RollOnYouAll said:
Swimswam has published a revised rank of the top swim prospects in the women's 2025 NCAA recruiting class.
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*ORIGINAL ranking* (Aug 28, 2024)
WAY TOO EARLY RECRUIT RANKS: GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2025
Top 20 (5):
#1 Alex Shackell, #2 Teagan O'Dell, #3 Claire Weinstein, #7 Annie Jia, #13 Elle Scott
Honorable Mention (0)
Best of the rest (3):
Ella Cosgrove, Alexa McDevitt, Gracyn Aquino
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*UPDATED ranking* (July 17, 2024)
TOP 20 NCAA SWIMMING RECRUITS IN THE GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2025
Top 20 (6):
#1 Alex Shackell, #2 Teagan O'Dell, #3 Claire Weinstein, #8 Annie Jia, #9 Elle Scott*, #19 Ella Cosgrove*
Honorable Mention (1):
Alexa McDevitt*
Best of the rest (0):
Not sure why Gracyn Aquino is no longer ranked here, as Aquino's improvements this past 2024 season include a 50.32 to 49.95 (100 Free), and a 22.68 to 22.65 (50 Free). Maybe the others on the list have achieved more significant time drops?
* = rank upgrade
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Re-Rank*
(June 24, 2025)Re-Rank: Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits In The Girls' High School Class of 2025Top 20 (5)
: #2
Teagan O'Dell, #3
Claire Weinstein, #5
Annie Jia*, #12
Elle Scott, #18
Ella Cosgrove*Honorable Mention (0)Best of the rest (1): Alexa McDevitt* = rank upgrade========
TOP 20 SWIMMERS FROM THE CLASS OF 20252. Teagan O'Dell (Previous Rank: #2) Mission Viejo Nadadores Santa Margarita Catholic High School Chino Hills, CA **Committed to Cal**Best Times:- 100 back: 50.70 (best in class)
- 200 back: 1:49.16 (best in class)
- 200 IM: 1:52.61 (best in class)
- 400 IM: 4:05.22 (best in class)
- 200 free: 1:42.27
- 100 free: 47.74
- 50 free: 22.14
- 500 free: 4:39.29
- 100 breast: 59.73
- 200 breast: 2:10.69
- 100 fly: 51.99
- 200 fly: 1:57.32
O'Dell is the fastest swimmer in the class in four events and owns times quick enough for the NCAA 'A' final in three. She is capable of making the top eight right now in the 200 free (1:42.27), 200 back (1:49.16) and 200 IM (1:52.61), and also leads the class in the 100 back (50.70) and 400 IM (4:05.22). In the 2024-25 short course season, O'Dell made noted improvements in all of her primary events outside of the 400 IM, including a near two-second drop in the 200 back, nearly a second drop in the 200 IM, a full second drop in the 200 free, and dropping half a second to become a sub-48 swimmer in the 100 free. In addition to being one of the top point-scorers at NCAAs, likely with the 200 IM, 100 back and 200 back on her schedule, she'll also be a key relay player. Not only is she solid in the 50 free (22.14), strong in the 100 free and elite in the 200 free and 100 back, her 50 back is sneaky good as well, having been as fast as 24.08 in yards and having been a finalist at the 2023 World Juniors in the event in long course. To top things off, she could realistically swim just about any event at a dual meet and win, with times in the 500 free, 100/200 breast and 100/200 fly that rival some of this class' single stroke specialists.
3. Claire Weinstein (Previous Rank: #3) Sandpipers of Nevada Las Vegas, NV **Committed to Cal**Best Times:- 200 free: 1:41.10 (best in class)
- 500 free: 4:29.38 (best in class)
- 1000 free: 9:17.85 (best in class)
- 1650 free: 15:52.84 (best in class) [15:51.64 altitude adjusted]
- 100 free: 47.95
- 50 free: 23.00
- 400 IM: 4:07.72
- 200 IM: 1:58.70
- 200 fly: 1:58.63
- 100 fly: 53.91
- 200 back: 1:57.60
- 100 breast: 1:00.53
After an incredible performance at U.S. Nationals, it's tough to leave Weinstein at #3 in these rankings, but as a distance freestyler, her value is somewhat limited due to the precedence placed on sprinting in the NCAA Championship format. However, Weinstein will have a very good chance of sweeping the 200, 500 and 1650 free throughout her NCAA career. Her lifetime best in the 500 free (4:29.38) would've won the NCAA title last season and makes her the fastest swimmer in the class by a whopping seven seconds, while her 200 free best of 1:41.10 would've placed 4th in the tight 2025 NCAA 'A' final. In the 1650 free, her personal best of 15:52.84 was set all the way back in December 2021, but it still would've been 10th at the NCAA Championships and makes her the only swimmer sub-16 in the class. However, after dropping times of 8:19.67 in the 800 free and 16:01.96 in the 1500 free in the long course pool at U.S. Nationals, the Sandpipers of Nevada star is likely capable of pushing for a top finish at NCAAsshe did beat the 2025 NCAA champion in the mile,
Jillian Cox, head-to-head at Nationals. Weinstein is also starting to show an improved 100 free, making the 'A' final at Nationals and clocking 53.72, while in short course, she cracked 48 seconds in 47.95, so she'll be able to be relied upon on Cal's 400 free relay moving forward
