Articles by Anne Lepesant

Last of SwimSwam’s Top 20 Commits; #4 True Sweetser Announces Decision

Nicholas “True” Sweetser (shown here with his idol, a young Arnold Schwarzenegger), number 4 on SwimSwam’s top 20 list for the high school class of 2016, and the last to announce his intention, has made a verbal commitment to Stanford University for 2016-17.

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DART Teammates Kozlowski and Mitchell Opt for In-State LMU and CSU Eas

DART teammates Lanna Kozlowski (Loyola Marymount University) and Abby Mitchell (Cal State University East Bay) have given verbal commitments this week.

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Polyvalent Tristan Furnary Verbally Commits to Yale

Tristan Furnary, who swims for Multnomah Athletic Club and the Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon, has verbally committed to swim for Yale University.

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Brown Picks Up Verbal from Rapidly-Improving Amelia Gilchrist

Swim GSA’s Amelia Gilchrist is headed to Providence, Rhode Island, to swim for Brown next year.

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3rd Generation Collegiate Swimmer Emma Holmquist Commits to Penn

Emma Holmquist, who swims for the Wilton Y Wahoos, and also for Wilton High School in Connecticut, has made a verbal commitment to the Penn Quakers for 2016-17.

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Wisconsin-Milwaukee Gets Verbal Nod from Indiana Breaststroker Greci

South Bend, Indiana’s Timothy Greci has verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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Brown Picks Up Verbal Commitment from CA Sprinter Joon Sung

Joon Sung, who swims for Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California, as well as BLAST Sharks, has made a verbal commitment to join the Brown University class of 2020 next fall.

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IOC Responds to WADA Independent Commission Report

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has now officially commented on the 323-page WADA Independent Commission (IC) Report, published today, that…

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National Junior Team Member ‘Aukai Lileikis Commits to Cal

‘Aukai Lileikis, a member of the Aulea Swim Club based out of Kailua and a senior at Punahou High School, has verbally committed to the University of California, Berkeley for 2016-17.

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SCAD Savannah Gets Verbal Commitment from Ohio’s Joel Thatcher

Mason Manta Rays’ Joel Thatcher will be a Student/Artist/Athlete at SCAD Savannah next year.

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Virginia Cavaliers Add 2 Verbals: Kyle Ward and Bryce Shelton

Kyle Ward (pictured above) is the latest verbal commit into a strong and deep class of 2020 for the Virginia Cavaliers.

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WADA Commission Releases Report on Systematic Russian Doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced the release of its special commission’s report on doping in sport, and it…

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SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Roundup – 11/2/15 to 11/8/15

We are just a few days away from the first National Letter of Intent Signing Period, and verbal commitments continue to roll in. See who we wrote about this week.

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Club Teammates Sydney Weiskopf and Maddy Chao to Dive for Richmond

The University of Richmond women’s swimming and diving team has received verbal commitments from a pair of divers from the state of New York: Sydney Weiskopf of Clifton Park and Maddy Chao from Niskayuna.

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Nittany Lion Aquatic Club’s Jackson Etter Commits to Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana will be the home of NLAC’s Jackson Etter for the next four years, following his verbal commitment to Ray Looze’s Hoosiers.

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