UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842552848 said:

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Haha, I can't take any credit for this at all :p - actually it's all thanks to BearBackerinLA's super sleuthing skills!!! :beer:
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Ah sorry BBLA! :facepalm

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Todd Adams - [COLOR="#696969"]24 Sept 2015[/COLOR]

New twist on donuts with dad - at the airport. I'm inbound. She's outbound. Donuts from Nashville's @foxsdonutden




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Emily Eastin - [COLOR="#696969"]24 Sept 2015[/COLOR]

praying the person that sits next to me on the plane does not take up two seats

update: small child sat next to me and I asserted dominance over the shared arm rest


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Abbey Weitzeil - [COLOR="#696969"]24 Sept 2015[/COLOR] @ [COLOR="#808080"]UC Berkeley[/COLOR]

Every time I go and visit my soon to be home, I never want to leave. Deferment isn't easy, but I know I'm here to do something special �� #goldenbears #berkeley #roadtorio



https://instagr.am/p/8Bj5gzBant

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Abbey Weitzeil - [COLOR="#696969"]24 Sept 2015[/COLOR] @ [COLOR="#808080"]UC Berkeley[/COLOR]

Every time I go and visit my soon to be home, I never want to leave. Deferment isn't easy, but I know I'm here to do something special �� #goldenbears #berkeley #roadtorio



https://instagr.am/p/8Bj5gzBant

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Would have been nice to have Abbey in Berkeley during the major recruiting weekend, but spending the weekend in SLO is a much better bonding experience for her and her future teammates. No offense to Ledecky, Small, Drabot, Cox, Stanzi, or Adams, but I'd take Abbey over all of them.

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Welcome to the :bear: family, Chenoa!!! :woohoo :gobears: :cheer
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Chenoa W Devine
Davis, CA USA

[U]Class: 2016[/U]

DART (Davis Arden Racing Team)
Davis, CA USA

[U]California[/U] rank: 10th
[U]Class 2016[/U] rank: 85th

http://www.collegeswimming.com/swimmer/201908/


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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842553497 said:

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Welcome to the :bear: family, Chenoa!!! :woohoo :gobears: :cheer
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Chenoa W Devine
Davis, CA USA

[U]Class: 2016[/U]

DART (Davis Arden Racing Team)
Davis, CA USA

http://www.collegeswimming.com/swimmer/201908/


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If you include Abbey, she is the 4th baby Bear to commit!!

Edited. Couldn't find the link to Chenoa's commitment.

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Haha OBear dat true :p

Please pardon my gross transgression here, it's just that Abbey has been indelibly imprinted in my synapses as forever an inseparable part of [U]Dream Team 2015[/U], that's all :rollinglaugh:
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UAC, you need to clear your inbox. It says that you can no longer receive messages because of a limit .

OBear073akaSMFan;842553499 said:

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Edited. Couldn't find the link to Chenoa's commitment.

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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Ask and ye shall receive! Here's the official confirmation from SwimSwam, published just 15 minutes ago (note that they seemed to have been a bit confused when reporting that Madi's a [U]2016[/U] recruit here lol):
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[COLOR="#008080"][SIZE=5]Junior National Teamer Chenoa Devine Commits To Cal Bears[/SIZE][/COLOR]


[SIZE=1]Distance free and open water star Chenoa Devine (on the right next to coach Ray Wieser) will stay in-state for her college career after verbally committing to the California Golden Bears. Current Photo via Billy Doughty[/SIZE]


Distance free and open water star Chenoa Devine will stay in-state for her college career after verbally committing to the [U]California Golden Bears[/U].

Devine, a high school senior in the class of 2016, is USA Junior National Teamer in both pool swimming and open water. She qualified in the long course meter 400 freestyle and also made the team in open water based on her results from the 2015 Open Water Nationals.

For an open water specialist, Devine has remarkably good mid-sprint range in the pool, which should make her an excellent asset in the sprint-heavy NCAA. She's a 5-time section champ in California high school swimming, three times in the 500 free and twice in the 200.

Devine's Top Times
[INDENT] 1650 free: 16:20.33
500 free: 4:46.41
200 free: 1:48.53
100 free: 51.85[/INDENT]

Devine is a great get for Cal based on need the Bears will lose their top distance swimmer when former NCAA record-holder Cierra Runge transfers to Wisconsin after sitting out this season. Devine should help immediately fill in that distance gap.

