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Minkyu Noh, from Seoul, South Korea, where he attended Gyeonggi High School, has made a verbal commitment to the University of Texas for 2026-27. The 17-year-old currently lives in Southern California and trains under former U.S. National Team Director Mark Schubert at Evolution Racing Club in Orange County.
Noh represented his country at World Junior Championships in 2022 (Lima, Peru) and 2023 (Netanya, Israel). At the latter, he competed in the 100 free, 100 back, and 200 IM. He placed 7th in the IM final with a lifetime best of 2:01.93.
Last summer, Noh swam at Austin Futures where he was runner-up in the 200 free and 100 fly, 3rd in the 100 free, and 4th in the 200 IM. He concluded the meet with PBs in the 100 free (50.26), 200 free (1:50.48), 100 back (55.60), and 100 fly (54.25). Earlier in the month, he had clocked a PB of 1:04.14 in the 100 breast at Los Angeles Invite.
In October 2024, Noh competed at the 105th Korean National Sports Festival and the World Cup leg in Incheon. In December, he swam at the U.S. Open, finaling in the 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly, and 200 IM and earning SCY times of:
- 50 free – 20.51
- 100 free – 44.14 (converted LCM time = 43.83)
- 100 back – 47.49
- 100 breast – 56.32 (converted LCM time = 55.98)
- 100 fly – 47.98 (converted LCM time = 47.61)
- 200 IM – 1:46.57
Noh will join the Longhorns’ class of 2030 with Austin Carpenter, Rowan Cox, Andrew Maksymowski, Aiden Hammer, and Laon Kim.
It took 42.75/46.75/52.98/46.78 to score at 2025 SEC Championships in the 100s of each stroke, and 1:44.91 to make the C final in the 200 IM.
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Good pick up for the Longhorns. Gonna add to a great class with McKean, Hammer, and Austin Carpenter. Good to see Bowman can recruit outside of the USA as well.
I guess Noh has committed to Texas, but has Texas committed to Noh? They just cut a bunch of guys with faster times than this, so I wouldn’t count on a roster spot unless he knows something I don’t.
He’s a junior in high school vs guys in college
Polly what?
ChatGPT would be handling it a tad better, me thinks!
Mingyu has only competed in the US for Evo in two meets. Has never trained there, still lives and trains in Seoul
Hi, do you happen to know where it was announced that he committed to Texas? I’m not seeing it anywhere besides this article
swimcloud
thanks
I just think it’s odd that he appears to be breathing with his head out of the water. Surely this is slowing him down???
Given how close to the wall he appears to be in the photo, I’m assuming he’s doing an open turn.
Ah, I see now. I had not noticed the wall behind him and thought he was just breathing normally on free. Thanks for pointing out my oversight!!!
You don’t think he should be taking a breathe on an open turn? Dang! Tough!
Gosh, I do the same on my breaststroke turns. There’s a better way?
Another poor recruit duped by Bob. How many will it take before they learn?
No surprise, given everything that has happened recently…