2023 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. Some more names that came up in our research. Each of these athletes is still an extremely high-level recruit: Feeling nostalgic? (Of course, swimming opportunity hasalwaysbeen inherently uneven its just being talked about more now because those who have always had opportunities aplenty are just now experiencing what its like to struggle for pool access and competition opportunities. Heres his career-best in the 100 short course yard breaststroke (lane 5, fifth from the top, in a dark cap). Sam Powe (Previous Rank: Unranked) McCallie GPS Aquatics McCallie School Chattanooga, TN **Verbally committed to Georgia** 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. But for now, this group holds the best 50, 100, and 200 free times weve ever ranked among sophomore classes, going back to the class of 2020. 18. 2021 addendum: This year more than ever, were all working with only partial information. A real shame considering many clubs swim outside in California. NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 3 million student . Alec Filipovic (Previous Rank: #6) St. Charles Swim Team Saint Charles North High School St. Charles, IL**Verbally committed to Texas** 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. Arizona States Leon Marchand has the fastest time in the Pac-12 this season in six different events. Best Times: Diehl has been an age group standout for awhile, setting multiple national age group records. Hudson Williams New Albany Aquatic Club Olentangy Liberty High School Powell, OH **Verbally committed to NC State** 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. Ohio State Buckeyes. 2. He dropped more than six seconds in the 200 back and is on the cusp of NCAA invite level (it took 1:41.8 in 2021). Hes the fastest 200 freestyler in this class, and closing in on the 500, too. 6. 17. Our holistic approach to education balances academic excellence with personal growth and wellbeing, inspiring your child to be their best, achieve success, and develop a . This is essentially a re-rank of that class, taking into account a year of improvements. Hes completely lived up to that mission, dropping 2.4 seconds in his 200 free while also seeing big drops in his shorter races. Top247 247Sports Composite. Hes a half-second behind Modglin for the best 200 IM in the class, but that probably looks like his best bet as an NCAA prospect. Quintin McCarty (Previous Rank: Unranked) Pikes Peak Athletics Discovery Canyon High School Colorado Springs, CO **Verbally committed to NC State** He dropped almost a second and a half in the 100 back and nearly two seconds in the 200 back and still projects as a great two-distance backstroker at the NCAA level. Then, Jared Anderson stopped swimming and started writing about swimming. Either way, his drops from 1:49.1 to 1:45.1 in the 200 IM and from 1:59.2 to 1:55.1 in the 200 breast will likely make those two his primary events. 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. (Previous Rank: #10) Rankings are based on incoming times, potential upside in the class, class size, relay impact, and team needs filled. (Previous Rank: #20) We profiled Filipovic as more of a sprint freestyler last time around, but his time drops have come in butterfly over his junior year. Hes a great long course swimmer, too, with 2:03.9/4:19.9 times in the 200/400-meter IMs and a sub-2:00 200-meter fly. 1y Craig Haubert. 5. Powe actually appears in this same NCSA video we linked for Zuchowski above (Powe is lane 3, black cap, two lanes down from Zuchowski). Zou is a solid long course swimmer with breaststroke times of 1:03.8 and 2:17.1. A Southern Illinois freshman has stamped his ticket to the NCAA Championships, the teams first qualifier for nationals since 2005. Class rank: NationalNo. 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. This class has the misfortune of following a couple of really star-studded classes into the NCAA. this 200 IM race video gives a good look at all four of his strokes (lane 4, blue cap). This isnt an exhaustive list of others we considered, but the top few left off the list who made the decisions on 18-20verydifficult. 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. 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. Mentions. 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 . Plenty of these swimmers missed potential taper meets amid the coronavirus pandemic, and its difficult to determine whose times have stagnated and which swimmers merely havent had enough chances to rest up and race in the past year. 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. Its always difficult at this age to tell if a swimmer is truly just a better fit for long course than the NCAA yards format, or if one course is just starting to catch up to the other. Its that time of year again where we at SwimSwam rank out the top 20 high school swimming prospects in the upcoming NCAA recruiting class. Jared I enjoyed your insights and comments. Kamal Muhammad Spartans Aquatic Club Lakeside High School Atlanta, GA **Verbally committed to Virginia** Projecting international recruits often becomes more a discussion ofwhentheyll first join a college program and notwhichprogram theyll join. The higher end D2 programs stress Futures Championship times. 