{"id":360827,"date":"2019-03-27T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=360827"},"modified":"2019-03-27T17:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:00:23","slug":"canadian-national-junior-teamer-alexander-milanovich-verbally-commits-to-tennessee-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-national-junior-teamer-alexander-milanovich-verbally-commits-to-tennessee-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian National Junior Teamer Alexander Milanovich Verbally Commits to Tennessee for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Etobicoke, Ontario’s\u00a0Alexander Milanovich\u00a0<\/strong>has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Tennessee as a member of the class of 2024.<\/p>\n

Milanovich does his club swimming with Etobicoke Swim Club under head coach Kevin Thorburn\u00a0<\/strong>and most recently competed at the Ontario Spring Championships where he achieved a pair of lifetime bests.\u00a0While representing Team Canada at the Junior Pan-Pac Championships last summer, he placed sixth in the 100m breast. He also represented his home country at the Youth Olympic Games in September where he earned bronze in the 50m breast behind current Vol\u00a0Michael Houlie<\/strong>. Milanovich is currently the Canadian National Age Group record-holder in the the 50 SCM breast for 16-year-old boys.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cSuper excited to announce my verbal commitment to the University Of Tennessee! Thank you to my family and my friends for the support in making this decision. I couldn\u2019t see myself being anywhere else! Go Vols\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In LCM, his best times include:<\/p>\n