Swiss World Championship Finalist Robin Yeboa Commits to Georgia Tech (2023)

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Swiss national relay record holder Robin Yeboah He has committed to join the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets for the fall of 2023.

“In the year I am thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to Georgia Institute of Technology in the fall of 2023! I can’t wait to experience the next steps in your academic and athletic endeavors in the humble and inspiring environment that everyone creates at GT. Thanks to Xav, my family and friends who helped me make one of the easiest decisions of my life.

“Go jackets!“

Yeboah trains with the club’s Schwimmverein beider Basel in Mutzenz, a town of about 17,000 on the northern border of Switzerland. Under the coach Xavier Fleury, Yeboa secured a spot on the Swiss 2021 Short Course World Championship roster and clinched his first world championship. In the finals, he led the team in the 4×100 free relay, which set a Swiss national record. Roman Mityukov, Anthony JackovichAnd Thomas Hallock Home with a final time of 3:11:53.

Earlier that year, Yeboah was a four-time finalist at the 2021 Swiss Short Course Championships in November and a three-time finalist at the 2021 Swiss National Championships in April. He has a successful history as a member of the Swiss Junior National Team, most notably as a three-time champion at the 2019 Junior Swiss Championship. There, he won the 100 fly, 100 free and 200 free and placed second in the 400 free.

In the year At the 2021 European Junior Championships in Rome, Yoboah finished 16th in the 50m freestyle semi-final (23.31) and 14th in the 100m freestyle semi-final with a lifetime best time of 50.42. He blasted a personal best 50 free time in the preseason (23.19).

Best LCM times (converted to SCY):

50m Freestyle – 23.19, Jul 2021 (20.17)
100m Freestyle – 50.42, Jul 2021 (43.98)
200m Freestyle – 1:55.39, March 2022 (1:41.07)
50m fly – 24.80, December 2022 (21.71)
100m fly – 55.73, April 2021 (48.94)

Yeboah graduated from the International Baccalaureate (IB) school in June 2022 at the International School of Basel and is currently training at the Swiss Armed Forces Sports Competence Center for between half and 18 weeks.

His career bests put him close to making the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship final. He finished 28th in the 100 yards (which was the second-highest finish by the Yellow Jackets) and 39th in the 50 (which tied them for the third-highest finish).

Georgia Tech still has strong ACC Championship finalists in the 100 and 200 free, with junior and national record holder Turkey Batur famous He placed 6th in the 200 free and 21st in the 100 free last season. However, their butterfly and 50 freestyle teams scored high from last summer’s graduating seniors. The Yellow Jackets graduated two top 100 recruits (Christian Ferrara who 8th and Kyle Barron 21st in the event at the 2022 ACC Championships) and the top-50 freestyler Austin Daniels He finished in 23rd place. Yeboah’s converted top 100 fly time of 48.94 will help fill out and strengthen the butterfly team, even though he missed the finals in last season’s championship meet in 42nd place.

Yeboah has expressed his desire to enter college in the United States since at least 2018, but initially, it seems that he can compete in the Southeast Conference (SEC). In 2018, he attended a swimming camp in Florida and posted photos. with Gator alumni Ryan Lochte And Caleb Dressel“#futurehouse?” It hints at the statement.

The Georgia Tech men’s team is coming off the 5th seed in the 2022 ACC Conference Championship. Courtney Shealy Hart.

Jeboah joined Bennett Paramore, Ricky Balduccini, Victor SegaAnd Henry Gibbs Verbal commitment in 2023 in the Yellow Jackets division.

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