NEW COMMIT: Niamh Hofland of Newport, Great Britain, has verbally committed to the University of Connecticut as a member of the class of 2024, making this the Huskies’ first verbal commitment for the fall of 2020.
A versatile swimmer, Hofland competes for Royal Wolverhampton School and recently recorded a pair of best times at the Plymouth Leander Open after placing second in the 1500m free at the SwimCup Eindhoven in April. She finished 20th in the 800m free at the European Junior Championships before going on to race the 400m/800m free combo at the British Championships this past summer.
She told Swimming World:
“I am pleased to announce my verbal commitment to swim at UCONN 2020. I chose UCONN because of its good balance between academics and swimming. I can’t wait to be part of the Husky family.”
In LCM, her best times include:
- 100m free – 59.10
- 200m free – 2:05.10
- 400m free – 4:18.38
- 800m free – 8:51.77
- 1500m free – 16:52.81
- 100m back – 1:05.26
- 200m back – 2:19.78
- 200m IM – 2:19.61
- 400m IM – 4:55.64
In SCY, those times convert to:
- 100 free – 52.24
- 200 free – 1:50.58
- 500 free – 4:47.31
- 1000 free – 10:00.90
- 1650 free – 16:37.61
- 100 back – 56.97
- 200 back – 2:02.58
- 200 IM – 2:02.43
- 400 IM – 4:18.98
Hofland is a huge pickup for the Huskies as her best converted times are already approaching the program records and would’ve ranked at the top of their lineup last season. Her best times (converted to yards) would’ve scored in the A-final of the 500 free and 400 IM as well as placed top-5 in the mile at the 2019 American Athletic Conference Championships where Connecticut finished fifth overall in the team standings.
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