Cal has announced another mid-season addition, this time on the women’s side. We reported yesterday on Lars Antoniak joining the men’s team, and now Cal has announced the addition of Belgian National Team member Camille Henveaux to the women’s team. Henveaux is notably the younger sister of Lucas Henveaux, who helped Cal to a national championship in the 2022-23 season, finishing 9th in both the 500 free and 1650 free. There are rumors circulating that the older Henveaux may be coming back this season as well, however, those are nothing more than rumors at this time.
As for Camille, she, like her brother, is a mid-distance and distance freestyler. She’s a Belgian short course national champion in the 200 free and 800 free, as well as the 400 IM. Henveaux has also dabbled in open water racing, having represented Belgium at the European Junior Open Water Championships, as well as the Open Water Swimming World Cup. She’s 18 years old.
Here is a look at Henveaux’s career bests in SCM, with her yards conversions in parenthesis.
Camille Henveaux Personal Bests – SCM (SCY):
- 200 free – 1:58.54 (1:46.79)
- 400 free – 4:08.94 (4:44.50)
- 800 free – 8:31.66 (9:44.75)
- 1500 free – 16:48.59 (16:42.57)
- 400 IM – 4:43.92 (4:15.78)
Her converted 500 free puts her just off what it will likely take to qualify for the NCAA this season, so it seems very possible she’ll be on Cal’s NCAA roster this March, but we’ll have to see how quickly she’s able to adapt to yards swimming.
Heanveaux brings international racing experience with her to Berkeley. She’s competed at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, as well as the 2023 SC European Championships.
She should be a great addition to a Cal team which could use a little more depth in the 200/500 free.
At some point, the NCAA must consider rules that were established before the House vs NCAA case. Is it fair now with the upcoming roster limits that NCAA schools can bring in international swimmers for a semester to compete, denying a deserving US swimmer an opportunity to swim in college? After the semester, many of the international swimmers return home. I just can’t agree that this “temporary” addition to a program is a good thing for college athletics. We are already training many, if not most of the international athletes that compete against us in the Olympics. The rules need to be reviewed in light of the upcoming House settlement.
Coach Marsh deserves credit for the amazing coup of adding Camille. This man is genius, hard working, talented communicator, honest as one comes, kind and simply the best coach in history. Cal will be unstoppable as long as David is showering the program with his magic!
The Wiffen twins are at Cal now, looking at their Instagram, I assume Nathan is joining the Cal roster this semester (as previously announced), but how about Daniel?
Braden said it wasn’t going to be Daniel
Assuming the coaches were able to get her in early as I thought she originally committed with the elite 2025 class. Regardless, welcome to Camille! Enjoy your Cal experience!
Nevermind.
Congratulations coaches. Instead of coaching the fall semester we just fly in athletes for the championship season. Less work better results
Neither Antoniak or Henveaux have converted times that would qualify for NCAAs, what are you talking about lol
So it makes it ok for athletes to join in the spring if they’re not fast enough for NCAAs? Not sure what your point is
I kind of assume the roster limits are going to fix this, unless coaches hold back spots under the cap just in case.
Uhh yeah? And I also think it’s fine for athletes to join in the spring if they are fast enough for NCAAs. I’m not sure what your point is – you seem to just hate any international swimmer that competes in the NCAA, which is a lame and tired opinion
Unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying, I’m not in agreement with athletes joining in the spring for NCAAs. Are these student-athletes or athlete-students?
The irony certainly isn’t lost on me that maybe the biggest UT fan on this site is the one criticizing this lmao. You were bragging not even a couple months ago in these comment sections about how Texas was bringing in “3 huge mid season additions.” Now all of a sudden since Masiuk can’t come until next fall and Corbeau decided to go to IU, you decide to take issue with it. Not to mention your team’s best (and only NCAA-level) sprinter is a mid season addition. Typical UT—rules for you, not for me.
Also, It really isn’t that rare for students to start in the spring instead of the fall lol. Normal students do it all the time, for… Read more »
there’s a difference to me coming in for a semester specifically for championship time and coming in for 4 years starting in the spring. I should have specified what I was talking about. My original comment was geared towards the older Henveaux being rumored to return, who is my age and I’m 2 years removed from completing my time in college.
Nobody knew it was Corbeau until he had announced he was going to IU. I’d have felt weird about Corbeau joining any school. It was even said Texas couldn’t figure out his eligibility.
Guiliano’s situation was unique and he needed a spot to go somewhere to finish his 4 years in a semi-normal way. I don’t really count that… Read more »
Certainly not tired of internationals in the NCAA, in fact they make US swimmers substantially better and have an equal right to a US education that US citizens do. Instead of making unsubstantiated claims, if you could point out where I’ve taken issue with internationals in the NCAA (other than midseason additions) that would be great
I value the “student” in student-athlete and take issue with the fact that these types of moves destroy the integrity and amateurism of the sport. I don’t want to see the NCAA become a professional sports institution, but it seems we’re headed in that direction
Somov and Henveaux for the Cal Men??
Does Somov have eligibility? I thought he swam 5 years a Louisville.
Andrew just dropped to his knees in a Walmart parking lot.
He’s more of a target guy I think
I was thinking more of a Trader Joe’s guy
Please, don’t insult Trader Joe’s.
Funniest comment of the year. I know it’s only two weeks in but I think it could hold up as the #1 spot for awhile. BTW-I don’t see him using any store. Only Amazon.