tedbear said:
https://swimswam.com/2-recruit-in-class-of-2025-teagan-odell-chooses-cal-golden-bears-grab-1-2-3-in-the-class/
Dream Team 2
OBear073akaSMFan said:
..and the comment section the writer thinks Cal has another top-20 lined up. ..And the beat goes on..
philbert said:
so glad that McKeever is gone
I didn't realize you were Nostradamus. You would have fired her after one of the greatest recruiting classes in history-really?OBear073akaSMFan said:philbert said:
so glad that McKeever is gone
Her departure should had happened long ago! 10 years ago when we recruited the fab four & won the ncaa their freshmen year & I believe coach Teri was soon the Olympic coach, with all these accolades we should had been signing recruits like mad. Nada. We did get some single outstanding recruits here & there but nothing like 10 yrs ago. Think there were lots of negative recruiting going on with coach Teri. It's great to see us return to glory!
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The Cal women have hit again on their historic class of 2025, with the 7th-ranked recruit in the country Annie Jia announcing her verbal commitment to the Golden Bears. This gives Cal commitments from the #1, #2, #3, #7, #13, and a handful of "Best of the Rest" ranked recruits.
HBear said:
CAL WOMEN HIT AGAIN: #7 ANNIE JIA COMMITS TO GOLDEN BEARS FOR FALL 2025Wow!Quote:
The Cal women have hit again on their historic class of 2025, with the 7th-ranked recruit in the country Annie Jia announcing her verbal commitment to the Golden Bears. This gives Cal commitments from the #1, #2, #3, #7, #13, and a handful of "Best of the Rest" ranked recruits.
No way I was saying to fire coach Teri. There were lots of positives during this time period of the these recruits, which included recruiting the fab4, winning the NCAAs in prior year, & even Teri becoming head & assist Olympic coach but the recruiting seem to hit a snag for those 10 after the fab 4. Yes we did get recruits & there were exceptional ie.Stadden, Ivey but IMO there were some reasons why many more higher ranked recruits were going else where. I did question this in previous threads about negative recruiting against coach Teri which I think was the reason why are recruiting stalled. I think the University should had (yes..shoulda, woulda, & coulda) investigated earlier and not let some investigative news reporter start the ball rolling 10 years later.coachdeke said:I didn't realize you were Nostradamus. You would have fired her after one of the greatest recruiting classes in history-really?OBear073akaSMFan said:philbert said:
so glad that McKeever is gone
Her departure should had happened long ago! 10 years ago when we recruited the fab four & won the ncaa their freshmen year & I believe coach Teri was soon the Olympic coach, with all these accolades we should had been signing recruits like mad. Nada. We did get some single outstanding recruits here & there but nothing like 10 yrs ago. Think there were lots of negative recruiting going on with coach Teri. It's great to see us return to glory!
This website says 14 for division 1. ScholarshipsSchroeder71 said:
How many are members of the talented 2025 recruit class? Is there a maximum for women's swimming?
GO BEARS!
Couldn't find any announcement on Ryan Erisman's commitment. Saw Julien's but is Ryan for sure?swimmer19 said:
On the men's side, SwimSwam #11 Ryan Erisman and HM Julien Rousseau -> Cal
Erisman is on the US National Junior Team and a mid-distance standout from Florida, Rousseau is the top CA recruit and a distance standout out of San Diego.
Looks like Brother Andrew is now following Alex to Texas. I guess money talk! Hope sister still on board with Cal.OBear073akaSMFan said:
Cal is putting together a strong class of 2029, with verbal commitments from Norvin Clontz (#7), Ryan Erisman (#11), Caiden Bowers (#15), Kenneth Barnicle (#20), Ian Platts-Mills (best of the rest), Julien Rousseau (honorable mention), Andrew Shackell, and Dar Lavrenko, in addition to Palmisani.
Good luck to Andrew following his brother to Texas, and I can understand the attraction for Andrew of swimming with his brother, and training with the Texas mid-distance freestyle group. While I would be surprised if NIL money was a factor, certainly Texas can offer a lower tuition cost and generous financial support.OBear073akaSMFan said:Looks like Brother Andrew is now following Alex to Texas. I guess money talk! Hope sister still on board with Cal.OBear073akaSMFan said:
Cal is putting together a strong class of 2029, with verbal commitments from Norvin Clontz (#7), Ryan Erisman (#11), Caiden Bowers (#15), Kenneth Barnicle (#20), Ian Platts-Mills (best of the rest), Julien Rousseau (honorable mention), Andrew Shackell, and Dar Lavrenko, in addition to Palmisani.
https://swimswam.com/andrew-shackell-2025-flips-verbal-commitment-from-cal-to-texas/
Per Abby Weitzel from Ann Killion's column:swan said:Good luck to Andrew following his brother to Texas, and I can understand the attraction for Andrew of swimming with his brother, and training with the Texas mid-distance freestyle group. While I would be surprised if NIL money was a factor, certainly Texas can offer a lower tuition cost and generous financial support.OBear073akaSMFan said:Looks like Brother Andrew is now following Alex to Texas. I guess money talk! Hope sister still on board with Cal.OBear073akaSMFan said:
Cal is putting together a strong class of 2029, with verbal commitments from Norvin Clontz (#7), Ryan Erisman (#11), Caiden Bowers (#15), Kenneth Barnicle (#20), Ian Platts-Mills (best of the rest), Julien Rousseau (honorable mention), Andrew Shackell, and Dar Lavrenko, in addition to Palmisani.
https://swimswam.com/andrew-shackell-2025-flips-verbal-commitment-from-cal-to-texas/
So what does this mean for sister Alex ? I certainly don't know any of the Shackell's, but I understand Alex is very close to Claire Weinstein and Teagan O'Dell, and I have no reason to believe they are interested in swimming under Carol Capitani, the women's head coach at Texas.
swan said:
Philbert,
It was very disappointing to learn about Aaron Shackell's decision to leave the program, but sister Alex is the crown jewel in the 2025 women's class. Thanks for posting the update from Abby via Killion.
