Hes the best 50/100 guy in the class, having dropped from 20.1 to 19.7 in the 50 free and from 44.7 to 43.5 in the 100 free. Malicki had a great junior year, dropping 1.5 seconds in the 100 breast to push Fan for the top time in the class. 17. Probably more influential for his NCAA scoring ceiling is a cut from 50.0 to 47.5 in the 100 fly for a great third event. Haughey (lane 5, fourth from the bottom) is pretty arm-driven, but without a lot of tempo. He should fit very well in the relay-distance freestyles for a team needing to bolster its relay depth, and hes still got interesting developmental speed in back and fly, depending on where he focuses as senior. He cut a full second in his 100 fly to move towards the top of the class, and also went from 56.6 to 54.1 in long course meters. His drop in the rankings is less an indictment of his junior year as a testament to just how many other swimmers had massive time drops to move into the top 20. Chen is pretty much identical to Zou as a prospect a little faster in the 100 but a little slower in the 200. "The UVA track and field staff has assembled an impressive group of first years and transfers on both the men's and women's sides representing . Haughey had modest drops in distance free, and does have pretty good range from the mile down to the 200 thats great for relay potential. Colorado. Interesting shift and definitely seems to bode well for the ACC with where many of the recruits are concentrating overall. Best Times: Kelly is a tick behind Battaglini in nearly all of their shared events, but his calling card is a wider range of event options. Texas A&M's historic haul last cycle capped at 13 members in February. Heres his 200 fly from the same meet (lane 4, white cap). He was 3:53.8 in the 400 IM as of last years rankings and has cut nearly six full seconds. Dawson Joyce (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) Seminole Aquatics Seminole High School Sanford, FL **Verbally committed to Florida** He sticks right in with a field of outstanding breaststrokers there, and generates a lot of pulling power. Alabama sets the pace . | Privacy Settings | Do Not Sell My Personal Information, There are plenty of arguments in favor of getting Ledford into the top 20. His open turns are excellent, low in the water and very quick. Best Times: Yet another candidate to eventually be the best breaststroker out of this class. (Previous Rank: #1) 200 back would make a nice third event, though hes also a good butterflyer and breaststroker. Mullens best short course yards 400 IM is from 2019, so it feels like theres a chance a big drop is coming. Either way, having an IMer who can drop a huge split on a 4200 free relay is a luxury any college coach will take in a heartbeat. STJD Allows Santos Time Trial to Stand, Will Be Added to Olympic Roster, 2021 Euro Championships Race Videos: Click Here To Watch The Best From Budapest, Girls & boys ranks for current juniors high school class of 2022 (updated rankings from our Way Too Early rankings last spring), Way Too Early ranks for current sophomore girls & boys high school class of 2023, Re-Rank of outgoing senior girls & boys high school class of 2021, A pretty deep class, but no huge names at the top, Lots of good IMer and versatile types near the top, Great mile group has developed, but 200-500 range is still wanting, Deep backstroke group, slanted towards the 200, Deep butterfly group, slanted towards the 100, Logan Zucker (15:32/9:23/4:22.8/1:36.7/44.4/20.4, 3:51.6IM), Kyle Ponsler (4:23.3/1:38.8, 1:47.1/3:50.0IM), Tom Caps (55.1/2:02.0 but a long course 1:03.1BR), Patrick Keough (47.5/1:46.4) **Verbally committed to Brown**. Hes got better 50 free speed than most of them, and pretty comparable 100 free speed. 8. 18. The results reflect just how elite Kentucky basketball recruiting is at the moment. Actually, I believe Buffs 100 Fly is NOT second to Hofers. 6. 