In fact, Peck is within a half-second of Diehls class-leading time in the 100 back. Gentry uses his legs well in all strokes, but especially in fly and free. He was 48.6 in the 100 fly as of last year, and just1:59.1 in the 200 fly. 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. 19. The biggest is his improvement curve. He doesnt have much in the way of versatility yet, though. Last year, we noted that improvement curve was the best argument for Nelson as the classs #1 and he just hasnt stopped dropping time. All rights reserved. His backstroke isnt the smoothest, but Zuchowski has really top-notch arm speed (lane 5, gold cap), and his aggressiveness into his flip turns is a pretty rare trait in a high schooler. 6. Best Times: We go from a bunch of specialists to a true all-arounder late in our ranks. (Previous Rank: #14) Crosby mostly improved his sprint freestyle over his high school season in Minnesota, cracking the 20-second barrier with a solid half-second drop. Now they have the #1 male and female recruits of the class of 2023, and youre going to see it happen a lot more often. The higher end D2 programs stress Futures Championship times. 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. With that out of the way, lets get to our rankings. 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. 19. 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. 8. Simons also dropped from 58/2:04 to 55.5/2:00.5 in long course, and his butterfly is improving well, too. 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). Most of his best times came in the month of March, including an 8:58 in the 1000 free thats nearly the best in the entire class. Hes the best 100 flyer in the class right now with a lot of sheer speed in the butterfly. Stay tuned to our recruiting channel for more additions to our yearly recruiting coverage: So without further ado, lets take a look at this class as a whole, then review our ranking methodology (please read it before you get upset about how low the top miler is ranked!) (Previous Rank: #4) The depth is definitely still the case, though the flyers and backstrokers have mostly overtaken the sprint freestylers as the most notable group in this class. 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. This isnt an exhaustive list of others we considered, but the top few left off the list who made the decisions on 18-20verydifficult. 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. UA has time, and No. 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. Its that time of year again where we at SwimSwam rank out the top 20 high school swimming prospects in the upcoming NCAA recruiting class. Mitchell Ledford Treasure Coast Swimming Sebastian River High School Sebastian, FL**Verbally committed to NC State** 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. With that out of the way, lets get to our rankings. Charlie Crosby (Previous Rank: #9) Hopkins Hurricanes Swim Club Breck High School Mound, MN**Verbally committed to Texas** College football's 2023 recruiting cycle has all but come to an end after February's national signing day. Year after year, though, you see far more from Texas, Ohio, Virginia, etc. I would like to thank my family, coaches, and friends/teammates for helping me through this process. We provide you four massive print issues designed to sit on your coffee table like a piece of artwork. 3. In NCAA swimming, depth kills. Best Times: 50 free 19.79, 100 free 43.59, 100 fly 48.52. That might suggest more distance drops are coming. Sonny Wang Waterloo Swimming Westwood High School Austin, TX**Verbally committed to Harvard** (McCarty is lane 6, one below Caeleb Dressel). The first domino fell when Shemar Stewart, the No. (Previous Rank: #10) Step 4: Colleges offer scholarships to the student-athletes they want to play for them. Hes much more of a breaststroker, though, while Modglin is more of a backstroker. There hasn't been in-person recruiting . Sandidge is as smooth as can be with a really low breath and a robotically-consistent arm tempo. 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. Boston College Secures 9th ACC Win Over Wake, 71-69. (Previous Rank: HM) Chase Mueller Foothills Swim Team Columbine High School Littleton, CO **Verbally committed to NC State** 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. Heres that massive mile from Custer (lane 6). Last updated on 02/28/23 at 9:01 AM CST. Fan is also one of the best long course swimmers in this class. While each individual stroke isnt terribly strong in this class, the IM group is. Tan was our #1 overall recruit a year ago, and remains an extremely versatile and impactful talent. (Previous Rank: #18) 3. Matthew Lucky (Previous Rank: Unranked) Sailfish Aquatics Concord High School Harrisburg, NC **Verbally committed to Northwestern** 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. Demitrius Bell McGavock (Nashville, TN) 6-1 / 175. What Croley doesnt have yet is that standout third event. Best Times: DenBrok is really great through the 200 and 500 free distances, and the real question is probably whether hell swim upwards towards the mile or downwards towards the sprints (where hes 45.3 in the 100 free). Were going to see it next year with a lot of fifth-year super-seniors and deferred freshman enrollments. As we cant reliably quantify whose current portfolio of times is most suppressed by the pandemic years, all we can do is rank based on the in-pool production weve seen. He reclassified into the class of 2022, but really isnt significantly older than this group his lifetime-bests in the 100 free and 200 IM both came this spring at age 17, the same age as class leaders Dawson Joyce (17 when he went 43.5 in the 100 free last fall) and Baylor Nelson (17 when he went 1:44.4 in the IM this spring). (Previous Rank: #17) Hillis wasnt ranked, Davis was honorable mention, Kieran was like #8 and was recruited primarily as an IMmer, I think Bobby was like #12. Breaststroke is its own conundrum: its a much deeper class than in back or fly, but theres absolutely no definition at the top. The milers have made major strides, and this might be the best mile class weve seen in years. 