{"id":528861,"date":"2023-05-23T08:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=528861"},"modified":"2023-05-25T02:54:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T09:54:56","slug":"british-national-junior-team-member-hollie-widdows-pledges-to-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/british-national-junior-team-member-hollie-widdows-pledges-to-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"British National Junior Team Member Hollie Widdows Pledges to Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"

British National Junior Team Member Hollie Widdows Pledges to Notre Dame<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Notre Dame has picked up a big verbal commitment for the 2024-24 season and beyond from\u00a0Hollie Widdows\u00a0<\/strong>of Tavistock, Great Britain.<\/p>\n

She will join Emily Kitayama<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>as a member of the Fighting Irish’s Class of 2028.<\/p>\n

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

“I am really looking forward to joining Notre Dame. I feel they have the perfect balance of strong academics and an exciting swimming programme. I can\u2019t wait to see what I can achieve there!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Widdows was a member of Team Britain that competed at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Romania 2022. There, she earned silver in the 4x100m mixed medley relay and bronze in the 4x200m free relay.<\/p>\n

A multi-time age group champion, Widdows was the British junior champion in the 50m fly in 2022. She’s also a member of the Swim England Junior Team during the current 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n

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