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Amanda Petersen of Montrose, CA has verbally committed to swim at Cornell University beginning in the fall of 2025. The breaststroker is a senior at Crescenta Valley High School and she swims year-round at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Club. She shared the news on her Instagram page:
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In April of 2019, the Crescenta Valley High School sophomore competed at the California CIF Southern Section DIII Championships. She swam the 200 IM and the 100 breast, and she participated on her team’s 200 medley relay. She placed 10th in prelims of the 200 IM with a time of 2:09.78, but did not swim the event in finals. She placed 4th in the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.83. She dropped 0.39 seconds in finals, powering to the wall for the silver medal. She touched 0.08 seconds behind Rylie Brick of the Webb School.
Petersen swam the breaststroke leg of Crescenta Valley’s 200 medley relay. The team consisting of Jung Min Yoon, Petersen, Gabi Icheva, and Kimmy Park took home the gold medal in the event. The Crescenta Valley women won the meet, ahead of Sunny Hills High School and Walnut High School.
In December, Petersen swam at the Speedo West Junior Nationals in the 200 IM, 100 and 200 breast, and 3 relays. She came in 43rd in the 200 IM, 54th in the 100 breast, and 39th in the 200 breast. She swam the breaststroke leg on both the 200 medley relay, where she split a time of 28.96, and the 400 medley, going a 1:03.32. Petersen time trialed the 100 free, touching at 51.54. She earned personal best time in each of her individual races.
Top SCY Times:
- 100 breast – 1:03.96
- 200 breast – 2:18.16
- 200 IM – 2:04.04
- 400 IM – 4:24.45
Petersen will join the Cornell University women’s team in the fall of 2021. In the breaststroke events, she will train and compete alongside top swimmers Cape Murch Elliot and Allison Chang, and she will contribute to their IM group, as top swimmer Sophia Cherkez will have graduated by the time Petersen arrives.
Petersen’s top times would have placed her in the C-final for the 100 and 200 breast and the 200 and 400 IM at the 2020 Ivy League Championships.
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