Winter Juniors Qualifier Sidney Brann Sends Verbal To Navy (2025)

Sidney Brann of Sarasota, Florida, has announced her verbal commitment to continue her education and swimming career at the United States Naval Academy. Brann, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American, is a junior at Sarasota High School and will arrive in Annapolis for the 2025-2026 season.

Brann trains and competes year-round with the Sarasota Sharks under coach Brent Arckey. Brann is a distance freestyle specialist, and currently holds 2023 Winter Juniors cuts in the 800-meter and 1000-yard freestyle. 

This summer she competed at the Ocala Futures Championships, where she recorded her highest finish at 10th in the 800m free (9:01.05). She also cracked the top-16 in the 200m backstroke with a 2:20.70 in prelims to advance to the B-final. Both swims marked new personal best times by over three seconds.

Highlighting Brann’s short course season this past spring was the Florida Senior Championships. She took four seconds off her best time in the 1650 (17:04.80) and 11 seconds off in the 1000 (10:06.76) to finish 4th in both. In the 500, she dropped almost three seconds to hit a 4:53.84 for 2nd, while in the 200 back she finished 3rd at 2:03.73 to notch another personal best.

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