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Mara Manion of Columbia Swim Club will stay hyper-local with a verbal commitment to the Missouri Tigers for next fall. Manion is a senior at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Mo.
Words can’t describe how excited I am to announce that I will be continuing my academic and swimming career at The University of Missouri!!! As a long time Tiger fan, I have plenty of these shirts in my closet haha. I can’t wait for what the future holds! Go Tigers
TOP TIMES (SCY)
- 50 free – 23.69
- 100 free – 52.27
- 50 back – 25.92
- 100 back – 55.04
- 200 back – 2:02.86
At the 2020 Missouri HS Class 2 State Championships, Manion was the 100 back runner-up (57.35), while she placed seventh in the 100 free (53.25).
Manion will join a Missouri backstroke group led by current sophomore Meredith Rees, who went lifetime bests in her freshman season last year in all three backstroke distances (24.79/52.00/1:54.48). Sarah Thompson, who leads Mizzou currently after going 51.07/1:52.88 in the backstrokes last year, is currently a senior.
Manion joins Brecken Merkel, Abbey Taute, Ashley Gill, Colleen Duffy and Taylor Williams in the Mizzou class of 2025.
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