100 fly/200 fly/1650 free is an odd NCAA combo, but Kharun has plenty of ability to swim multiple events in a session. Home Meets Top Times Team Rankings Recruiting Videos Meet Simulator Help . Pretty interesting concentration and good return for Florida as I recall them being underrepresented last year. The swimming portion of the 2023 Mens PAC-12 Championships kick off with the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays, with ASU the top seed in both events. An even bigger drop, though, came in the 200 fly: from 1:50 to 1:42.9. Hes a long ways from having a good third event, but hes so good in his primary two races that it might not matter much, at least from an individual NCAA scoring point of view. Kharun also shows pretty intriguing versatility hes a second or so away from the top mile time in the class. Yet another guy who has had a meteoric senior rise, Gentry moves from our honorable mentions into our top five. Disclaimer: there are alotof high school seniors in the country, and no really good, complete, 100% accurate listing of them all. Gio Linscheer (Previous Rank: Unranked) City of Richardson Swim Team Plano East Senior High School Richardson, TX **Verbally committed to Florida** NCAA champion Brooke Forde was 4:50. A lot of the top-end talent can cross over into one or the other IM race. Cotter doesnt have an elite start or underwater yet, but what immediately jumps off the screen is his awesome flutter kick. Hes the best 1000 freestyler in the class with a very good mile to back it up. The main difference is the range up to the 200 free that Harrington is still developing. With elite fly/back talent like Scotty Buff, the class of 2023 is rapidly becoming one of the best recruiting classes we've ranked in a while. Joyce is our first true sprinter on the list. Heres that long course 100 (lane 8, all the way at the bottom in the black cap). However, many college coaches actually . He doesnt have the same speed #13 Li does, but hes definitely got more endurance. The 400 IM is rapidly becoming his third event, which would be a great fit in the NCAA lineup. (Previous Rank: N/A) 5. We don't yet know who, and we don't yet know when the public announcement will come, but the University of Kentucky says that they have received a verbal commitment . Its that time of year again when we at SwimSwam rank out the top 20 high school swimming prospects in the upcoming NCAA recruiting class. Theres plenty of versatility, and a fair number of swimmers who are still hard to classify into one specific event discipline. Rex Maurer Rose Bowl Aquatics Loyola High School Pasadena, CA **Verbally committed to Stanford** That 200 has seen the biggest drops from last year, cutting from 1:47.1 to 1:41.9 to sit among the best in the class. I think one parent lives in DC so could explain the confusion. Back then, Cal and Texas (sometimes Stanford) had a stranglehold on the top 5 recruits, and the comments section when Chaney signed with Florida was largely about how he must have gone there only because Cal and Texas were out of full rides. Heres that massive mile from Custer (lane 6). 2023 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. With some time left before the early signing period for the 2023 class opens, we break down the top 25 . Best Times: 200 fly 1:44.00, 100 fly 47.61, 200 free 1:39.41. Hes just a tenth off the best in the class there. Wed also keep an eye out for a big 200 breast drop from Li in the next year: just last month, he went 1:02.8 and 2:16.2 in the long course versions of the 100 and 200 breast, and those times definitely feel faster than where his short course times are at the moment. (Previous Rank: #4) Best Times: Keep an eye on this name. 18. DL. Hes the best 100 flyer in the class right now with a lot of sheer speed in the butterfly. These rankings in no way mean that all of these 20 swimmers will be NCAA standouts, and they certainly dont mean that no swimmer left off this list will make big contributions at the NCAA level. Weve scouted five sophomore classes now, going back to the class of 2020, and Diehl is the fastest sophomore 200 freestyler weve ever ranked, bestingCarson Fosters 1:33.7 from that class of 2020. This isnt an exhaustive list of others we considered, but the top few left off the list who made the decisions on 18-20verydifficult. Still, the 50 free and 100 free by themselves can provide up to six total events at the NCAA level, so Joyce should carry plenty of recruiting value. Class rank: NationalNo. 