{"id":452908,"date":"2020-11-09T12:36:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T19:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=452908"},"modified":"2020-11-09T12:36:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T19:36:17","slug":"kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Kansas has officially entered the 2022 recruiting game after receiving a verbal commitment from Futures qualifier <strong>Lydia Lafferty <\/strong>of Watonga, Okla.<\/p>\n<p>She will suit up for the Jayhawks as a member of the Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;I\u2019m thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to study and swim at the University of Kansas!!! Huge thank you to my family, friends, and coaches for supporting me along the way!! Can\u2019t wait to be a Jayhawk!! Rock chalk ?\u2764\ufe0f&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lafferty, who does her club swimming with American Energy Swim Club, recorded four top-10 finishes at the Oklahoma State SCY Championships in February. In Summer 2019, she finaled in two events at Jenks Sectionals before going on to race three events at Des Moines Futures.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 fly &#8211; 24.98<\/li>\n<li>100 fly &#8211; 54.85<\/li>\n<li>200 IM &#8211; 2:08.97<\/li>\n<li>50 free &#8211; 24.19<\/li>\n<li>100 free &#8211; 53.09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under head coach\u00a0<strong>Clark Campbell<\/strong>, the Jayhawks finished second at the 2020 Big 12 Championships. Kansas is bringing in an impressive recruiting class next season that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-jayhawks-add-verbals-from-eleni-kotzamanis-lezli-sisung-for-class-of-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eleni Kotzamanis<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-jayhawks-add-verbals-from-eleni-kotzamanis-lezli-sisung-for-class-of-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lezli Sisung<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rock-chalk-kansas-adds-verbals-from-addi-barnes-brigid-gwidt-to-class-of-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Addi Barnes<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rock-chalk-kansas-adds-verbals-from-addi-barnes-brigid-gwidt-to-class-of-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Brigid Gwidt<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/arkansas-state-record-holder-claire-hyatt-gives-2021-verbal-to-kansas-jayhawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Claire Hyatt<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-jayhawks-add-verbals-from-elliott-howe-karla-lessing-to-class-of-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elliott Howe<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-jayhawks-add-verbals-from-elliott-howe-karla-lessing-to-class-of-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karla Lessing<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>If you have a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to hs@swimmingworld.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0The University of Kansas has officially entered the 2022 recruiting game after receiving a verbal commitment from Futures qualifier Lydia Lafferty of Watonga, Okla. She will suit up for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":452909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[61683,126250],"class_list":["post-452908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-agon-high-school-recruits-page","tag-lydia-lafferty"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW COMMIT:\u00a0The University of Kansas has officially entered the 2022 recruiting game after receiving a verbal commitment from Futures qualifier Lydia Lafferty of Watonga, Okla. She will suit up for\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chandler Brandes\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chandler Brandes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chandler Brandes\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/571a5f6c6cac506743189b439604e9db\"},\"headline\":\"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Agon High School Recruits Page\",\"Lydia Lafferty\"],\"articleSection\":[\"High School\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/\",\"name\":\"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Lydia Lafferty Instagram\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/571a5f6c6cac506743189b439604e9db\",\"name\":\"Chandler Brandes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3214c075027079219bc3ee8653cf4a29?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3214c075027079219bc3ee8653cf4a29?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Chandler Brandes\"},\"description\":\"Chandler Brandes is currently a graduate student at the University of Louisville pursuing her Master's in Sport Administration. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2019 with a degree in Public Communication and a double minor in Coaching and Sports Management. She is a former swimmer for the Catamounts and this is her sixth year on board with Swimming World.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/chandler-brandes\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club - Swimming World","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club","og_description":"NEW COMMIT:\u00a0The University of Kansas has officially entered the 2022 recruiting game after receiving a verbal commitment from Futures qualifier Lydia Lafferty of Watonga, Okla. She will suit up for","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Chandler Brandes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chandler Brandes","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/"},"author":{"name":"Chandler Brandes","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/571a5f6c6cac506743189b439604e9db"},"headline":"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club","datePublished":"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/"},"wordCount":216,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png","keywords":["Agon High School Recruits Page","Lydia Lafferty"],"articleSection":["High School"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/","name":"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png","datePublished":"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-09T19:36:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Lydia Lafferty Instagram"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kansas-launches-2022-recruiting-push-with-verbal-from-lydia-lafferty-of-american-energy-swim-club\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kansas Launches 2022 Recruiting Push With Verbal From Lydia Lafferty of American Energy Swim Club"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/571a5f6c6cac506743189b439604e9db","name":"Chandler Brandes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3214c075027079219bc3ee8653cf4a29?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3214c075027079219bc3ee8653cf4a29?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Chandler Brandes"},"description":"Chandler Brandes is currently a graduate student at the University of Louisville pursuing her Master's in Sport Administration. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2019 with a degree in Public Communication and a double minor in Coaching and Sports Management. She is a former swimmer for the Catamounts and this is her sixth year on board with Swimming World.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/chandler-brandes\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Lydia Lafferty Instagram","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-8.15.36-AM.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1TOY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}