Junior Pan Pacs Gold Medalist Kayla Han Sends Verbal Commitment to Indiana for Fall 2026
09/15/2024 10:57 PM
By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam
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Indiana University earned a huge commitment today, as 16-year-old Kayla Han handed her verbal commitment to the Hoosiers freshman class of 2026. Han is a Junior Pan Pacs champion and National Age Group Record holder. With the commitment, Han will be making her return to state of Indiana, as she spent the last year training at Carmel Swim Club in the Greater Indianapolis area before returning to her home club of La Mirada Armada towards the end of the summer.
“I am so grateful and excited to announce my verbal commitment to pursue my goals at Indiana University! Thank you to my parents, Coach Shipherd, and my Armada family for their unwavering support. Thank you to Coach Looze for giving me the opportunity to become a part of the IU tradition. GO HOOSIERS ” – Kayla Han
Personal Bests, SCY
- 100 free – 50.54
- 200 free – 1:47.00
- 500 free – 4:38.12
- 1000 free – 9:40.05
- 1650 free – 16:00.74
- 100 fly – 54.16
- 200 fly – 1:57.68
- 200 IM – 1:58.03
- 400 IM – 4:06.20
Personal Bests, LCM
- 100 free – 57.23
- 200 free – 1:59.95
- 400 free – 4:08.21
- 800 free – 8:29.66
- 1500 free – 16:16.94
- 100 fly – 1:02.36
- 200 fly – 2:14.59
- 200 IM – 2:16.19
- 400 IM – 4:42.32
Han is primarily a middle-distance and distance freestyler, as well as IM’er, however, she has enough speed in the 100 and 200 free to be a valuable contributor in relays for Indiana as well. Though she was only a sophomore in high school this past season, Han’s time in the 400 IM would have been the fastest on Indiana’s roster last season by over 2 seconds. She also would have had the top time for the Hoosiers in the 200 IM. Han’s career bests would have been 2nd in the 500 free and 3rd in the 1650 free as well.
As far as how Han’s times already project into the NCAA as a whole, her personal best in the 400 IM would have put her 9th in prelims of the event at NCAAs this past season, while her 500 free would have been 14th in prelims and her 1650 free would have been 14th overall. Given that, with 2 years of high school left, Han is already boasting NCAA-scoring times in a trio of events.
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