{"id":345884,"date":"2019-01-07T12:22:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T19:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=345884"},"modified":"2019-01-07T12:22:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T19:22:35","slug":"kentucky-wildcats-secure-commitment-from-metroplexs-jakob-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kentucky-wildcats-secure-commitment-from-metroplexs-jakob-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Wildcats Secure Commitment from Metroplex\u2019s Jakob Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT: <\/strong>The University of Kentucky Wildcats\nhave received a commitment from Allen, Texas native <strong>Jakob Clark <\/strong>who will arrive in Lexington this upcoming fall. <\/p><p>Primarily a\nmid-distance freestyler with strong IMs, Clark swims year-round with Metroplex Aquatics\nand owns a trio of Winter Junior standards. He just wrapped up a strong Juniors\nWest meet last month where he finished tenth in the 500 free and 21st in the\n400 IM. He won the 200 free and 500 free at the Lone Star Classic in November\nand earned eight top-15 finishes, including a win in the 200m free, at the\nAmerican LCM Championships last summer. <\/p><p>Also\nrepresenting Allen High School, Clark is a three-time UIL Texas 6A State\nChampionship finalist. He placed sixth in the 500 free and 11th in the 200 IM\nas a junior after placing seventh in the 500 free during his sophomore season.\nClark has also earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors twice in his\ncareer.<\/p><p>He told <em>Swimming World:<\/em><\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cI committed to the University of Kentucky because as soon as I set foot on campus I knew that Kentucky was the right place for me both academically\u00a0and athletically. The team made me feel instantly at home and the coaches have been very supportive and helpful throughout\u00a0the recruiting\u00a0process. I would like to thank my family, my teammates, and Metroplex Aquatics coaching staff for all their help and hard work with me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><p>His best\ntimes include:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>200\nfree \u2013 1:38.76<\/li><li>500\nfree \u2013 4:25.32<\/li><li>200\nIM \u2013 1:51.88<\/li><li>400\nIM \u2013 3:57.18<\/li><\/ul><p>When he suits\nup for the Wildcats as a member of the class of 2023, Clark will join a\nmid-distance free training group that includes <strong>Jason Head<\/strong> and <strong>Hank Siefert<\/strong>\nas well as an IM squad led by <strong>Glen Brown<\/strong>.\nAlthough he\u2019s not quite in scoring range at the SEC Championships yet, Clark\nhas continuously made improvements each season. <\/p><p><em>If you\nhave a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"mailto:hs@swimmingworld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>hs@swimmingworld.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW COMMIT: The University of Kentucky Wildcats have received a commitment from Allen, Texas native Jakob Clark who will arrive in Lexington this upcoming fall. 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