She should continue to be an intriguing open water prospect as well. Devine was 13th in the 10K at the U.S. National Championships in 2015, which essentially served as both the nation's World Championship Trials and its Olympic Trials. Devine was the 4th-best 18-and-under finisher in that event.

Currently, Devine is wrapping up her senior season in Davis, California, where she swims for the Davis Arden Racing Team, also known as DART, under coaches Billy Doughty and Ray Wieser.

She joins a Cal class that is already looking pretty well-rounded. In addition to Devine's distance prowess, the team recruited IMer/breaststroker Madi Hurst, backstroker/freestyler Aislinn Light and all-around star Keaton Blovad, our 13th-ranked prospect in the class.


http://swimswam.com/junior-national-teamer-chenoa-devine-commits-to-cal-bears/

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842553153 said:

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Todd Adams - [COLOR="#696969"]24 Sept 2015[/COLOR]

New twist on donuts with dad - at the airport. I'm inbound. She's outbound. Donuts from Nashville's @foxsdonutden

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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Mystery solved lol: Claire's visiting the [U]Horns[/U] this weekend.

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Hannah Cox's also being recruited there:
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Hannah Cox - [COLOR="#696969"]26 Sept[/COLOR] @ [COLOR="#808080"]Austin, Texas[/COLOR]
Only thing missing is Maya Karosas and a pint of Ben & Jerry's #Vermonters

[COLOR="#808080"]Tasija Karosas & Hannah[/COLOR]

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Kira Page, Hannah Zurmuhl, Asia Seidt & Allie Szekely @ [U]UNC[/U]



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[SIZE=4][COLOR="#800000"]Olympic Trials Qualifier Chloe Isleta Commits to Arizona State[/COLOR][/SIZE]


[COLOR="#696969"]Chloe Isleta, who swims for [U]Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics[/U] and Presentation High School, has made a verbal commitment to the ASU Sun Devils for 2016. Pictured here with coach Misty Hyman. Current Photo via Cecille Waller[/COLOR]

http://swimswam.com/olympic-trials-qualifier-chloe-isleta-commits-to-arizona-state/

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[SIZE=4][COLOR="#FF8C00"]National Age Group Record Holder Jessica Merritt Commits to Auburn[/COLOR][/SIZE]


[COLOR="#808080"]Alyssa & Jessica[/COLOR]

http://swimswam.com/national-age-group-record-holder-jessica-merritt-commits-to-auburn/

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Kaitlin Harty (Ryan's sis): I am more than honored to say that I have verbally committed to the University of Texas at Austin! I can't wait to be a part of the family, Hook 'Em!��



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Amy Okada visited [U]USC[/U]

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The big one down on the farm's expected to occur either this coming weekend or the following one. Some key verbals from many of the top recruits will likely be announced shortly before or after then...
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Em - [COLOR="#696969"]27 Sept 2015[/COLOR]

committed. GO BLUE ����



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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=5]Michigan Gets A Verbal from California's Emily Eastin for 2016[/SIZE][/COLOR]



http://swimswam.com/michigan-gets-a-verbal-from-californias-emily-eastin-for-2016/

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Congrats to the younger Eastin. Great school, great town, good swimming, but really crappy weather. Almost certainly means Adams is a lock to LSJU. Emily wouldn't have committed if there was still a chance she'd swim with her sister.

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Hannah Cox - [COLOR="#696969"]28 Sept[/COLOR]

I can't wait for this to be my next home! I'm so excited to join the wildcat family!! ��⬇️




[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]World Jr Champs Bronze Medalist Hannah Cox Commits to Arizona[/SIZE][/COLOR]



http://swimswam.com/world-jr-champs-bronze-medalist-hannah-cox-commits-to-arizona/


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Carol Capitani - [COLOR="#696969"]28 Sept, 7:09 pm CT[/COLOR]
Great day to be a Longhorn! ���������� Hook 'em.


Claire Adams - [COLOR="#696969"]28 Sept[/COLOR]
I am beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to the University of Texas! Hook 'em!! ��



[COLOR="#FF8C00"][SIZE=5]Junior World Record Holder Claire Adams Commits To Texas Longhorns[/SIZE][/COLOR]

http://swimswam.com/junior-world-record-holder-claire-adams-commits-to-texas-longhorns/


[COLOR="#3366cc"][SIZE=5]Carmel swim star Claire Adams commits to Texas[/SIZE][/COLOR]



http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/09/28/carmel-swim-star-claire-adams-commits-texas/73006162/


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Thought this year, with another title to our belt and our football team is 4-0 :p, we would have gotten more commitments from the top 20! Any negative recruitment going on or are we just on a tight budget and trying to land the big fishes?

