{"id":373983,"date":"2019-06-08T10:37:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=373983"},"modified":"2019-06-08T10:37:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T17:37:08","slug":"kennedy-grotjohn-of-tac-titans-verbally-commits-to-cincinnati-bearcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kennedy-grotjohn-of-tac-titans-verbally-commits-to-cincinnati-bearcats\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Grotjohn of TAC Titans Verbally Commits to Cincinnati Bearcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Cary, N.C. native and current high school junior\u00a0Kennedy Grotjohn\u00a0<\/strong>has verbally committed to the University of Cincinnati as a member of the class of 2024.<\/p>\n

Grotjohn, who owns a pair of Winter Juniors standards, does her club swimming with TAC Titans. She recently competed at Greensboro Speedo Sectionals where she earned bronze in the 400 IM with four additional top-15 finishes and earned two best times at Juniors East in December. Last summer, she achieved six lifetime bests at NC LCM Seniors before going on to place 13th in the 200m IM at Cary Futures.<\/p>\n

Also competing for Cary High School, Grotjohn is a three-time North Carolina 4A State Championship finalist.\u00a0She finished seventh in the 200 IM as a junior after taking eighth in that event as well as 11th in the 500 free during her sophomore season.<\/p>\n

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

“I chose the University of Cincinnati because it provides a great student-athlete program, as well as wonderful team culture and a great group of coaches I can’t wait to train with. Thanks to everyone who has helped me get this far. So excited to be a Bearcat in 2020!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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