After being part of the University of Georgia program for the 2019-2020 season, Harry Homans has transferred to the University of Southern California in the Pac-12. He’s enrolling now and should have three seasons of eligibility remaining with the Trojans.
Homans is from Rhode Island and trained with Bluefish Swim Club before joining the Bulldogs in fall 2019.
I’m enrolling at the University of Southern California starting this semester. I’m excited to be joining the team and I can’t wait to start working with Coach Jeremy Kipp and the rest of the staff. I‘m very grateful for the support that Jack and the staff at Georgia have given me this past year and a half, and I wish them the best.
TOP TIMES (SCY)
- 100 free – 44.04
- 200 free – 1:35.93
- 50 back – 22.38
- 100 back – 47.41
- 200 back – 1:41.88
- 100 fly – 46.82
- 200 fly – 1:42.02
- 200 IM – 1:45.29
- 400 IM – 3:49.84
Homans is strong at anything besides breaststroke, and he could be a major contributor in a number of events for the Trojans.
At the 2020 SEC Championships, Homans placed third in the 200 fly and sixth in the 200 back. He was also 16th in the 200 IM at the meet and split a 1:34.99 on their third-place 800 free relay. Last season, while the NCAA Championships were canceled due to the pandemic, Homans qualified for NCAAs in the 200 fly at 16th.
Homans competed in the 200m IM, 200m back and 200m fly at the 2019 U.S. Summer Nationals, making the B-final in the 200m fly and placing 11th (1:58.18 in prelims). He holds Olympic Trials cuts in the 200m fly as well as the 100m fly (53.82) and 200m back (2:02.07).
Take a look at Homans’ progression in his single season in Athens:
| Pre-Georgia | Now | |
| 100 free | 45.29 | 44.04 |
| 200 free | 1:37.80 | 1:35.93 |
| 100 back | 48.57 | 47.41 |
| 200 back | 1:44.71 | 1:41.88 |
| 100 fly | 47.61 | 46.82 |
| 200 fly | 1:45.91 | 1:42.02 |
| 200 IM | 1:48.18 | 1:45.29 |
| 400 IM | 3:53.48 | 3:49.84 |
Homans is a fantastic bonus addition alongside new head coach Jeremy Kipp‘s class of 2024, the current freshmen class, which includes major breaststroke addition Ben Dillard (52.7/1:54.7). Kipp has also reeled in junior college transfer Billy Cruz, who boasts sprint bests of 19.1/43.3.
The Trojans had a pretty thin roster last season, but Homans is another reason they’re back on the upswing. Last year, he would’ve led the team in the 200 fly, 200 back and 400 IM, and he would’ve been #2 on the roster in the 100 fly, 100 back and 200 IM. In the 200 fly, Homans is actually a few tenths ahead of Alexei Sancov‘s school record.
POV: you came back to this article after sussy posted
lol is it true?
Probably- it got taken down for “bullying” so I can’t see why they would take it down if it was just plain false
Homans was the “player to be named later” in the transaction when current Georgia Quarterback J.T. Daniels transferred there from USC a year ago. Just kidding.
Actually the comments about the new coaching environment at USC with Kipp and staff are very relevant. Trojans have been somewhat silent on the high school recruiting front for classes of 2021 and 2022 and the new staff hasn’t translated into a flood of recruits signing for USC. I think the Transfer Portal will change all that and in several other sports – namely Basketball, Track and Football – Trojans have been active in adding high-quality talent to the roster.
Homans is the hardest working athlete I’ve seen in my athletic career, and I’ve been around a lot. His decision to transfer reflects no negatives, but rather a new thing he’d like to pursue and now he has the ability to succeed somewhere else. USC is a phenomenal program where he can shine, and lead. He is going to do great things in Southern California, and the people of Athens will surely miss him, but support him wherever he goes.
Good job Harry. Forget the media, do your thing, you know what you’re capable of.
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good luck kid! don’t be running at night anymore out there.
Great addition to USC, he will be a contributor in many events and likely bolster their NCAA hopes. Hope he excels and enjoys it there!
Harry’s the man everyone in the comments can keep their negative opinions to themselves
Mine was not a negative comment but if you don’t think what I wrote above quite possibly played a part (maybe not entirely) in his decision to leave Georgia, ya gotta come out of “Fantasy Land” for a bit & get a fresh breath of air out here in the real world 🙃. By the way, hope he does great at USC 👍!!
If you look into resumes of most people here that criticize this young man here, you will find people that change jobs every 6 months because “they deserve more” “they are not appreciated” or they just plain realize they are not good enough. Let kid figure out what is best for him. Good luck to him.
lol that ain’t it