commitment to the University of Notre Dame! I chose Notre Dame because of the schools outstanding academics, the teams family like atmosphere, and the schools energy and spirit. I am excited to be part of the Notre Dame family and I look forward to being involved in something so much bigger than myself. Go Irish!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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