(Diehls 200 back is just three-tenths behind what Foster was as a sophomore, and Foster is the fastest sophomore weve ranked in that event). VS Brewster High School. Race videos of Nelsons best times are hard to come by, but this long course 400 IM (lane 1 at the top) from early 2020 does show all four of his strokes. One year ago, he wasnt even close to the top 20 with freestyle times of 20.8/47.4/1:44.1. 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. Swimming might be sick of him, though. Zou is a solid long course swimmer with breaststroke times of 1:03.8 and 2:17.1. 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. College Recruiting swimming news on SwimSwam. Step 4: Colleges offer scholarships to the student-athletes they want to play for them. THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HCMC. If theres a weak spot in the class, its probably pure IMers. He was 3:53.8 in the 400 IM as of last years rankings and has cut nearly six full seconds. Ben Irwin SwimAtlanta Buford High School Buford, GA**Verbally committed to Navy** 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. and get into our rankings. Marcus Papanikolaou Unattached Central Bucks East High School Doylestown, PA McMullan is also an intriguing butterflyer. That speaks well to his potential in the 200 back, where the NCSA race video isnt as readily available. Sam Powe (Previous Rank: Unranked) McCallie GPS Aquatics McCallie School Chattanooga, TN **Verbally committed to Georgia** He sticks right in with a field of outstanding breaststrokers there, and generates a lot of pulling power. With that out of the way, lets get to our rankings. Some more names that came up in our research. 19. (McCarty is lane 6, one below Caeleb Dressel). Great job to Josh Chen and family from your roomie Evan Wong #nationaldiversityselect #iolaniswimclub- ALOHA! 3. His sprint free ability is a nice bonus, but whats really interesting is that 55.1 in the 100 breast. 200 back would make a nice third event, though hes also a good butterflyer and breaststroker. Best Times: Harrington could very easily join the tier of three-distance freestylers inside the back end of the top 20 above. 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. For men's college swimming, recruiting contact officially starts on June 15 after sophomore year. Best Times: Maurer holds his #2 rank as the best distance swimmer in the class and one of only three swimmers in the class with a 2022 NCAA invite time already as a high school junior. 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. Hayon is another guy who smashed his way from well outside our top 20 into the top 10. Step 2: Student-athletes visit college campuses to learn more about the schools' athletic programs. (Previous Rank: #7) (Previous Rank: #3) The 400 IM is the really exciting one: hes got lot of room to grow from his 3:56, especially with a 4:31 on record in the long course pool. Holden Smith Race Pace Club Saint Xavier High School Louisville, KY **Verbally committed to Texas** If you dont see your favorite swimmer on the list, feel free to politely point them out in the comments. . Best Times: Croley is a great sprinter, and if you tend to value an athletes top event or two more highly, youd probably have a good argument to get him as high as #6. Kellys 20.0/44.0 speed will make him a great NCAA relay prospect, and he brings just a little more 200 free endurance to the mix compared to the sprintier Battaglini. As always, its a factor we consider but its a more complicated consideration this year. Dont say you werent warned. College football's 2023 recruiting cycle has come to a close with 299 of the recruits in the ESPN 300 signed (Duce Robinson being the lone exception). Best Times: 200 back 1:42.94, 100 back 47.87. But thats an argument for a different day.). Itd make the most sense for him to stick with speed and keep honing the 100 fly, but hes also close to the 1:40-barrier in the 200 free and could up his relay value there. Beyond that, pool access for both training and competition has been very uneven based on local coronavirus restrictions. Alabama holds 12 members of the ranking in the 27-man class as of Wednesday evening. 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: Papanikolaou is a pure sprinter for the moment, but with 50 and 100 free times like that, plenty of college coaches will be happy to recruit him. A Southern Illinois freshman has stamped his ticket to the NCAA Championships, the teams first qualifier for nationals since 2005. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates! 17. Hes dropped about a second and a half in the 100 free and looks like he could develop into a multi-relay threat at the college level. Best Times: LIke Maldari, Irwin is a great 200 backstroker. With that out of the way, lets get to our rankings. You could argue that hes the best all-around IMer in the class over Lucas, sitting about a second faster in the 200 and a second slower in the 400. Hes a very good 100/200 freestyler who is close to the top of the class at both distances. Heres kind of a cool, birds-eye angle of his lifetime-best 100 fly (lane 4, white cap). 1 cornerback . 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. The 400 IM is rapidly becoming his third event, which would be a great fit in the NCAA lineup. Our goal in these rankings is to reflect what college coaches look for in recruits, based on many years of conversations and coverage. 