5. He also dropped 26 seconds in the mile and is on the cusp of NCAA invite level there. Projecting international recruits often becomes more of a discussion ofwhentheyll first join a college program and notwhichprogram theyll join. 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. 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. Meets See all. Tristan DenBrok SwimAtlanta North Gwinnett High School Suwanee, GA **Verbally committed to Georgia** That speaks well to his potential in the 200 back, where the NCSA race video isnt as readily available. In the NCAA, sprint relay weapons are a massivevalue, and Buff fits that Hoffer/Gretchen Walsh/Caeleb Dressel mold thats proven so successful in NCAA scoring. (Previous Rank: #16) 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. Recent recruiting classes suffered through some extremely reduced practice hours for 15+ months due to pandemic restrictions. Compared to previous junior classes weve ranked, Custer is almost identical to now-American record-holder Bobby Finke, who was 14:37.7 as a junior. After dropping more than four seconds in the 200 back, Mueller sits near the top of the class there, and hes got solid 100 back speed, too. He had good speed last time around (20.3 in the 50), but hadnt translated that into a comparable 100 (his best was 46.8). 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. Best Times: One big reason this class reminds me of the class of 2017 is how much Buff reminds me of #1 recruit in the 2017 classRyan Hoffer. Conference Schools. Best Men's Swimming Schools. Zhier Fan (Previous Rank: #4) Metroplex Aquatics Plano, TX **Verbally committed to Stanford** 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. But there arent a lot of true two-distance IMers in our ranked recruits. Cambridge, Mass. 13. Gentry uses his legs well in all strokes, but especially in fly and free. 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. 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. Sergile looked more like a distance swimmer in our rankings last year. Afive-seconddrop in the 200 fly is quite another. 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. Filipovic has a ton of power, but he also looks like a guy still dialing in all the details of the short-axis butterfly. 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. Readers could nominate candidates from their area, and SwimSwam could aggregate the names and make some picks. Fan gets on and off the wall really well on his turns. Those time drops include going from 20.8 to 20.0 in the 50 free, 44.9 to a class-best 43.3 in the 100 free and 1:41 to a crazy 1:35.8 in the 200 free. Also, could be the camera angle, but he looks to have really good turns for a miler. David Schmitt Evolution Racing Club San Juan Hills High School San Juan Capistrano, CA **Verbally committed to Harvard** (Hes 1:50.0 there right now). The 400 IM is rapidly becoming his third event, which would be a great fit in the NCAA lineup. 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. Haughey (lane 5, fourth from the bottom) is pretty arm-driven, but without a lot of tempo. 9. Heres his 200 fly from the same meet (lane 4, white cap). Malickis 200 is still in development, but he was 2:03.2 at this point last year, so hes well on his way to becoming a two-distance college breaststroker. 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. Some more names that came up in our research. Two things hurt his standing in these ranks: his short course times havent dropped much since last year (46.9/1:46.3) and he doesnt yet have a great third event at the NCAA level. Almost our entire top 10 had at least one huge time drop since our last ranks, and there is some major upheaval in our list. (Previous Rank: HM) In fact, hes already just a tick off of Olympic Trials cuts in both breaststrokes with times of 1:02.6 and 2:16.4. A Southern Illinois freshman has stamped his ticket to the NCAA Championships, the teams first qualifier for nationals since 2005. 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. Matthew Lucky (Previous Rank: Unranked) Sailfish Aquatics Concord High School Harrisburg, NC **Verbally committed to Northwestern** We provide you four massive print issues designed to sit on your coffee table like a piece of artwork. 200 back would make a nice third event, though hes also a good butterflyer and breaststroker. Best Times: Hitchcock is the classs best 200 IMer, and hes knocking on the door of the class lead in three other events. Best Times: College coaches love a good 400 IMer, and itll be hard for anyone to pass up a sub-3:50 type with the versatility that Stibrich has. 8. 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. and get into our rankings. 19. 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. An even bigger drop, though, came in the 200 fly: from 1:50 to 1:42.9. 2022 Football Class Rankings 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 . 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. Best Times: An honorable mention candidate last time around, Hudson has made massive strides in sprint freestyle to crack our top 10. Adriano Arioti Rockville Montgomery Swim Club Georgetown Day School Potomac, MD **Verbally committed to Harvard** And as honorable mentions go, a fast-rising 400 IMer is an awfully good value. Unlike Tan, Linchseer had incredible time drops as a junior. 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Hes also dropping well in the 200 IM, going from 1:48.5 last year to 1:46.7 this year. For example in 1976, the USA mens dominated as did the DDR women in 1976 & 1980. 2023 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. Dont go to B1G Nate or any other breaststrokers. 200 fly from the same meet (lane 4, fifth from the top), his aggressive open turns really pop. Chet Holmgren's commitment to Gonzaga on Monday meant one of the strangest recruiting cycles in college basketball history is one step closer to finishing. 14. 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? 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). That 1650 free is just tenths off of NCAA scoring level, which merits inclusion in our top 20. Shout out to commenterswimtothemoon24, who predicted this last year. 