{"id":529019,"date":"2023-05-30T04:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=529019"},"modified":"2023-05-30T04:32:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:32:40","slug":"slovakian-national-record-holder-jakub-poliacik-sends-verbal-to-virginia-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/slovakian-national-record-holder-jakub-poliacik-sends-verbal-to-virginia-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovakian National Record Holder Jakub Poliacik Sends Verbal to Virginia Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Slovakian National Record Holder Jakub Poliacik Sends Verbal to Virginia Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Virginia Tech has received another verbal commitment for the 2024-25 season and beyond from <strong>Jakub Poliacik<\/strong> of Bratislava, Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p>He will join\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-6a-runner-up-danny-bishop-verbals-to-virginia-tech\/\">Danny Bishop<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>as a member of the Hokies&#8217; Class of 2028.<\/p>\n<p>He told\u00a0<em>Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #b3500e\"><strong>&#8220;I couldn\u2019t be more excited to announce my verbal commitment to VirginiaTech. I am so happy that I will continue my athletic and academic journey there starting fall 2024. Big thank you goes to my parents, coach, friends. Thanks to VirginiaTech coaches for this great opportunity and one extra to @subicule for guiding me on the right path. Go Hokies!&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>Poliacik trains with XBS Swimming and specializes in freestyle. He finished 11th in the 200m free, 13th in the 800m free and 18th in the 400m free at the FINA World Junior Championships last summer. Back in December, he competed at the FINA World Short Course Championships.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the 2021 Orca Cup, the then-16-year-old took fifth in the men&#8217;s 200 free to set a new Slovakian National Junior Record. 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