{"id":400631,"date":"2019-11-02T11:07:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T18:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=400631"},"modified":"2019-11-03T00:07:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T07:07:42","slug":"san-diego-state-earns-first-verbal-for-2021-22-season-from-sprinter-meredith-smithbaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/san-diego-state-earns-first-verbal-for-2021-22-season-from-sprinter-meredith-smithbaker\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego State Earns First Verbal for 2021-22 Season from Sprinter Meredith Smithbaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Fort Collins, Colo. sprinter\u00a0<strong>Meredith Smithbaker<\/strong> has given San Diego State University their first verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Smithbaker, who owns three Summer Juniors standards, does her club swimming with Team Vortex and most recently placed ninth in the 50m free at Junior Nationals this past summer after earning a best time at Colorado LCM Seniors. Last winter, she finished 20th in the 50m free at Winter Nationals before going on to earn bronze in the 50\/100 free at Phoenix Sectionals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_400633\" style=\"width: 1864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400633\" data-attachment-id=\"400633\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/san-diego-state-earns-first-verbal-for-2021-22-season-from-sprinter-meredith-smithbaker\/screen-shot-2019-11-02-at-3-34-04-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1854,1188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2019-11-02 at 3.34.04 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2019-11-02 at 3.34.04 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Meredith Smithbaker Instagram (@Meredith_Smithbaker)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-1024x656.png\" class=\"wp-image-400633 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-11-02 at 3.34.04 PM\" width=\"1854\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM.png 1854w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-280x179.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-450x288.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-1200x769.png 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-1405x900.png 1405w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-150x96.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-500x320.png 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-02-at-3.34.04-PM-533x342.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1854px) 100vw, 1854px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-400633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Meredith Smithbaker Instagram (@Meredith_Smithbaker)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A current junior at Rocky Mountain High School, Smithbaker is already a four-time finalist at the Colorado 5A State Championships. The two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American\u00a0was the runner-up in the 50 free and took ninth in the 100 breast as a sophomore while taking fourth and third, respectively, in those events during her freshman season.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 free &#8211; 23.21<\/li>\n<li>100 free &#8211; 50.63<\/li>\n<li>200 free &#8211; 1:51.77<\/li>\n<li>100 breast &#8211; 1:03.79<\/li>\n<li>200 IM &#8211; 2:07.91<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smithbaker will make an immediate impact both individually and on relays when she suits up for the Aztecs as a member of the class of 2025. She would&#8217;ve scored in the B-final of the 100 free as well as the C-final of the 50 free, 100 breast, and 200 free at the 2019 Mountain West Conference Championships where San Diego State handily won the team title.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:hs@swimmingworld.com\"><em>hs@swimmingworld.com<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0Fort Collins, Colo. sprinter\u00a0Meredith Smithbaker has given San Diego State University their first verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond. 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