Canyons Aquatic Club’s Gunnar Van Gent Commits to UConn

Gunnar Van Gent, a senior at West Ranch High School in Santa Clarita, has committed to swim for University of Connecticut starting with the 2015-16 season.

“I chose UCONN because I wanted to get a new experience by going out east, and UCONN is a great school out there with a great atmosphere. When I was there for my trip the coaches impressed me with their approach to training and the students and athletes seemed like great people to swim and study alongside.”

Van Gent is a member of Canyons Aquatic Club, where he has achieved national time standards in the 100 and 200 backstrokes. His best times are:

Event SCY LCM
100 back 51.48 58.99
200 back 1:49.92 2:08.18
100 fly 51.84 59.34
200 IM 1:54.97 2:15.66

Van Gent will join Andrew Proper (breast/free) and Luke Martin (sprint free/fly) in the Huskies’ class of 2019.

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Anne Lepesant is the mother of four daughters, all of whom swam in college. With an undergraduate degree from Princeton (where she was an all-Ivy tennis player) and an MBA from INSEAD, she worked for many years in the financial industry, both in France and the U.S. Anne is currently …

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