200 fly and 200 IM look like his best events for the moment, and it really comes down to whether he zeroes in on butterfly or brings a 200 back or 200 free into the mix. Thats what I take with 3-4 dolphin kicks and stretching out to a pretty slow pace, and Im 62. Thats one of the rare time in this class that would have earned an NCAA invite in 2021. With the number of swimmers (and the largest population in the nation) in California, youd think the state would be heavily represented on these lists. . While he doesnt have elite range yet, a 1:47.9 in the 200 fly is plenty at this point to suggest that Swearingen will probably be a good two-distance butterflyer by the time he hits the college level. The higher end D2 programs stress Futures Championship times. 19. Boston College hung on to take down bubble hopefuls Wake Forest tonight, winning 71-69. 20.0 and 43.4 mean serious speed those would have been the best sprint free times in the class of 2023, 2022, or 2020 as sophomores. Best Times: 200 breast 1:57.73, 100 breast 54.57, 200 IM 1:48.95, 100 fly 48.80. Its sacrilege in swimming to make Michael Phelps comparisons, so we wont. Jared I enjoyed your insights and comments. Best Times: 200 back 1:41.68, 100 back 46.86, 400 IM 3:48.49, 200 IM 1:46.66, 200 fly 1:46.62, 100 fly 48.10, 100 breast 55.81. While each individual stroke isnt terribly strong in this class, the IM group is. Sam Powe (Previous Rank: Unranked) McCallie GPS Aquatics McCallie School Chattanooga, TN **Verbally committed to Georgia** The environment is great, an the coaches are amazing. 1 recruit, but Dakota Luther is coming off a huge summer qualifying for the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Will Scholtz Lakeside Swim Team St. Xavier High School Prospect, KY**Verbally committed to Texas** 3. Hes got the top 200 back time in the class, ranking among the top recruits weve ever ranked there. Mentions. The biggest is his improvement curve. Best Times: Jones is a bit more of a mid-distance specialist for the moment: his 200 and 500 frees are comparable to some of the guys who made the top 20, and the 200 fly makes a very solid third event. 16 by SwimSwam, in its annual NCAA recruiting class rankings. 17. Best Times: Arioti fits in the same mold as DAriano: hes got a bunch of really interesting times without one clear standout stroke or event. Step 4: Colleges offer scholarships to the student-athletes they want to play for them. Class. Add in that intriguing 200 IM and Kelly has a lot of routes to cracking the top 5 by next years ranks. Maybe most exciting for Hayon is that hes got one of those butterfly strokes that is so natural and smooth that he can breathe basically every stroke without sacrificing his body-line. A Southern Illinois freshman has stamped his ticket to the NCAA Championships, the teams first qualifier for nationals since 2005. "This is a group of young people that are going to do some wonderful . Best Times: As a pure two-distance backstroker, Peck is second in this class to only Diehl. But this 2022 group has taken a big step forward as juniors, even amid the pandemic. UA has time, and No. The NCAA has gotten so crazy fast in the stroke that even a 53.6/1:57.3 type like Scholtz has a long ways to go to get into NCAA scoring range. Custer dropped nearly a full minute you read that right in the 1650 free, from 15:36 as a sophomore to 14:37 as a junior. Loyola University Maryland Adds Kiernan Leary to Class of 2027. Evangel Christian School (NY) Hoosac School AA (NA) Our Saviour Lutheran Regnl (NY) Putnam Science Elite (CT) Redemption Christian AA (NY) Springfield Commonwealth Black. 1-ranked recruiting class for the eighth time since Nick . Hes on the cusp of breaking 9:00 in the 1000, which is another key barrier. Some more names that came up in our research. 20. Hes the best in the class in four different events, and is one of the fastest sophomore recruits weve ever ranked. The additions of Montrell Johnson and O'Cyrus Torrence from Louisiana-Lafayette as four-star transfers also helped out the 2022 class. Speedo Rankings; Records; Swimmer Bios; Meet Listing; Swim Jobs; . He has dropped those massively, with the biggest surprise probably being that 7.4-second drop in the 200 free. