{"id":590980,"date":"2024-07-18T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T22:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=590980"},"modified":"2024-07-18T15:59:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T22:59:52","slug":"vols-pick-up-verbal-commitment-from-distance-ace-mac-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/vols-pick-up-verbal-commitment-from-distance-ace-mac-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Vols Pick Up Verbal Commitment From Distance Ace Mac Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vols Pick Up Verbal Commitment From Distance Ace Mac Clark<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Tennessee has received a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from U.S. Open qualifier Mac Clark\u00a0<\/strong>of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

He will join\u00a0Mike McCarthy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and Jake McCoy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in Knoxville as a member of the Vols\u2019 Class of 2029.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic careers at the University of Tennessee. I\u2019d like to thank my family, coaches, friends, and teammates for helping me reach this point. I also want to give a special thanks to all of the coaches at Tennessee for extending me the opportunity to be a Vol. Can\u2019t wait to get to Rocky Top! Go Vols!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clark does his club swimming with Team Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics and won the 400m free, 800m free, 1500m free and 400m IM at the ISCA International Senior Cup back in March. He raced to 11th in the mile at Juniors East last winter after racing three events at the Toyota U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

Clark also holds several Allegheny Mountain LSC records. One of those is the boys\u2019 15-16 1000 free, which used to be the oldest short course yards record for the LSC by more than a decade before he broke it in 2023.<\/p>\n

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