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Andrew Shackell has flipped his commitment to Indiana University, following in the footsteps of twin sister and Olympian Alex Shackell who is also set to join the Hoosiers this fall. Andrew first committed to Cal, then flipped his commitment to Texas last summer after older brother Aaron Shackell transferred from Cal to Texas. Aaron Shackell is in the transfer portal but has not yet announced his transfer destination.
Andrew Shackell swims for Carmel High School and Carmel Swim Club out of Carmel, Indiana, just over an hour north of Bloomington, Indiana.
He most recently competed at the 2025 US Summer Nationals, and was highlighted by a 13th place finish in the 200 butterfly. He swam to a lifetime best of a 1:58.35. he also was 32nd in the 100 fly (54.17) and 45th in the 200 free (1:51.44).
Since flipping his commitment to Texas and now to Indiana, Andrew saw best times in most of his primary events. In December 2024, he swam to a 4th place finish at Winter Juniors East in the 100 fly posting a lifetime best 47.04. He also finished 9th in the 200 fly in a personal best 1:44.82, a five second drop from his previous lifetime best of a 1:49.99. He also notched lifetime bests in the 100 free (44.94) and 200 free (1:37.08) while leading off Carmel’s relays.
At the start of March, Andrew helped Carmel High School to a state title. He swam to new lifetime best times in the 50 free (20.24) and 100 free (44.48) while leading off the team’s relays.
Best SCY times:
- 100 fly – 47.04
- 200 fly – 1:44.82
- 200 free – 1:37.08
- 100 free – 44.48
- 50 free – 20.24
The Indiana men finished 3rd at the 2025 NCAA Championships with 459 points, only 12 points behind 2nd place Cal. Owen McDonald led the team in the pool with 42 individual points.
Based on his best times, Andrew Shackell already has the potential to make an impact at the conference level. His best time in the 200 fly would have made the Big Ten ‘B’ final while his 100 fly would have made the ‘C’ final. Tomer Frankel led the team in the 200 fly this past season with a 1:40.94 but will have since graduated as he just finished his fifth year.
Andrew Shackell will arrive on campus this fall as a member of the class of 2029 along with Noah Cakir, Lukas Paegle, David Kovacs, Luke Ellis, Josh Bey, and Brandon Fleck.
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Un-Shakelled
very shackelled
The Shackells are from multiple dimensions at the same time — as long as ONE of them is in Indiana that is where the portal opens!
If one leaves Indiana, they must return before their powers undo themselves from
The Portal opens in Indiana
The portal opens Indiana
Iron Forge Valley Peninsula Univerisith Dragon Eaters
Thy aren’t dragons… they EAT dragons, buffoon! 🍽️ 🐲
So, their portal opens in Indiana, and if they get too far, they get weak and starve — they eat the portal plasma and made an entire pool out of it!! Believe me I know this stuff
Does anyone remember the times Aaron swam at UT…….
meet mobile is your friend
Aaron to the IU pro group incoming.
you heard it here first.
no classes, just swimming
Sounds like one version of hell
I believe it, but seems incredibly short sighted. Getting a degree from one of those 3 schools would set him up nicely in virtually any career. He made the Olympics team but it’s hard to envision a one-time Olympian, non-medalist making swimming an entire career. Why not take the free option? You can always pursue a coaching career with a college degree.
A degree from UT Austin or Cal definitely carries more weight than an IU one
I think as usual in USA every college has good departments, whose degree might carry lot of weight.
college is hard
The beginning of the end of the University of Texas.
Good gracious. Just put the fries in the bag.
why isn’t his picture anywhere?
He doesn’t stay in one place long enough to have his photo taken.
or he doesn’t exist
This is comedy at this point.