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. Sign In. Michael Cotter (Previous Rank: #17) TAC Titans Green Hope High School Cary, NC**Verbally committed to NC State** As we noted, this is a thin backstroke class, and Peck represents a huge dropoff point there are a couple solid 100 backstrokers left, but no one with anywhere near the 200 back polish Peck does. Lance Norris (Previous Rank: #14) TAC Titans Nash Central High School Rocky Mount, NC**Verbally committed to NC State** Right now, it can cause some awkward long or short walls, but that can be cleaned up with time and experience. 12. Women's Division 2 swimming times. Class of 2025 is bit skewed (Heilman and Max WIlliamson), but Williamson is fastest high schooler of any grade in 100 free and 400 IM. He leads everyone in the 200 breast by quite a ways, which shows a lot of toughness and experience. Best Times: Harrington could very easily join the tier of three-distance freestylers inside the back end of the top 20 above. Jones looks like hes starting to zero in on backstroke as his go-to race after dropping nearly two full seconds in the 100 back over his junior year. Do you consider that in the ranking when looking at the best time? That is not a good statement for developmental clubs and coaches in California. Hes also improving as a 200 guy after cutting five seconds. 18. Ready for another huge drop? Through Nov. 16, the SEC is once again lapping the field with the top two classes and nine of the top 25. Tristan DenBrok SwimAtlanta North Gwinnett High School Suwanee, GA **Verbally committed to Georgia** That said, the pandemic remains the elephant in the room when it comes to ranking these classes. A few other factors that weigh heavily in our rankings: Of course, theres no way to predict the future, and the most concrete data we have to go on are cold, hard times. That speaks to the sprint depth of this class. Unlike Tan, Linchseer had incredible time drops as a junior. Matt Marsteiner New Wave Swim Team Leesville Road High School Raleigh, NC **Verbally committed to NC State** Theres not a great third even yet, but hes dropping fast in the 200 back, going from 1:50 as a sophomore to 1:46.5 as a junior, and he also cut three tenths down to 45.8 in the 100 free. Muhammad would probably rank in the top 10 in this class by virtue of a 1:45.9 in the 200 IM. Zachary Tan (Previous Rank: #1) DART Swimming Davis, CA**Verbally committed to Cal** 1y Craig Haubert. He really back-halfs the race with great closing speed. The swimming portion of the 2023 Mens PAC-12 Championships kick off with the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays, with ASU the top seed in both events. (Previous Rank: #5) Terms of Use & Privacy Policy | FTC Disclaimer Later in that same video, we get a great look at his distinctive straight-arm freestyle (lane 5, black cap) and how much water he grabs with his arm catch. Best Times: Modglin is the best 200 IMer in the class, and hes got really elite versatility across all four strokes. Brown is a super-intriguing versatile athlete who could really wind up gearing primarily towards the IMs or towards the breaststrokes. Best Times: Li is the fastest 100 breaststroker in the class, but hes not in any way just a pure speedster: going sub-1:58 in the 200 breast is a really nice swim as a sophomore. 7. Peruse the top of a given outlet's college football recruiting ranking and you'll find plenty of SEC programs at or near the top, nearly no matter the year. Best Times: Its really hard to fairly evaluate breaststroke prospects. All rights reserved. Where we saw a lot of our top girls recruits didnt see big junior-year time drops (leading to a top 10 that didnt look all that different from our sophomore ranks), the boys dropped time in droves. Diehl is also just the fourth sophomore weve ever ranked with a sub-20 time in the 50 free, joiningAnthony Grimm (19.6), Aiden Hayes (19.7) and David Curtiss (19.7) from the class of 2021. Your son is in the class of 2015. Jared was a YMCA and high school swimmer in northern Minnesota, and spent his college years swimming breaststroke and occasionally pretending . **The 1000 free isnt an event at the Division I NCAA Championships, but is swum instead of the 1650 in many Division I dual meets and is part of the NCAA program in Division II. Best Times: Its always fun to see a swimmer come through with this kind of range. 