Gainesville, Florida sprinter Katie Cronin has added her name to the growing list of verbal commits to the University of Virginia class of 2024. Her future classmates will include: Ella Nelson, Kate Douglass, Lexi Cuomo, and Maddie Donohoe.
“I chose Virginia due to their unparalleled academics and the amazing coaching staff! I am so excited to get to train under Coach Todd in the sprint group. Grounds is beautiful, and I can’t wait to be a cavalier! WAHOOWA!”
Cronin is a junior at Florida’s Buchholz High School and swims year-round at Gator Swim Club in Gainesville. A member of the 3-time FHSAA Class 4A state champions girls team, Cronin is a 5-time FHSAA relay champion and a member of two record-breaking relays at the 2017 state meet. She anchored Buchholz’s medley relay (22.97) to the state title and 4A record, and swam the second leg (23.00) on the record-breaking 200 free relay. Individually she finished fourth in the 50 free (23.26) and fifth in the 100 free (51.09). As a sophomore she won the 4A state title in the 100 free.
Cronin is a 2016 Olympic trials qualifier in 50 free and was a member of two Gator Swim Club NAG relays: 11-12 200 free relay and 15-16 400 free relay. She placed 19th in the 50 free (23.08) at 2017 Winter Juniors East and led off GSC’s 3rd-place 200 free relay and 7th-place 400 free relay. She anchored the 7th-place 200 medley relay (22.90) and the 5th-place 400 medley relay (50.31), and swam a leg on the 10th-place 800 free relay.
Top SCY times:
- 50 free – 23.02
- 100 free – 50.58
- 100 back – 55.80
- 100 fly – 55.23
Couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate my 17th birthday (just a few hours early) than by announcing my verbal commitment to the University of Virginia! ⚔️ I’m beyond excited to get to grounds and be a cavalier!✌? #WAHOOWA pic.twitter.com/5G4hYZGPUu
— Katie Cronin (@katiecronin13) March 16, 2018
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DeSorbo is now the new UVA basketball coach.
I hope she didn’t pick UVA to win her bracket…
Kick them while they’re down. Classy
Her commitment was the direct reason the basketball team lost.
Can we just start abbreviating the desorbo effect at this point? Lol. Hoooooooo