College Recruiting

UNC Adds 23.2 Sprinter Olivia Gschwind for Fall 2021

At the 2020 North Carolina HS 4A State Championships, Gschwind made A-finals in both the 50 free and 100 free.

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Army West Point Adds Maggie Kroening to the Class of 2025

Army West Point commit Maggie Kroening would have scored in the B finals of the 100 fly and 200 fly at the 2020 Patriot League Championships.

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Eric Slabbert Commits to SVSU with 200 Back Faster Than Current Program Record

South African backstroker Eric Slabbert will bring program-best (200 back) or near-best (50/100 back) times to SVSU next fall.

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Turkish 50 Fly National Champion Olcaytu Hatipoglu Verbals to Tulane (2022)

In the 50m fly at the 2020 Turkish National Championships last march, Hatipoglu won the national title with her lifetime best 27.82.

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53.5 Backstroker Kiki Kennedy Verbals to Duke (2022)

Kennedy has made enormous improvements in the backstroke events in the last year. Going into the pandemic, she was just 55.41 in the 100.

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Harvard Snags Verbal from Colorado Stars Distance Specialist Lizzie Brock

At the 2020 Colorado HS 5A State Championships, Brock helped Cherry Creek to a second-place team finish with top-four placements in the 200 free & 500 free.

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Spanish Backstroker Marta Beesmans Barquero Joins Houston Class of 2025

Barquero looks like an immediate impact swimmer for the Cougars; for some context, her 100m back lifetime best is under the US Olympic Trials cut (Wave I). 

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Winter U.S. Open Qualifier Noah Sipowski Commits to UNCW

Noah Sipowski has committed to the UNCW class of 2025 and will join the Seahawks with CAA B final-worthy times in the 50 free, 100 breast and 200 breast.

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Anna Pfeiffer to Transfer to Missouri State After Her Freshman Season at Iowa

Anna Pfeiffer will transfer to Missouri State from Iowa, whose swimming and diving program will be cut after the 2020-21 season.

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One of Texas’ Top Sprinters, Jake Litchfield, Commits to TCU Horned Frogs

Jake Litchfield, the Texas 5A runner-up in the 50 free last season, has committed to the TCU Horned Frogs for the fall of 2021.

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Bryant University Picks Up Verbal from Canadian Freestyler Charlee LeGallais

Bryant University has added Canadian mid-distance freestyler Charlee LeGallais to its roster beginning in the 2021-2022 season.

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UC Santa Barbara Snags 1st 2022 Verbal Commitment from Sprinter Nina Statler

Nina Statler from Walnut Creek Aquabears has made a verbal commitment to UCSB for 2022-23. She already has three B final-worthy times for MPSFs.

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Houston Picks Up 59.8 LCM Butterflier Adelaide Meuter of France for 2021

Meuter competed at the 2020 French Elite Nationals in December, where she touched third in the 100 fly behind only Marie Wattel and Beryl Gastaldello.

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Arizona High School A-Finalist Haley Chesno Commits to Denver

Haley Chesno from Phoenix Swim Club in Arizona has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Denver for 2021-22.

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Indiana State Champion Diver Commits to Purdue after Iowa Cuts Program

Sam Bennett was due to be a program-changing diver for the Iowa Hawkeyes; instead, he’ll join the historically-strong program at Purdue next fall.

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