17. The butterflyers are the exact opposite, with tons of 47-point speed but not a lot of strong 200s to match. We provide you four massive print issues designed to sit on your coffee table like a piece of artwork. Sandidge dropped 15 seconds off his mile this year, and broke 9:00 for the first time in the 1000. Itll just take more experience to really blend those two things and when he does, Filipovic is going well under 47. At least I hope they get their moments to swim to their full potential! Best Times: 200 IM 1:45.96, 100 free 43.48, 50 free 20.03, 100 fly 47.84, 100 breast 55.65, 100 back 48.60. Kelly also has a nice 500 free we tend to see big drops there across the late high school and early college years, and a 4:23 is a lot more valuable than it may seem. Best Times: 200 fly 1:43.03, 100 fly 46.41, 200 IM 1:46.73, 400 IM 3:53.59, 100 back 48.66, 200 free 1:37.87. Best Times: 1650 free 14:37.86, 1000 free 8:51.37, 500 free 4:18.49, 400 IM 3:48.41, 200 IM 1:47.41, 200 free 1:36.22, 200 back 1:45.91, 200 fly 1:47.04. Charlie Crosby (Previous Rank: #9) Hopkins Hurricanes Swim Club Breck High School Mound, MN**Verbally committed to Texas** 3:48.8 in the 400 IM still carries tremendous weight, and Tan is really, really good through all four strokes. Powe actually appears in this same NCSA video we linked for Zuchowski above (Powe is lane 3, black cap, two lanes down from Zuchowski). Disclaimer: there are alotof high school sophomores in the country, and no really good, complete, 100% accurate listing of them all. These TAC guys took some serious digging to find race videos but we managed to find Norriss career-best in the long course 1500 free. Most swimmers have a great event or two that stand out from the rest of their times, and we see a lot of shuffling in the ranks as swimmers start to develop a more well-rounded portfolio through their junior and senior years. Hes 2:18 in the long course 200, which is among the best in this class. His mile is way ahead of his other events, though, and that limits the scoring upside a little. 2. Diehl is also just the fourth sophomore we've ever ranked with a sub-20 time in the 50 free, joining Anthony Grimm (19.6), Aiden Hayes (19.7) and David Curtiss (19.7) from the class of 2021. The 200 breast will probably wind up being his third event, though Barnett is also a good backstroker with a 1:45.6 in the 200. McCarty has great arm tempo and a good flutter kick, and hangs with an awfully good field of sprinters. 7 Notre Dame.Ohio State comes in at No. Theres a lot of good IM depth and more two-distance IMers than we usually see at this age. ALL . Custer may have to develop a second gear to be a high-impact 500 freestyle, but hes already got the chops to be one of the NCAAs best milers from day 1. 2. Jeremy Kelly Nitro Swimming Georgetown High School Georgetown, TX **Verbally committed to Texas** 382 47 67. Alabama holds 12 members of the ranking in the 27-man class as of Wednesday evening. Hudson Williams New Albany Aquatic Club Olentangy Liberty High School Powell, OH **Verbally committed to NC State** A top tier college coach once told me that he doesnt spend much time looking at swimmers from Northern Californiaonly thinks a couple of clubs in that region really do a decent job. 6. Custer has maybe beenthebreakout story of this entire class over his junior year. But thats an argument for a different day.). The downside is that theres no Carson Foster/Luca Urlando (class of 2020) or Aidan Hayes/Anthony Grimm/Joshua Matheny (class of 2021) in this mix, at least on true name value. Most of his best times came in the month of March, including an 8:58 in the 1000 free thats nearly the best in the entire class. But its worth noting up-front that this class has a real chance for some big upheaval as swimmers catch up from the missed pandemic years. smh swimswam. But when Sandidge decides to make his move (about 900 yards in and about 8:30 in this video), the second gear is clearly visible and very impressive. Obviously, Buff doesnt have Hoffers unprecedented sprint free speed (19.0/41.2 as a high school junior). But two months after Mahabir hit those short course bests, he crushed times of 1:01.7 and 2:13.5 in the long course meters breaststrokes those are easily the best long course breaststroke times in this class and suggest that he should be dropping his short course times towards the best in the class in short order. Conference Schools. