18. Ohio State Buckeyes. One year ago, he wasnt even close to the top 20 with freestyle times of 20.8/47.4/1:44.1. Battaglini fits that mold perfectly, which is going to give him chances to swim a full relay lineup across much of his NCAA career. Hes the best 100 flyer in the class right now with a lot of sheer speed in the butterfly. Heres that massive mile from Custer (lane 6). Hes put a primary focus on long course lately, and its clear why he qualified for Mexicos Olympic team earlier this month while cracking 50 seconds for the first time with a 49.9 in the long course 100 free. Best Times: The fastest 50 freestyler in the class doesnt even crack our top 20. Hes got a really smooth backstroke, and its no surprise hes gotten four seconds faster in the 10 months since this swim. Disclaimer: there are alotof high school seniors in the country, and no really good, complete, 100% accurate listing of them all. His open turns are excellent, low in the water and very quick. 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. 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). (Previous Rank: #9) Branon doesnt have nearly the versatility of Sergile, but is pretty decent in the relay-distance freestyles (20.9/45.3/1:39.4) and is rising fast in butterfly. In that video, hes taking 10-11 strokes per lap. Voepel. For the purposes of space, we wont include every top event for these athletes, but just a few of their standouts. When we started ranking sophomores, we knew going in that the girls ranks would probably be a lot more predictive than the boys. As college recruiting has reached earlier and earlier into high school classes, were continually expanding our recruiting ranks and coverage. This class has gotten extremely deep with butterflyers and backstrokers. Hes in lane 4 and quickly separates from the field. But the race is also an absolute masterclass in attacking your flip turns. Fortunately, Najera makes it as an honorable mention. UA has time, and No. 4 and Michigan makes an appearance in the top 10 at No. 5 Texas and one spot ahead of No. 15. Best Times: Mueller is another really fast dropper in sprint free, but his backstrokes still remain his calling card. Joshua Chen Ames Cyclone Aquatic Club Ames Senior High School Ames, IA **Verbally committed to Harvard** SwimSwam Men's swimming recruiting classes. Heres his career-best in the 100 short course yard breaststroke (lane 5, fifth from the top, in a dark cap). Women's Division 2 swimming times. 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). According to the updated rankings from 247 Sports on the morning after the first day of the early signing period, Penn State has the No. This class probably looked less impressive than it should have as sophomores because of COVID-related lapses in training and competition. Its sacrilege in swimming to make Michael Phelps comparisons, so we wont. Ryan Branon (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) North Baltimore Aquatic Club Loyola Blakefield High School Lutherville-Timonium, MD **Verbally committed to Texas** 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. 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. Ilya Kharun Sandpipers of Nevada Las Vegas, NV **Verbally committed to Arizona State** WR. Class. Best Times: A year ago, Scholl was a two-distance sprinter who needed to develop his range a little bit. 12. Heres that massive mile from Custer (lane 6). Andrew Zou Longhorn Aquatics Regents School Austin, TX **Verbally committed to Princeton** Hes also had major long course drops, and is probably going to gain a lot of name value this summer if he can keep dropping from 50.6/1:49.6 speed in meters. I would like to thank my family, coaches, and friends/teammates for helping me through this process. A list of the top 2023 Football teams in order of recruiting rankings solely based off of the On3 Consensus Best Times: One more for the long course crowd. Best Times: Were getting to the point we almost always reach in sophomore ranks, where swimmers have one or two real standout events, and were left to wonder whether the rest of their times will rise to that level over the next year. Sandidge dropped 15 seconds off his mile this year, and broke 9:00 for the first time in the 1000. Step 5: The student-athlete makes a (non-binding) verbal . Our goal in these rankings is to reflect what college coaches look for in recruits, based on many years of conversations and coverage. 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. Still only 2 for TX and they dont get the same pass of being shut down like CA was. This is a pretty thin class of breaststrokers, and even the top few are mostly 100 types with still-developing 200s. 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. Great breakdown on a great class. Best Times: Harrington could very easily join the tier of three-distance freestylers inside the back end of the top 20 above. Malicki had a great junior year, dropping 1.5 seconds in the 100 breast to push Fan for the top time in the class. The boys are the complete opposite, with a ton of incredibly fast risers moving to the top. Class Calculator. Phoenix Mercury. Hes got the 100 fly developing as a decent third event, though hes still got some work to do there to get into NCAA scoring range. A Southern Illinois freshman has stamped his ticket to the NCAA Championships, the teams first qualifier for nationals since 2005. 