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Junior Nationals qualifier Sloane Rocha has announced her verbal commitment to swim and study at Northwestern University beginning in the fall of 2027. She publicized the news on SwimCloud, writing:
I am SO excited to announce my commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Illinois! Huge shout out to my family, friends, and teammates for their endless support and to Coach Laura and Coach Ross who’ve helped me so much at SSAN. I’d also like to thank Coach Jeana and the rest of the coaching staff at the University of Illinois for this amazing opportunity! I am so excited and can’t wait!!
A rising senior at Grand Oaks High School in Spring, Texas, Rocha has been a member of her school’s varsity swimming team since her freshman year. She also trains year-round with Swim Streamline at Northampton, where she primarily specializes in breaststroke and IM.
Over the course of the 2025-26 season, Rocha dropped nearly six seconds in the 200 breast and over two seconds in the 100 breast and 200 IM, entering the season in August with PBs of 1:04.12 and 2:23.20 in the 100 and 200 breast and 2:11.45 in the 200 IM, before closing it out in March with times of 1:01.84, 2:16.33, and 2:08.81, respectively.
Rocha had her first big time drops at the Gulf Senior Championships in December, where she won the 100 breast (1:02.88) and touched second in the 200 breast (2:18.23), in addition to placing 20th in the 200 IM (2:11.89). She went on to compete at her first-ever Winter Juniors – East a week later, finishing 50th in the 200 breast (2:18.48) and 59th in the 100 breast (1:04.30).
The University Interscholastic League (UIL) 4-6A Region Championships in February saw Rocha win the 100 breast and finish fifth in the 200 IM, both in current PBs, before going on to touch 16th in the 100 breast (1:05.37) at the State meet. She capped her season at Speedo Sectionals – Roseville in March, where she made the ‘A’ final in all three breaststroke events, touching fourth in the 100 breast (1:02.84), fifth in the 200 breast in her current PB, and eighth in the non-collegiate 50 breast (30.07). Her 100 breast time also undercut the 1:02.39 qualifying standard for Summer Junior Nationals later this month.
Top SCY Times:
100 Breaststroke: 1:01.84 200 Breaststroke: 2:16.33 200 IM: 2:08.81A Division I program, Illinois competes in the Big Ten Conference, with the women’s team placing 14th out of 14 teams at this past season’s conference meet. Rocha’s current career best in the 100 breast would have qualified for the ‘C’ final, while times of 2:14.11 in the 200 breast and 2:00.70 in the 200 IM were needed to earn second swims, setting her up to make an immediate impact with two full seasons of training still ahead of her before her first conference meet.
Rocha joins Ashlyn Bolyard, Reilly Lefsrud, Serena Dickey, and Lulu Negro in committing to the Fighting Illini’s class of 2031 so far.
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