{"id":602964,"date":"2025-01-04T19:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T02:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=602964"},"modified":"2025-01-16T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T19:46:56","slug":"junior-national-finalist-alexis-cook-chooses-mizzou-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/junior-national-finalist-alexis-cook-chooses-mizzou-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior National Finalist Alexis Cook Chooses Mizzou For 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Junior National Finalist Alexis Cook Chooses Mizzou For 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COMMIT: <\/strong>The University of Missouri has earned a verbal commitment for Fall 2026 from in-state Junior National qualifier <strong>Alexis Cook\u00a0<\/strong>out of Ballwin, Mo.<\/p>\n<p>She told\u00a0<em>Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>&#8220;I am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic careers at the University of Missouri! I want to thank my coaches, teammates, and family for pushing me to where I am today and supporting me through everything. Thank you coaches for this opportunity, I can\u2019t wait to be a tiger! Go MIZ&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cook does her club swimming with CSP Tideriders and most recently earned three best times at Juniors West where she placed 12th in the 200 back and 20th in the 500 free. 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