3. Best Times: There are 13 individual swimming events in the NCAA Championships lineup. Andres Dupont Cabrera (Previous Rank: Unranked) Bolles School Sharks Bolles School Jacksonville, FL **Verbally committed to Stanford** 15. Race videos of Nelson's best times are hard to come . But he could also stay on the sprint train and bring his 50 free (and potentially 50 back) around for even more NCAA relay opportunities. Best Times: 400 IM 3:48.84, 200 IM 1:47.23, 200 breast 1:58.17, 100 breast 55.43, 200 back 1:46.56, 100 back 49.74. Hes got a very natural butterfly with an outstanding up-kick behind him you see his feet drive upwards with every stroke. Lucass 1:44.5 in the 200 fly is the best sophomore time weve ranked sinceLuca Urlandoback in the class of 2020. The faces in the crowd section could highlight the random 66 sprinter that went from 24.0 to 21.0 after growing a foot in the past 12 months, or the 1:55 200 IM guy thatRead more . NCAA champion Brooke Forde was 4:50. 1272/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance (UEF) aims to become Vietnam's leading university and achieve international academic standards, based on philosophy: Quality - Efficiency - Integration. (Its also the reason weve got him ahead of our #15 recruit, who is very comparable in short course, but about a second slower in both long course races). McCarty has great arm tempo and a good flutter kick, and hangs with an awfully good field of sprinters. 14. The short course season end at a different time for different states. Drew Hitchcock Baylor Swim Club Baylor School Chattanooga, TN **Verbally committed to Georgia** Now they have the #1 male and female recruits of the class of 2023, and youre going to see it happen a lot more often. Even if you took out his 200 IM time, Modglin would rank pretty highly as a pure backstroker. Hes in lane 4 and quickly separates from the field. 7 Notre Dame.Ohio State comes in at No. (Hes 4:28 in the long course 400 IM, too, which is exceptional). Holden Smith Race Pace Club Saint Xavier High School Louisville, KY **Verbally committed to Texas** As with a lot of the TAC Titans on this list, his best events arent readily available on video, but this is a decent 200 back that came very early in swimmings return from the pandemic. With that out of the way, lets get to our rankings. Best Times: If youre really looking for a distance prospect, Taylor will rank higher on your board than #20. As a result, it felt like the perfect time to update our top 25 recruiting classes -- with rankings just about set in stone at this point in the cycle. (Previous Rank: #1) Our goal in these rankings is to reflect what college coaches look for in recruits, based on many years of conversations and coverage. Hes also got enough freestyle speed (20.5/45.1/1:37.8) to have some relay upside down the line, too. Northern California (East Bay Area) has one of, if not THE largest and most competitive summer league systems in the country.Read more . Caleb Maldari SwimMAC Carolina Charlotte, NC **Verbally committed to Florida** 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. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a little bit of a shuffling effect on the way we think of academic years. Half of our top 10 werent even ranked a year ago, and our #1 recruit from last year got bumped to outside our top 20 this year. Breaststroke is the odd stroke out. He really back-halfs the race with great closing speed. 13. A preseason No. If thats not enough, hes also got excellent versatility, with a 46-second backstroke and a 1:46 IM. Crosby also had a great sprint backstroke, where he matched his 47.6 lifetime-best this year. Alabama sets the pace . For men's college swimming, recruiting contact officially starts on June 15 after sophomore year. 4. THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HCMC. "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 . why does the olympics swimming only allows for two swimmers per event but track and field allow for three which leads to a sweep please correct me if i am wrong. Best Men's Swimming Schools. Best Times: We go from a bunch of specialists to a true all-arounder late in our ranks. **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. Kyle Peck Rappahannock Y Swim Team Chancellor High School Fredricksburg, VA **Verbally committed to Texas** Serena, Griner honored at NAACP Image Awards. 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) Heres kind of a cool, birds-eye angle of his lifetime-best 100 fly (lane 4, white cap). Combine him with the No . One thing Ledford really has going for him is long course production: hes been 53.0/2:00.9 in the long course butterflys, which is really impressive. Secondly, we valued the swimmer's best . Your home for results, rankings, data and all things swimming. Itll just take more experience to really blend those two things and when he does, Filipovic is going well under 47. That 1650 free is just tenths off of NCAA scoring level, which merits inclusion in our top 20. (Previous Rank: #6) His 200 free is his most impressive time for the moment, and centering on the 100/200 free would provide the most relay options within the NCAA format. Best Times: An honorable mention candidate last time around, Hudson has made massive strides in sprint freestyle to crack our top 10. Best Times: Thats asuperinteresting portfolio of times for Jones, who is very much a jack-of-all-trades within the sprints. 