{"id":343585,"date":"2018-12-21T15:27:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T22:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=343585"},"modified":"2018-12-21T15:27:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T22:27:43","slug":"drexel-dragons-ring-in-commitment-from-emmaus-alasdair-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/drexel-dragons-ring-in-commitment-from-emmaus-alasdair-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Drexel Dragons Ring In Commitment From Emmaus’ Alasdair Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Drexel University has gained a new commitment from Bethlehem, Penn. native\u00a0Alasdair Bell<\/strong> who will join the Dragons as a member of the class of 2023.<\/p>\n

Bell does his club swimming with Emmaus Aquatic Club and owns the Winter Juniors cut in the 100 fly. \u00a0He raced three events at Juniors East earlier this month and achieved a best time in the 200 IM. He posted a pair of top-5 finishes at Eastern Zone Seniors and earned six lifetime bests at Middle Atlantic Seniors this past summer. The USA Swimming Scholastic All-American has also represented Freedom High School at the Pennsylvania 3A State Championships and won the 200 free at Districts during his junior season.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cHappy to announce that I will be furthering my academic and athletic careers at Drexel University!\u00a0I chose Drexel for the amazing academic opportunities that it has to offer as well as the awesome team and coaches! I can\u2019t wait to be a Dragon!!\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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