{"id":351567,"date":"2019-02-12T07:41:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T14:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=351567"},"modified":"2019-02-12T07:41:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T14:41:20","slug":"conner-kang-will-join-fighting-irish-with-2020-verbal-to-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/conner-kang-will-join-fighting-irish-with-2020-verbal-to-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"Conner Kang Will Join Fighting Irish With 2020 Verbal to Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Notre Dame has earned a new verbal commitment for the fall of 2020 from Louisville, Ky. native\u00a0Conner Kang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kang does his club swimming with Lakeside Swim Team and owns five Winter Junior time standards. He most recently finaled in the 200m breast and 200m IM at the TYR Pro Swim Series – Knoxville last month after placing 11th in the latter at Juniors East. He capped off his summer season with five best times at NCSAs and won the 200m fly and 400m IM at the Kentucky LCM Championships.\u00a0A current junior at Saint Xavier High School, Kang has also earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors.<\/p>\n

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

“I\u2019m thrilled with excitement to announce my verbal commitment to further my academic and athletic goals at the University of Notre Dame! I can\u2019t thank God, my family, coaches, and especially Coach DeBoor enough for all the support along the way. I\u2019m stoked to become a part of the Fighting Irish Family! Think GOLD”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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