{"id":407608,"date":"2019-12-18T15:55:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T22:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=407608"},"modified":"2019-12-18T15:55:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T22:55:22","slug":"georgia-snags-class-of-2025-verbal-from-iowa-state-champion-mary-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/georgia-snags-class-of-2025-verbal-from-iowa-state-champion-mary-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Snags Class of 2025 Verbal from Iowa State Champion Mary Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Georgia has landed a new verbal commitment for the fall of 2021 from\u00a0Mary Martin\u00a0<\/strong>of Waukee, Iowa, who will arrive in Athens as a member of the class of 2025 along with\u00a0Elsa Fretz<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and Rachel Stege<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Martin, who owns a pair of Junior National standards, does her club swimming with the YMCA of Greater Des Moines and earned a best time at Junior Nationals this past summer after grabbing silver in the 100m breast at Iowa LCM Seniors. Last winter, she raced to 22nd in the 100 breast at Juniors West before placing fourth in that event as well as ninth in the 200 breast at YMCA Nationals.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Mary Martin Instagram (@mary.martinn)<\/p><\/div>\n

A current junior at Dowling Catholic High School, Martin is a four-time Iowa State Championship finalist and has earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors. She won the 100 breast and took fifth in the 200 IM as a junior en route to helping her team clinch their first-ever state title after taking first and second, respectively, in those events during her sophomore season.<\/p>\n

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