Why is Cierra Runge not returning to Cal after sitting this season to train for the Olympic team? She potentially might have been the top distance free-styler that Cal has had in quite some time. Her loss really hurts! Why does she not care about the academics of Cal?

Pretty well known that Adams wasn't coming to Cal for awhile, but surprise she didn't end up on the farm. Cox is way underrated and SwimSwam's article downplays her potential because she moved up this Summer.

Bears really need Drabot and either a big time transfer (distance, middle distance, or breast) or international in the Spring.

Bears are a little hemmed in scholly wise, but Teri didn't overreach for mega recruits. With Abbey and without Cierra, had room for two of Drabot, Small, and Cox. Totally threaded the needle last year and had some misses this year. Read SwimSwam comments at your own peril to see how much overt negative recruiting there is against Teri and Cal. Nobody hates Washington State or Oregon State.

BearDevil;842558052 said:

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Pretty well known that Adams wasn't coming to Cal for awhile, but surprise she didn't end up on the farm. Cox is way underrated and SwimSwam's article downplays her potential because she moved up this Summer.

Bears really need Drabot and either a big time transfer (distance, middle distance, or breast) or international in the Spring.

Bears are a little hemmed in scholly wise, but Teri didn't overreach for mega recruits. With Abbey and without Cierra, had room for two of Drabot, Small, and Cox. Totally threaded the needle last year and had some misses this year. Read SwimSwam comments at your own peril to see how much overt negative recruiting there is against Teri and Cal. Nobody hates Washington State or Oregon State.

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Wow, also very surprised that Claire chose Texas. But this is very good news for us, because the Furd with Claire would have done wonders for their medley relays. Hahaha, I'm actually a little relieved by this. I guess we should have believed her interview when she narrowed her choices to three. Claire is a tremendous swimmer, but I don't think any team titles are heading to Texas anytime soon with the Bay Area power duopoly. Losing out on Hannah makes me really bummed. Really wanted her badly in the end, and she would have really helped our lack of depth in the 500 Free and maybe 1650 Free. So how does Arizona and Texas have all this scholly money the past two years? A lot of those girls are getting half schooly money. Okay Wonderbread (aka Katie D.), you are our last big time hope. Please, please, please join your buddy Amy. You will be a tremendous addition to our freestyle relays along with your IM prowress.

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Borrowing a friend's mobile so this will be brief and lacking pictures & links...

Have just heard that [U]Trojans[/U] have snagged a top class international, Louise Hansson, an elite sprinter from Sweden.

SC's sprint relays will be a force to be reckoned with down the stretch, considering that they will be able to field a squad featuring Anik, Stanzi, Tatum and now Louise!

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[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=5]USC Lands Another All-World Sprinter: Sweden’s Louise Hansson[/SIZE][/COLOR]



Swedish national teamer Louise Hansson has elected to swim for USC and gave the Trojans her verbal commitment last week. Hansson represented Sweden at the 2014 European Junior Championships and was a member of Sweden’s silver medal-winning 4100 medley relay (along with Sarah Sjostrom, Michelle Coleman and Jennie Johansson) that set the European Record at FINA World Championships in Kazan this past summer.

Hansson represents the club team Helsingborgs Simsllskap in Sweden. Her best times in LCM (with SCY conversions) are:

100 freestyle – 54.62 (47.76)
200 freestyle – 1:58.45 (1:43.82)
100 butterfly – 58.29 (51.25)
200 IM – 2:12.72 (1:56.68)


http://swimswam.com/usc-lands-another-all-world-sprinter-swedens-louise-hansson/


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[COLOR="#008080"][SIZE=5]Breaststroker Alexa Buckley to Trade One Berkeley (NJ) for Another (CA)[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Mountainside, New Jersey's Alexa Buckley has given a verbal commitment to the University of California Golden Bears, effectively trading one Berkeley for another. Buckley is a senior at The Pingry School in Martinsville, New Jersey, and a member of Berkeley Aquatic Club in Berkeley Heights.

