this is a recent swim only a few tenths off a lifetime-best (lane 4, black cap) where Crosby is efficient enough with his catch that he doesnt have to really burn the tempo up too high. For men's college swimming, recruiting contact officially starts on June 15 after sophomore year. This isnt an exhaustive list of others we considered, but the top few left off the list who made the decisions on 18-20verydifficult. Scotty Buff Greater Toledo Aquatic Club Saint Francis de Sales High School Maumee, OH**Verbally committed to Florida** 19. Best Times: Diehl has been an age group standout for awhile, setting multiple national age group records. Koebel will arrive on campus this fall with times already fast enough to lead the Rams last season in the distance events. Matthew Lucky (Previous Rank: Unranked) Sailfish Aquatics Concord High School Harrisburg, NC **Verbally committed to Northwestern** This video comes from a then-lifetime-best 50.0 Cabrera swam two weeks earlier. 17. According to the Los Angeles Times, in addition to football, Stanley competes . Do better! Caleb Maldari SwimMAC Carolina Charlotte, NC **Verbally committed to Florida** The milers have made major strides, and this might be the best mile class weve seen in years. Brown is a super-intriguing versatile athlete who could really wind up gearing primarily towards the IMs or towards the breaststrokes. 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. Zachary Tan (Previous Rank: #1) DART Swimming Davis, CA**Verbally committed to Cal** A 48-low in the 100 back is very solid, and a 47/47 type is always going to rank well as a recruit. Battaglini fits that mold perfectly, which is going to give him chances to swim a full relay lineup across much of his NCAA career. 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. Hes been 1:02/2:17 in long course breaststroke. Landon DAriano Germantown Academy Aquatic Club Germantown Academy West Chester, PA **Verbally committed to Texas** Kyle Peck Rappahannock Y Swim Team Chancellor High School Fredricksburg, VA **Verbally committed to Texas** Best Times: Just looking at his 200 and 500 free times, Enoch could rank a bit higher in this class. Hes a little better in the 200 and is coming off some great long course drops, too. Backstroke is strong at the top, but equally thin as you move down the ranks. Landon Gentry (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) Nations Capital Swim Club Patriot High School Bristow, VA **Verbally committed to Virginia Tech** Best Times: LIke Maldari, Irwin is a great 200 backstroker. 2022 addendum: The sport has returned to something a little more resembling normal after two years of the coronavirus pandemic. 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. He took a gap year and will enroll with the class of 2022. 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. Hes got better 50 free speed than most of them, and pretty comparable 100 free speed. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. Arizona States Leon Marchand has the fastest time in the Pac-12 this season in six different events. Add in that intriguing 200 IM and Kelly has a lot of routes to cracking the top 5 by next years ranks. Class rank: NationalNo. He's not sick of swimming yet. He sticks right in with a field of outstanding breaststrokers there, and generates a lot of pulling power. Then, Jared Anderson stopped swimming and started writing about swimming. Step 2: Student-athletes visit college campuses to learn more about the schools' athletic programs. 15. Demitrius Bell McGavock (Nashville, TN) 6-1 / 175. Your home for results, rankings, data and all things swimming. Originally published 9/13. 20. Class. Into specifics: this is a great group of IMers, just like it is on the girls side. 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. 4. 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. He could very easily wind up the best 400 IMer in the class and has some great long course production in breaststroke (1:03/2:16) and IM (2:05/4:31) to back up his short course times. (Previous Rank: #9) Nicholas going 47.4 in the 100 fly is no joke thats among the best times in the entire class in this event. Powe has really good hand drive, and his underwater almost seem to get better as the race goes on. With that strong of a long course 100, Winkler definitely has the ability to bring his 200-yard free down even further, though hes already among the best in the class now, if you take out Diehls extraordinary time. I cant get Mullen into the top 20 based on short course production. Y Greater Monmouth Swim Team YMCA MIDA-YMCA New Jersey Home Meets Times Records Rankings Roster Coaches Season 2021-2022 Women Name Hometown; 1 Lee, Arabella D. Y Greater Monmouth Swim Team Boys 100 Yards Freestyle 9/1/2022 to 8/31/2023 Short Course Yards (SCY) Rankings by Current Season Y Greater Monmouth Sw: 1:24. 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. Malicki is also solid in long course breaststroke: 1:03.1/2:20.6,including a three-second 100 breast drop since last year. Crosby also had a great sprint backstroke, where he matched his 47.6 lifetime-best this year. Paring the list down to 20 always feels like pulling teeth. Heres a 200 free (lane 4, fifth lane from the top) where Sergile really shows off some nice flip turns and carries his speed really well through breakouts. Hes the best in the class in four different events, and is one of the fastest sophomore recruits weve ever ranked. (Hes 4:28 in the long course 400 IM, too, which is exceptional). 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. That might suggest more distance drops are coming. Dean Jones Magnolia Aquatic Club home-schooled Magnolia, TX **Verbally committed to Navy** | Privacy Settings | Do Not Sell My Personal Information, There are plenty of arguments in favor of getting Ledford into the top 20. 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. Rank Player Pos Ht / Wt Rating Team. But as of now, at least, the distance groups range doesnt extend down into the 200 or 500 very well, so the standout milers are kind of one-trick-ponies as far as NCAA scoring is concerned. At this time last year, Kharun didnt even make our list, as his best short course production was just 48.9/1:49.6 in the butterfly races. He has very nice wide lips and nice face bone structure. Los Angeles in 1984 was the first Olympic games at which only two swimmers per country, per event, were permitted; previously, three swimmers were allowed and many countries would sweep the medal stand. 