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Virginia track and field program announced on Tuesday (July 5) its men's recruiting class for the 2022-23 season. | Privacy Settings | Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Arizona State Gets a 2nd Pac-12 Record on Wednesday Night, in the 800 Free Relay, Arizona State Ties Pac-12 Record in 200 Medley Relay; Cal & Stanford DQed, 2023 Mens PAC-12 Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap, Sergio Lopez Gets a Big Raise; Guaranteed Assistant Pay Pool and Operating Budgets, What Will Leon Marchand Swim at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships? Headed by a big-name, versatile sprinter (then:Ryan Hoffer; now:Scotty Buff), both classes are thick with fast-developing fly and back talent. Originally published 9/13. Diehl dropped almost seven seconds in the 200 back from 1:49.4 to 1:41.9 over his sophomore year. Jonny Marshall Firestone Akron Swim Team Firestone Senior High School Akron, OH**Verbally committed to Florida** He reclassified into the class of 2022, but really isnt significantly older than this group. Part of the Nord Anglia Education family, the British International School Ho Chi Minh City (BIS HCMC) is the leading school in Vietnam. For example, most elite D1 women's swimming recruits can swim the 50 Freestyle as fast as 21.7 seconds, but most swimmers in the D2 and D3 divisions will clock in . Not only does that give him the only NCAA scoring time in this entire recruiting class, it also would have put him 7th at the 2021 NCAA meet. Smith has already turned 18 this spring, but was 17 like all the above-mentioned swimmers when he hit his short course bests in the 100 fly and 200 fly. The class features a total of 16 athletes including three transfers and one athlete from New Zealand. 6 prospect in the class, signed with Texas A&M. Stewart gives the Aggies four five-star prospects and is the seventh top-30 prospect to sign with . Best Times: Just looking at his 200 and 500 free times, Enoch could rank a bit higher in this class. Filipovic has a ton of power, but he also looks like a guy still dialing in all the details of the short-axis butterfly. 16m M.A. WR. SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Shippensburg University men's and women's swimming head coach Tim Verge has confirmed the recruitment of eight student-athletes who have each agreed to attend the university and will suit up for the Raider program when the season begins in September 2021. Arizona States Leon Marchand has the fastest time in the Pac-12 this season in six different events. Hes also great through the relya-distance freestyles, including a 100 free that is just tenths behind the best in the class. 7. Spencer Nicholas Nashville Aquatic Club Martin Luther King High School Nashville, TN **Verbally committed to Virginia** Hes also been 55.4 in the long course 100 fly, which is faster than a lot of the flyers ranked ahead of him. Kaii Winkler Eagle Aquatics home-schooled Miami, FL Paring the list down to 20 always feels like pulling teeth. 1 cornerback in the country: Cormani McClain. But he hasnt quite developed a third event around those two. Gentry uses his legs well in all strokes, but especially in fly and free. Nearly all of his short course bests come from the same meet: Winter Juniors in December. Right now, Winkler leads the class in the 100 free in both yards and meters (hes 49.6 in long course meters compared to 49.7 for Diehl). 2023 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. 