{"id":391247,"date":"2019-08-21T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=391247"},"modified":"2019-08-21T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:43:53","slug":"alpha-aquatics-georgia-young-sends-2020-verbal-to-columbia-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alpha-aquatics-georgia-young-sends-2020-verbal-to-columbia-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Aquatics’ Georgia Young Sends 2020 Verbal to Columbia University"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT: Georgia Young\u00a0<\/strong>of Santa Monica, Calif. will make her way to the East Coast next fall after verbally committing to Columbia University as a member of the class of 2024.*<\/p>\n

Young swims year-round with Alpha Aquatics and most recently raced four events at Mount Hood Speedo Sectionals this past summer. Last winter, she competed five races at Carlsbad Speedo Sectionals. Also competing for Crossroads School, Young is a six-time CIF Southern DIII Section Championship finalist and a two-time CIF State Championship qualifier. She placed second in the 200 free and fifth in the 100 fly as a junior after taking second in the 100 fly and fifth in the 100 back during her sophomore season at the sectional meet.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI am so excited to continue my academic and athletic career at Columbia University. Being able to attend such an outstanding school while still having the opportunity to swim division one is a dream come true. Many thanks to Coach Octavio and Alpha Aquatics. Go Lions!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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