Polish Junior National Team-er Mateusz Dubas Joins Florida for 2020-21 Season
In 2019, Dubas qualified for the 200m breast semifinals at the Euro Summer Junior Champs and finished 10th overall with a lifetime best of 2:15.50.
St. Thomas Approved for Historic Move from NCAA Division III to Division I
While we’ve seen programs make the switch from Division II to Division I, this will be the first transition from Division III in modern history.
USC Adds Local Breaststroker Chris O’Grady for Fall 2021
O’Grady, a breaststroker with solid speed in the 200 free and 200 IM, will be part of USC’s breaststroke group revival.
Olympic Finalist Joao Gomes Jr Tests Positive for COVID-19
He was supposed to be among the first batch of Brazilian Olympic hopefuls flying to Portugal this Friday for a training period between July and December.
Bucknell Picks Up Summit (NJ) Breaststroker Will Hedges for Class of 2025
At the 2019 Y-Nats in long course, Hedges was 12th in the 50 breast (30.32), 13th in the 100 breast (1:07.09) and 18th in the 200 breast (2:27.19).
Florida State Lands World Juniors Finalist Arijus Pavlidi for Fall 2021
At the 2019 European Junior Championships last summer, Pavlidi just missed the podium with a fourth-place effort in the 200 back (1:59.82).
Former NAG Record-Holder Brett Feyerick of NCAP Chooses Princeton for Fall 2021
Feyerick set the U.S. National Age Group (NAG) record in the 11-12 50 yard backstroke in 2015, going 24.22, though that record has since been lowered.
VT Picks Up Upper Arlington Sprinter Hayden Jay for Class of 2025
At the 2020 Ohio Division I HS State Champs, Jay posted a third-place effort in the 200 free (1:39.33) and touched fourth in the 100 free (45.55).
Georgia Tech Adds Florida 2A Champion Josh Hanks for Fall 2021
At the 2019 Florida 2A State Championships, with Pine Crest School, Hanks won titles in the 100 breast (56.22) and 200 IM (1:49.95).
Madesyn Ronquillio Leaves Boise State After Shutdown, Transfers to Nebraska
Ronquillio would’ve been Nebraska’s only sub-2:00 200 backstroker last season, and she would’ve been their #2 100 backstroker.
Penn Charter Breaststroker Joseph Hong Verbally Commits to Virginia Tech
At the Speedo Junior Nationals last summer, Hong scored in the 200 breast C-final at 20th, going 2:20.33 in the final for a lifetime best.
IL Freestyler Nick Tommasone Joins Notre Dame Class of 2025
Tommasone hit best times in his top events in early March at the 2020 Illinois Senior Champs. At that meet, he was the runner-up in the 100/200/500 free.
OH Backstroker Aiden Neuman Sends Verbal to Penn State for 2021
At the 2020 Ohio HS Division I Champs, Neuman scored in the B-final of the 100 back, going 50.60 for 13th at the meet.
York YMCA’s Cameron Speed Changes Commitment from ECU to Florida Atlantic
At the 2020 CCSA Champs, Speed would’ve taken fourth place in the 1650. He also would’ve made the 500 free A-final and B-finals in the 200 fly and 200 free.
6x Connecticut HS Champ Sophie Murphy Verbals to Georgia Tech
For Cheshire YMCA, Murphy has made several YMCA LC Nationals A-finals and was the 100 free runner-up in 2018 (57.84).