3Cats4CAL said:
What about the men's recruiting class ? Seems like they are not in the top tier of recruits? What happened?
HBear said:
Kenny Barnicle (#20 per SwimSwam) announced his commitment to Cal. Same club team as both Alexy brothers. Go Bears!
#20 KENNETH BARNICLE (2025) ADDS HIS VERBAL COMMITMENT TO CAL'S GROWING CLASS OF 2029
HBear said:#7 NORVIN CLONTZ OF SWIMMAC GIVES CAL THEIR 3RD TOP-20 VERBAL COMMITMENT FOR 2025-26OBear073akaSMFan said:Big time get! Needed to add to our distance crew! Looks like 200-400 free & the 800 relay. Think that's what NCstate didn't want Cal or the Furds in the ACCHBear said:
Distance swimmer Norvin Clontz joins the 2025 class on the men's side. #7 recruit, also from North Carolina / SwimMAC.
- The Golden Bears are barreling full steam ahead with their recruiting for fall 2025. The class now consists of #7 Clontz, #15 Caiden Bowers, #20 Kenneth Barnicle, "Best of the Rest" Ian Platts-Mills, and Andrew Shackell.
swimmer19 said:
On the men's side, SwimSwam #11 Ryan Erisman and HM Julien Rousseau -> Cal
Erisman is on the US National Junior Team and a mid-distance standout from Florida, Rousseau is the top CA recruit and a distance standout out of San Diego.
OBear073akaSMFan said:
couple of recent 2025 recruits
Dar Lavrenko from Mountain View, Ca. Rated #11 in CA. Sprinter 50-100
https://swimswam.com/cal-commit-dar-lavrenko-spooks-cif-central-coast-100-fr-section-record-at-43-97-in-prelims/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Italian Butterflyer Matteo Palmisani who attends High school in Texas. He is rated #87 by swimcloud
https://swimswam.com/italian-butterflyer-matteo-palmisani-2025-sends-verbal-commitment-to-cal/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Here is the recap of the men swimming recruits listed on swimswam now.
Cal is putting together a strong class of 2029, with verbal commitments from Norvin Clontz (#7), Ryan Erisman (#11), Caiden Bowers (#15), Kenneth Barnicle (#20), Ian Platts-Mills (best of the rest), Julien Rousseau (honorable mention), Andrew Shackell, and Dar Lavrenko, in addition to Palmisani.
OBear073akaSMFan said:
Looks like Brother Andrew is now following Alex to Texas. I guess money talk! Hope sister still on board with Cal.
https://swimswam.com/andrew-shackell-2025-flips-verbal-commitment-from-cal-to-texas/
swan said:3Cats4CAL said:
What about the men's recruiting class ? Seems like they are not in the top tier of recruits? What happened?
Our NCAA prospects for the men get somewhat more cloudy for 2025 and beyond.
Cal's 2025 class features several of the best young distance freestylers in Norvin Clontz, Ryan Erisman and Julien Rousseau, but missing out in the Heilman/Williamson sweepstakes is unfortunate, to state the obvious.
I do not see the 2025 class being able to offset the NCAA scoring loss of Lasco, Rose, Jensen , Seeliger and 2024 seniors Alexy, Hanson and Jett.
RollOnYouAll said:
Taking a quick peek beyond 2025, my way too early hopes are for prospective top recruits Rylee Erisman (brother Ryan's coming to Cal in 2025) & Kayla Han (used to swim for Alex's swim club, Carmel). Molly Sweeney (also from Carmel) would also be an invaluable asset. Charlotte Crush from Lakeside Swim will surely be on every recruiter's wishlist.
RollOnYouAll said:
Way Too Early Recruit Rankings: Girls High School Class of 2026
RollOnYouAll said:
Kinda off-topic for "2024 Women's Swim Recruiting", but I think it's worth mentioning that Claire Weinstein from the 2025 recruiting class has an even faster best time of 15:51.64, which would have placed 6th in the A final of the 1650 Free at 2024 NCAAs
Weinstein's best 500 Free time of 4:29.38 is actually 3 seconds faster than Bella Sims' winning time at this year's NCAAs, and would have topped Runge's #1 spot of 4:31.90 i on Cal's all-time list
And how about 2025 top recruit Alex Shackell's 1:50.15 which would have WON the 200 Fly title at 2024 NCAAs, not to mention surpassing Katie McLaughlin's #1 time of 1:51.09 on Cal's list (keeping fingers crossed that she will stick with her commitment)!
In the 100 Fly, Shackell's 49.49 also outdoes McLaughlin's 49.97 (top time on our All-Time list, and would have claimed the runner-up spot at NCAA Champs.
Shackell's best of 1:42.23 in the 200 Free would have earned 4th place at NCAAs this year
More goodies here:
https://swimswam.com/how-would-top-age-group-swimmers-stack-up-at-ncaas/
RollOnYouAll said:
Way Too Early Recruit Rankings: Girls High School Class of 2026
