Articles by Sidney Zacharias

“BOTR” Backstroker Zuri Ferguson Commits To Florida For 2025-2026

Ferguson’s currently owns a best 200 backstroke time of 1:53.31, which would have finished 6th at this year’s SEC Championships.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Andrew Rucker Commits To Boston College For 2024-25

Rucker trains and competes year-round with the Upper Arlington Aquatic Club, and is a recent graduate of Upper Arlington High School.

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Northwestern Gains Commitment From Distance Specialist Alexander Rousseau (2024)

Rousseau will arrive at Northwestern this fall as a sophomore academically, but still has four years of NCAA eligibility remaining.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Scarlett McGlinchey Sends Verbal To Duke (2025)

With over a year to go before arriving on campus, McGlinchey’s best 200 breast time (2:15.22) already puts her within ACC scoring range.

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Butterflyer Sarah Dingus Announces Commitment To SLU (2024)

Dingus spent most of her high school career focusing on basketball, however, she turned her attention to swimming for her final year.

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Florida Southern Adds U.S. Open Qualifier Michael Tretyakov For 2024-2025

Tretyakov, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American, graduated from Bob Jones High School and swims with Huntsville Swim Association.

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Lynn University Gains Commitment From Sprinter Lily Drons (2024)

Drons hails from Estero, Florida, where she attends Estero High School and trains year-round with the Gulf Coast Swim Team. 

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Dual-Sport Athlete Logananne Zielinski Announces Commitment To Delaware (2024)

In addition to swimming, Zielinski was also a varsity water polo player throughout her high school career at St. Andrew’s School.

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UChicago Adds U.S. Open Qualifier Alex Schwartz For 2024-2025 Season

Schwartz’s current best times in the 200 free, 500 free, 1650 free, and 400 IM are already well within the UAA A-final range.

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Nevada HS State Champion Valentino Montegrande Commits To Rollins College (2024)

Montegrande hails from Henderson, Nevada, where he attended Bishop Gorman High School and trains with the Sandpipers of Nevada.

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Backstroker Bethany Garcia To Stay In-State With San Diego For 2024-2025

Garcia is a native of Corona, California, where she attends Jserra Catholic High School and trains with the Mission Viejo Nadadores. 

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Oklahoma High School State Champion Cody Lay Signs With U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (2024)

Lay intends to pursue a degree in Marine Engineering and work towards a career as a Navy Surface Warfare Officer after graduation.

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Futures Qualifier Dawid Turos Announces Commitment To Rider (2024)

Turos is currently inside MAAC scoring range in the 200 freestyle, where it took a 1:41.90 to return to finals this year.

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Butterfly Specialist Daniel Cameron To Stay In-State With St. Olaf (2024)

In 2021, Cameron teamed up with five other Twin Cities-based swimmers to complete a relay swim of the English Channel.

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Backstroker Hannah Wentzel Commits To Toledo For 2024-2025 Season

Wentzel’s decision keeps her in-state, as she recently graduated from Fairmont High School this spring which is also in Ohio.

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