Buckley is a 1:02/2:16 breaststroker with a strong 200 IM and short-end freestyle range (50-200). At the USA Swimming Futures meet in Greensboro this past summer, Buckley finaled in the 200 IM (3rd), 100 breast (12th), and 200 breast (15th). While the breaststrokes weren't her fastest times, she did drop nearly 3 seconds in the 200 IM. Buckley also split 58.50 in Berkeley's 4x100m free relay and 2:06.20 in the 4200 free relay. Her best times over the last two seasons include:

SCY LCM
100 breast 1:02.57 1:12.56
200 breast 2:16.58 2:42.37
200 IM 2:03.98 2:22.38
50 free 24.43 27.63
100 free 52.26 59.61
200 free 1:52.92 2:07.91

Buckley's best times in the 100/200 breast would have scored in the "C" finals at 2015 Pac-12 Championships. The two events are among Cal's weakest, with only Marina Garcia Urzainqui and Maija Roses scoring at conference.

The Golden Bears have also received verbal nods from [U]Aislinn Light[/U], [U]Chenoa Devine[/U], and [U]Keaton Blovad[/U] for the class of 2020.


http://swimswam.com/breaststroker-alexa-buckley-to-trade-one-berkeley-nj-for-another-ca/


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Alexa K Buckley
Mountainside, NJ USA

[U]New Jersey[/U] rank: 9th
[U]Class 2016[/U] rank: 216th



http://www.collegeswimming.com/swimmer/181620/


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10 December, 2014

Three members of the Berkeley Aquatic Club swim team returned from the 2014 USA Swimming AT&T Winter Nationals finishing among the 100 best swimmers in the country in their particular events. Pictured (from left) are Alexa Buckley, Natalie Ward and Claire O'Mara at Nationals.




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Originally thought Bears would add Marsh or Mykkanen as a legacy, but Light seems to be the legacy. Dad and brother are Cal grads and her sister is a current student. Doesn't have Farida's upside as a swimmer, but does have non Alex Keaton Cal family ties.

One underlying assumption has been that Baker may be the medley breast leg of the future. Not sure that's a great assumption any more. Teri wouldn't be adding back (Light) and breast (Buckley) dual meet depth without another high end backstroker if Baker were the future in breast. Take care of breast in 2017 (Popov, Aroesty) and see how Keaton develops.

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Thought I'd compile a rough list of the known major commits to help give us a rough idea of how the recruiting's working out for all the programmes at this stage in the game.

SwimSwam's national rankings: #1 (only their Top 20 has been published?)
CollegeSwimming's national rankings: (1)

CollegeSwimming has a massive database that all the swimming community including scouts & coaches pay to use, believe they employ an objective series of algorithms to calculate the power index for each individual. However their ranking's only as accurate as the data that has been entered, and in the case of some swimmers, the data available is quite incomplete.

Keep in mind that different programmes have different needs and available scholly slots, so neither of these 2 ranking systems tells the whole story. Other equally or more important considerations also come into play that aren't factored into these power index ratings, such as mutual fit with the coaches/team members/social environment, academics, geography, legacy etc etc (well you know all of this already lol).

Missing quite a bit and may have got some info wrong, so please help me out with corrections & updates, cheers :beer:

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1) Schools that have received at least 1 verbal from a 2016 recruit on SwimSwam's [U]Top 10[/U] list:

[U]Stanford Cardinal[/U]
[COLOR="#696969"]<#1> Katie Ledecky <deferred from 2015>[/COLOR]
#6 (2) Katie Drabot
#8 (4) Allie Szekely
#11 (19) Erin Voss
#14 (14) Megan Byrnes
(33) Hannah Boyd
(123) Brooke Stenstrom
[COLOR="#696969"]Diving -> Haley Farnsworth[/COLOR]

[U]USC Trojans[/U]
#3 (1) Becca Mann
#4 (9) Stanzi Moseley
#? (?) Louise Hansson {SWE} [COLOR="#696969"]- not ranked as they swim LCM & SCM in Sweden, but should fall in the Top 10 IMHO[/COLOR]
#17 (11) Tatum Wade
(75) Piper Brockley
(140) Catherine Sanchez

[U]Zona Wildcats[/U]
(5) Hannah Cox
#15 (11) Kirsten Jacobsen
#20 (17) Kennedy Lohman
(219) Abby Miller
(235) Mallory Korenwinder
(361) Taylor Nations

[U]Texas Longhorns[/U]
#5 (7) Claire Adams
#18 (9) Lauren Case
(80) Kaitlin Harty
(170) Jordan Wheeler

[U]Tenn Volunteers[/U]
#1 (3) Meghan Small
[COLOR="#808080"](18) Cassy Jernberg => Indiana Hoosiers[/COLOR]
(28) Spence (Alexandra?) Atkins
(50) Erika Brown

