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Florida high school state championship finalist Antoine Destang will arrive in Michigan next fall to continue his academic career and swim for the Wolverines. Currently residing in Jacksonville, Florida, Destang swims for the Bolles School Sharks. He has also been recognized in the “Best of the Rest” section of our list of top recruits for the class of 2025 in butterfly.
At the Florida LC Senior Championship this past July, Destang had a breakthrough in the long course pool, clocking times of 51.50 in the 100 free and 1:53.60 in the 200 free, both earning him victory and marking personal bests.
Destang was the champion in the 100 fly at the 2024 Florida Spring Senior Championships (SCY), achieving a time of 47.80. He was also a finalist in three other events at the Championship, placing 2nd in the 50 free (20.44) and 100 back (49.05), and finishing 5th in the 100 free (45.12). His times in the 50 free and 100 back were personal bests.
At the 2023 FHSAA Class 1A State Championship (SCY), Destang was a two-time finalist, finishing 4th in the 100 fly (47.72) and 5th in the 200 free (1:39.33). He also competed as a two-time finalist at the FHSAA 1A Region 1 Championship (SCY), where he secured 2nd place in the 100 fly (48.70) and 3rd place in the 200 free (1:41.07).
Top SCY Times
- 50 Free – 20.44
- 100 Free – 44.94
- 200 Free – 1:38.50
- 100 Back – 49.05
- 100 Fly – 47.27
- 200 Fly – 1:51.59
Michigan placed 3rd overall at the Big Ten Conference Championships last season, finishing behind Ohio State and Indiana—matching their result from the previous year. Destang’s best time in the 100 fly would have secured him a spot in the ‘C’ final at last season’s Championship. The top 100 flyer for Michigan last season was Gal Cohen Groumi, an Israeli Olympic swimmer, who won the event with a time of 44.50 at the Championship. He is a senior this year.
Destang will join Michigan’s 2025 recruiting class, which includes Boldizsar Magda, Antoine Sauve, Alex Thiesing, and Will Siegel. Magda could also strengthen the butterfly group; his best time in the LCM 100 fly (53.77) converts to 47.18.
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Congratulations Antoine!!! So excited for this amazing opportunity at University of Michigan!!!
Go Blue!!!
Well even if he didn’t get into Penn, UMich is considered one of the top public universities so that’s one heck of a safety school.
@swim news junkie: there was never any announcement about a commitment to another school. How could you “KNOW” something that NEVER happened?? There were several offers from other top schools which he declined for Michigan. Michigan has been the only school he has committed to. And “bounced around from club to club”??? What are you talking about??? And changed from country to country??? He has only swam internationally for ONE country: St Lucia!! You are making emphatic statements that you know NOTHING about! Stop!! And why are you tracking Antoine like this. It is creepy and reeks of jealousy. If you were focused on your child the way you are focused on this athlete then perhaps this article would have… Read more »
Where did you supposedly see an earlier announced commitment for him to swim for UPenn??? And to assume that he didn’t get accepted to UPenn??? Do you just love to spread rumours or speaking about things you know nothing about?!? Or did you come on here to be nasty to others???
It’s not nasty to say that someone was invited to swim for one of the best universities in the world. I KNOW that Antoine was not only invited, but also accepted this invitation.
You know what is nasty? To flip commitments. From a university to university. Or from a country to another country. I’m pretty sure you also know what I’m talking about
It’s amazing how adults can be jealous of kids. And more interested in other people’s business than their own. People who are on the outside making assumptions about other people, and they don’t know anything about them. Are you the coach at the university or the swimmer to know what was discussed privately between the two? A swimmer like this probably received multiple offers. As far as I can see, he has only made one public announcement of his commitment to a university so you need to stop listening to gossip and spreading gossip.
As far as I can see, looking at swimcloud he has also only represented one country internationally. If you knew anything about swimming you would… Read more »
Seems like a nerve has been struck here…
The fact would be that he bounced around quite a bit from club to club so it’s not an unreasonable thing to say that he might have difficulty sticking with a commitment based on the evidence (NYAC, ESWIM, HPCON and Boles all in the course of 4 seasons).
Those are the facts.
As for representing a country, does he represent St. Lucia? I’m unclear of this.
Why do you care so much what this swimmer is doing?
Do you see this swimmer as competition for your son?
Are you upset that he’s gotten into a better school than your son?
Some of you swim parents don’t know when to draw the line…
I honestly couldn’t care much less about this swimmer or where he is committed to or for which country he swims (or doesn’t).
My only comment was about him moving from club to club over the last 4 years which is factual. I wish him good health and good results regardless of where he swims.
@swim news junkie you care enough to have left those blatantly incorrect comments about “where he is committed to or for which country he swims or doesn’t.” Your comments were spiteful, salty, bitter, jealous, and meant to diminish the athelete. I am certain Max would not be happy about his mother trolling positive stories about other swimmers. As a swim mom, surely you should know and do better.
Who the heck is Max?
I have the same question :-))))
Swim mom? I was neither blessed with kids, nor I’m not a woman. I’m just a humble Canadian swim fan who is jealously, you are right in that regard, watching young talents leaving Canada. I saw Antoine training at HPC Ontario. It implies his commitment to swim for the country. A girl from our swim club is a member of UPenn swim team, kids met many times during swim meets in Canada. They got a news this summer that Antoine is coming. That’s all. I’m not sure why you are so overreacting. I wish nothing but all the best to Antoine personally. I never even met him once, I assume he’s a good boy
what the heck!!! why are all those people badmouthing about our kids?! It makes me sick !!! I’m sure Antoine has more than one Max among his swimming friends, but one of them is my son. given that the names of Canada and UPenn are tossed around, I think the above comment is about him. I’m a swim mom indeed and I’m mad as heck. I didn’t believe my eyes when I saw screenshots of this comment section !!! If some of those angry comments are written by Antoine’s parents, I understand your frustration. I’d feel the same!!! I mind my own business, and wish everyone would do the same.
@Swim news junkie , maybe you can reach out to SwimSwam and ask them to delete the… Read more »
Actually, your comments show that you do not know what you are talking about . There couldn’t be any official announcements of commitment from an athlete until Ivy’s admission commissions say their final word . but , the earliest acceptance decision are sent out only in December. So, it’s just stupid to ask whether someone was accepted or not right now and speculate about it
He has been listed as Michigan for a long time. And he’s also 2008 yob so early start to college regardless!
Proud of you, Tiny! Go rip those undies up north! GO BLUE