{"id":508019,"date":"2022-07-01T20:33:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T03:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=508019"},"modified":"2022-07-01T20:33:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T03:33:40","slug":"futures-finalist-caroline-riggs-verbally-commits-to-yale-for-2023-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/futures-finalist-caroline-riggs-verbally-commits-to-yale-for-2023-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Futures Finalist Caroline Riggs Verbally Commits to Yale for 2023-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Versatile\u00a0<strong>Caroline Riggs<\/strong>, a U.S. Open qualifier from Morgantown, West Virginia, has verbally committed* to Yale University and will arrive on campus in the fall of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>She told\u00a0<em>Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>\u201cI chose Yale due to the incredible opportunities offered in and out of the pool. The coaching staff and team are extraordinarily welcoming and enthusiastic. I can\u2019t wait to be a bulldog!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Riggs does her club swimming with Club Mountaineer Aquatics and was the runner-up in the mile at Cary Sectionals back in March. Last summer, she placed fifth in the 400m IM and 13th in the 200m breast at Richmond Futures.<\/p>\n<p>A rising senior at Morgantown High School, Riggs is a NISCA and USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. She won the 100 breast and 200 free at the West Virginia State Championships as a senior, also winning the 200 free as a sophomore.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1650 free \u2013 16:36.42<\/li>\n<li>500 free \u2013 4:52.86<\/li>\n<li>200 free \u2013 1:49.51<\/li>\n<li>400 IM \u2013 4:19.70<\/li>\n<li>200 IM \u2013 2:04.86<\/li>\n<li>200 breast \u2013 2:15.51<\/li>\n<li>100 breast \u2013 1:04.57<\/li>\n<li>100 fly \u2013 56.08<\/li>\n<li>200 fly \u2013 2:03.90<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Riggs is a huge get for the Bulldogs, as her best times would&#8217;ve scored in the top 8 in the 200 breast and mile at the 2022 Ivy League Championships, as well as the B-final of the 200 free, 500 free, 400 IM and 100 breast.<\/p>\n<p>Her father,\u00a0<strong>Victor Riggs<\/strong>, swam at Cal and her mother,\u00a0<strong>Renee Riggs<\/strong>, swam at Nebraska. Her father is the head coach at West Virginia and her mother is the head coach Club Mountaineer Aquatics.<\/p>\n<p>Her older sister, <strong>Abigail Riggs<\/strong>, swam at WVU under their father while her twin sister,\u00a0<strong>Irene Riggs<\/strong>, runs track and cross country.<\/p>\n<p><em>*IVY LEAGUE\u00a0DISCLAIMER:* A \u201cverbal commitment\u201d does not\u00a0guarantee\u00a0admission. An Ivy League coach cannot\u00a0guarantee\u00a0admission but can\u00a0only\u00a0commit support in the admissions process.<\/em><\/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:\u00a0Versatile\u00a0Caroline Riggs, a U.S. Open qualifier from Morgantown, West Virginia, has verbally committed* to Yale University and will arrive on campus in the fall of 2023. 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