{"id":515389,"date":"2022-11-01T08:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=515389"},"modified":"2024-10-28T10:46:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:46:34","slug":"texas-lands-2024-verbal-from-junior-pan-pac-finalist-brayden-taivassalo-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-lands-2024-verbal-from-junior-pan-pac-finalist-brayden-taivassalo-of-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Lands 2024 Verbal From Junior Pan Pac Finalist Brayden Taivassalo Of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Texas has received another big verbal commitment for 2024, this time from Brayden Taivassalo<\/strong> of Newmarket, Ontario.<\/p>\n

He will join Cooper Lucas<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>as a member of the Longhorns’ Class of 2028.<\/p>\n

Regarding his commitment, she said:<\/p>\n

“From student life to the best swim program in the nation, The University of Texas has everything I was looking for to further my academics, swimming career, and find a home away from home.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t pass up the opportunity to swim under the sport\u2019s greatest legend, Eddie Reese and be a part of the Longhorn family.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Taivassalo placed fifth in the 200m breast and sixth in the 100m breast at the Junior Pan Pac Championships this past summer. Back in April, he raced to seventh in the 50m breast, 17th in the 100m\/200m breast and 18th in the 200m IM at Canadian Trials.<\/p>\n

In LCM, his best times include:<\/p>\n