{"id":450605,"date":"2020-10-24T12:47:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T19:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=450605"},"modified":"2020-10-24T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T19:47:04","slug":"hokies-keep-virginia-6a-champion-aiken-do-in-state-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hokies-keep-virginia-6a-champion-aiken-do-in-state-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Hokies Keep Virginia 6A Champion Aiken Do In State for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Virginia Tech has scored a big in-state verbal commitment for their Class of 2026 from Aiken Do\u00a0<\/strong>of Fairfax, Va. who will arrive in Blacksburg at the start of the 2022-23 season along with Mitchell<\/strong> Stroud<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Regarding his commitment, he said:<\/p>\n

“Super excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim for Virginia Tech! Thanks to my family, coaches, friends, and everyone who helped me get here! Go hokies!\"?\"“<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A U.S. Open qualifier, Do does his club swimming with The Fish and last competed at Potomac Valley Seniors in March where he collected three gold medals. He raced three events at the Toyota U.S. Open in December and posted five top-4 finishes at Buffalo Sectionals in March 2019.<\/p>\n

In summer 2019, Do notched four best times at Potomac Valley LCM Seniors before going on to place eighth in the 100m free and ninth in the 100m breast at Geneva Futures.<\/p>\n

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