{"id":411374,"date":"2020-01-17T02:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=411374"},"modified":"2020-01-17T06:54:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T13:54:39","slug":"fairport-areas-kyla-guilfoil-lends-verbal-commitment-to-manhattan-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fairport-areas-kyla-guilfoil-lends-verbal-commitment-to-manhattan-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairport Area’s Kyla Guilfoil Lends Verbal Commitment to Manhattan College"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT: <\/strong>Fairport Area Swim Team’s Kyla Guilfoil<\/strong> of Fairport, N.Y. has announced her in-state verbal commitment to swim for Manhattan College.\u00a0 The Fairport High School senior will be joining the Jaspers in the fall of 2020.<\/p>\n

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

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“I chose Manhattan College because of the incredible opportunities with its connections to New York City, the close knit community of the school and how their team was very close and supportive of each other.”<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Competing in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), the Jaspers will be looking to build on their 10th place finish at the 2019 Championship.\u00a0 \u00a0They return 9 athletes from last year’s women’s team, adding 4 new freshman to this season’s squad.<\/div>\n
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Guilfoil will make an immediate\u00a0impact to the Jasper program, excelling in the sprint freestyle and backstroke events.\u00a0 Her career bests put her in multiple 2019 MAAC Championship scoring positions, where she would’ve placed twice in the A-final in both the 100 back (8th) and 100 free (4th).<\/div>\n
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Her best times include:<\/div>\n
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