{"id":398873,"date":"2019-10-20T00:09:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T07:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=398873"},"modified":"2019-10-20T11:48:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T18:48:29","slug":"esme-blackstock-lends-verbal-commitment-to-tufts-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/esme-blackstock-lends-verbal-commitment-to-tufts-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Esme Blackstock Lends Verbal Commitment to Tufts University"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Tufts University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2020-21 season and beyond from New York, N.Y. native\u00a0Esme Blackstock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Primarily a butterflyer and IMer, Blackstock swims year-round with 92nd Street Y Flying Dolphins and is a senior at Birch Wathen Lenox. She\u00a0most recently recorded a best time in the 200m IM this past summer at the TYR Summer Senior Championships. Last winter, she finished 10th in the 400 IM at the MIT Invitational before going on to earn five best times and five top-12 finishes at the Northeast Showcase.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at Tufts University! Thanks to my coaches and everyone who helped me get here and for believing I could do it! Can\u2019t wait for the next 4 years! Go \u2018Bos!!!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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