heres Hayons best event, the 100 fly (lane 5, black cap). 3:49.2 is a great 400 IM time, and DAriano should really project as a two-distance IMer. 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 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. 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. He also dropped 26 seconds in the mile and is on the cusp of NCAA invite level there. In NCAA swimming, depth kills. 12. Race videos of Nelson's best times are hard to come . Its encouraging to see him hold a really good tempo in this 200 fly, and his underwater kicks are efficient and never really drop off. Serena, Griner honored at NAACP Image Awards. On the flip side, he doesnt have a ton of speed yet, which could drag down his relay value a bit. Both races could probably use some polishing on wall timing at the next level, but thats the kind of detail Branon can definitely hone as a college swimmer. College Recruiting swimming news on SwimSwam. Ryan Branon (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) North Baltimore Aquatic Club Loyola Blakefield High School Lutherville-Timonium, MD **Verbally committed to Texas** FTC Disclaimer | Terms of Use & Privacy Policy Alabama holds 12 members of the ranking in the 27-man class as of Wednesday evening. 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. We get a good angle on his explosive start, and you get a good sense of Joyces power, even as he works to clean up his breakout a little. Signed Letter of Intent (12) Pos Ht / Wt Rating Status Jerome Williams Osseo Senior (Osseo, MN) This isnt an exhaustive list of others we considered, but the top few left off the list who made the decisions on 18-20verydifficult. Cambridge, Mass. For the purposes of space, we wont include every top event for these athletes, but just a few of their standouts. Diehl is also just the fourth sophomore we've ever ranked with a sub-20 time in the 50 free, joining Anthony Grimm (19.6), Aiden Hayes (19.7) and David Curtiss (19.7) from the class of 2021. 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. (Previous Rank: N/A) 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. Plus can't go wrong with swimming outside everyday. Jones looks like hes starting to zero in on backstroke as his go-to race after dropping nearly two full seconds in the 100 back over his junior year. As top recruits continue to give verbal commitments earlier and earlier, were moving up our rankings to help give better context to big recruiting announcements. 18. 7. Boston College hung on to take down bubble hopefuls Wake Forest tonight, winning 71-69. Jared was a YMCA and high school swimmer in northern Minnesota, and spent his college years swimming breaststroke and occasionally pretending . But hes built up his speed and really transitioned into one of those 200-specialists were seeing more and more of at the college level. Then, too, Maurer might project just as well downward from the 500, as hes near the top of the class in the 200 free with pretty solid speed into the relay distances too. Go Bobcats! McCarty has great arm tempo and a good flutter kick, and hangs with an awfully good field of sprinters. Best Times: Marsteiner is very much a distance free specialist, and hes the best miler in a very deep class. 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. 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. 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. Best Times: One more for the long course crowd. 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. Ilya Kharun Sandpipers of Nevada Las Vegas, NV **Verbally committed to Arizona State** Hes the best 100 flyer in the class right now with a lot of sheer speed in the butterfly. (One great historical comp is Austin Katz, who was 1:41.4/47.2 as a junior). Kelly also has a nice 500 free we tend to see big drops there across the late high school and early college years, and a 4:23 is a lot more valuable than it may seem. Will Scholtz Lakeside Swim Team St. Xavier High School Prospect, KY**Verbally committed to Texas** 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). Itll just take more experience to really blend those two things and when he does, Filipovic is going well under 47. breaststrokers tend to drop a lot of time at the college level, maybe based on college programs being able to specialize training groups a little better, and Scholtz is already on a massive improvement trajectory, dropping about a second in both breaststrokes and a lot more in both IMs as a junior. Malicki is also solid in long course breaststroke: 1:03.1/2:20.6,including a three-second 100 breast drop since last year. Knowing that a good number of these top recruits never pan out, it would be fun to also have a faces in the crowd type of category. 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. Will Hayon (Previous Rank: Unranked) Mid Wisconsin Wave Makers Sheboygan North High School Sheboygan, WI **Verbally committed to Virginia Tech** I did not pay for him to go to a private school to be treated like this! Best Times: Heres another fast-dropping sprinter with a lot of relay potential. NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 3 million student . Nick Simons (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) Lake Oswego Swim Club Jesuit High School Lake Oswego, OR **Verbally committed to Tennessee** For example, most elite D1 women's swimming recruits can swim the 50 Freestyle as fast as 21.7 seconds, but most swimmers in the D2 and D3 divisions will clock in . Quintin McCarty (Previous Rank: Unranked) Pikes Peak Athletics Discovery Canyon High School Colorado Springs, CO **Verbally committed to NC State** 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? (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). 