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Isabel Wu from Sunnyvale, California, has announced her verbal commitment to the admission process* at Princeton University for 2027-28. She wrote on social media:
“I am super excited to announce my verbal commitment to the admissions process at Princeton University! Huge thank you to all of my family, friends, and coaches for their endless and unwavering support throughout the years. I would also like to express my gratitude to Coach Abby and the Princeton coaching staff for believing in me and giving me this amazing opportunity. GO TIGERS!! 🐯🧡🖤”
Wu is a junior at Archbishop Mitty High School. She swims year-round with Santa Clara Swim Club and specializes in the 200/400 IM. She is our #16 recruit on the Way Too Early list of top 20 girls from the high school class of 2027.
As a high school freshman, she came in 5th in the 200 IM (2:01.80 in prelims, a PB) and 5th in the 500 free (5:01.86) at the 2024 CIF-Central Coast Section Championships. She then went on to the State Meet and placed 6th in the IM with 2:02.69. Last May, she was runner-up in the IM (2:00.26, a PB) and placed 3rd in the 100 fly (54.54, a PB) at the Section meet; she also led off the medley relay in a PB of 26.70 and the 400 free relay in 51.37. At the 2025 California State Championships, she placed 4th in the IM (PB of 1:59.59 in prelims) and 3rd in the fly (PB of 54.39 in prelims).
Wu recently competed at 2025 Winter Juniors West but was off her best times, all achieved last spring. She clocked her best 400 IM time at Far Westerns in April, dropping 6.3 seconds while finishing 2nd in 4:12.14.
Wu had a strong showing in long-course season last year, culminating in PBs of 2:17.78/4:54.47 in the IMs and 28.39/1:01.48/2:15.03 in the butterfly events. She also achieved a Summer Juniors cut in the 200 free (2:04.87), a Winter Juniors cut in the 400 free (4:24.66), and Futures standards in the 200 back (2:22.24) and 100 breast (1:14.84).
Wu will arrive at Princeton just after the graduation of Tigers Eleanor Sun and Dakota Tucker, who finished 1-2 in the 200 IM and 400 IM at the Ivy League Women’s Championships. Wu’s times would already qualify for the ‘A’ finals in both events. It took 53.49/1:59.56 to make top 8 in the 100/200 fly at the 2025 conference meet.
Best SCY times:
- 400 IM – 4:12.14
- 200 IM – 1:59.59
- 200 fly – 1:59.61
- 100 fly – 54.32
- 100 free – 51.02
*Note: A verbal commitment between an Ivy League coach and a prospective student-athlete is not an offer of admission, as only the Admission Office has that authority. The coach can only commit his or her support in the admission process. Ivy League Admission Offices do not issue “Likely Letters” before October 1 of the prospective student-athlete’s senior year of high school. The Likely Letter, while issued after an initial read of the student’s application, is not an offer of admission to the university.
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