Hillis wasnt ranked, Davis was honorable mention, Kieran was like #8 and was recruited primarily as an IMmer, I think Bobby was like #12. In that video, hes taking 10-11 strokes per lap. In many cases, college coaches will only begin recruiting a student-athlete once she has proved she can swim at the competitive times for the school's conference. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates! This article is about the class of 2023. Evangel Christian School (NY) Hoosac School AA (NA) Our Saviour Lutheran Regnl (NY) Putnam Science Elite (CT) Redemption Christian AA (NY) Springfield Commonwealth Black. At this time last year, Kharun didnt even make our list, as his best short course production was just 48.9/1:49.6 in the butterfly races. Long course is another great boost Sergile has been 2:00.9 and 55.4 in the long course butterfly, which is outstanding. This isnt an exhaustive list of others we considered, but the top few left off the list who made the decisions on 18-20verydifficult. 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. Tan was our #1 overall recruit a year ago, and remains an extremely versatile and impactful talent. The NCAA has gotten so crazy fast in the stroke that even a 53.6/1:57.3 type like Scholtz has a long ways to go to get into NCAA scoring range. Race videos of Nelson's best times are hard to come . (Previous Rank: #7) Hes a great long course swimmer, too, with 2:03.9/4:19.9 times in the 200/400-meter IMs and a sub-2:00 200-meter fly. 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). A lot of them would hinge on how much you value his great 100 fly (46.6) vs a top 200 flyer like #18, Arizona State Gets a 2nd Pac-12 Record on Wednesday Night, in the 800 Free Relay, Arizona State Ties Pac-12 Record in 200 Medley Relay; Cal & Stanford DQed, 2023 Mens PAC-12 Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap, Sergio Lopez Gets a Big Raise; Guaranteed Assistant Pay Pool and Operating Budgets, What Will Leon Marchand Swim at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships? 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? Terms of Use & Privacy Policy | FTC Disclaimer What Croley doesnt have yet is that standout third event. (Previous Rank: HM) 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. Register. 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. (Previous Rank: #2) 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. 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. 100 fly: 47.41. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. 2023. (Previous Rank: #6) 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. His backstroke times are reminiscent of someone like Destin Lasco, who was 45.9/1:41.7 as a high school junior before really breaking out at the college level. (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). Best Times: 200 fly 1:43.03, 100 fly 46.41, 200 IM 1:46.73, 400 IM 3:53.59, 100 back 48.66, 200 free 1:37.87. We could easily see him add any number of third events, from the 500 free to the 200 IM to the mile. Crosby mostly improved his sprint freestyle over his high school season in Minnesota, cracking the 20-second barrier with a solid half-second drop. Disclaimer: there are alotof high school seniors in the country, and no really good, complete, 100% accurate listing of them all. Best Times: Another former honorable mention moving up. 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). 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. 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. Scotty Buff Greater Toledo Aquatic Club Saint Francis de Sales High School Maumee, OH**Verbally committed to Florida** Hes also been 55.4 in the long course 100 fly, which is faster than a lot of the flyers ranked ahead of him. 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. Hes the best in the class in four different events, and is one of the fastest sophomore recruits weve ever ranked. Theres a little bit of a gallop to his stroke, but in a good way Cabrera doesnt have the wasted up-and-down motion that can make the galloping strokes sometimes less efficient. (Previous Rank: #10) McMullan is also an intriguing butterflyer. Interesting that there is only one swimmer from CALIFORNIA and the western United States. Unlike the last few swimmers in our ranks, DAriano really needs one of his events to pop to move up by next year. Malicki has fast hands through his catch, and can probably improve his efficiency by extending his glide just a tick more at the top. Lucky is also dropping very fast, from 56.2/2:01.1 as of last year. Filipovic has a ton of power, but he also looks like a guy still dialing in all the details of the short-axis butterfly. 10. Note: There were several factors that went into deciding this list. 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. Signed. A year later and hes clearly extended that speed, dropping good time in his 50 while bringing his 100 all the way down to 43.6 among the best in the class. 1 recruit, but Dakota Luther is coming off a huge summer qualifying for the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. 2023 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. Hes in lane 4 and quickly separates from the field. 