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Noah Powers from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is headed to the University of Virginia in the fall to swim and study in the Cavaliersā class of 2029. At the time of his verbal commitment, he wrote on social media:
āIm super excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Virginia. Thank you to all my family, friends, coaches, and the UVA staff who have supported me along the way. GO HOOS āļø #savage7ā
Powers is one of the top sprinters in the high school class of 2025. Representing his high school, Blue Mountain High School, at the PIAA 2A State Championships in February, he won the 50 free with 19.83 (just .01 off his best) and was runner-up in the 100 free, clocking a new PB of 43.36. He also swam legs on the 200 medley (25.85 breaststroke) and 200 free (19.55 flying start) relays.
Powers doesnāt do a lot of club swimming outside high school season and is currently unattached. He did compete at the 2024 YMCA Short Course Championships last spring āwhere he was a top 8 finisher in the 50/100 free and a top 16 finisher in the 200 free and 100 backā and the Richmond Futures last summer. There, he placed 3rd in the 50 free, 2nd in the 100 free, 17th in the 200 free, and 20th in the 200 back. He left the meet with new LCM times in the 50 free (22.95), 100 free (50.54), and 200 free (1:54.54).
Best SCY times:
- 50 free ā 19.82
- 100 free ā 43.36
- 50 back ā 23.99
- 100 back ā 50.13
Powers will join an absolutely star-studded class of 2029 with Thomas Heilman, Maximus Williamson, Thomas Mercer, Grant Murphy, Blake Amlicke, Nathan Szobota, Chris Smith, Davin Lindholm, Jackson Tishler, Josh Howat, and Kris Mihalyov. The Cavs invested heavily in this menās class, much as they did on the womenās side in 2019 when they nabbed 4 of the top 20-ranked girls recruits (Kate Douglass, Ella Nelson, Maddie Donohoe, and Lexi Cuomo). Heretofore that had been a feat reserved mainly for Stanford and Cal, but after being named head coach at UVA in August 2017, Todd DeSorbo went to work building a powerhouse womenās team that has now won the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships five years in a row. DeSorbo is attempting to repeat that magic on the menās side, and this class is a great starting point.
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oh good, some competition for Gretchen.
If this class is the starting point, how should we refer to the previous 6 consecutive top 10 classes?
The class of 2019 was the first top 10 recruiting class. Letās put some respect on their name. š«¶
Respect for the Men flaming out while the Women ascended the NCAA throne? ok
6 consecutive top 10 recruiting classes and not exactly a lot to show for it, dozens of other schools have accomplished much more with less acclaimed recruits
Those brave young men deserve our respect for venturing into and sacrificing their swimming careers for the unknown and unproven. ā¤ļøš
wtf. BOTR? 19.8/43.3? What planet am I on
Had the same thought. Those times made NCAA finals when I was in college, and they’d still win or contend at the Texas high school state meet. š³
So wild. A kid like this getting picked up late in his senior year is absurd.
He didnāt get picked up late. He committed in Nov of 2023.
This is Toddās blast of positive PR in hopes the world will forget he has a coach on staff who admitted to abusing 11 swimmers.
Another swimmer in this class 19.9/44.8 50/100 free and 55 100 breast and not even BOTR. Swimflation is crazy.
Very true. Which kid is this? I wasn’t aware they picked up someone who swims breaststroke besides the foreign guys
By class I meant year, not Virginia’e class. I had the wrong years though. He will be 26/27.
Oh, my bad
Todd is probably the smartest coach in the NCAA.
why are the men not good then?