1y Craig Haubert. Disclaimer: there are alotof high school seniors in the country, and no really good, complete, 100% accurate listing of them all. But in this swim (lane 5, black cap), you can see some good power out of his kick and nice hand drive at the top of his stroke. This class has the misfortune of following a couple of really star-studded classes into the NCAA. Best Times: This ones for everyone who has ever commented on one of these rankings upset that I dont weigh long course times enough. He still projects best as a 100 fly/100 free type, but cutting more than 12 seconds in the 200 fly as a junior suggests Hayon could continue to develop into a true two-distance butterflyer. Headed by a big-name, versatile sprinter (then:Ryan Hoffer; now:Scotty Buff), both classes are thick with fast-developing fly and back talent. The first domino fell when Shemar Stewart, the No. He didnt swim the mile in that meet, so wed expect him to see a big improvement from his current personal best (set in December of 2021) when he swims it again. 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. Then he almost looks tentative on the second 25, but it does allow him to time the wall better. He was 3:53.8 in the 400 IM as of last years rankings and has cut nearly six full seconds. Best Times: There are 13 individual swimming events in the NCAA Championships lineup. 1 cornerback . VS Brewster High School. Smith would be one of the best 100 flyers in the class, and probably would sit somewhere between #10 and #20 in this group. All rights reserved. Im preparing a class 3 against SwimSwam for not putting my son in the top 20!!! (Previous Rank: #2) 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. Filipovic did make marginal 50/100 free drops this year, and his long course times had good drops from 24.1/52.6 to 23.1/51.5. Powe actually appears in this same NCSA video we linked for Zuchowski above (Powe is lane 3, black cap, two lanes down from Zuchowski). Whats weird is that a lot of swimmers in this class seem to have one event well ahead of the rest. The girls 2022 recruit ranks stayed very stable at the top. 15:10 is only about 15 seconds from what it took to earn an NCAA invite this year, and milers can definitely drop time in big chunks. Custer has maybe beenthebreakout story of this entire class over his junior year. (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). Verbal commitments are listed where theyve been reported. this 200 IM race video gives a good look at all four of his strokes (lane 4, blue cap). Fan remains the best 100 breaststroker in the class, and the best two-distance breaststroker of the bunch. Best Times: Mueller is another really fast dropper in sprint free, but his backstrokes still remain his calling card. But Jones also has great distance free prowess and some really good IM times hes just two tenths away from being the top 400 IMer in the class and dropped more than four seconds since our last round of rankings. 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. 17. Mullens best short course yards 400 IM is from 2019, so it feels like theres a chance a big drop is coming. Swimming might be sick of him, though. 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. 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. With that out of the way, lets get to our rankings. Tan didnt see a lot of personal-bests in short course or long course as a junior, but hes also from California, which was locked down about as much as any state during the pandemic. Theres a lot of good IM depth and more two-distance IMers than we usually see at this age. SwimSwam Men's swimming recruiting classes. Koebel will arrive on campus this fall with times already fast enough to lead the Rams last season in the distance events. 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). But being this good from the 50 through the 200 will give Scholl a shot to swim every relay in the lineup while also contributing individually, and thats really valuable in the NCAA format. **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. Paring the list down to 20 always feels like pulling teeth. Best Times: Schmitt is on a meteoric rise as a butterflyer. 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. I would like to thank my family, coaches, and friends/teammates for helping me through this process. And a 3:47.2 in the 400 IM gives him a really nice set of three NCAA events that fit well together. Dillingham doesnt quite have the versatility, yet, to have three good individual events at NCAAs, but just going 19.5/43.9 will give him plenty of opportunity to contribute to a wide range of relays. His open turns are excellent, low in the water and very quick. "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 . (Previous Rank: #20) Ready for another huge drop? Malicki had a great junior year, dropping 1.5 seconds in the 100 breast to push Fan for the top time in the class. Heres that long course 100 (lane 8, all the way at the bottom in the black cap). 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. Some more names that came up in our research. Each of these athletes is still an extremely high-level recruit: Feeling nostalgic? He has dropped those massively, with the biggest surprise probably being that 7.4-second drop in the 200 free. With some time left before the early signing period for the 2023 class opens, we break down the top 25 . 16. It's pretty rare . Last time Florida had a top recruit, it was Maxime back in 2016 and before that, Dressel in 2014. 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. Hes much more of a breaststroker, though, while Modglin is more of a backstroker. With his speed around the 100s, youd think hed be faster than 1:53 in the 200 IM, and hes definitely got the potential to develop there. Alec Filipovic (Previous Rank: #6) St. Charles Swim Team Saint Charles North High School St. Charles, IL**Verbally committed to Texas** Projecting international recruits often becomes more a discussion ofwhentheyll first join a college program and notwhichprogram theyll join. Zuchowski has firmly taken over as the fastest backstroke in this class, keyed by a massive drop from 1:45.4 to 1:41.6 in the 200 back. Here is a look at Utah's 2023 recruiting class, with prospects listed alphabetically according to reporting by 247 Sports, Rivals, . 2. A three-second drop in the 200 free is one thing. Sandidge is as smooth as can be with a really low breath and a robotically-consistent arm tempo. Meets See all. 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