Hes got especially good leg strength and is pretty kick-driven across all four strokes that includes solid underwater kicking which should play in even more to short course. UEF's consistently aims at achieving high standards in higher education by adapting the world . His power/tempo combination is awesome on the first 25, but it leads to an awkwardly long wall. Its sacrilege in swimming to make Michael Phelps comparisons, so we wont. (Previous Rank: #19) Maurer also has the best mile in the class, and didnt even get to swim that event in Californias high school season, where he put up a big 500 free drop. He doesnt have the same speed #13 Li does, but hes definitely got more endurance. In that video, hes taking 10-11 strokes per lap. That race video is just a brilliant final 30 yards or so, and you get the sense Zuchowski has more speed than he knows what to do with yet in a 100 that should make him a high-ceiling prospect and a great 100/200 backstroke at the college level. and get into our rankings. Heres that long course 100 (lane 8, all the way at the bottom in the black cap). Norris has long arms, an efficient catch, and a really susprisingly-good flutter kick for a race this long. Even if you took out his 200 IM time, Modglin would rank pretty highly as a pure backstroker. College Recruiting swimming news on SwimSwam. (Previous Rank: N/A) They have a late season short course yards opportunity to post great times. That might suggest more distance drops are coming. Baylor Nelson (Previous Rank: #2) SwimMAC Carolina Community School of Davidson Charlotte, NC**Verbally committed to Texas A&M** 1 cornerback in the country: Cormani McClain. No, I think thats actually an advantage for California. We profiled Filipovic as more of a sprint freestyler last time around, but his time drops have come in butterfly over his junior year. 16 by SwimSwam, in its annual NCAA recruiting class rankings. 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. 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. Sandidge dropped 15 seconds off his mile this year, and broke 9:00 for the first time in the 1000. 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. Teams who recruit well (and nab a lot of swimmers) between this class and the Class of 2023 should be well-stocked with relay options for years to come. 7 Notre Dame.Ohio State comes in at No. 17. 9. 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. Also, could be the camera angle, but he looks to have really good turns for a miler. We provide you four massive print issues designed to sit on your coffee table like a piece of artwork. Landon DAriano Germantown Academy Aquatic Club Germantown Academy West Chester, PA **Verbally committed to Texas** Heres that long course 100 (lane 8, all the way at the bottom in the black cap). Best Times: Dunkel projects as a classic versatile sprinter who could go after the 100-yard distances and carry a lot of relay value. If you dont see your favorite swimmer on the list, feel free to politely point them out in the comments. 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. A three-second drop in the 200 free is one thing. Lucky is also dropping very fast, from 56.2/2:01.1 as of last year. As a result, it felt like the perfect time to update our top 25 recruiting classes -- with rankings just about set in stone at this point in the cycle. I did not pay for him to go to a private school to be treated like this! 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. Jonny Marshall Firestone Akron Swim Team Firestone Senior High School Akron, OH**Verbally committed to Florida** 6. 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. Recent recruiting classes suffered through some extremely reduced practice hours for 15+ months due to pandemic restrictions. Jared Anderson swam for nearly twenty years. 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. Hes got a really smooth backstroke, and its no surprise hes gotten four seconds faster in the 10 months since this swim. Then in the back 50, he brings his tempo back up, but the walls get long again. 1 pick by many on the field, Alabama also now heads into the fall once again in contention for the top-ranked recruiting class. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Alec Filipovic (Previous Rank: #6) St. Charles Swim Team Saint Charles North High School St. Charles, IL**Verbally committed to Texas** 1 . That has to bode well for his trajectory over the next year or so before he enters the college ranks. Zou is a solid long course swimmer with breaststroke times of 1:03.8 and 2:17.1. Could this be reflective of some demographic difference between California and other states? Fan gets on and off the wall really well on his turns. It's a good sophomore class for freestylers and IMers. 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. 100 free: 43.67. This class has the markings of a Jack Bauerle team versatility and mid-D specialists who are capable of swimming down to the 50/100 for relay purposes. Winkler has nice versatility into the fly and back, too, and we could see him morph into the versatile sprinter type over his late high school years. 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. Top247 247Sports Composite. Gio Linscheer (Previous Rank: Unranked) City of Richardson Swim Team Plano East Senior High School Richardson, TX **Verbally committed to Florida** 1 | Big TenNo. 