Emily Thompson

Early Signing Day: 408 Verbal Commitments From The Class of 2024

Leah Hayes leads a group of five swimmers ranked in our top 20 who verbally committed to Virginia—today those signings can become official.

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Emily Thompson, #11 In SwimSwam’s Class Of 2024, Verbally Commits To Stanford

Thompson, a member of the 2022-23 U.S. Junior National Team, holds a 400 IM best time that would be faster enough to ‘B’ final at the 2023 NCAA Championships.

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Anna Moesch Closes Out YMCA Nationals With 50 Free PB Of 24.87

At only 17-years-old, Moesch’s performance makes her the 8th-fastest performer of all-time in the girl’s 17-18 age group.

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Leah Shackley And Daniel Diehl Add A Victory Each On Day Four Of YMCA Nationals

Shackley and Diehl, both NC State commits, won the 100 backstroke this evening with times of 59.56 and 53.91, respectively.

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Anna Moesch Splits 53.8 on a Relay Anchor at YMCA Nationals (Long Course)

The latest spark for the American women’s sprint group came from an unexpected place on Thursday – the YMCA National Championships.

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Daniel Diehl Swims 1:49.53 200 Free On Day Two Of Y Nationals

The second day of racing in Greensboro featured the 200 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 backstroke, and 200 freestyle relay.

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“Jersey Boys” Dominate The Demographics Of The 2023 U.S. World Championships Team

Out of all states, New Jersey produced the most 2023 U.S. World Championship team qualifiers with seven total—all on the mens’ side.

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2024 “Best Of The Rest” Sprinter Garrett Gould Verbally Commits To Texas

Gould’s commitment is big for a sprint-deprived Texas team, and his 100 free time makes him the fourth-fastest recruit coming to Austin in the next two years.

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Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits In The Girls’ High School Class of 2024

Katie Grimes is the clear-cut top-ranked recruit in the girls’ high school class of 2024 with NCAA-winning times in three events.

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Thomas Heilman Wins Two Events on Final Night of Richmond Super Sectional

Heilman won the 100 free and 200 IM on the final day in Richmond. Notably, Leah Shackley swam a PB in the 200 backstroke with a 2:08.42.

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Leah Shackley Swims First LCM 200 Fly in 2:12.41 at Richmond Super Sectional

Leah Shackley swam a personal best in the 100 back and swam the LCM 200 butterfly for the first time today. She won both on day 3.

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The Top Uncommitted Recruits In The Girls’ High School Class of 2024

The top recruits in the girls’ high school class of 2024, Katie Grimes has yet to commit to a collegiate program.

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Brendan Whitfield Swims 19.48 50 Free Personal Best On Day Four Of YMCA Nationals

Whitfield’s 50 free win was his third individual title of this meet, and also made him the third-fastest 50 freestyler in the high school class of 2023.

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Angie Coe Scores Two Top Seeds During Day 4 Prelims Session Of Y Nationals

Champaign County YMCA’s Angie Coe swam the fastest times of the morning in both the 200 IM (1:58.81) and 50 freestyle (22.57).

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Emily Thompson Swims 4:09.05 400 IM On Day Three Of 2023 YMCA Nationals

Thompson’s time would have scored at the 2023 NCAA Championships, and she is now the third girl in the class of 2024 to go sub-4:10.

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