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Carolin He from TAC Titans in Cary, North Carolina, has made a verbal pledge to Stanford University for the 2027-28 school year and beyond.
“I am beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at Stanford University!! A huge thank you to my family and teammates for always supporting me and believing in me. I am also incredibly grateful for Coach Bruce and Blake along with the rest of my coaches at TAC for helping me get to where I am today. Special shoutout to Coach Chris and Annie for making this a dream come true and giving me this incredible opportunity to be a Cardinal!! GO CARD!!
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A junior at Cary Academy, He is a terrifically versatile swimmer with Summer Juniors-or-better standards in the 200/500 free, 100/200 breast, and 200/400 IM Way Too Early list of top girls’ swimmers in the high school class of 2027.
In high school season last year, He was runner-up in both the 200 IM (1:59.61) and 100 breast (1:02.39), clocking PBs in both events, at the NCISAA Division 1 State Championships. A month later, she competed at Cary Sectionals and had a banger of a meet. Not only did she improve those times (to 1:58.99 and 1:01.66, respectively), but she went lifetime bests in the 100 free (50.68), 200 free (1:47.77), 100 back (56.19), 200 breast (2:12.59), and 400 IM (4:15.51), as well.
She had a similar meet in May at the TAT Spring Fling Meet, where she notched lifetime bests in the LCM 200 free (2:05.85), 400 free (4:26.45), 100 breast (1:11.90), 200 breast (2:34.23), and 200 IM (2:19.15).
He has depth and breadth and projects to be an asset in both breaststroke and IM events. She has improved her freestyle times over the past year, too, which could be of great value to Stanford relays. Her best times would already score at ACC Championships in the ‘C’ finals of the 100/200 breast and 400 IM. It took 1:58.69 to get a second swim in the 200 IM.
He will join #14 Izzy Riva and “Best of the Rest” designee Bree Smith in the Cardinal class of 2031.
Best SCY times:
- 200 IM – 1:58.99
- 400 IM – 4:15.51
- 200 free – 1:47.77
- 200 breast – 2:12.59
- 100 breast – 1:01.66
- 500 free – 4:48.98
- 100 free – 50.68
- 50 free – 23.59
- 100 fly – 55.85
- 100 back – 56.19
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