Hayley Griesser, a senior at Marian Central Catholic High School in Lake in the Hills, Illinois, has made a verbal commitment to join the University of Kentucky Wildcats next year. While Griesser doesn’t swim for her high school, she competes year-round for Academy Bullets Swim Club.
So excited to announce That I have committed to swim at the University of Kentucky! Go Cats! #BBN 💙🐱@UKSwimDive pic.twitter.com/UABaTQBbch
— Hayley Griesser (@hayleygriesser) September 19, 2016
Griesser is a fly/back specialist who had a stellar junior year. Between short-course and long-course season, she improved her personal bests in every single event. At the end of the summer, Griesser dropped nearly 2 full seconds in prelims to final in the 200 fly at NCSA Summer Swimming Championships.
Her top times include:
| SCY | LCM | |
| 50 back | 28.63 | 32.46 |
| 100 back | 59.22 | 1:08.41 |
| 200 back | 2:04.45 | 2:22.33 |
| 100 fly | 59.92 | |
| 200 fly | 2:07.54 | 2:22.58 |
| 400 IM | 4:34.07 | 5:15.75 |
Griesser will join fellow-commits Jaclyn Hill, Lauren Edelman and Nora Fullenkamp in the Kentucky class of 2021.
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Anyone else surprised on this pickup? Thought Kentucky would be more competitive
Is this really something necessary to say?