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Sophie Fox of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, will head north to swim for the South Carolina Gamecocks next fall. The Planet Swim Aquatics senior is a multi-time finalist at the Florida State High School Championships and Summer Junior Nationals qualifier.
I am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my athletic and academic career at the University of South Carolina! I am so grateful for the support I’ve had through this process from my friends, family, and coaches. I would also like to thank the coaching staff at South Carolina for this amazing oppurtunity! GO GAMECOCKS
Fox helped Ponte Vedra to their 4th straight Class 3A state championship last fall by way of her runner-up finish in the 100 fly (55.10) and 3rd place finish in the 50 free (23.55). The former was a new personal best time, and she finished second only to her teammate Penny Zarczynski. She also posted a 51.96 leading off Ponte Vedra’s 400 free relay, and split 23.45 to help them win the 200 free relay.
Though her best time of 2:00.60 in the 200 fly comes from March 2024 at the Florida Spring Senior Championships, Fox was right on it this past season, swimming a 2:00.64 at Winter Juniors – East for 21st overall. There, she also hit a 55.67 in the 100 fly for 54th and recorded a rolling split of 51.69 on Planet Swim Aquatics’ 13th place 400 free relay.
Fox wrapped up her 2024-2025 season at Summer Juniors in July with a personal best in the 50 fly (29.53) and a season best in the 200 fly (2:19.56), finishing in 143rd and 39th, respectively. Her PB in the 200 fly came from Richmond Futures last summer, where she time-trialed a 2:16.86 after swimming a 2:17.00 in finals for 6th.
Best times (SCY):
100 fly: 55.10 200 fly: 2:00.60 50 free: 23.44 100 free: 51.94 200 free: 1:53.73South Carolina was 5th at SECs last season, and were led by Sophia Verzyl’s 73 points from the boards. Their highest scoring swimmer was then-senior Greta Pelzek, who scored 61 points with the help of a 4th place finish in the 200 fly (1:52.80). Though Fox is off what it took to score (52.92/1:58.30) in the butterfly events at SECs, she will be a strong addition to the Gamecock’s fly group—her 200 would have ranked her 5th on the roster this past season.
She’ll join two other Floridians in Agatha Amaral (breast) and Jessica Robie. The rest of the recruits come from the north, with New Yorker Farrah Klein (back) and Pennsylvanian Kaitlyn Kolessar rounding out U of SC’s class of 2030. This is a fly/free heavy class for the Gamecocks, as Robie and Kolessar also excel in the 200 fly; their arrival perfectly slots in with the graduation of Pelzek, South Carolina’s top 200 flyer (and school record holder).
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