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. If you dont see your favorite swimmer on the list, feel free to politely point them out in the comments. Carter Lancaster Bolles School Sharks Bolles School Jacksonville, FL **Verbally committed to Cal** (Compare that to some big names like Jake Magaheys 4:14.6, Patrick Callans 4:14.6, Drew Kiblers 4:15.3, Sean Grieshops 4:15.5 or Grant Shoults 4:15.5). 12. Best Times: As a pure two-distance backstroker, Peck is second in this class to only Diehl. Nolan Dunkel lives in Arlington, VA not Washington, D.C. Best Times: Schmitt is on a meteoric rise as a butterflyer. (McCarty is lane 6, one below Caeleb Dressel). Ben Scholl Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club Cypress, TX**Verbally committed to Texas A&M** He has very nice wide lips and nice face bone structure. 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. 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. 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. With your yearly subscription, you receive over 600 of pages of swimmings highest quality print content, and another 3000+ pages of digital issues, going back to the first issue produced. Will Hayon (Previous Rank: Unranked) Mid Wisconsin Wave Makers Sheboygan North High School Sheboygan, WI **Verbally committed to Virginia Tech** 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. The biggest is his improvement curve. 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 . Best Men's Swimming Schools. Koebel will arrive on campus this fall with times already fast enough to lead the Rams last season in the distance events. 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. He has dropped those massively, with the biggest surprise probably being that 7.4-second drop in the 200 free. 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. Daniel Diehl YMCA of Cumberland Cumberland, MD 1 pick by many on the field, Alabama also now heads into the fall once again in contention for the top-ranked recruiting class. Hes on the cusp of breaking 9:00 in the 1000, which is another key barrier. 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. 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. NCAA champion Brooke Forde was 4:50. 1. Butterfly is very thin, and theres not a standout 46-second flyer like weve seen in three of the past four sophomore classes. Thus, the FloSwimming crew decided to whip up a top 10 recruiting rankings list for the class of 2022. In fact, its the fastest time weve ever seen by a high school junior since we started ranking recruits back in 2012. Landon Gentry (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) Nations Capital Swim Club Patriot High School Bristow, VA **Verbally committed to Virginia Tech** 3. 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. Charlie Crosby (Previous Rank: #9) Hopkins Hurricanes Swim Club Breck High School Mound, MN**Verbally committed to Texas** Best Times: If youre really looking for a distance prospect, Taylor will rank higher on your board than #20. No, I just find it interesting when a top recruit isnt from Texas or Cal. 9. 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. Thats going to make him a powerhouse of a 200/500 type swimmer at the college level. 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. Your home for results, rankings, data and all things swimming. It was a slow start for BC's offense, who did not get . Readers could nominate candidates from their area, and SwimSwam could aggregate the names and make some picks. 1 cornerback in the country: Cormani McClain. Then, Jared Anderson stopped swimming and started writing about swimming. 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. Drew Hitchcock Baylor Swim Club Baylor School Chattanooga, TN **Verbally committed to Georgia** Best Times: 1650 free 14:57.96, 1000 free 8:59.87, 500 free 4:25.76. 8. This is only the fourth class since we started ranking sophomore groups, but this class of 2023 shows the biggest jump weve seen a class make from sophomore to junior ranks as a whole, boys or girls. 2021 addendum: This year more than ever, were all working with only partial information. Daniel Li Rose Bowl Aquatics San Marino High School San Marino, CA He goes a 17.61 in the 50 and a 39.89 in the 100 and hes a great student, a boy scout, and improving rapidly. Wang was 20.2/44.2 at this time last year, and moves up a spot in the ranks after seeing solid drops in both of those two events. For the purposes of space, we wont include every top event for these athletes, but just a few of their standouts. 5. Madison Smith (Previous Rank: N/A) - Rockville Montgomery Swim Club - Good Counsel High . Michael Cotter (Previous Rank: #17) TAC Titans Green Hope High School Cary, NC**Verbally committed to NC State** His backstroke definitely looks like it could translate to the 200 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. Hes had incredible drops in both courses. Branons 200 fly is among the best in the class, and sits only about half a second off of 2021 NCAA invite level. Breaststroke is its own conundrum: its a much deeper class than in back or fly, but theres absolutely no definition at the top. Projecting international recruits often becomes more a discussion ofwhentheyll first join a college program and notwhichprogram theyll join. (Previous Rank: #5) He was 48.6 in the 100 fly as of last year, and just1:59.1 in the 200 fly. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a little bit of a shuffling effect on the way we think of academic years. 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