16. Scroll down to take a look at the nation's top 25 recruiting classes for the 2021 cycle as of Feb. 25, according to the 247Sports Composite. Simons is pretty much a pure backstroker at this point, but hes a very good one. (Previous Rank: #9) That has to bode well for his trajectory over the next year or so before he enters the college ranks. Dean Jones Magnolia Aquatic Club home-schooled Magnolia, TX **Verbally committed to Navy** Theres also a chance that weve simply missed a no-brainer (weve taken every precaution to avoid that), and if that happens, we want to make sure we correct it. Hes in lane 4 and quickly separates from the field. Zhier Fan (Previous Rank: #4) Metroplex Aquatics Plano, TX **Verbally committed to Stanford** Modglin is the best 200 IMer in the class, and he's got really elite versatility across all four strokes. Caleb Maldari SwimMAC Carolina Charlotte, NC **Verbally committed to Florida** Drew Hitchcock Baylor Swim Club Baylor School Chattanooga, TN **Verbally committed to Georgia** Gibson Holmes Mason Manta Rays Indian Hill High School Cincinnati, OH **Verbally committed to Stanford** Dont go to B1G Nate or any other breaststrokers. One more massive drop: from 4:22 to 4:15 in the 500 free. In fact, we considered him mostly an IMer in last years ranks, though even then we specifically noted that we could see him develop into a freestyle relay value. Interesting that there is only one swimmer from CALIFORNIA and the western United States. Marsteiner has the classic distance question when it comes to his third event: do you stick with freestyle and try to drum up the speed to race a 200 free, or roll with endurance and toughness and mix in that 400 IM? Ilya Kharun Sandpipers of Nevada Las Vegas, NV **Verbally committed to Arizona State** Jared was a YMCA and high school swimmer in northern Minnesota, and spent his college years swimming breaststroke and occasionally pretending . According to NCAA research, the majority of initial recruiting contact from coaches happens during the student-athlete's junior year, and most verbal commitments take place during junior or senior year. Josh Zuchowski (Previous Rank: #3) Flood Aquatics Swim Team Kings Academy Jupiter, FL **Verbally committed to Stanford** Hes 2:03/4:25 in the long course IMs and 1:04/2:16 in the long course breaststroke, and a couple of big swims this summer would probably be enough to vault him right back into top 20 consideration. Sandidge swims an incredibly patient race, just wearing down the other top swimmers in this heat (including one of our honorable mention recruits just below him in lane 3). Kyle Peck Rappahannock Y Swim Team Chancellor High School Fredricksburg, VA **Verbally committed to Texas** McMullan could legitimately develop anywhere from the 50 through the 1650. Andrew Zou Longhorn Aquatics Regents School Austin, TX **Verbally committed to Princeton** Become Premier to access player rankings, expert analysis, recruiting updates, event coverage, and our exclusive College Soccer Recruiting Guide. Keep an eye on the IMs, where hes got a lot of work to do, but does have intriguing times of 1:50 and 3:59 to work with. Backstroke is strong at the top, but equally thin as you move down the ranks. (From 20.4 to 19.8 in the 50 free and 44.6 to 43.6 in the 100 free). Verbal commitments are listed where theyve been reported. I did not pay for him to go to a private school to be treated like this! Hes got a good 200 free, too, and could have some crossover into the 800 free relay like guys like Austin Katz or Bryce Mefford have in the past. 1. Best Times: 200 free 1:34.35, 500 free 4:19.93, 100 free 43.70, 50 free 20.19, 200 IM 1:46.52, 400 IM 3:53.18, 1000 free 9:26.32, 1650 free 15:28.50. State/Region Latest Swim Meet SCY Swimmers LCM Swimmers; Alabama-Florida-Tennesee: 2023 FL Spring Area 2 Championships (2/25/2023) 17133: 932: Alaska: 2023 AK Age Group Championships (2/17/2023) But Kharun is also 45.5 in the 100 fly, making him one of three swimmers in the class who already has a time that would have been invited to 2022 NCAAs. Smith would be one of the best 100 flyers in the class, and probably would sit somewhere between #10 and #20 in this group. His backstroke isnt the smoothest, but Zuchowski has really top-notch arm speed (lane 5, gold cap), and his aggressiveness into his flip turns is a pretty rare trait in a high schooler. 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