Caroline Poleway who swims for Coach John Collins at Badger Swim Club in Larchmont, New York, has verbally committed to the Dartmouth College class of 2019.*
Poleway is a back/free/fly specialist whose top times over the last couple of seasons include:
100 yard free 52.32
200 yard free 1:51.71
500 yard free 4:58.06
100 yard back 57.14
200 yard back 2:03.91
100 yard fly 57.98
200 yard fly 2:06.26
Poleway’s times in the 200 free, 100/200 back, and 200 fly would all have made C-finals at the 2014 Ivy League Championships. The Big Green lost half its 2014 scorers to graduation, so there are a lot of holes to fill. They brought in a large recruit class this year and as the freshmen settle in it will become more clear where someone as versatile as Poleway will be most useful. As it is, she will join the already-committed Molly Brickman in the class of 2019.
Poleway has twice been named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
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*DISCLAIMER: Poleway has not yet been officially accepted to Dartmouth. As is true with all Ivy League schools, Dartmouth’s Admission Office will not send its acceptance letter until the beginning of December, along with those of all Early Action candidates. The procedure for a recruited athlete like Poleway is for Admissions to review her transcript and SAT scores, “support (her) application for admission in the fall,” issue a Likely Letter, then offer her acceptance into the class of 2019.