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Emma Watts from Vienna, Virginia, has verbally committed to swim and study at the Drexel University beginning in the 2026-27 school year. She confirmed the news to SwimCloud by indicating a school affiliation, but did not provide a quote.
Watts is a senior at George C. Marshall High School, where she has been a member of the school’s varsity swim team since her freshman year. She also swims year-round with The Fish, and specializes in the middle-distance and distance freestyle events.
In those events, she’s been improving quickly, with major drops each of the past few years. In just the past 12 months, she’s cut over a minute and 40 seconds in the mile (18:42.67 to 17:02.13), 7.66 seconds in the 500 (5:06.28 to 4:58.62), and 2.28 seconds in the 200 (1:54.44 to 1:52.16).
The improvements have shown at the Virginia High School League 6A State Championships, where Watts has steadily climbed the rankings. After not qualifying individually as a freshman, she finished 12th as a sophomore and emerged as a title contender last year, placing second in the 200 free with her current best time and third in the 500 (5:01.27).
Watts most recently competed at the Winter Junior Championships, her first time qualifying for the meet, where she finished 32nd in the mile (17:02.90), 65th in the 500 free (4:58.62), and 88th in the 200 free (1:53.03). The 500 free was a 3.87-second best time, while she was just over seven-tenths shy of personal bests in her other two events.
Top SCY Times:
100 Freestyle: 52.97 200 Freestyle: 1:52.16 500 Freestyle: 4:58.62 1650 Freestyle: 17:02.13Drexel is led by head coach Nathan Lavery, who enters his sixth season at the helm of the program. Last season, the Dragons finished six out of nine teams at the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Conference Championships. At the meet, Watts’ best times would have placed her ninth in the mile, 15th in the 500, and 19th in the 200, positioning her as an immediate scoring threat in all three events.
Additionally, Watts would have ranked third in the 500 and 1650, and sixth in the 200 on the team’s 2024-25 depth chart. She will overlap two seasons with Brittany Corbett, who led the team in all three events with times of 1:49.72, 4:48.38, and 16:36.67, providing her with a strong training partner as she transitions to collegiate swimming.
Watts joins a five-strong recruiting class for the Dragons, which includes sprint freestyler Alicia Taylor, breaststroker Sophia Sileo-Magliari, backstroker/IMer Sofia Bell, and butterfly/backstroker Kailey dela Cruz.
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