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Dickey specializes in butterfly and freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>&#8220;I am so excited and blessed to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Illinois!! I am beyond grateful for my family, coaches at LHY, and friends who have supported me every step of the way. I would also like to say a special thank you to Coach Jeana, Kyle, and Jerod for giving me this amazing opportunity. Can\u2019t wait for what\u2019s next! GO ILLINI&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dickey, who trains year round with Lakeland Hills Family YMCA, placed 24th in the 200 fly at Juniors East back in December. Last summer, she won the 200m fly at YMCA Long Course Nationals where she also took third in the 400m IM and 200m free as well as fourth in the 400m free.<\/p>\n<p>Her best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100 fly \u2013 55.36<\/li>\n<li>200 fly \u2013 2:00.74<\/li>\n<li>200 IM \u20132:02.88<\/li>\n<li>400 IM \u2013 4:20.98<\/li>\n<li>100 free &#8211; 51.56<\/li>\n<li>200 free \u2013 1:51.58<\/li>\n<li>500 free \u2013 4:57.17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently a junior at Mountain Lakes High School, Dickey recently finished third in the 200 IM and fourth in the 100 fly at the 2026 New Jersey Meet of Championships. She is a two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.<\/p>\n<p>Dickey is a great pickup for the Fighting Illini as her top 200 fly time would already be the fastest on their roster.<\/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>Serena Dickey Lends 2027 Verbal to Illinois With Team-Leading 200 Fly Time NEW COMMIT:\u00a0The University of Illinois has added a verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Junior<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":638284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[61683,249,137512],"class_list":["post-638283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-agon-high-school-recruits-page","tag-illinois","tag-serena-dickey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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