{"id":398900,"date":"2019-10-20T00:13:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T07:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=398900"},"modified":"2019-10-20T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T18:45:41","slug":"georgia-lands-first-2021-verbal-from-olympic-trials-qualifier-zach-kohm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/georgia-lands-first-2021-verbal-from-olympic-trials-qualifier-zach-kohm\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Lands First 2021 Verbal from Olympic Trials Qualifier Zach Kohm"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Georgia has officially opened their class of 2025 recruiting, scoring their first early verbal commitment from Zach Kohm<\/strong>. The Blue Bell, Penn. native will arrive in Athens at the start of the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n

Primarily a mid-distance\/distance freestyler, Kohm does his club swimming with Plymouth Whitemarsh Aquatics and has already achieved a trio of 2020 Olympic Trials cuts. He earned two best times at Phillips 66 Nationals this past summer after recording four top-6 finishes, including a pair of victories, at Middle Atlantic LCM Seniors. At the Canadian Swimming Trials in April, he finished 14th in the 800m free and he\u00a0also attended the National Select Camp in 2018.<\/p>\n

A current junior at Germantown Academy, Kohm is a four-time Eastern Interscholastic Championship finalist and has earned NISCA All-American honors. He placed fourth in the 500 free and fifth in the 200 free as a sophomore after finishing fifth and second, respectively, in those events during his freshman season.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Zach Kohm Instagram (@zach_kohm)<\/p><\/div>\n

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