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. He reminds me a bit of a souped-up version of River Wright, another former top prospect who was really good across the 100s of all four strokes. Peruse the top of a given outlet's college football recruiting ranking and you'll find plenty of SEC programs at or near the top, nearly no matter the year. Established on 24 September 2007 by Decision No. Oddly enough, the backstrokers are mostly 200 specialists in the 1:44-1:46 range, with 100 speed a little harder to come by. However, many college coaches actually . Jan 27-28, 2023. FTC Disclaimer | Terms of Use & Privacy Policy 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. But after Mullen went 4:25 in the long course 400 IM last summer, hes definitely become a name to watch and a perfect fit as an honorable mention here. The great Katie Ledecky was 4:31.3 as . Readers could nominate candidates from their area, and SwimSwam could aggregate the names and make some picks. Hes on the cusp of breaking 9:00 in the 1000, which is another key barrier. 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. That speaks well to his potential in the 200 back, where the NCSA race video isnt as readily available. Like Tan, Linscheers 3:48 in the 400 IM is just too hard to ignore, even in this IM-heavy class. 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 . Hes the best 50/100 guy in the class, having dropped from 20.1 to 19.7 in the 50 free and from 44.7 to 43.5 in the 100 free. Hes actually dropped even more since last year, when he was 1:46.5 in that race and just 49.5 in the 100. Braeden Haughey (Previous Rank: #18) TAC Titans Middle Creek High School Apex, NC**Verbally committed to Virginia** Your home for results, rankings, data and all things swimming. The environment is great, an the coaches are amazing. Will Heck Bolles School Sharks Bolles School Jacksonville, FL**Verbally committed to NC State** Northern California (East Bay Area) has one of, if not THE largest and most competitive summer league systems in the country.Read more . Best Times: Now the list swings back a little bit towards versatility with Maldari, a great backstroker/IMer out of North Carolina. As college recruiting has reached earlier and earlier into high school classes, were continually expanding our recruiting ranks and coverage. But two months after Mahabir hit those short course bests, he crushed times of 1:01.7 and 2:13.5 in the long course meters breaststrokes those are easily the best long course breaststroke times in this class and suggest that he should be dropping his short course times towards the best in the class in short order. The rankings come out after the CIF meets. A lot of NCAA programs seem to be pretty good at developing 200 specialists, and thats one way we could see Lancaster moving over the next few years. Hes dropped nearly four full seconds in the 200 IM to sit very close to the best in the class there. He also dropped 26 seconds in the mile and is on the cusp of NCAA invite level there. Then, Jared Anderson stopped swimming and started writing about swimming. 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. That has to bode well for his trajectory over the next year or so before he enters the college ranks. Scotty Buff Greater Toledo Aquatic Club Saint Francis de Sales High School Maumee, OH**Verbally committed to Florida** 15. McCarty has great arm tempo and a good flutter kick, and hangs with an awfully good field of sprinters. Shortly after breaking into the top 10, the Crimson . Kaii Winkler Eagle Aquatics home-schooled Miami, FL For the purposes of space, we wont include every top event for these athletes, but just a few of their standouts. 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. 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. Malicki is also solid in long course breaststroke: 1:03.1/2:20.6,including a three-second 100 breast drop since last year. Adam and Trey were the only ones ranked in the top 5. 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. I see him as a top 50 recruit, but I may be biased. Jared I enjoyed your insights and comments. This article is about the class of 2023. For example, California ends in May, while some states end in February. Adriano Arioti Rockville Montgomery Swim Club Georgetown Day School Potomac, MD **Verbally committed to Harvard** Best Times: 1650 free 14:57.96, 1000 free 8:59.87, 500 free 4:25.76. 15. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates! Best Times: Barnett has a really great 400 IM in most classes, it feels like a 3:47.3 would crack the top 20. Then in the back 50, he brings his tempo back up, but the walls get long again. Pretty interesting concentration and good return for Florida as I recall them being underrepresented last year. 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. Were not including them in our ranks, but we do want to quickly note them here, as their times would probably make them top-20 type recruits. Best Times: Yet another candidate to eventually be the best breaststroker out of this class. Whitfield is flying up recruiting boards after an amazing junior year. 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. All that said, this class is rapidly becoming one of the best weve ranked as juniors in a long time. His sprint free ability is a nice bonus, but whats really interesting is that 55.1 in the 100 breast. He has dropped those massively, with the biggest surprise probably being that 7.4-second drop in the 200 free. 8 of the top 10 from the Southern Zone (6 from NC and FL) and 9 from Southeast (sorry Virginia, Manassas still counts as SE). Hes cut about a second in the 100 and about two in the 200, plus a solid half-second drop in the 200 IM to give him three good college events. 16. Ethan Harrington Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics Palo Alto High School Palo Alto, CA **Verbally committed to Princeton** Toby Barnett Rockville Montgomery Swim Club Rockville High School Bethesda, MD**Verbally committed to Indiana** 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. 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