{"id":575099,"date":"2023-12-19T03:12:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=575099"},"modified":"2023-12-19T03:12:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:12:43","slug":"marvin-johnson-bahamian-national-champion-verbals-to-florida-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marvin-johnson-bahamian-national-champion-verbals-to-florida-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvin Johnson, Bahamian National Champion, Verbals to Florida for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marvin Johnson, Bahamian National Champion, Verbals to Florida for 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Florida has received a new verbal commitment for Fall 2025 from sprint freestyler Marvin Johnson\u00a0<\/strong>out of\u00a0Chattanooga, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

He will join\u00a0Jordan Willis<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in Gainesville as a member of the Gators’ Class of 2029.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI am excited to announce my verbal commitment to further my academic and athletic career at the University of Florida. I want to thank my family, coaches, friends and everyone that has played a part in my life for all their support. I am so grateful for this opportunity! Go Gators!!!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Johnson represents The Bahamas internationally. He won the 50\/100\/200\/400 free, 200 back and 50\/100 fly at the Bahamian National Championships in June 2023. A month later, he competed at the Commonwealth Youth Games, earning silver in the 50m free and bronze in the 100m free.<\/p>\n

He also advanced to the semifinals of the 50m free at the 2022 FINA World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

He trains year-round with McCallie GPS Aquatics. He most recently competed at Juniors East where he sprinted to fourth in the 50 free and 17th in the 100 free.<\/p>\n

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