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. On the flip side, he doesnt have a ton of speed yet, which could drag down his relay value a bit. Not much underwater kicking and up past the flags quick. Go Bobcats! Adriano Arioti Rockville Montgomery Swim Club Georgetown Day School Potomac, MD **Verbally committed to Harvard** Tristan DenBrok SwimAtlanta North Gwinnett High School Suwanee, GA **Verbally committed to Georgia** He has very nice wide lips and nice face bone structure. 3.) Best Men's Swimming Schools. Best Times: 200 back 1:42.39, 100 back 47.07, 200 free 1:37.76. Heres kind of a cool, birds-eye angle of his lifetime-best 100 fly (lane 4, white cap). Hes the best in the class in four different events, and is one of the fastest sophomore recruits weve ever ranked. Marsteiner doesnt have a ton of speed yet, but as we noted above, 500 free times are usually a little misleading when youre looking at high school prospects we see big drops there in late high school and early college, and there arent that many high school sophomores better than 4:25. Carter Lancaster Bolles School Sharks Bolles School Jacksonville, FL **Verbally committed to Cal** Virginia Tech head Sergio Lopezs new contract will shift the paradigm for collegiate coaches across the country with modernized languages about budgets and assistant coach salaries. McCarty has great arm tempo and a good flutter kick, and hangs with an awfully good field of sprinters. Thats a possibility with this group, too, especially with most of our top 5 being great freestylers with intriguing stroke events also in the mix. 12. (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). Our goal in these rankings is to reflect what college coaches look for in recruits, based on many years of conversations and coverage. (Previous Rank: #16) The boys are always much more in-development, and this class is no exception. Theres plenty of versatility, and a fair number of swimmers who are still hard to classify into one specific event discipline. Your home for results, rankings, data and all things swimming. With freestyle being so strong, this class winds up a little thin on stroke specialists. Add in that intriguing 200 IM and Kelly has a lot of routes to cracking the top 5 by next years ranks. Headed by a big-name, versatile sprinter (then:Ryan Hoffer; now:Scotty Buff), both classes are thick with fast-developing fly and back talent. Best Times: 200 breast 1:57.73, 100 breast 54.57, 200 IM 1:48.95, 100 fly 48.80. (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. He doesnt have the same speed #13 Li does, but hes definitely got more endurance. Spencer Nicholas Nashville Aquatic Club Martin Luther King High School Nashville, TN **Verbally committed to Virginia** 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? Weve got video of that swim and if its helpful to see race video against top competition, well, McCarty is one lane over from a guy who is only the best sprinter on the planet. 2023 Recruit Basketball Team Rankings. 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. (Previous Rank: HM) Jared was a YMCA and high school swimmer in northern Minnesota, and spent his college years swimming breaststroke and occasionally pretending . 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. 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. Best Times: Another former honorable mention moving up. 6. That said, the pandemic remains the elephant in the room when it comes to ranking these classes. Best Times: Modglin is the best 200 IMer in the class, and hes got really elite versatility across all four strokes. Why wasnt my son *swimmer A* chosen for this list??? Hudson Williams New Albany Aquatic Club Olentangy Liberty High School Powell, OH **Verbally committed to NC State** Speedo Rankings; Records; Swimmer Bios; Meet Listing; Swim Jobs; . 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. Plus can't go wrong with swimming outside everyday. The first domino fell when Shemar Stewart, the No. PRINCETON, N.J. - The Princeton University men's swimming & diving team's 2022-23 recruiting class has been ranked No. The butterfly events are definitely Gentrys strongest point right now, but this 200 IM race video gives a good look at all four of his strokes (lane 4, blue cap). Women's Division 2 swimming times. (Previous Rank: N/A) 2. Cooper Lucas Lakeside Aquatic Club Keller High School Keller, TX **Verbally committed to Texas** Levi Sandidge (Previous Rank: Unranked) City of Richardson Swim Team Richardson High School Richardson, TX **Verbally committed to Kentucky** 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. Logan Brown First Colony Swim Team Clements High School Sugar Land, TX **Verbally committed to Texas A&M** 16m M.A. Rex Maurer Rose Bowl Aquatics Loyola High School Pasadena, CA **Verbally committed to Stanford** 2023 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. 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. 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. Winkler has nice versatility into the fly and back, too, and we could see him morph into the versatile sprinter type over his late high school years. Readers could nominate candidates from their area, and SwimSwam could aggregate the names and make some picks. A year ago, this class was mostly headlined by sprint freestylers and freestyle depth. Best Times: If youre looking for a pure sprint butterflyer, Swearingen is the guy you want. 