{"id":442949,"date":"2020-08-05T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T17:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=442949"},"modified":"2020-08-05T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T17:55:14","slug":"quickly-improving-distance-ace-beck-parnham-announces-verbal-commitment-to-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/quickly-improving-distance-ace-beck-parnham-announces-verbal-commitment-to-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickly-Improving Distance Ace Beck Parnham Announces Verbal Commitment to Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT: <\/strong>Junior National qualifier\u00a0Beck Parnham\u00a0<\/strong>of Kingwood, Texas has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Arizona and will arrive in Tucson in the fall of 2021.<\/p>\n

He will join Jack Donovan<\/strong><\/a>, \u00a0Tate Bahti<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Alex McMahon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Connor West<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>as a member of the Wildcats\u2019 class of 2025.<\/p>\n

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

“I\u2019m extremely excited to announce my verbal commitment to the university of Arizona! I chose Arizona because of the amazing coaching staff, the great academics and the outstanding team culture! I would like to thank all my family friends, and coaches who have helped to get me to this point in my life and I can\u2019t wait to begin a new adventure in Tucson, Arizona! BEAR DOWN!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A talented distance swimmer, Parnham does his club swimming with Blue Tide Aquatics and most recently earned 100% best times at College Station Sectionals where his highest finish was a fourth-place showing in the 1500m free. He also placed 13th in the mile at Juniors East.<\/p>\n

Last summer, he collected gold medals in the 400m\/800m\/1500m free at Southern Zone Seniors while also placing seventh in the 200m free and ninth in the 200m fly.<\/p>\n

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