{"id":451796,"date":"2020-11-01T19:29:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T02:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=451796"},"modified":"2020-11-01T19:29:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T02:29:44","slug":"illinois-state-champion-alec-filipovic-verbally-commits-to-texas-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/illinois-state-champion-alec-filipovic-verbally-commits-to-texas-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois State Champion Alec Filipovic Verbally Commits to Texas for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT: <\/b>The University of Texas has picked up a big verbal commitment to add to their Class of 2026 from <\/span>Aleksej \u201cAlec\u201d Filipovic<\/b> of St Charles, Ill., who is one of the top recruits in his class.<\/span><\/p>\n

He will join Louisville, Ky. native<\/span> Holden Smith<\/b><\/a> in Austin at the start of the 2022-23 season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u201cI am proud and excited to announce my verbal commitment to the University of Texas. I\u2019m proud in myself for the constant work and drive that brought me to where I am and will be in the future and I\u2019m thankful for all my SCST coaches, teams, friends, and family that have helped excel me in swimming. HOOK\u2019EM\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Filipovic, who trains year-round with, St. Charles Swim Team, owns several Junior National standards and posted a best time in the 100 fly at his team\u2019s time trial earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

He had a great showing at Juniors West in December, notching seven best times and posting four top-22 finishes. He more recently placed second in the 200 IM and fifth in the 50\/100 free at Illinois Seniors in March.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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