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. Hudson Williams New Albany Aquatic Club Olentangy Liberty High School Powell, OH **Verbally committed to NC State** 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. All that said, this class is rapidly becoming one of the best weve ranked as juniors in a long time. 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. Luke Stibrich Blue Tide Aquatics Summer Creek High School Humble, TX **Verbally committed to Texas** 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. The girls 2022 recruit ranks stayed very stable at the top. 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. Heres kind of a cool, birds-eye angle of his lifetime-best 100 fly (lane 4, white cap). A preseason No. Best Times: Mueller is another really fast dropper in sprint free, but his backstrokes still remain his calling card. Best Times: Keep an eye on this name. Best Times: Barnett has a really great 400 IM in most classes, it feels like a 3:47.3 would crack the top 20. 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. 200 free: 1:37.54. Best Times: Lancaster is a strong two-distance IMer who still probably skews more towards the 200 at this point in his career. Originally published 9/13. Madison Smith (Previous Rank: N/A) - Rockville Montgomery Swim Club - Good Counsel High . 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. Within this class, butterfly might be a nice niche for Hitchcock, too, as hes within a second of the best time in the class in both fly races. I think one parent lives in DC so could explain the confusion. Best Times: There are plenty of arguments in favor of getting Ledford into the top 20. The great Katie Ledecky was 4:31.3 as . Become Premier. Lucas probably projects as a 400 IMer and 200 flyer at the NCAA level. A few more reference points on that 500 free: last year's NCAA winner Paige Madden was 4:43 as a high school sophomore. 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. 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. Most swimmers have a great event or two that stand out from the rest of their times, and we see a lot of shuffling in the ranks as swimmers start to develop a more well-rounded portfolio through their junior and senior years. 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. 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). Crosby also had a great sprint backstroke, where he matched his 47.6 lifetime-best this year. Register. Thackston McMullan Cincinnati Marlins Saint Xavier High School Cincinnati, OH **Verbally committed to Cal** (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.). 3. 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. Custer has maybe beenthebreakout story of this entire class over his junior year. Hes also improving as a 200 guy after cutting five seconds. smh swimswam. | Privacy Settings | Do Not Sell My Personal Information, There are plenty of arguments in favor of getting Ledford into the top 20. Landon DAriano Germantown Academy Aquatic Club Germantown Academy West Chester, PA **Verbally committed to Texas** Yet another guy who has had a meteoric senior rise, Gentry moves from our honorable mentions into our top five. 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. (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). 3. Best Times: Harrington could very easily join the tier of three-distance freestylers inside the back end of the top 20 above. Become Premier to access player rankings, expert analysis, recruiting updates, event coverage, and our exclusive College Soccer Recruiting Guide. Hes also dropping well in the 200 IM, going from 1:48.5 last year to 1:46.7 this year. Do better! Best Times: Schmitt is on a meteoric rise as a butterflyer. Probably more influential for his NCAA scoring ceiling is a cut from 50.0 to 47.5 in the 100 fly for a great third event. and get into our rankings. 14. The Arizona State 200 medley relay tied Cals Pac-12 record on Wednesday to open the 2023 Pac-12 Swimming & Diving Championships. Levi Sandidge (Previous Rank: Unranked) City of Richardson Swim Team Richardson High School Richardson, TX **Verbally committed to Kentucky** Best Times: 200 fly 1:44.00, 100 fly 47.61, 200 free 1:39.41. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Virginia track and field program announced on Tuesday (July 5) its men's recruiting class for the 2022-23 season. He saw a huge two-second drop in the 200 and about a full-second drop in the 100 to rise from an honorable mention into our top 20. Afive-seconddrop in the 200 fly is quite another. Its kind of a perfect storm: boys tend to drop a lot more time in the late high school years than the top girls recruits do. 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. Interesting shift and definitely seems to bode well for the ACC with where many of the recruits are concentrating overall. Signed. 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). Hes in lane 4 and quickly separates from the field. Best Times: The fastest 50 freestyler in the class doesnt even crack our top 20. A 4:13.90 as a high schooler is really reallygood. 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 . Diehl dropped almost seven seconds in the 200 back from 1:49.4 to 1:41.9 over his sophomore year. 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