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Nina Nugent, a senior at Heritage High School in Wake Forest, North Carolina, has committed to swim at Marshall University next fall.
“I am thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my swimming and academic career at Marshall University! Many thanks to the Lord, my family, coaches, and friends for supporting me through this process. The family environment that Coach Ian, Coach James, and the girls have fostered is invaluable and I can’t wait to be a part of the Thundering Herd!! 🦬💚 #WeAre”
Nugent specializes in breaststroke and freestyle. As a junior last season, she qualified for the North Carolina 4A (largest high schools) State Swimming and Diving Championships in both the 100 breast and 100 free; the year before she qualified for States in the 50 free.
She does her club swimming with Marlins of Raleigh and recently competed at the ATOM Winter Invite in the 50/100/200 free, 100/200 breast, 100 fly, and 200 IM. She placed top-8 in the 50/100 free and 100/200 breast and went either best times, or just barely off her best time, in every event.
This summer, she was an A-finalist in the 100 free (2nd), 200 free (6th), 100 breast (5th), and 200 breast (4th) at the Southern Zone Age Group Championships.
Best SCY times:
- 50 free – 23.98
- 100 free – 52.17
- 200 free – 1:56.44
- 100 breast – 1:06.19
- 200 breast – 2:24.87
Marshall women finished third out of six teams at the 2022 Conference USA Swimming and Diving Championships last season. Nugent will join juniors Paige Banton and Audrey West and sophomore Jenna Bopp in the breaststroke training group next fall.
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