{"id":457956,"date":"2020-12-22T16:19:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T23:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=457956"},"modified":"2020-12-22T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T23:19:26","slug":"futures-finalist-emily-claesson-verbally-commits-to-in-state-virginia-tech-for-2022-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/futures-finalist-emily-claesson-verbally-commits-to-in-state-virginia-tech-for-2022-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Futures Finalist Emily Claesson Verbally Commits to In-State Virginia Tech for 2022-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Virginia Tech has scored a new in-state verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season and beyond from\u00a0<strong>Emily Claesson\u00a0<\/strong>of Virginia Beach, Va. Her older brother,\u00a0<strong>Henry Claesson<\/strong>, is currently a junior for the Hokies.<\/p>\n<p>She will arrive in Blacksburg as a member of the Hokies\u2019 Class of 2026 along with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sprinter-caroline-foltz-of-york-ymca-sends-verbal-pledge-to-virginia-techs-class-of-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Caroline Foltz<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-4a-200-im-state-champion-isabel-marstellar-will-stay-in-state-announces-verbal-to-hokies-for-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isabel Marstellar<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-tech-opens-2022-recruiting-with-verbal-from-european-juniors-finalist-carmen-weiler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Carmen<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Weiler<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cI am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to Virginia Tech to continue to swim and study. Thank you to all of my friends, coaches, teammates from both Virginia and Illinois and my family for offering endless support for me throughout my journey. Go Hokies!!\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.0\/svg\/1f983.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u2665\ufe0f<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.0\/svg\/1f9e1.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u00a0#talonsup #gokies\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Formerly competing for Lyons Swim Club, Claesson sprinted to 10th place in the 50 free at Illinois Seniors back in March. In Summer 2019, she took seventh in both the 50m and 100m free at Illinois LCM Seniors before going on to take 20th and 23rd, respectively, in those events at Des Moines Futures.<\/p>\n<p>She currently competes for Tide Swim Team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_457959\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-457959\" data-attachment-id=\"457959\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/futures-finalist-emily-claesson-verbally-commits-to-in-state-virginia-tech-for-2022-23\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,750\" 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=\"emily claesson virginia tech\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;emily claesson virginia tech&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Emily Claesson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-457959 size-small\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"emily claesson virginia tech\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-533x533.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emily-claesson-virginia-tech-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-457959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Emily Claesson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 free \u2013 23.35<\/li>\n<li>100 free \u2013 50.51<\/li>\n<li>200 free \u2013 1:51.08<\/li>\n<li>100 fly \u2013 57.19<\/li>\n<li>200 IM \u2013 2:08.60<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Her family recently moved to Virginia from La Grange, Ill., where she competed Lyons Township High School. She finished sixth in the 50 free and 11th in the 100 free as a sophomore at the Illinois State Championships after winning those events at the IHSA Sectional meet.<\/p>\n<p>Under head coach\u00a0<strong>Sergio Lopez<\/strong>, Virginia Tech finished eighth in the team standings at the 2020 ACC Championships and just welcomed an extremely talented first-year class to campus.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to hs@swimmingworld.com.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0Virginia Tech has scored a new in-state verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season and beyond from\u00a0Emily Claesson\u00a0of Virginia Beach, Va. 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