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charlotte dries has verbally committed to continue his teaching and swimming career at the University of Kentucky. Dries is originally from Augustine, Florida, where she attends Nice High School and swims at Loggerhead Aquatics. She is currently a junior and she is scheduled to arrive on campus next fall ahead of the 2025-2026 season.
“I am very excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my athletic and academic career at the University of Kentucky. I am so grateful to God and my wonderful family, friends, and coaches for their continued support. I would also like to thank all the UK coaches for giving me this opportunity. Go Wildcats!!”
Dries is a Winter Junior qualifier in the 500 free, IM200, 200 free and 100 free and holds Futures qualifying times across the sprint free and butterfly events. She has also won the Florida High School 200IM (3A) twice, most recently this fall when she won the event with a time of 2:03.13.
Drisse then lowered her personal best time in the 200 IM to 2:02.72 and took sixth place at the Florida Spring Senior Championships. She also ran a personal best time of 1:49.81 in the 200 free, placing 13th overall.
Dries got an early start to the long course season this spring at the Southern Zone Senior Championship. She dropped nearly three seconds in the 400 free (4:27.96) to finish 15th, but in the 200 IM she dropped nearly a second to a time of 2:21.41, finishing fifth. Her 400 IM was her personal best of 5:03.77, placing her fourth and giving her the top finish of the meet.
SCY's top time
- 200 Free – 1:49.81
- Free 500 – 4:53.22
- 100 fly – 55.17
- 200 Fly – 2:02.95
- 200IM – 2:02.72
- 400IM – 4:24.09
Kentucky is currently led by a head coach. Brett Lundgaard, took over the program this summer. At this year's SEC Championship, the women's team finished 9th out of 12 teams with a total of 446 points. Dries will have some choices to make when it comes to the lineup at Kentucky, but based on this year's results, she's the closest to scoring position in the 200 IM.
anna havens rice At this year's SEC, he finished 13th overall with a time of 1:58.38, which was the top result on the team.She participated in the B final along with her teammates. tory burger, finished 16th in the final with a time of 2:00.07. When Dries arrives, Rice and Berger will not be on campus.
Due to her dedication, Driesse joins sarah schafer, Eli Suma, julia schafer, cassidy allison, Lucy Treiloff, kelsey stackand ariana wertheim In Kentucky's future class of 2029.
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