{"id":349451,"date":"2019-01-30T19:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T02:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=349451"},"modified":"2019-01-30T19:57:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T02:57:42","slug":"michigan-scores-verbal-from-canadian-national-junior-teamer-octavia-lau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michigan-scores-verbal-from-canadian-national-junior-teamer-octavia-lau\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Scores Verbal from Canadian National Junior Teamer Octavia Lau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Burnaby, British Columbia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Octavia Lau<\/strong> has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Michigan and will arrive in Ann Arbor this upcoming fall.<\/p>\n<p>Primarily a freestyler, Lau swims year-round with Hyack Swim Club and represented Team Canada at the Junior Pan Pac Championships in five events. 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GO BLUE!&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In LCM, her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100m free &#8211; 57.59<\/li>\n<li>200m free &#8211; 2:02.69<\/li>\n<li>400m free &#8211; 4:18.08<\/li>\n<li>800m free &#8211; 8:48.42<\/li>\n<li>1500m free &#8211; 17:07.84<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In SCY, those times convert to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100 free &#8211; 50.44<\/li>\n<li>200 free &#8211; 1:47.64<\/li>\n<li>500 free &#8211; 4:49.16<\/li>\n<li>1000 free &#8211; 9:52.06<\/li>\n<li>1650 free &#8211; 16:47.68<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When she suits up for Michigan as a member of the class of 2023, Lau will join a talented freestyle group which will be led by\u00a0<strong>Sierra Schmidt<\/strong>. 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