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. 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 . This class has gotten extremely deep with butterflyers and backstrokers. Add in that intriguing 200 IM and Kelly has a lot of routes to cracking the top 5 by next years ranks. The main difference is the range up to the 200 free that Harrington is still developing. 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: 50 free 19.79, 100 free 43.59, 100 fly 48.52. Demitrius Bell McGavock (Nashville, TN) 6-1 / 175. Home; . Heres a look at his big drop in the 100 fly from just a few months ago (lane 5, right in the middle, dark cap). 100 fly: 47.41. Best Times: Keep an eye on this name. A bonus video, if only because Hayon really feels like one of our favorite breakout candidates the more film we watch. 1. For a team thats good in those middle-distance type races, Enoch will be an excellent fit, with potential to one day contribute to a 4200 free relay. The 100 fly could also turn into a nice third event. Will Hayon (Previous Rank: Unranked) Mid Wisconsin Wave Makers Sheboygan North High School Sheboygan, WI **Verbally committed to Virginia Tech** Nearly all of his short course bests come from the same meet: Winter Juniors in December. Best Times:200 back 1:43.86,1650 free 15:18.49, 1000 free 9:05.39, 500 free 4:25.76, 200 free 1:39.01, 400 IM 3:51.61. In that video, hes taking 10-11 strokes per lap. Best Times: Yet another candidate to eventually be the best breaststroker out of this class. The Engineers will be welcoming a total of 25 first-years to the teams this season. 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. 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. Before we run over our traditional ranking methodology, we should head off a few counterarguments at the pass: Our goal in these rankings is to reflect what college coaches look for in recruits, based on many years of conversations and coverage. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. This group is also a bit thin in distance freestyle and in breaststroke, though weve got a few really solid talents near the top. 12. Liam Custer (Previous Rank: Unranked) Sarasota Sharks Riverview High School Osprey, FL **Verbally committed to Stanford** 12. Best Times: The next three in the ranks are almost interchangeable, depending on which strokes and distance ranges you value most. (Previous Rank: N/A) 2. Cooper Lucas Lakeside Aquatic Club Keller High School Keller, TX **Verbally committed to Texas** 9. Im thinking about swimmers that are late to the sport, or late developing These top recruiting lists on the mens side often contain a bunch of kids that were growing full beards at age 13 and already training at an elite level. They have a late season short course yards opportunity to post great times. Mentions. NCSA analyzed over 500 four-year colleges with men's college swimming programs across four division levels (D1, D2, D3 and NAIA) to develop a list of the Best Men's Swimming Colleges for Student-Athletes. 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). With that in mind, were putting alittleless emphasis on time progressions this year at least, were trying not to knock athletes too badly for not progressing much. Jared was a YMCA and high school swimmer in northern Minnesota, and spent his college years swimming breaststroke and occasionally pretending . (This type of comment is awesome, by the way the most fun part of these ranks is the discussion they generate, especially when everyone can share different viewpoints without being angry or offended.). 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. We focus only on American-based athletes, simply because there is so much uncertainty with international recruits if theyll come to the United States, when theyll come to the States and with what graduating class they should be ranked. Then, Jared Anderson stopped swimming and started writing about swimming. 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. Jared I enjoyed your insights and comments. Colorado. 5. Obviously, Buff doesnt have Hoffers unprecedented sprint free speed (19.0/41.2 as a high school junior). That might suggest more distance drops are coming. The mile would make a nice third event, and DAriano isnt far out of the best time in the class in that race. Nick Simons (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) Lake Oswego Swim Club Jesuit High School Lake Oswego, OR **Verbally committed to Tennessee** As always, its a factor we consider but its a more complicated consideration this year. 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. Zou could also use a good third event: hes 1:50.4 in the IM right now, which is probably his best shot to develop more individual scoring potential. 19. McCarty also crushed a career-best 22.5 in the long course 50 earlier this month. Heres his lifetime-best long course 50 free (lane 8, bottom of the screen). Then, Jared Anderson stopped swimming and started writing about swimming. All four current UK men's basketball commits in the class of 2023 rank inside the top 25 of the RSCI: Justin . McCarty has great arm tempo and a good flutter kick, and hangs with an awfully good field of sprinters. And Sergile also took more than three off his 200 IM. 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. Step 4: Colleges offer scholarships to the student-athletes they want to play for them. VS Brewster High School. 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. Heres that long course 100 (lane 8, all the way at the bottom in the black cap). College football's 2023 recruiting cycle has all but come to an end after February's national signing day. Here is a look at Utah's 2023 recruiting class, with prospects listed alphabetically according to reporting by 247 Sports, Rivals, . Madison Smith (Previous Rank: N/A) - Rockville Montgomery Swim Club - Good Counsel High . (Urlando was 1:43.5). 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. 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. Speedo Rankings; Records; Swimmer Bios; Meet Listing; Swim Jobs; . 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