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“I am extremely excited to announce my verbal commitment to further my academic and athletic career at the University of Florida. A huge thank you to my family, friends, and all of my coaches who helped and supported me throughout the years. I am grateful to Coach Nesty, Coach Whitney and Coach Kristin for giving me this wonderful opportunity! Go Gators!!!”
Back in 2024, McPherson represented Australia at the 2024 Junior Pan Pac Championships. She finaled in the 50 free finishing 16th (26.39) as well as in the 100 free touching in a 56.69 for 15th. She also helped Australia’s girls 400 free relay to silver splitting a 56.32 on the 3rd leg.
McPherson’s Best LCM Times (With SCY Conversions) Are:
- 50 free: 25.73 (22.45)
- 100 free: 55.84 (48.86)
- 200 free: 2:00.45 (1:45.63)
- 100 fly: 1:00.08 (52.86)
The Florida women finished 2nd at the 2025 SEC Championships and went on to finish 6th at the 2025 NCAA Championships. The team is currently ranked #10 in SwimSwam’s Pre-Invite Power Rankings and are led by breaststroker Anita Bottazzo who currently leads the NCAA this season in the 100 breast with a 56.87.
Based on her best converted times, McPherson is a huge addition to the Gators. Her best converted times in the 50 free and 100 fly would currently sit at #2 on the roster while her best converted times in the 100 and 200 frees would sit at #3. She is just off what it took to make the cutline for 2025 NCAAs as it took a 22.01 in the 50 free, 48.11 in the 100 free, and a 1:44.74 in the 200 free.
McPherson joins a small class for Florida that is set to arrive next fall for the class of 2030. Also committed to join the Gators is Valentina Procaccini of Italy, Kim Bomin of South Korea, and Maddie Moreth from Indiana.
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Great choice Lillie – Bring the prawns for the barbi
From crocodile to alligator lol
in other news, swimming aus has finally released the program for the Aus vs the World meet. its expanding on the format that the last Duel in the Pool used.
men and women have the same program:
4×50 fans choice relay (mixed)
25 free (round 1)
50 breast skins
400 free
50 free skins
25 free (round 2)
50 fly skins
6×50 mega free relay (mixed)
50 back skins
200 mystery IM
25 free (round 3)
50m champions race
4×25 free relay (mixed)
interesting that the 400 free seems to be the only traditional event. thought they would’ve added or few more, or only included the novelty events. I wonder if they’re meant to be broken 400s
some further info:
top 4 are scored 5-3-2-1 for individual events.
400m isn’t elimination after each 100, but the leader at each 100 gets a bonus point.
the 50m champion events involve the skins winners, using staggered starts like last year’s world cup. double points apply
power play: 3 per team (once for a mens, womens and mixed event). the winner gets double points if they nominated the event
fans choice is just whether its a free or medley relay. fans can’t nominate the swimmers, but the teams are
built before they know the relay format.
fans can also select whether a man or woman leads off the 6×50, but history shows that this is just an illusion… Read more »
It’s a long way to go for some 25s and 50s. Hopefully the trip will be worth it and the competitors will have a great time. Is there prize money on offer?
Congrats Lillie 👏