{"id":460169,"date":"2021-01-21T22:15:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T05:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=460169"},"modified":"2021-01-21T21:14:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T04:14:54","slug":"junior-national-finalist-tona-zinn-gives-northwestern-big-verbal-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/junior-national-finalist-tona-zinn-gives-northwestern-big-verbal-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior National Finalist Tona Zinn Gives Northwestern Big Verbal for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:<\/strong> U.S. Open qualifier Tonahuac “Tona” Zinn<\/strong> of Santa Ana, Calif. has given a huge verbal commitment to Northwestern University and will arrive on campus in the fall of 2022.<\/p>\n

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

“I\u2019m super excited to officially verbally commit to Northwestern University! Thank you to my friends, family, and coaches for helping on my way and I\u2019m excited to be a Wildcat!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A versatile swimmer, Zinn does his club swimming with Socal Aquatics Association and earned two best times at the Toyota U.S. Open in November. He placed 11th in the 200 fly and 13th in the 400 IM at Juniors West in December 2019 before going on to secure bronze in 400 IM at Carlsbad Sectionals.<\/p>\n

In Summer 2019, Zinn<\/a> raced to eighth place in the 200m IM at Junior Nationals.<\/p>\n

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