{"id":571152,"date":"2023-10-21T05:11:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T12:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=571152"},"modified":"2023-10-21T07:28:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T14:28:01","slug":"sydney-willson-janet-evans-daughter-gives-2025-verbal-to-princeton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sydney-willson-janet-evans-daughter-gives-2025-verbal-to-princeton\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Willson, Janet Evans’ Daughter, Gives 2025 Verbal to Princeton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney Willson, Janet Evan’s Daughter, Gives 2025 Verbal to Princeton <\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Princeton University has secured a new verbal commitment* for Fall 2025 from Sydney Willson<\/strong> of Laguna Beach, Calif. She’s the daughter of four-time Olympic Gold medalist\u00a0Janet Evans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Willson will join\u00a0Savannah Skow<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>as a member of the Tigers’ Class of 2029.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI am very humbled and blessed to announce my verbal commitment to the application process at Princeton University to further my athletic and academic careers! I\u2019d like to thank God, my friends, my teammates, and my family for continuously supporting me and my goals. I\u2019d also like to thank my Coach, Mark Schubert, for helping me get to this point. Finally, I am very grateful to Coach Abby, Coach Juan, and all of the amazing people at Princeton for this incredible opportunity!! GO TIGERS!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A distance freestyler, Willson trains under Mark Schubert<\/strong>, her mother’s former coach. She most recently placed 16th in the 800m free at Junior Nationals this past summer and she won the mile at Carlsbad Sectionals in March. She also took 16th in the mile at Juniors West last winter.<\/p>\n

Her best times include:<\/p>\n