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: Kelly is a tick behind Battaglini in nearly all of their shared events, but his calling card is a wider range of event options. I did not pay for him to go to a private school to be treated like this! Maybe most exciting for Hayon is that hes got one of those butterfly strokes that is so natural and smooth that he can breathe basically every stroke without sacrificing his body-line. Best Times: Lancaster is a strong two-distance IMer who still probably skews more towards the 200 at this point in his career. But this 2022 group has taken a big step forward as juniors, even amid the pandemic. (Previous Rank: #14) College Recruiting swimming news on SwimSwam. Best Times: Diehl has been an age group standout for awhile, setting multiple national age group records. Best Men's Swimming Schools. but we managed to find Norriss career-best in the long course 1500 free. Powe actually appears in this same NCSA video we linked for Zuchowski above (Powe is lane 3, black cap, two lanes down from Zuchowski). (Urlando was 1:43.5). 16. Marcus Papanikolaou Unattached Central Bucks East High School Doylestown, PA This is a pretty thin class of breaststrokers, and even the top few are mostly 100 types with still-developing 200s. You get a really good view of Branons excellent streamline and his powerful kickouts. Landon DAriano Germantown Academy Aquatic Club Germantown Academy West Chester, PA **Verbally committed to Texas** Pretty interesting concentration and good return for Florida as I recall them being underrepresented last year. Matt Marsteiner New Wave Swim Team Leesville Road High School Raleigh, NC **Verbally committed to NC State** 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. 1 . Actually, I believe Buffs 100 Fly is NOT second to Hofers. Theres plenty of versatility, and a fair number of swimmers who are still hard to classify into one specific event discipline. Alabama finished with the No. 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. 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. Best Times: 1650 free 14:37.86, 1000 free 8:51.37, 500 free 4:18.49, 400 IM 3:48.41, 200 IM 1:47.41, 200 free 1:36.22, 200 back 1:45.91, 200 fly 1:47.04. Thats one of the rare time in this class that would have earned an NCAA invite in 2021. Through Nov. 16, the SEC is once again lapping the field with the top two classes and nine of the top 25. Do you consider that in the ranking when looking at the best time? Best Times: Barnett has a really great 400 IM in most classes, it feels like a 3:47.3 would crack the top 20. 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. 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. Hes also improving as a 200 guy after cutting five seconds. As college recruiting has reached earlier and earlier into high school classes, were continually expanding our recruiting ranks and coverage. (Previous Rank: #8) Each of these athletes is still an extremely high-level recruit: Feeling nostalgic? Heres Hayons 100 free hes clearly got a lot more work to do here, with a lot of unnecessary bounce to his stroke. 20.0 and 43.4 mean serious speed those would have been the best sprint free times in the class of 2023, 2022, or 2020 as sophomores. 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. Interesting shift and definitely seems to bode well for the ACC with where many of the recruits are concentrating overall. 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. 1272/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance (UEF) aims to become Vietnam's leading university and achieve international academic standards, based on philosophy: Quality - Efficiency - Integration. Hayon is another guy who smashed his way from well outside our top 20 into the top 10. The 200 breast will probably wind up being his third event, though Barnett is also a good backstroker with a 1:45.6 in the 200. Drew Hitchcock Baylor Swim Club Baylor School Chattanooga, TN **Verbally committed to Georgia** 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. 11. (Previous Rank: #1) Best Times: 400 IM 3:48.08, 1650 free 15:10.03, 1000 free 9:06.79, 500 free 4:25.04, 200 breast 1:59.81. Hudson Williams New Albany Aquatic Club Olentangy Liberty High School Powell, OH **Verbally committed to NC State** We continue our traditional recruiting coverage with our Way Too Early ranks of the current high school sophomore class. 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. The butterflyers are the exact opposite, with tons of 47-point speed but not a lot of strong 200s to match. Rank Player Pos Ht / Wt Rating Team. 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. Our holistic approach to education balances academic excellence with personal growth and wellbeing, inspiring your child to be their best, achieve success, and develop a . Daniel Li Rose Bowl Aquatics San Marino High School San Marino, CA If his backstroke keeps rising, he could definitely build out a good 200 to go along with his 100. Then, Jared Anderson stopped swimming and started writing about swimming. He has very nice wide lips and nice face bone structure. Hes also got a nice 200 IM and a very good long course 100 fly (54.0) and 200 IM (2:06). But the race is also an absolute masterclass in attacking your flip turns. He cut a full second in his 100 fly to move towards the top of the class, and also went from 56.6 to 54.1 in long course meters. 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