UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842561695 said:
Allie Szekely could also show up on the farm, making this her 5th & final trip.
BearDevil;842558650 said:
Originally thought Bears would add Marsh or Mykkanen as a legacy, but Light seems to be the legacy.
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:
4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:
(52) Courtney Mykkanen - USC
(55) Maddie Murphy - USC, UCLA
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:
4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:
#11 (19) Erin Voss - Mich
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842563987 said:
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Erin Voss - [COLOR="#696969"]6 Oct 2015[/COLOR]
Committed to swim for Stanford University! So excited to be part of such an amazing team and University��❤️��
[U]Katie Drabot[/U]: Yay!!! Congrats! So happy for you!
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tedbear;842564017 said:
And Erin is The Furds badly needed backstroke recruit.
Microbear85;842564035 said:
Does Voss' commitment to Stanfurd mean anything wrt Drabot? Does Stanfurd have space for both Voss and Drabot?
Microbear85;842564035 said:
Does Voss' commitment to Stanfurd mean anything wrt Drabot? Does Stanfurd have space for both Voss and Drabot?
BearDevil;842564075 said:
Depends. Underlying assumption is that Ledecky gets Haase's scholly and they could cobble enough for Byrnes and Drabot or Szekely. Voss would seem to indicate Drabot or AS is out. We'll know soon enough.
BearDevil;842564296 said:
Let's go, Mykkanen. Olympic medal on US soil >>> career NFL back up.
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842564306 said:
Wouldn't complain too loudly if:
#6 Katie Drabot + #52 Courtney Mykkanen + #55 Maddie Murphy -> :bear:s
BearDevil;842564414 said:
Congrats to Maddy. Looks like an immediate fly qualifier, but maybe not a scorer as a froskie. Also seems very well liked and connected within Bay Area swim circles, which can pay dividends down the line.
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:
4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:
#15 Kirsten Jacobsen - Zona, IU, UVa
(69) Amy Okada - Zona, Cal, USC, UCLA
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:
1) Schools that have received at least 1 verbal from a 2016 recruit on SwimSwam's [U]Top 10[/U] list:
[U]Tenn Volunteers[/U]
#1 (3) Meghan Small
(18) Cassy Jernberg
(50) Erika Brown
BearDevil;842565202 said:
Like this Cal class, but needs one more star. Great if it's Drabot, but an international or transfer works as long as there's a fit (need, academic, social, cultural).
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842565726 said:
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Katie Drabot - [COLOR="#696969"]8 Oct 2015[/COLOR]
Super excited to announce my verbal commitment to Stanford University! Go Card! ❤️��
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Megan Byrnes - Can't wait to spend the next four years w my bff congrats girl!!����❤️☺️
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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=5]#1 Ranked Recruit Katie Drabot Chooses Stanford[/SIZE][/COLOR]
For the second year in a row, Stanford head coach Greg Meehan has heard a yes when offering the top-ranked recruit in the nation a spot on his team as Ozaukee Aquatics' Katie Drabot has announced her verbal commitment to Stanford. This follows last year when Meehan scored commitments from #1 Katie Ledecky and #3 Ella Eastin, with Ledecky deferring a year to focus on the Olympics.
Drabot is ranked the top recruit in the Class of 2016 by CollegeSwimming.com.
Drabot won a gold medal at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in the 200-meter freestyle, and was a four-time gold-medalist at the 2015 Irish Open Swimming Championships as part of the NCSA Junior All-Star trip.
More to come.
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/1-ranked-recruit-katie-drabot-chooses-stanford/
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[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]Stanford Scores Commitment From National Junior Teamer, #6 Katie Drabot[/SIZE][/COLOR]
Stanford has bolstered its recruiting class with an elite blue-chipper, getting a verbal commitment from Wisconsin's Katie Drabot.
Drabot checked in at #6 on our list of top recruits in the nation, though we noted at the time a case could certainly be made to rank her even higher. Drabot was a member of the U.S. squad for the 2014 Short Course World Championships, is a former Junior World Record-holder and is a current member of the U.S. Junior National Team.
Swimming for Ozaukee Aquatics and Cedarburg High School in Wisconsin, Drabot is a veritable dream recruit for coaches with her extreme versatility and NCAA-scoring range times.
Drabot's Top Times
200 IM: 1:57.97
400 IM: 4:09.43
200 free: 1:45.22
500 free: 4:43.09
100 free: 48.96
50 free: 22.75
100 breast: 1:02.06
200 breast: 2:11.07
Take your pick on which of those times is most impressive. Odds are, Drabot will end up swimming a little of everything over the course of her college career. Stanford's relative wealth of young talent means Drabot should have the flexibility to swim where she shows the most spark, rather than being forced into an event discipline the team is weak in.
Those IM times would make her a great training partner for former Junior World Record-holder Ella Eastin, who is a current freshman with the Cardinal. Drabot would probably benefit from training her 100 and 200 frees with NCA sprint champ Simone Manuel, currently a sophomore. Then, too, there probably isn't a better distance freestyle training partner in the world than Katie Ledecky, who will arrive at Stanford next fall along with Drabot after deferring her enrollment a year.