[U]Georgia Bulldogs[/U]
#7 (7) Veronica Burchill
(41) Jordan Stout
(246) Katherine Aikins
(305) Lexi Glunn
(383) Sandra Scott
(466) Katherine Parker
(603) Jordyn Gulle
(1040) Mary Cardwell
(?) Meryn McCann {CAN} [COLOR="#696969"]- not ranked as they swim LCM & SCM in Canada[/COLOR]

[U]Louisville Cardinals[/U]
#9 (16) Grace Oglesby
(26) Hannah Whiteley
(31) Jillian Visscher
(52) Avery Braunecker
(64) Casey Fanz
(355) Sofie Underdahl
(2069) Maggie Jahns

[U]Minn Golden Gophers[/U]
#10 (13) Lindsey Horejsi
(84) Tevyn Waddell
(98) Madison Preiss

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2) Schools that have received at least 1 verbal from a 2016 recruit on SwimSwam's [U]Top 20[/U] list:

[COLOR="#000066"][U]Cal Golden Bears[/U]
[COLOR="#696969"]<#2> Abbey Weitzeil <deferred from 2015>[/COLOR]
#13 (22) Keaton Blovad
(23) Chenoa Devine
(33) Courtney Mykkanen
(55) Maddie Murphy
(68) Anina Lund
(200) Alexa Buckley
(203) Aislinn Light[/COLOR]

[U]Florida Gators[/U]
#12 (15) Savanna Faulconer
#? (?) Laura Rodrguez Cao {ESP} [COLOR="#696969"]- not ranked as they swim LCM & SCM in Spain, but could fall as high as the Top 20[/COLOR]
(72) Makayla Sargent
(107) Tori Bindi
(142) Niki Urquidi
(150) Kelsey Dambacher
(167) Kelly Fertel
(728) Maddy Conway

[U]Kentucky Wildcats[/U]
#16 (28) Ali Galyer
#19 (21) Asia Seidt
(60) Madison Winstead
(133) Kierston Farley-Sepe
(191) Jessica Wingo
(427) Alex Nelson
(518) Morgan Lakes
(929) Elizabeth Merriman

[U]UCLA Bruins [/U]
(20) Kenisha Liu
(37) Lilly Vivado
(69) Amy Okada
(116) Isabella Goldsmith
(188) Lisa Kaunitz

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3) Schools that have received verbals from recruits receiving mentions on the board:

[U]Auburn Tigers[/U]
(44) Jessica Merritt
(244) Annie Boone
(833) Sierra Jett

[U]ASU Sun Devils[/U]
(42) Marlies Ross {RSA} [COLOR="#696969"]- may start as early as Jan 2016[/COLOR]
(54) Chloe Isleta
(133) Katherine Wagner
(157) Kendall Dawson
(189) Emily Glinecke
(258) Andi Johnston
(471) Carly Kramer
(552) Bentley Hulshof

[U]Duke Blue Devils[/U]
(48) Brittany Kampfer
(62) Kylie Jordan
(67) Alyssa Marsh
(71) Suzanne Dolan
(94) Kira Page

[U]Michigan Wolverines[/U]
(78) Emily Eastin
(83) Vanessa Krause
(259) Monica Babits {CAN}
(424) Annalisa Perez

[U]Wisconsin Badgers[/U]
[COLOR="#696969"]Cierra Runge <transferred from Cal>[/COLOR] :bawl:
#2 (6) Beata Nelson
(101) Megan Doty
(119) Hannah Lindsey
(127) Abigail Kochevar
(149) Kendall Smith
(365) Elise Roediger

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4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:

(26) Moriah Simonds - ?

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Thought I'd compile a rough list of the known major commits to help give us a rough idea of how the recruiting's working out for all the programmes at this stage in the game.

SwimSwam's national rankings: #1 (only their Top 20 has been published?)
CollegeSwimming's national rankings: (1)

CollegeSwimming has a massive database that all the swimming community including scouts & coaches pay to use, believe they employ an objective series of algorithms to calculate the power index for each individual. However their ranking's only as accurate as the data that has been entered, and in the case of some swimmers, the data available is quite incomplete.

Keep in mind that different programmes have different needs and available scholly slots, so neither of these 2 ranking systems tells the whole story. Other equally or more important considerations also come into play that aren't factored into these power index ratings, such as mutual fit with the coaches/team members/social environment, academics, geography, legacy etc etc (well you know all of this already lol).

