{"id":647138,"date":"2026-07-22T06:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=647138"},"modified":"2026-07-22T06:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:20:05","slug":"penn-state-splashes-into-2028-recruiting-with-verbal-from-european-junior-finalist-levente-varga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/penn-state-splashes-into-2028-recruiting-with-verbal-from-european-junior-finalist-levente-varga\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State Splashes Into 2028 Recruiting With Verbal From European Junior Finalist Levente Varga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Penn State Splashes Into 2028 Recruiting With Verbal From European Junior Finalist Levente Varga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Penn State University has received its first verbal commitment for its Class of 2032 from <strong>Levente Varga <\/strong>of Budapest, Hungary. Varga is a talented IMer and distance freestyler who will arrive in State College in Fall 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding his commitment, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>&#8220;I\u2019m beyond excited to announce my commitment to Penn State University! This dream wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the incredible support of my family, coaches, teammates, and everyone who believed in me along the way. #WEARE&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Varga is a European Junior Championships finalist who most recently placed sixth in the 400m IM at that meet earlier this month. In May, he set three best times at MVM Ifj\u00fas\u00e1gi \u00dasz\u00f3 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g. 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