The University of California, Berkeley landed its second big verbal commit of the season (after Ryan Hoffer) when Daniel Carr announced his intention by Instagram today.
Carr is a senior at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. An Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100/200 backstrokes, Carr is the #16 recruit on our list of top 20 boys in the high school class of 2017. Carr swims for Pikes Peak Athletics, where he was a top-8 finisher in the 100 back, 200 back, and 100 breast at Speedo Winter Juniors West last December. Carr has a large arsenal, however, and could develop in any number of directions for the Golden Bears.
His top times include:
| SCY | LCM | |
| 200 back | 1:43.38 | 2:01.73 |
| 100 back | 48.10 | 54.95 |
| 200 breast | – | 2:24.21 |
| 100 breast | 55.42 | 1:05.83 |
| 400 IM | 3:53.36 | 4:30.90 |
| 200 IM | 1:48.11 | 2:05.25 |
Carr will arrive just in time to bolster the backstroke group when world record-holder and Cal senior Ryan Murphy graduates. Before even suiting up for the Golden Bears, Carr would be a B-finalist in the 100/200 back and 400 IM, and a C finalist in the 200 IM.
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i think hes gonna be pretty good
What a great kid and EXTREMELY hard worker! I had a chance to work with him at the Western Zone Camp and he was a pleasure to coach! He will rock the house at CAL! Good Luck Daniel!
This kid is a class act. Congratulations!