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Lacey Strachan from Gold Coast, Australia, has announced her verbal commitment to the application process* at Yale University for the 2027-28 school year. She told SwimSwam:
“I chose Yale because it’s the perfect place to challenge myself both in the pool and in the classroom. The combination of a competitive D1 Swim Program, world class academics and a team culture that feels like family made it an easy decision. I can’t wait to be a Bulldog!
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Strachan attends St Michael’s College and trains year-round with the Somerset Swimming Club. She specializes in breaststroke and IM.
At the 2025 Australian Age Group Championships in April, Strachan logged season-best times in the LCM 100 breast (1:11.01 in prelims), 200 breast (2:33.93), and 200 IM (2:27.66). In finals, she placed 7th in the 100 breast and 6th in the 200 breast in the 16-year-old age category. Her PBs in the 100/200 (1:09.85/2:32.81) breast date from 2023. Her best 200 IM time (2:25.45) comes from the 2024 Queensland Championships last December.
In June, at the Somerset Gold Coast Winter Preparation Meet, she swam lifetime bests in the SCM 50 breast (32.31) and 100 IM (1:06.18).
Strachan’s best converted times would have scored in the ‘A’ finals of the 100 and 200 breast at the 2025 Ivy League Women’s Championships. She would have joined junior Jessey Li and freshman Devyn Sargent in the top 8 of the 100 and Sargent in the top 8 of the 200. It took 2:03.15 to get a second swim in the 200 IM. Yale placed 3rd out of 8 teams at the conference meet last year.
Best times:
| SCM | LCM | Best SCY conversion | |
| 50 breast | 32.31 | 33.10 | 28.91 |
| 100 breast | 1:09.18 | 1:09.85 | 1:01.12 |
| 200 breast | 2:29.31 | 2:32.81 | 2:14.06 |
| 200 IM | 2:22.73 | 2:25.45 | 2:08.15 |
*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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