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Tokyo Olympian Claire Curzan Announces Verbal Commitment To Swim At Stanford 

NEW COMMIT: The No. 1 select in the Class of 2022 has settled on her school choice: Tokyo Olympic semifinalist and U.S. Public Teamer Claire Curzan has declared her verbal obligation to Stanford.

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She will join a gathering that incorporates two of her colleagues from the U.S. Olympic group, Regan Smith and individual 100 butterflyer Torri Huske. 

Curzan will give a colossal lift to mentor Greg Meehan's gathering that is hoping to get back on top of the public rankings in the wake of winning three straight NCAA titles in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Cardinal wound up 10th at the 2021 titles yet figure to vault back up the rankings even this prior year Curzan shows up in September 2022. 

Curzan is falling off a remarkable summer where she completed tenth in the elimination rounds of the 100 butterfly at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She additionally swam the fly leg during prelims of the 400 mixture transfer, assisting Team USA with tying down a spot in finals to proceed to acquire the silver award. 

In an Instagram post declaring her choice, Curzan said, "I'm excited to at last report my verbal obligation to proceed with my scholarly and athletic profession at Stanford University! I couldn't of done this without my stunning mentors, partners, and instructors, and the interminable help from my loved ones. I'm really honored and can hardly wait to join the homestead!!" 

A local of Cary, North Carolina, she procured her Olympic compartment subsequent to completing second in the 100 butterfly at Trials in Omaha, where she additionally progressed to the elimination rounds of the 50 and 100 free-form. 

Her best 100 fly season of 56.20 was done at the TAC Titans Long Course Premier Meet in April 2021. That time broke the world junior record held by Canada's Penny Oleksiak at 56.46, which was hindered in 2016 with a silver award winning swim from the Rio Olympics. 

Curzan is no more interesting to the record books and is the proprietor of 13 National Age Group records: