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Abram Mueller from Madison, Wisconsin, has announced his verbal commitment to Stanford University’s class of 2028, writing on social media:
“I am super excited to announce my commitment to continue my academic and swimming career at Stanford University!!! Thanks to my family, friends, coaches, teammates and teachers that have helped make this dream come true! Fear the TREE!!! 🌲🌲🌲”
As one of only two members of the class who has cracked the 53-second barrier in the 100 breast (the other, Daniel Li, has also verbaled to Stanford), we ranked him in the “Honorable Mention” section of our list of top-20 recruits from the class of 2024.
Mueller is a rising senior at Madison West High School; he does his year-round swimming with Badger Aquatics Club. He broke the Wisconsin high school state record in February, winning the WIAA Boys Division 1 State Championship in 53.20. He was runner-up in the 100 fly (48.71) and earned a PB in the 50 free (20.77) leading off the 200 free relay. Two weeks later, at the Wisconsin Swimming LSC Short Course Championships, he updated his PBs in the 100/200 free and 200 breast and won the 500 free, 200 breast, and 200 IM. He notched a lifetime best in the 100 breast at NCSA Spring Championships, coming in 2nd with 52.98. This summer he unleashed a flurry of LCM best times at Des Moines Sectionals, including the 50 free (24.62), 100 free (52.96), 200 free (1:56.31), 100 breast (1:04.16), 200 breast (2:21.72), and 200 IM (2:09.02).
Best SCY times:
- 100 breast: 52.98
- 200 breast: 1:57.27
- 200 IM: 1:50.40
- 200 free: 1:38.64
Mueller will join Daniel Li, Finn Harland, and Go Nagaoka on the Cardinal’s roster in the fall of 2024. His best times would have scored in the B finals of both the 100 breast and 200 breast at 2023 Pac-12 Championships, where Stanford finished 3rd out of 6 teams.
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Also worth noting Mueller went 59.80 in the 100 Breast and 50.81 in the 100 Free at the 2023 All City Swim Championships which were contested in a SCM pool. This is the big summer meet here in Madison every year. Congrats to Abram!
he’ll be a 52.9/1:57.2 breaststroker after 4 years at Stanford, if he doesn’t drop the team by then
Can swimswam really not take comments like these down? Not even a stanford fan but does this poor kid need some BS like this on his commitment article? Fine if you don’t like a program but leave it on articles that aren’t directly tied to an excited high school kid.
The kid plays volleyball too, he doesn’t even swim year round. He honestly has so much potential going into his senior year as a multi-sport athlete. Probably doesn’t matter where he trains, he’ll have success. I’d like to see you beat him in the 100 breast.
The kid play volleyball too, he doesn’t even swim year round. He’s honestly got so much potential going into college as a multi-sport athlete. Probably doesn’t even matter where he trains, he’ll have success. I’d like to see you beat him in the 100 breast.