{"id":464971,"date":"2021-03-14T05:57:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T12:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=464971"},"modified":"2021-03-14T05:57:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T12:57:36","slug":"carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmel Swim Club&#8217;s Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Butler University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from in-stater <strong>Alani Hightower\u00a0<\/strong>of Indianapolis, Ind.<\/p>\n<p>She will join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caroline-colombo-of-upper-arlington-swim-club-commits-to-butler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Caroline Colombo <\/strong><\/a>of Columbus, Ohio. as a member of the Bulldogs&#8217; Class of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>She told\u00a0<em>Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;<b>I am excited to announce my verbal commitment to Butler University. Having offers from several amazing universities made this decision quite difficult. However, I know that Butler is the best fit for me academically and athletically. Butler will prepare me to further my studies in Psychology and Spanish, provides me with the opportunity to study abroad, and allows me to swim at the D1 level while staying close to home in Indiana. I can&#8217;t explain how grateful I am to Coach Mo &amp; Coach Ryan for this amazing opportunity. In addition, I&#8217;d like to thank my coaching staff at North Central High School and Carmel Swim Club for preparing me to swim at this level. Last but certainly not least, I&#8217;d like to thank my mother for supporting me, pushing me to be my best, and always believing in me. All the sacrifices you have made helped develop me into the student, athlete, and woman I am today. I can not wait to step foot on the campus of Butler University to leave my mark.\u00a0<\/b><b>GO DAWGS!&#8221;<\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A versatile swimmer, Hightower trains year-round with Carmel Swim Club and finaled in four events at Indiana Seniors in July 2019. She also competing in six events at Indianapolis Sectionals in March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">50 Free\u00a0 &#8211; 24.48<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">100 Free &#8211;\u00a052.54<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">200 IM &#8211; 2:06.47<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">100 Fly &#8211; 57.98<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">100 Back &#8211; 59.37<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">200 Back &#8211; 2:06.30<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also competing for North Central High School where she is a school record holder, Hightower is a four-time Indiana State Championship qualifier. She is also a four-time Indiana State Championship, winning the 100 fly and 200 IM as a senior.<\/p>\n<p>Hightower will add valuable depth both individually and on relays when she arrives on campus this fall. She would\u2019ve been their second-fastest 100 freestyler and third fastest 100 butterflyer, 200 IMer, and 100\/200 backstroker last season.<\/p>\n<p><i>If you have a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"mailto:hs@swimmingworld.com\"><i>hs@swimmingworld.com<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0Butler University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from in-stater Alani Hightower\u00a0of Indianapolis, Ind. She will join Caroline Colombo of Columbus, Ohio. as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":464972,"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":[127696],"class_list":["post-464971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-alani-hightower"],"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>Carmel Swim Club&#039;s Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler - 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\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carmel Swim Club&#039;s Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW COMMIT:\u00a0Butler University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from in-stater Alani Hightower\u00a0of Indianapolis, Ind. She will join Caroline Colombo of Columbus, Ohio. as\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg\" \/>\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\/jpeg\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chandler Brandes\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/571a5f6c6cac506743189b439604e9db\"},\"headline\":\"Carmel Swim Club&#8217;s Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/\"},\"wordCount\":372,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alani Hightower\"],\"articleSection\":[\"High School\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/\",\"name\":\"Carmel Swim Club's Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Alani Hightower\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Carmel Swim Club&#8217;s Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler\"}]},{\"@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":"Carmel Swim Club's Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler - 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\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Carmel Swim Club's Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler","og_description":"NEW COMMIT:\u00a0Butler University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from in-stater Alani Hightower\u00a0of Indianapolis, Ind. She will join Caroline Colombo of Columbus, Ohio. as","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chandler Brandes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chandler Brandes","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/"},"author":{"name":"Chandler Brandes","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/571a5f6c6cac506743189b439604e9db"},"headline":"Carmel Swim Club&#8217;s Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler","datePublished":"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/"},"wordCount":372,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg","keywords":["Alani Hightower"],"articleSection":["High School"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/","name":"Carmel Swim Club's Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-14T12:57:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Alani Hightower"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/carmel-swim-clubs-alani-hightower-stays-local-with-commitment-to-butler\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Carmel Swim Club&#8217;s Alani Hightower Stays Local With Commitment to Butler"}]},{"@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: Alani Hightower","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210306-WA0057-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1WXx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464971","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=464971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}