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. Hayon is another guy who smashed his way from well outside our top 20 into the top 10. With that out of the way, lets get to our rankings. Hes much more of a breaststroker, though, while Modglin is more of a backstroker. 5. (Previous Rank: #9) The 100 fly could also turn into a nice third event. The Arizona State 200 medley relay tied Cals Pac-12 record on Wednesday to open the 2023 Pac-12 Swimming & Diving Championships. Swimming might be sick of him, though. Hes the best 400 IMer and 500 freestyler in the class but his most impressive event might not be either of those two. Butterfly is very thin, and theres not a standout 46-second flyer like weve seen in three of the past four sophomore classes. Sebastien Sergile (Previous Rank: #13) SwimAtlanta Centennial High School Alpharetta, GA **Verbally committed to Virginia** Nolan Dunklel recently committed to Nc State, Bryce Rohr Distance Free (4:35/ 9:21/ 15:30). Bert Najera Mission Viejo Nadadores Santa Margarita Catholic High School Rancho Santa Margarita, CA **Verbally committed to Cal** He's not sick of swimming yet. Jeremy Kelly Nitro Swimming Georgetown High School Georgetown, TX **Verbally committed to Texas** Roman Jones Jersey Flyers Aquatic Club The Pingry School Chatham, NJ**Verbally committed to Cal** A 4:13.90 as a high schooler is really reallygood. Alabama finished with the No. Cabrera represents Mexico internationally, but like quite of few of our top class of 2022 swimmers with international roots, he trains out of the U.S. and competes at the club and high school level within the United States. Liam Custer (Previous Rank: Unranked) Sarasota Sharks Riverview High School Osprey, FL **Verbally committed to Stanford** Haughey (lane 5, fourth from the bottom) is pretty arm-driven, but without a lot of tempo. 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. 1 . 5. You get a really good view of Branons excellent streamline and his powerful kickouts. Feb 2, 2022. A 48-low in the 100 back is very solid, and a 47/47 type is always going to rank well as a recruit. Best Times: Just looking at his 200 and 500 free times, Enoch could rank a bit higher in this class. All that said, this class is rapidly becoming one of the best weve ranked as juniors in a long time. Projecting international recruits often becomes more of a discussion ofwhentheyll first join a college program and notwhichprogram theyll join. We just had to list 10 of them for Germonprez, who could conceivably lead this class in five or more events with a great senior year. His backstroke times are reminiscent of someone like Destin Lasco, who was 45.9/1:41.7 as a high school junior before really breaking out at the college level. Recent recruiting classes suffered through some extremely reduced practice hours for 15+ months due to pandemic restrictions. College football's 2023 recruiting cycle has all but come to an end after February's national signing day. 7. Not much underwater kicking and up past the flags quick. Rex Maurer Rose Bowl Aquatics Loyola High School Pasadena, CA **Verbally committed to Stanford** Another guy with an evolving event focus. Haughey was mostly a distance freestyler in our last ranks, but a 3.3-second drop down to 1:43.8 in the 200 back probably makes that his best event on paper. Madison Smith (Previous Rank: N/A) - Rockville Montgomery Swim Club - Good Counsel High . As a junior, hes started to separate himself from the field in the flys and IMs, though, and he now looks like a true 200 IM/100 fly/200 fly swimmer at the NCAA level who could also eventually cross over into a free relay or two. 6 recruiting class in 2022, one spot behind No. Last updated on 02/28/23 at 9:01 AM CST. Whats interesting is that Sergile is really good at one element that his top two races (200 fly/200 free)donthave in common: hes got outstanding turns, both flip turns and open turns. Best Times: Zou has an argument to be the best breaststroker in the class right now. Yet another guy who has had a meteoric senior rise, Gentry moves from our honorable mentions into our top five. 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. You could argue that Sandidge is underrated here after all, he does have an NCAA invite time in the 1650 free, one of only six swimmers in the class (Nelson, Zuchowski, Custer, Gentry, Norris, Sandidge) with an invite time. Powe was 48.9 and1:48.4in the backstrokes as of our rankings last year. Thats going to make him a powerhouse of a 200/500 type swimmer at the college level. Home Meets Top Times Team Rankings Recruiting Videos Meet Simulator Help . Baylor Nelson (Previous Rank: #2) SwimMAC Carolina Community School of Davidson Charlotte, NC**Verbally committed to Texas A&M** 11. At least I hope they get their moments to swim to their full potential! A bonus video, if only because Hayon really feels like one of our favorite breakout candidates the more film we watch. Best Times: As a pure two-distance backstroker, Peck is second in this class to only Diehl. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. A list of the top 2023 Football teams in order of recruiting rankings solely based off of the On3 Consensus Hayon actually appears in that same 100 back video we linked for Zuchowski and Powe, but heres Hayons best event, the 100 fly (lane 5, black cap). In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating. Norris is another fast-dropping distance guy he cracked 15 minutes in the 1650 this year, cutting 23 seconds and hitting a 2021 NCAA invite time. Theres a chance that we disagree with your assessment of their spot in the top 20, and so long as its done civilly, theres no problem with differences of opinions. 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. 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. Like Modglin, Germonprez has incredible versatility across the 100s of all four strokes. Hes also been 55.4 in the long course 100 fly, which is faster than a lot of the flyers ranked ahead of him. Heres his sub-15 mile from NCSAs this spring (lane 4, the middle of the three blue caps). As always, its a factor we consider but its a more complicated consideration this year. Each of these athletes is still an extremely high-level recruit: Feeling nostalgic? 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. Sign In. The Chase for the Recruiting Champion powered by 247Sports Composite. Marshall hasnt quite seen the same trajectory in the 100, but dropped plenty of time from 47.4 to 46.7 as a junior. 1 | Big TenNo. Scheduled Commits; Player Rankings; Player Search; Crystal Ball; Recruiter Rankings; Class Calculator; All Time Top Recruits; Transfer Portal; BK . He would also be the best 100 freestyler in the class. Plus, heading into the Olympic year last spring, many of the top swimmers may have spent a little more time focusing on long course without showing the same kind of short course drops. Best Times: DenBrok is really great through the 200 and 500 free distances, and the real question is probably whether hell swim upwards towards the mile or downwards towards the sprints (where hes 45.3 in the 100 free). Regardless of how we wind up classifying the top swimmers, though, theres really good depth in this class in every freestyle distance: from the 50 up through the 1650. | 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? 1 cornerback . Luke Stibrich Blue Tide Aquatics Summer Creek High School Humble, TX **Verbally committed to Texas** Mullens best short course yards 400 IM is from 2019, so it feels like theres a chance a big drop is coming. 10. His sprint free ability is a nice bonus, but whats really interesting is that 55.1 in the 100 breast. He is currently in his room crying about this and frankly so am I. Michael Cotter (Previous Rank: #17) TAC Titans Green Hope High School Cary, NC**Verbally committed to NC State** Best Times: The next three in the ranks are almost interchangeable, depending on which strokes and distance ranges you value most. Fans got a really high-tempo breaststroke that should fit well on 200/400 medley relays, too. 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. And as honorable mentions go, a fast-rising 400 IMer is an awfully good value. Here is a look at Utah's 2023 recruiting class, with prospects listed alphabetically according to reporting by 247 Sports, Rivals, . I would be curious on your evaluation of a Class of 23 student at the Baylor School named Josean Massucco a distance and fly swimmer whose times are close to those in your Top 20 and Hon. Kharun also shows pretty intriguing versatility hes a second or so away from the top mile time in the class. Best Times: 1650 free 14:58.94, 1000 free 9:00.96, 500 free 4:20.64, 400 IM 3:47.23, 200 IM 1:48.37, 200 back 1:44.83, 100 back 48.67, 200 free 1:38.29. The milers have made major strides, and this might be the best mile class weve seen in years. 3.) 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. (Previous Rank: HM) 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. Best Times: 100 fly 47.21, 200 fly 1:45.82, 50 free 20.00, 100 free 44.30, 200 IM 1:48.04, 100 back 48.36. Joyce is our first true sprinter on the list. The highlight is probably the seven-second drop in the 200 fly to lead the class. Koebel will arrive on campus this fall with times already fast enough to lead the Rams last season in the distance events. Ryan Branon (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) North Baltimore Aquatic Club Loyola Blakefield High School Lutherville-Timonium, MD **Verbally committed to Texas** Getting under 4:20 in the 500 free is a great step as a high school junior, and Taylor dropped three seconds there since last year. Sonny Wang Waterloo Swimming Westwood High School Austin, TX**Verbally committed to Harvard** Hes just a tenth off the best in the class there. Lance Norris (Previous Rank: #14) TAC Titans Nash Central High School Rocky Mount, NC**Verbally committed to NC State** Jaelan Phillips . Simons also dropped from 58/2:04 to 55.5/2:00.5 in long course, and his butterfly is improving well, too. If his backstroke keeps rising, he could definitely build out a good 200 to go along with his 100. All rights reserved. Hes been 1:02/2:17 in long course breaststroke. Go Bobcats! Leon Marchand swam a nation-leading time in the 200 free as Arizona State got their 2nd Pac-12 Conference Record of the session on Wednesday evening. 