Isaac Fleig will move to train under Joe Keller with the Fishers Area Swimming Tigers (FAST) as he prepares for the US Olympic Trials. Fleig has also switched his commitment and will join Arizona State in fall 2024.
In October, Fleig decided to take a gap year and defer his enrollment at Wisconsin. Fleig began to train under Mark Schubert at The Swim Team (TST). Fleig is one of five incoming freshman deferrals for the 2023-2024 NCAA season.
Fleig told SwimSwam “I would like to thank Coach Schubert for his support and mentorship over the last four years.”
Fleig will now travel to Fishers, Indiana, and train under Joe Keller. Fleig is originally from Wisconsin, so the move back to Indiana is much closer to home than he previously was earlier this fall in California. Notably, Fishers is also home to distance freestyler Luke Whitlock. Whitlock is committed to Florida for next fall.
Over the summer, Fleig won the U.S. Summer Junior National title in the LCM 1500 freestyle in a 15:19.90. That was a personal best for the teenager. Fleig finished less than three seconds ahead of Whitlock who was second in a 15:22.69.
In addition to his training relocation, Fleig has also changed his college commitment from Wisconsin to Arizona State. Fleig originally committed to Kentucky in the fall of 2021 before switching his commitment to Wisconsin in August 2022. Now, Fleig has committed to join the Sun Devils next fall.
This past weekend, Fleig swam personal best times in the 1650 freestyle at the King Marlin Pro-Am Classic. He swam a 15:04.50 lowering his personal best, which stood since December 2021, by eight seconds.
The Arizona State men won the 2023 Pac-12 title before finishing second behind Cal at NCAAs. The team had two scoring swimmers at NCAAs in the 1650 this past March. Zalan Sarkany finished 8th at NCAAs in a 14:42.80 while Daniel Matheson finished 14th in a 14:48.21. It took a 14:48.63 to score in the event.
Isaac Fle(e)i(n)g the scene
Bowman magnetic pull is ridiculous
not really if he’s not there now.
must resist
must resist
The Santo of high school swimmers
The guy is all over place! 🤷♂️
3 club teams in 3 different states, is on his third school commitment (started verbally to kentucky). What are the chance he stays at ASU longer than a year?
He’s improved significantly since his first commitment. You can’t blame a CHILD for changing his mind.
No hate for changing his mind, do what’s best for you. But we’ve also all met people like this, have a feeling nothing is ever good enough for him, so he goes where the grass seems greener. But also the kid is a damn good swimmer, good for him going to a fast school. But I have a feeling when he realizes the extent of bobs attention towards the d group is stopping by those lane occasionally on his way to Leon and Kos I have a feeling that won’t sit well
(Also I have a feeling his parents are the problem not him)
Knowing what I know about OZ when he was there, I have a feeling you’re right.
That’s absolutely crazy to say. Know nothing about family, what’s going on with life, and the decisions that need to be made to set himself up for the best possible success in the sport. Let the kid be, he’s probably already better than you ever were and has dreams of going extremely far…
Kentucky ➡️ Wisconsin ➡️ ASU
TST ➡️ FAST
wow.
They illegally recruit. I personally know people that they’ve tried to recruit.
Who is “they”?
Fishers/FAST, sorry
How so?
You spelled Carmel wrong. Why would Joe Keller recruit a redshirt college freshman who was already training under a former Olympic coach?
Fishers (and Carmel) have a history of illegally recruiting swimmers in high school. This instance isn’t “illegal”, still weird though.
What is weird about Fleig wanting to train with Whitlock at FAST? Looks like a good combo to me!
Why is it weird that Fleig might want to train with Whitlock at FAST? Looks like a good combo to me.
So you are saying there were no distance guys to train with at his team in California? It is weird….sorry! Hope it works out!
Maybe Whitlock is a friend his age and near his skill level, whereas at TST, with Hafnuoui(sp?), Brinegar and Johnston, at this stage of his career, Isaac is in over his head?
Yeah I’m not sure about that argument. If training with Brinegar and Hafnaoui is in over your head, then you should’ve just stayed at school.
Thinking it has more to do with their personalities than training with them.
I swam for Carmel for over ten years. Carmel doesn’t recruit. Plain and simple. Carmel’s culture, coaching staff, and history of success draws in athletes. You obviously never swam there and have no awareness of what it means to be apart of CSC. Spend a day or two on the deck and you’ll understand why athletes CHOOSE to go there.
Who do you think Fishers recruited for high school? Wouldn’t you think if they were recruiting, they’d have Whitlock gor high school? He’s club only!
Sorry but Fishers HS does no such thing. Maybe before Joe Keller came but not since!!
Which they?
Why is it illegal to recruit swimmers? I would be really surprised if there’s a law on the books that prohibits this. No one’s going to jail for illegally recruiting swimmers (unless they break some other law in the process)
Justin there actually is a rule on the books about recruiting but to my knowledge it’s only involved recruiting within the same state/poaching kids from other clubs within your LSC. Nothing with regard to out of state recruiting. Only know this as I was told by executive director of our LSC about it when it occurred last spring in our club.
keeping up with the joneses?
wither TST?
and where’s WaldoFANOUI?