{"id":370592,"date":"2019-05-22T18:18:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T01:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=370592"},"modified":"2019-05-22T18:18:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T01:18:04","slug":"west-virginia-snags-2020-verbal-from-backstroker-paige-dressel-of-elmbrook-swim-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/west-virginia-snags-2020-verbal-from-backstroker-paige-dressel-of-elmbrook-swim-club\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Snags 2020 Verbal from Backstroker Paige Dressel of Elmbrook Swim Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>High school junior\u00a0<strong>Paige Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>of Oconomowoc, Wis. has announced her verbal commitment to West Virginia University as a member of the class of 2024.\u00a0She will also join <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/west-virginia-mountaineers-get-first-2020-verbal-from-tide-swimmings-abby-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abby Reardon<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in Morgantown next fall.<\/p>\n<p>Primarily a backstroker, Dressel swims year-round with Elmbrook Swim Club and owns a pair of Winter Junior National standards. 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