0.8955. Norris is part of a trio in the 500 (Custer, Cotter, Norris) who are pretty solidly faster than the rest of the class at this point. He has dropped those massively, with the biggest surprise probably being that 7.4-second drop in the 200 free. Hes the best in the class in four different events, and is one of the fastest sophomore recruits weve ever ranked. 9.. Texas A&M was the big winner on the first day of . 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. **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. But the race is also an absolute masterclass in attacking your flip turns. Hes another outstanding long course swimmer in fact, his long course times (54.3/2:00.9) are even more impressive than Sergiles times pointed out above. Rank Player Pos Ht / Wt Rating Team. The 400 IM is rapidly becoming his third event, which would be a great fit in the NCAA lineup. When we started ranking sophomores, we knew going in that the girls ranks would probably be a lot more predictive than the boys. 1. A lot of them would hinge on how much you value his great 100 fly (46.6) vs a top 200 flyer like #18 David Schmitt. Simons is pretty much a pure backstroker at this point, but hes a very good one. He was 3:53.8 in the 400 IM as of last years rankings and has cut nearly six full seconds. For the purposes of space, we wont include every top event for these athletes, but just a few of their standouts. Best Times: 100 breast 53.45, 200 breast 1:59.03. At this point, youd probably have to project Germonprez to swim 200 IM/100 breast/200 breast in the NCAA format, but he could develop into a lot of different spots across the lineup. Best Times: It feels like we might see Winkler and Diehl battling for three years over who is the best pure sprint freestyler in the class. A lot of his best times come from the same North Carolina Sectional as Nelson, and thats making race videos somewhat hard to come by. (From 20.4 to 19.8 in the 50 free and 44.6 to 43.6 in the 100 free). Lucky is a very good all-around breaststroker, and theres probably an argument to slide him in at #20 instead of Malicki, depending on how much you want to weigh the relay implications of Malickis superior 100 vs Luckys much-better 200. That is not a good statement for developmental clubs and coaches in California. 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. Ready for another huge drop? 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. Verbal commitments are listed where theyve been reported. 13. (Sept. 14)- Mary Frances Wagley '47 Head Coach Meg Sisson French and associate head coach/recruiting coordinator James Sica are pleased to announce the incoming class of 2025 for the MIT Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams. 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. Heres a look back at our historic recruiting class rankings, plus our retrospectives of those classes after four NCAA seasons: document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Braden, do you rank the recruiting classes for NCAA each year? Theres a chance that we disagree with your assessment of their spot in the top 20, and so long as its done civilly, theres no problem with differences of opinions. He was 49.8 in the 100 fly and 1:51.2 in the 200 fly as of last year, but surges into our top 20 after a seven-second drop in that 200 and a 1.6-second drop in that 100. (Previous Rank: #19) Official psych sheets, eligible relays and a list of alternates have been confirmed by the NCAA two weeks out from the womens championship meet in Knoxville. Best Times: A year ago, it was a little harder to project where Holmes would fit as a college swimmer he had pretty intriguing times in IM, fly, free, and even breaststroke. Nolan Dunkel Arlington Aquatic Club Yorktown High School Washington, DC **Verbally committed to NC State** Welcome back, Cotter the TAC Titans freestyler rises way up our ranks with a set of key time drops of his own: from 1:36.9 to 1:34.3 in the 200 free and from 4:29 to 4:19 in the 500 free. Koebel will arrive on campus this fall with times already fast enough to lead the Rams last season in the distance events. That type of multi-stroke range makes you think Modglin should develop into an incredible college IMer, as we tend to see recruits make their biggest drops in the IM races. They have a late season short course yards opportunity to post great times. Some more names that came up in our research. Has great arm tempo and a 1:46 IM much a pure backstroker a bit higher this! 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