North Carolina State Finalist Sydney Strauss Commits to University of Lynchburg

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Sydney Strauss, a Comfort finalist on the 2022 North Carolina State Excessive College Championships, has introduced her dedication to swim on the College of Lynchburg, a Division III program. She can be becoming a member of the Hornets as a butterfly and freestyle specialist for the 2022-2023 season.

“I’m very excited to announce my verbal dedication to swim and examine at College of Lynchburg within the fall!  Can’t watch for the subsequent 4!  Go Hornets!!

Strauss at present trains and competes with the Mecklenburg Swim Affiliation out of Charlotte, North Carolina. She went to Excessive College at Mountain Island Constitution College. There, she competed on the North Carolina Excessive College Athletic Affiliation’s (NCHSAA) 1A/2A (smaller colleges) State Championships for all 4 years. 

On the 2022 NCHSAA State Championships, Strauss competed within the particular person 100 yard fly. She was additionally a member of Mountain Island’s 200 medley, 200 freestyle, and 400 freestyle relays. The relays completed 2nd, fifth, and third, respectively. 

Within the 100 fly, Strauss certified ninth in prelims, incomes herself a spot within the comfort closing. There, she posted a 1:03.80 to complete tenth. This was about one second slower than her greatest time, which is from February of 2020.

Greatest Occasions SCY:

• 200 free- 2:04.60
• 500 free- 5:43.35
• 100 fly- 1:02.67
• 200 fly- 2:23.47

The College of Lynchburg is a non-public college situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. There are members of the Previous Dominion Athletic Convention, also referred to as ODAC. The convention is made up of groups together with Washington & Lee College, Randolph Macon School, the highest 2 within the league final yr.

On the 2022 ODAC Championships, Lynchburg completed third out of the 12 groups. Within the 100 fly, Lynchburg had 5 girls within the high 16. With Strauss’s greatest time, she would have completed sixteenth. Within the 200 fly, Strauss would have ranked thirteenth general and 4th amongst athletes from Lynchburg. 

Strauss will arrive in Virginia in time for the 2022-2023 season. She can be joined by a number of different recruits from the highschool class of 2022, together with Virginia native and priceless breastroker Sophia Schorr, whose occasions would have been the quickest within the convention final yr.

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