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. Pretty interesting concentration and good return for Florida as I recall them being underrepresented last year. Secondly, we valued the swimmer's best . We continue our traditional recruiting coverage with our Way Too Early ranks of the current high school sophomore class. This is quite a ways from Cotters current best time, but was nearly a second drop in long course last October (lane 6, yellow cap). Which three will he pick this week in Federal Way? For men's college swimming, recruiting contact officially starts on June 15 after sophomore year. (Previous Rank: #8) Our goal in these rankings is to reflect what college coaches look for in recruits, based on many years of conversations and coverage. Yet another guy who has had a meteoric senior rise, Gentry moves from our honorable mentions into our top five. Whats weird is that a lot of swimmers in this class seem to have one event well ahead of the rest. I think there will be some breakout swims from mid major college athletes who weathered the pandemic in California. 14. Theres a lot of good IM depth and more two-distance IMers than we usually see at this age. Class rank: NationalNo. Heres his lifetime-best long course 50 free (lane 8, bottom of the screen). The 400 IM is rapidly becoming his third event, which would be a great fit in the NCAA lineup. 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. A bonus video, if only because Hayon really feels like one of our favorite breakout candidates the more film we watch. A year ago, this class was mostly headlined by sprint freestylers and freestyle depth. The other thing that keeps Chen a little lower on this list is that he really doesnt have a third event yet, even compared to the two pure breaststrokers above him. 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. Do better! Keaton Jones Swim Neptune Higley High School Gilbert, AZ**Verbally committed to Cal** Powe actually appears in this same NCSA video we linked for Zuchowski above (Powe is lane 3, black cap, two lanes down from Zuchowski). Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates! Hes 2:18 in the long course 200, which is among the best in this class. Huffman's view: "Coach Deion Sanders' first class produced CU's highest-rated player in 15 years, the No. Weve scouted five sophomore classes now, going back to the class of 2020, and Diehl is the fastest sophomore 200 freestyler weve ever ranked, bestingCarson Fosters 1:33.7 from that class of 2020. 19. Jared I enjoyed your insights and comments. That 200 has seen the biggest drops from last year, cutting from 1:47.1 to 1:41.9 to sit among the best in the class. 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. Best Times: Marsteiner is very much a distance free specialist, and hes the best miler in a very deep class. 2022 recruiting class rankings: Coaching carousel influencing top 50. 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. | Privacy Settings | Do Not Sell My Personal Information, 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? Best Times: 400 IM 3:48.84, 200 IM 1:47.23, 200 breast 1:58.17, 100 breast 55.43, 200 back 1:46.56, 100 back 49.74. He was 48.6 in the 100 fly as of last year, and just1:59.1 in the 200 fly. Best Times: Schmitt is on a meteoric rise as a butterflyer. Best Times: One more for the long course crowd. 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. But as of now, at least, the distance groups range doesnt extend down into the 200 or 500 very well, so the standout milers are kind of one-trick-ponies as far as NCAA scoring is concerned. Ben Scholl Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club Cypress, TX**Verbally committed to Texas A&M** 2017 Top Football Recruits (4257) 2017 Top Football Recruits. (Previous Rank: N/A) Best Times: 100 fly 47.21, 100 free 43.74, 50 free 20.16, 200 free 1:38.43, 100 back 48.10, 200 fly 1:47.02. 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. Best Times: A year ago, Scholl was a two-distance sprinter who needed to develop his range a little bit. Im preparing a class 3 against SwimSwam for not putting my son in the top 20!!! Best Times: As a pure two-distance backstroker, Peck is second in this class to only Diehl. 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. Best Times: If youre really looking for a distance prospect, Taylor will rank higher on your board than #20. Best Times: Thats asuperinteresting portfolio of times for Jones, who is very much a jack-of-all-trades within the sprints. 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. Your home for results, rankings, data and all things swimming. 8. That 1650 free is just tenths off of NCAA scoring level, which merits inclusion in our top 20. 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. Heres his career-best in the 100 short course yard breaststroke (lane 5, fifth from the top, in a dark cap). Best Times: 200 IM 1:45.96, 100 free 43.48, 50 free 20.03, 100 fly 47.84, 100 breast 55.65, 100 back 48.60. 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. Lance Norris (Previous Rank: #14) TAC Titans Nash Central High School Rocky Mount, NC**Verbally committed to NC State** But being this good from the 50 through the 200 will give Scholl a shot to swim every relay in the lineup while also contributing individually, and thats really valuable in the NCAA format. Thus, the FloSwimming crew decided to whip up a top 10 recruiting rankings list for the class of 2022. One year ago, he wasnt even close to the top 20 with freestyle times of 20.8/47.4/1:44.1. Hes also been 55.4 in the long course 100 fly, which is faster than a lot of the flyers ranked ahead of him. 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