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. | Privacy Settings | Do Not Sell My Personal Information, There are plenty of arguments in favor of getting Ledford into the top 20. Hes much more of a breaststroker, though, while Modglin is more of a backstroker. NCAA champion Brooke Forde was 4:50. Best Times: 50 free 19.79, 100 free 43.59, 100 fly 48.52. 2021 addendum: This year more than ever, were all working with only partial information. This class has the markings of a Jack Bauerle team versatility and mid-D specialists who are capable of swimming down to the 50/100 for relay purposes. Best Times: Heck is another great breaststroker who just has a ways to drop to get into NCAA scoring range (it took 52.2/1:53.2 just to book an invite last year). If his backstroke keeps rising, he could definitely build out a good 200 to go along with his 100. Hes also been 55.4 in the long course 100 fly, which is faster than a lot of the flyers ranked ahead of him. What Croley doesnt have yet is that standout third event. Best Times: 100 breast 53.36, 200 breast 1:56.99, 200 IM 1:47.76, 400 IM 3:57.15, 200 back 1:45.44. (Previous Rank: N/A) He is currently in his room crying about this and frankly so am I. The other thing that keeps Chen a little lower on this list is that he really doesnt have a third event yet, even compared to the two pure breaststrokers above him. If you dont see your favorite swimmer on the list, feel free to politely point them out in the comments. 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. Its sacrilege in swimming to make Michael Phelps comparisons, so we wont. Like Tan, Linscheers 3:48 in the 400 IM is just too hard to ignore, even in this IM-heavy class. Heres Hayons 100 free hes clearly got a lot more work to do here, with a lot of unnecessary bounce to his stroke. Rank Player Pos Ht / Wt Rating Team. 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. Breaststroke is its own conundrum: its a much deeper class than in back or fly, but theres absolutely no definition at the top. Right now, youd have to pencil him in as a 100 fly/100 back type on day 3 of NCAAs, but it does feel like the 200 IM could rise to become a good third event. The additions of Montrell Johnson and O'Cyrus Torrence from Louisiana-Lafayette as four-star transfers also helped out the 2022 class. Demitrius Bell McGavock (Nashville, TN) 6-1 / 175. 18. This is essentially a re-rank of that class, taking into account a year of improvements. Hes in lane 4 and quickly separates from the field. FTC Disclaimer | Terms of Use & Privacy Policy (Previous Rank: #5) He would also be the best 100 freestyler in the class. 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. 9.. Texas A&M was the big winner on the first day of . 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. Long course is another great boost Sergile has been 2:00.9 and 55.4 in the long course butterfly, which is outstanding. Gregg Enoch Carmel Swim Club Carmel High School Carmel, IN **Verbally committed to Louisville** Best Times: Diehl has been an age group standout for awhile, setting multiple national age group records. Jonny Marshall Firestone Akron Swim Team Firestone Senior High School Akron, OH**Verbally committed to Florida** He took a gap year and will enroll with the class of 2022. Division 2 swimming minimum times usually match up with the Speedo Sectional cuts. Dont go to B1G Nate or any other breaststrokers. 19. Best Times: In the thick of researching for these ranks, I found that Najera had dropped from 3:55 to 3:47 in the 400 IM over his junior year and started getting excited to write the blurb for his entry in the top 20. 1 . Matt Marsteiner New Wave Swim Team Leesville Road High School Raleigh, NC **Verbally committed to NC State** As college recruiting has reached earlier and earlier into high school classes, were continually expanding our recruiting ranks and coverage. this 200 IM race video gives a good look at all four of his strokes (lane 4, blue cap). (Previous Rank: #18) Heres a quick look at his improvements over the past three years in just three of his many events: Nelson is clearly taking over as the top swimmer in the class, now leading all 2022 grads in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and even 200 breast. Heres a look back at our historic recruiting class rankings, plus our retrospectives of those classes after four NCAA seasons: SwimSwam Magazines are big, coming in at nearly a pound per issue. 1. Michael Cotter (Previous Rank: #17) TAC Titans Green Hope High School Cary, NC**Verbally committed to NC State** The 100 fly could also turn into a nice third event. 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. If you made me pick the top overall breaststroker in the class right now, Id probably have four names virtually tied with no great way to pick one. For the purposes of space, we wont include every top event for these athletes, but just a few of their standouts. 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. Buff went 45.40 and Hofer was a 45.46. 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