NEW COMMIT: According to an update on CollegeSwimming.com Gainesville, Florida’s Alena Kraus has given her verbal commitment to the University of Louisville. She does her club swimming with the Makos Aquatics Club of Gainesville.
Kraus was a 2016 US Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200 fly. She’s also a strong freestyler. Her best SCY times are:
- 50 Fly 25.43
- 100 Fly 54.37
- 200 Fly 1:59.37
- 100 Free 50.08
- 200 Free 1:47.09
- 500 Free 4:50.00
At the end of the 2016 Florida High School swimming season Kraus was named to the Gainesville Sun’s All-Area First Team. That honor came on the heels of a junior high school season in which Kraus captured her third consecutive 3A state title in the 200 freestyle. She also won the 100 freestyle. Her Gainesville High School team finished runner up by a mere half point.
At the 2017 ACC Championships, Kraus’ best 200 butterfly time would have put her in the C final. Freshman Grace Oglesby (1:55.24) was an A finalist who Kraus will overlap with for two years. Sophie Cattermole (1:58.98) swam in the C final and will still have a year left in Louisville when Kraus arrives in the fall of 2018.
Kraus would also have been a 200 freestyle B finalist this year. ACC and NCAA Champion Mallory Comerford will be a senior in Kraus’ first year. Two C finalist- Casey Franz and Emily Moser will also still be on the roster by Kraus’ arrival, giving her a number of potential training partners.
Louisville gotz it going on right now?