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Meyer-Blohm is a Junior National qualifier who specializes in backstroke.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>&#8220;I\u2018m SO excited to announce my verbal commitment to the admissions process at Yale University! Thanks you so much to all of my coaches, friends, family and teammates for supporting me throughout this process. GO BULLDOGS&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When in the United States, Meyer-Blohm trains with Commonwealth Swimming. She took second in the 100 back and fourth in both the 50 back and 200 back at New England Short Course Senior Championships back in December. 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Meyer-Blohm would&#8217;ve scored in the B-final of the 100 back and C-final of the 200 back at the conference meet.<\/p>\n<p><em>*IVY LEAGUE\u00a0DISCLAIMER:* A \u201cverbal commitment\u201d does not\u00a0guarantee\u00a0admission. An Ivy League coach cannot\u00a0guarantee\u00a0admission but can\u00a0only\u00a0commit support in the admissions process.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>If you have a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to hs@swimmingworld.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0Yale University has scored a big verbal commitment* for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Chloe Meyer-Blohm. 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