﻿{"id":494650,"date":"2021-12-30T12:38:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=494650"},"modified":"2021-12-30T12:38:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:38:37","slug":"from-club-teammates-to-college-teammates-dynamos-catie-choate-alex-mitchell-verbal-to-florida-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/from-club-teammates-to-college-teammates-dynamos-catie-choate-alex-mitchell-verbal-to-florida-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"From Club Teammates to College Teammates: Dynamo&#8217;s Catie Choate, Alex Mitchell Verbal to Florida for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMITS:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Florida has continued to build a powerhouse Class of 2027, recently landing two more verbal pledges from Peachtree Corners, Ga. native <strong>Catie Choate<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Alex Mitchell\u00a0<\/strong>of Brookhaven, Ga.<\/p>\n<p>Both swimmers trains year-round with Dynamo Swim Club.<\/p>\n<p>Choate and Mitchell will join\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gators-score-2023-verbal-from-new-zealand-national-record-holder-melissa-cowen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Melissa Cowen<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/florida-gators-snag-another-2023-verbal-from-kentucky-state-champ-lainy-kruger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lainy Kruger<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-silver-medalist-bella-sims-verbally-commits-to-florida-for-2023\/\"><b>Bella Sims<\/b><\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/north-carolina-state-champ-grace-rainey-verbally-commits-to-florida-for-2023\/\">\u00a0<b>Grace Rainey<\/b><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-trials-finalist-jojo-ramey-verbally-commits-to-florida-for-2023\/\"><b>JoJo Ramey\u00a0<\/b><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/florida-gators-land-2023-verbal-from-in-stater-michaela-mattes-of-sarasota-sharks\/\"><b>Michaela Mattes<\/b><\/a>\u00a0in Gainesville as a member of the Gators\u2019 Class of 2027.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">CATIE CHOATE<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_494651\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494651\" data-attachment-id=\"494651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/from-club-teammates-to-college-teammates-dynamos-catie-choate-alex-mitchell-verbal-to-florida-for-2023\/catie-choate-florida\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Catie-Choate-FLORIDA.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1152\" 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;1635937708&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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Catie Choate FLORIDA\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Catie Choate FLORIDA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Catie Choate&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Catie-Choate-FLORIDA-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Catie-Choate-FLORIDA-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-494651\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Catie-Choate-FLORIDA-700x500.jpeg\" alt=\"Catie Choate FLORIDA\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-494651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Catie Choate<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cI am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of Florida!! All thanks to God, my family, coaches, and friends for helping me get to where I am today! I can\u2019t wait to be a Gator! Go Gators!!!<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/svg\/1f40a.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/svg\/1f499.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/svg\/1f9e1.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Choate recently had a great showing at the Speedo Winter East Championships, earning eight best times and placing seventh in the 200 back as well as ninth in the 100 back. This past summer, she raced to 14th in the 100m back at Wave I of Olympic Trials before going on to earn silver in the 100m\/200m back at Huntsville Futures.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 back \u2013 1:55.43<\/li>\n<li>100 back \u2013 53.48<\/li>\n<li>50 back \u2013 25.85<\/li>\n<li>100 fly \u2013 54.41<\/li>\n<li>50 free \u2013 23.27<\/li>\n<li>100 free \u2013 51.05<\/li>\n<li>200 free \u2013 1:48.95<\/li>\n<li>200 IM \u2013 2:02.51<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently a junior at Norcross High School, Choate is already a four-time individual Georgia 7A State Championship finalist. She won the 100 back and was the runner-up in the 100 fly as a sophomore while taking first in the 100 back and second in the 100 free as a freshman.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">ALEX MITCHELL<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_494652\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494652\" data-attachment-id=\"494652\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/from-club-teammates-to-college-teammates-dynamos-catie-choate-alex-mitchell-verbal-to-florida-for-2023\/alex-mitchell-florida\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alex-mitchell-florida.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,810\" 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;1636968278&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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alex mitchell florida\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;alex mitchell florida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Alex Mitchell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alex-mitchell-florida-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alex-mitchell-florida-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-494652\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alex-mitchell-florida-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"alex mitchell florida\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-494652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Alex Mitchell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cI\u2019m SO excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my athletic and academic career at the University of Florida!!! Thank you to my family, friends, coaches, and teammates for their endless support through this process! Can\u2019t wait to be a gator<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/svg\/1f40a.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/svg\/1f499.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/svg\/1f9e1.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mitchell also had a stellar showing at the Speedo Winter East Championships, placing sixth in the mile and seventh in the 500 free en route to notching a total of five new best times. She finaled in five events last summer at Georgia LCM Seniors, including a fourth-place showing in the 400m free.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 free \u2013 1:48.93<\/li>\n<li>500 free \u2013 4:49.25<\/li>\n<li>1650 free &#8211; 16:40.15<\/li>\n<li>200 IM \u2013 2:01.87<\/li>\n<li>400 IM \u2013 4:16.66<\/li>\n<li>100 back \u2013 57.20<\/li>\n<li>200 back \u2013 1:57.81<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When she lived in Illinois, Mitchell placed 10th in the 500 free as a freshman at the 2019 Illinois State Championships. She has also earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors.<\/p>\n<p><em>If<\/em><i>\u00a0you 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 COMMITS:\u00a0The University of Florida has continued to build a powerhouse Class of 2027, recently landing two more verbal pledges from Peachtree Corners, Ga. native Catie Choate and\u00a0Alex Mitchell\u00a0of Brookhaven,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":494653,"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":[61683,130064,130063],"class_list":["post-494650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-agon-high-school-recruits-page","tag-alex-mitchell","tag-catie-choate"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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