Drabot beefs up a Stanford recruiting class that now better matches the magic of its previous two recruiting classes, the class of 2015's Ledecky/Eastin/Leah Stevens group and 2014's Manuel/Janet Hu/Lindsey Engle/Ally Howe crew.
Looking at that list of names really drives home the kind of insane talent pool Stanford has been able to assemble over the past few years. With Drabot joining fellow top-20 recruits Erin Voss (#11) and Megan Byrnes (#14) in this class, it looks like the talent influx is only going to continue for the Cardinal.
http://swimswam.com/stanford-scores-commitment-from-national-junior-teamer-6-katie-drabot/
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. So far we just have one local. Already have my eyes on 2017 recruiting Kuks, Popov, Areosty, etc. I still think missing Coach Kristen made a huge difference. tedbear;842566155 said:
2016 Recruiting
In the end, I think our biggest miss was Hannah Cox. She would have filled the mid to long distance need perfectly. Our sprint Frees (Katie) and Back (Adams) are fine for now. Do need IM help (Small).
tedbear;842566147 said:
From my original list the Furd got one of the must gets and two of our wants
BearDevil;842566267 said:
At least we now know that Teri read your list last year, Meehan read your list this year, and both are very good at following directions. Just put together a crappy wish list for next season and hope that it's followed by LSJU, 'SC, Texas, and UVa.
BearDevil;842566267 said:
At least we now know that Teri read your list last year, Meehan read your list this year, and both are very good at following directions. Just put together a crappy wish list for next season and hope that it's followed by LSJU, 'SC, Texas, and UVa.
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842566333 said:
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Kristen's calming & supportive presence both as the associate head coach and on the recruiting side was definitely felt and will be sorely missed :cry:
But heck, life has its ups and downs, things go round in waves & cycles, the show goes on! :cheer
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I would be remiss if I said that the timing of this change does not create some challenges for the immediate future
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:
4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:
(48) Brittany Kampfer - Duke
BearDevil;842566168 said:
Ideal transfer or international would be 800 Free leg, 500 Free, 400 IM, and 1650. Small, Cox, and Drabot all had some of that, but there was no perfect Cal recruit (events, academics, cultural) in this class.
2016 is Teri's best window for a title. Next class needs breast, distance, sprint, and IM.
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:
4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:
(68) Anina Lund - Cal
UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842567072 said:
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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=5]Anina Lund Makes Verbal Commitment To California Golden Bears[/SIZE][/COLOR]
The California Golden Bears claimed a verbal commitment from distance freestyler Anina Lund in a bid to help regain its freestyle strength.
Lund will be a big asset to a program that had not been very strong in distance freestyle recently. She'll partly fill a gap left by the departure of Cierra Runge from the program and will score well in the 500 and 1650 freestyles at the Pac 12 championships in her freshman year.
Lund, who currently represents Badger Swim Club in New York state, holds best times of 4:49.40 in the 500 free and 16:27.90 in the 1650 free that were done at the 2013 U.S. winter nationals. Those would be good for top-16 finishes at the 2015 Pac 12 meet. Lund also has potential to contribute in the 200 free in time, with a 1:50.23 current personal best.
Lund's current long course lifetime bests in distance freestyle were done in 2014, but her 400 free (4:14.91) and 800 free (8:45.22) were fast enough to qualify for the Olympic Trials. She's just seven tenths away from adding the 200 free to her Trials program as well. Her top national finish is an eighth-place spot on the podium in the 1500 free at the 2014 summer nationals, where she posted a 16:36.89.
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/anina-lund-makes-verbal-commitment-to-california-golden-bears/
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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842566333 said:
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Note to tedbear: know that you haven't given up completely on Claire or Katie for a last-minute change of mind hehe. If it's any consolation, note that Drabot's announcement was a "Super excited to announce my verbal commitment to Stanford University!" (bolded words mine), so there's technically always a chance for a change of heart before the actual letter of intent signing period
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tedbear;842569340 said:
UAC, I think you know that the one I want to really flip, although it's very unlikely, is Hannah Cox. I can can dream though ��. How about a package deal including Kennedy Lohman which would help our Breaststoke cause too��.
Schroeder71;842567281 said:
Cal will lose five seniors after this season: Liz Pelton, Rachel Bootsma, Kelly Naze, Rachel Acker & Alicia Grima. Will the Bears be able to bring in top quality talent to fill the void? I guess that Cal fans should count Abbey Weitzeil as the first one. Will she be a freshman next season? Pelton & Bootsma are elite while Naze & Acker are solid contributors for the Bears... Also, Missy Franklin is irreplaceable. GO BEARS!
BearDevil;842567308 said:
Different events, but points and scholly $s are roughly equivalent:
-Bootsma=Weitzeil
-Pelton=?
-Cierra=Hull +?
-Naze=Keaton Blovad
-Acker=Chenoa Devine
Additional commits: Maddie Muphy, Light, Alexa Buckley, Anina Lund
Still unclear if there's room for Courtney Mykkanen. Hull + Murphy + the others probably=Cierra + Grima $s.
Need an impact international or transfer to cover Pelton's points and $s to remain in 2017 NCAA title contention.
