The Arizona State revolving door keeps spinning, as Chatsworth, Calif., native Katherine Wagner has announced her decision to leave ASU to pursue new opportunities at Minnesota. After two seasons in Tempe, Wagner will have two more left in Minneapolis.
TOP TIMES
- 50y free – 22.54
- 100y free – 49.41
- 200y free – 1:49.82
- 100y fly – 55.31
Wagner is primarily a sprint freestyler. While she did not score individually at Pac-12’s as a freshman, Wagner did race in the 50 free B final and 100 free C final this season at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships.
Minnesota has struggled to grow a sizable sprint free group in recent years, so Wagner will be a welcome addition– especially when considering the fact that Minnesota just graduated Danielle Nack, the Gophers’ best 50 freestyler during the 2017-18 season.
With her current bests, Wagner would’ve been a B finalist at the 2018 B1G Championships in both the 50 and 100 free, her best events.
ASU TRANSFER TRACKER
Out
- Emily Glinecke to FGCU (two years of elig. left)
- Dylan Boyd to Michigan (three years of elig. left)
- Katherine Wagner to Minnesota (two years of elig. left)
In
- Jack Kucharczyk and Jackson Etter from Indiana (two years of elig. left each)
- Cierra Runge from Wisconsin (two years of elig. left)
- Gage Kohner from Northwestern (one year of elig. left)
- Carter Swift from Eastern Michigan (three years of elig. left)
It might not even have to do entirely with swimming. I went to ASU for a year, and the school itself is huge and overwhelming. It’s also extremely hot, so if you’re not used to the weather, those can be factors in causing someone to switch
<3 <3 <3 Katherine!!!
This is good news for the Golden Gophers as they need some more sprinters! Hope you enjoy Minnesota, Katherine! Now, if the lady Gophers could find a great butterfly talent to replace Danielle Nack, they would be in great shape.
Add Meghan Burton to your transfer out column for ASU – She is headed to George Washington
Everyone wants to have their 15 minute fame at the expense of ASU! Burton was injured last December that is why she left.
Not sure what your point is? Meghan Burton has transferred and is headed to GW. How is this 15 minutes of fame? What does an injury have to do with transferring? Do all swimmers that get injured transfer?
Whats a more iconic duo: ASU and transfers or Tom Shields and pianos?
Or — Schooling and fast times in the warmup pool.
Or Dressel and changing in a stall.
Not surprising I mean bob bowman did ruin yannick angel, lotte fris, and Dwyer’s careers. Michael Phelps was the most talented swimmer of all time imagine if he trained with someone like Reese or durden.
Hogwash.
Are you suggesting Agnel thrived under Bowman?
Baloney
I think Bowman was a great coach for Phelps, but not most others. Phelps’ recovery is legendary and Bowman is a legendary grinder, so of course Phelps could handle the workload enough to get the benefits. Any swimmer who doesn’t have that same recovery is just gonna get trained into the ground, which I think is what happened with all those other pros. So I don’t think Bowman is a bad coach, just a coach for a certain kind of athlete.
Phelps also performed best when he was super angry. He responded better to criticism and to challenges of the “bet you can’t do this” sort than any other swimmer I am aware of. If what people say about Bowman having a harsh style is true, I can totally see Phelps internalizing that intense dialogue in a more productive way than most.
Sign a lot
Survival of the fittest
Creme rises to top and those that don’t make it transfer
Having spoken to several ASU swimmers it seems like the team chemistry isn’t what we on the outside believe it to be.
Swimmers feel like a coach on the team is a know it all and isn’t open to opinions. Most also believe that Bob isn’t there on a regular enough basis. Most wouldn’t be surprised if more people transferred out. It is unfortunate as ASU seemed to have had a good thing going
Nice hearsay nonsense. Evidence?
What exactly would you think evidence would be on an internet message board?
If I’m going to post inside info on a message board I’d only do so by using my real name as my screen name to show that I have some credibility. And I’d post who is saying what instead of using words like “several people are saying this” and “swimmer’s feel like this” and “most believe this.”
Not doing so is hearsay nonsense. I agree with Scott.
When swimmers talk in earnest and someone is a collective voice, why exactly would they let their names be known publicly?? If they decided to announce this publicly they would definitely be victimized by the current coaching staff. Those who have “spoken” out have transferred, why not ask them their opinions and reasons?
Something more than hearsay
Not really sure who you’ve spoken to, but most of US at asu are happy here! Of course there are people who felt opposite but don’t let a few opinions speak for the whole men’s and women’s swim team.
So the ASU supporters are criticizing others for posting anonymously when it makes ASU look bad, yet here is someone claiming to be an ASU swimmer posting anonymously. I hope your standards are the same for this. Unless you post under your real name and let us know who you are, how are we to know this isn’t an ASU parent or coach or fan?