{"id":428312,"date":"2020-04-23T06:26:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=428312"},"modified":"2020-04-23T06:26:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:26:26","slug":"fighting-irish-snag-2021-verbal-commitments-from-annie-behm-madelyn-christman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fighting-irish-snag-2021-verbal-commitments-from-annie-behm-madelyn-christman\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Irish Snag 2021 Verbal Commitments from Annie Behm\u00a0&#038;\u00a0Madelyn Christman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMITS:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Notre Dame has earned a pair of verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Cherry Hill, N.J. native <strong>Annie Behm\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Madelyn Christman\u00a0<\/strong>of Fishers, Ind.<\/p>\n<p>Both swimmers will join\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/notre-dame-scores-big-2021-verbal-from-two-time-texas-5a-state-champion-ana-herceg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ana Herceg<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/notre-dame-fighting-irish-add-2021-verbals-from-jess-geriane-madeline-menkhaus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jess Geriane<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/notre-dame-fighting-irish-add-2021-verbals-from-jess-geriane-madeline-menkhaus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Madeline<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Menkhaus<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/junior-national-champion-sophia-karras-verbally-commits-to-notre-dame-for-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sophia Karras<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/notre-dame-lands-2021-verbal-from-local-indiana-state-champion-mary-cate-pruitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Cate Pruitt<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/distance-freestyler-maggie-graves-lends-2021-verbal-to-notre-dame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maggie Graves<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>as members of the Fighting Irish\u2019s class of 2025.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">ANNIE BEHM<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_428313\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428313\" data-attachment-id=\"428313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fighting-irish-snag-2021-verbal-commitments-from-annie-behm-madelyn-christman\/screen-shot-2020-04-22-at-3-31-53-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-3.31.53-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" 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 2020-04-22 at 3.31.53 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;annie behm notre dame&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-3.31.53-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-3.31.53-PM-1024x768.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-428313\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-3.31.53-PM-700x500.png\" alt=\"annie behm notre dame\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-428313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Annie Behm Instagram (@annie_behm)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Primarily a backstroker, Behm does her club swimming with Jersey Wahoos and has achieved the Olympic Trials cuts in both the 100m and 200m back. She finaled in the 200m back at the Toyota U.S. Open and won that event at TYR Junior Nationals in 2019. Last summer, she recorded four top-8 finishes at Middle Atlantic LCM Seniors before going on to compete at Junior Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8220;I am SO excited and humbled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Notre Dame! I want to thank my family, friends, teachers, and coaches for their endless support during this process and for helping me get to this point. GO IRISH!&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A current junior at Cherry Hill High School East, Behm is a six-time New Jersey Meet of Champions finalist. The USA Swimming Scholastic All-American\u00a0won the 100 free and was the 100 back runner-up as a junior after earning gold in the 100 back and taking sixth in the 200 free during her sophomore season.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 back &#8211; 26.42<\/li>\n<li>100 back &#8211; 54.36<\/li>\n<li>200 back &#8211; 1:57.68<\/li>\n<li>200 IM &#8211; 2:06.23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">MADELYN CHRISTMAN<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_428314\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428314\" data-attachment-id=\"428314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fighting-irish-snag-2021-verbal-commitments-from-annie-behm-madelyn-christman\/screen-shot-2020-04-22-at-3-37-47-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-3.37.47-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" 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=\"madelyn christman notre dame\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;madelyn christman notre dame&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Madelyn Christman Instagram (@madelyn.christman)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-3.37.47-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-3.37.47-PM-1024x768.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-428314\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-3.37.47-PM-700x500.png\" alt=\"madelyn christman notre dame\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-428314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Madelyn Christman Instagram (@madelyn.christman)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A talented backstroker and IMer, Christman swims year-round with Carmel Swim Club and owns seven Junior National or faster standards. She raced three events at Juniors East in December and grabbed bronze in the 200m back with a Trials cut time at Indianapolis Sectionals last year. This past summer, she had four top-10 finishes at Indiana LCM Seniors and competed at Junior nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>&#8220;I\u2019m so excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and swimming careers at the University of Notre Dame! Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way! Go Irish&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also competing for the legendary Carmel High School, Christman is a four-time Indiana State Championship finalist and recently helped her team to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cant-be-stopped-carmel-girls-win-34th-straight-indiana-state-championship-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">34th-straight state crown<\/a>. The USA Swimming Scholastic All-American finished fourth in the 200 IM and fifth in the 100 free as a junior after taking third in the 100 back and fourth in the 200 IM during her sophomore campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 back &#8211; 25.33<\/li>\n<li>100 back &#8211; 54.44<\/li>\n<li>200 back &#8211; 1:57.19<\/li>\n<li>200 IM &#8211; 2:01.77<\/li>\n<li>400 IM &#8211; 4:20.63<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 COMMITS:\u00a0The University of Notre Dame has earned a pair of verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Cherry Hill, N.J. native Annie Behm\u00a0and\u00a0Madelyn Christman\u00a0of Fishers, Ind. 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