5. Annie Jia (Previous Rank: #8) Upper Dublin Aquatic Club Hatboro Horsham Sr High School Ambler, PA **Committed to Cal**Best Times:- 100 fly: 50.35
- 100 free: 48.07
- 200 free: 1:45.79
- 50 free: 22.05
- 200 IM: 1:57.70
- 200 fly: 1:56.12
- 100 back: 53.07
- 100 breast: 1:01.69
Jia jumps up into the top five in the class re-rank after an explosive senior year that was highlighted by her busting through the 51-second barrier in the 100 fly. At Winter Juniors East, she brought her best time down from 51.09 to 50.35, placing a close 2nd to
Charlotte Crush while solidifying herself as the 2nd-fastest in the class behind
Alex Shackell. The swim also puts her nearly seven-tenths under what it took to make the top eight at NCAAs last season (51.02), and would've placed 5th in the 2025 final. Jia backed that swim up by going 51.01 one week later and then 50.65 in mid-March. Jia also leveled up with additional lifetime bests in the 50 free (22.05), 100 free (48.07), 100 back (53.07) and 200 IM (1:57.70) at Winter Juniors, while the following week at the UD Cardinal Classic, she set a best of 1:45.79 in the 200 free. In terms of piecing together an NCAA schedule, it's 100 fly, 100 free, and then either the 50 free or 200 IM for Jia, but of equal importance is the value she'll bring to Cal's relayswhich is only amplified with
Alex Shackell reneging on her commitment and heading to Indiana. Jia will be a key piece on the Bears' relays throughout her career, and she'll be a welcome addition on the fly leg of the medley relays this year.
12. Elle Scott (Previous Rank: #9) SwimMAC Carolina Charlotte Country Day School Charlotte, NC **Committed to Cal**Best Times:- 100 breast: 58.56 (best in class)
- 200 breast: 2:08.62
- 200 IM: 1:56.25
- 400 IM: 4:14.57
- 100 fly: 52.41
- 200 free: 1:46.94
- 100 free: 49.23
- 50 free: 22.92
- 100 back: 54.28
Scott rocketed to the top of the class in the 100 breast last season, putting up three sub-59 swims after coming in with a PB of 59.54. She clocked 58.94 in November, and then after winning Winter Juniors East in 59.13, blasted a time of 58.56 in the prelims of the NCISAA D1 State Championships before winning the final in 58.93. That 58.56 clocking not only puts her atop the class as the lone swimmer sub-59, but puts her within 26 one-hundredths of making the NCAA 'A' final, with three swimmers from last year's top eight graduating. Scott also knocked her 200 breast best time down from 2:10.04 to 2:08.62, within a tenth of NCAA scoring range, and in the 200 IM, she matched her PB to the hundredth last season in 1:56.25, which remains under the cutline. She's also strong in the 50, 100 and 200 free for relay purposes, and has a sneaky-good 100 fly at 52.41. For medley relays, Cal will be in good hands after she threw down a 26.74 50 breast leg at Winter Juniors East.
18. Ella Cosgrove (Previous Rank: 19) Scottsdale Aquatic Club Catalina Foothills High School Tucson, AZ **Committed to Cal**Best Times: - 500 free: 4:37.98
- 1000 free: 9:30.14
- 1650 free: 16:19.08
- 200 free: 1:45.07
- 100 free: 49.05
- 100 back: 54.34
- 200 back: 1:56.43
- 50 free: 23.05
Outside of the 1650 free, which she didn't race, and the 50 free, which she tied, Cosgrove improved her best times in all of her key events last season, headlined by her 500 free, which got into NCAA scoring range when she dropped a time of 4:37.98 at Winter Juniors East. Cosgrove also dropped numerous times in the 200 free, going 1:45.39 at Winter Juniors and then setting a PB of 1:45.07 at the Austin Sectionals in March. At that same meet, she set a massive PB of 9:30.14 in the 1000 free, which, although it's not a championship event, would've ranked in the top five in the NCAA last season. She's also coming off setting lifetime bests in the 200 free (1:595.7), 400 free (4:11.64) and 800 free (8:35.72) in long course at the Canadian Swimming Trials, earning her a spot on the World Championship team.
A member of Cal's stacked recruiting class, Cosgrove will have an incredible training partner in
Claire Weinstein, as the two will instantly become the Bears' top two 500 freestylers and will likely slot into the Bears' 800 free relay (which could be 75% freshmen). Based on the success we've seen Cosgrove have in the 1000/LCM 800 free, it will be intriguing to see if she opts to race the 1650 free in college, as her 9:30 best time in the 1000 is on pace for something around 15:40 in the mile, which would've placed 3rd at NCAAs. If not, we could easily see her in the 200 back or 100 free, having raced both at the Canadian Trials in long course and set respective bests of 1:56.43 and 49.05 last season in yards.
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