{"id":383129,"date":"2019-07-25T11:44:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T18:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=383129"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:44:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T18:44:19","slug":"spains-andrea-galisteo-zapater-commits-to-university-of-akron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/spains-andrea-galisteo-zapater-commits-to-university-of-akron\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain’s Andrea Galisteo Zapatero Commits to University of Akron"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Akron has received a new commitment for the upcoming 2019-20 season from Spain’s\u00a0Andrea Galisteo Zapater<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A talented freestyler who gets faster as the distance gets longer, Galisteo Zapater swims for the Spanish Swimming Federation and earned bronze in the 800m free at the FINA World Cup in Doha last fall. She placed 11th in the 800m free and 10th in the 1500m free at the 2017 World Junior Championships before going on to finish eighth and sixth, respectively, in those events at the European Junior Championships last summer.<\/p>\n

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

“From my first conversation with coach Brian Peresie I knew that Akron was the best place for me to develop my swimming career.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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