Missing quite a bit and may have got some info wrong, so please help me out with corrections & updates, cheers :beer:

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1) Schools that have received at least 1 verbal from a 2016 recruit on SwimSwam's [U]Top 10[/U] list:

[U]USC Trojans[/U]
#4 (9) Stanzi Moseley
#? (?) Louise Hansson - no rating as they swim LCM & SCM in Sweden, but should fall in the Top 10 IMHO
#17 (11) Tatum Wade

[U]Tenn Volunteers[/U]
#1 (3) Meghan Small
(18) Cassy Jernberg
(50) Erika Brown
(413) Brianna Leverenz

[U]Texas Longhorns[/U]
#5 (7) Claire Adams
#18 (9) Lauren Case
(80) Kaitlin Harty

[U]Zona Wildcats[/U]
(5) Hannah Cox
#20 (17) Kennedy Lohman
(219) Abby Miller
(235) Mallory Korenwinder

[U]Georgia Bulldogs[/U]
#7 (7) Veronica Burchill

[U]Louisville Cardinals[/U]
#9 (16) Grace Oglesby
(31) Jillian Visscher
(52) Avery Braunecker
(64) Casey Fanz
(2069) Maggie Jahns

[U]Minn Golden Gophers[/U]
#10 (13) Lindsey Horejsi
(84) Tevyn Waddell
(98) Madison Preiss

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2) Schools that have received at least 1 verbal from a 2016 recruit on SwimSwam's [U]Top 20[/U] list:

[U]Florida Gators[/U]
#12 (15) Savanna Faulconer
(107) Tori Bindi
(150) Kelsey Dambacher

[U]Cal Golden Bears[/U]
#13 (22) Keaton Blovad
(23) Chenoa Devine
(200) Alexa Buckley
(203) Aislinn Light

[U]Stanford Cardinal[/U]
#14 (14) Megan Byrnes

[U]Kentucky Wildcats[/U]
#16 (28) Ali Galyer
(60) Madison Winstead

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3) Schools that have received verbals from recruits receiving mentions on the board:

[U]Auburn Tigers[/U]
(44) Jessica Merritt

[U]ASU Sun Devils[/U]
(54) Chloe Isleta

[U]Michigan Wolverines[/U]
(78) Emily Eastin

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4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:

#2 (6) Beata Nelson - Tenn
#3 (1) Becca Mann - USC
#6 (2) Katie Drabot - UGA, Cal (LSJU this weekend?)
#8 (4) Allie Szekely - UGA, UVa, USC, UNC

#11 (19) Erin Voss - Mich
#15 (11) Kirsten Jacobsen - Zona, IU, UVa
#19 (21) Asia Seidt - UNC

(26) Moriah Simonds
(27) Kenisha Liu - Harvard, Duke, UCLA (LSJU on her list)
(48) Brittany Kampfer - Duke
(52) Courtney Mykkanen - USC
(55) Maddie Murphy - USC, UCLA
(67) Alyssa Marsh - Texas, Duke
(68) Anina Lund - Cal
(69) Amy Okada - Zona, Cal, USC

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Great update, UAC-thanks.

Leverenz is already a freshman at UT. Per a picture of Jessica Merritt, Alyssa Marsh has already visited Auburn (her dad's alma mater and former employer with both Durdens).

Moriah Simonds is a bit of a mystery. Georgia's really hurting although may still have a shot at Becca Mann ('SC still leads).

UA, thank you for all of your work on recapping these recruits, signed and unsigned. Interesting on the unsigned where some of the top recruits haven't visited us or some of the legacy recruits who did not visit. Still to be had some big names out there!

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Great update, UAC-thanks.

Leverenz is already a freshman at UT. Per a picture of Jessica Merritt, Alyssa Marsh has already visited Auburn (her dad's alma mater and former employer with both Durdens).

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OBear073akaSMFan;842559028 said:

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UA, thank you for all of your work on recapping these recruits, signed and unsigned. Interesting on the unsigned where some of the top recruits haven't visited us or some of the legacy recruits who did not visit. Still to be had some big names out there!

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Seems that the PAC-12 Bay Area schools are adjusting to both new conference scholly rules and being at the top of the recruiting heap. Since scholly amounts can't be cut, it's a little difficult to pursue the most elite recruits outside the PAC or Big Ten since other conferences can still reduce $s year to year. Not really a surprise that Indiana stars Adams and Burchill passed in Big Ten and PAC schools, who likely didn't offer full rides. Small passed on Cal and 'SC for Tennessee. Cha ching!

Legacy angle also kind of makes sense. Mary Pelton and Emily Eastin are really good swimmers, but can make bigger contributions and get more $s at UCLA and Michigan than they would at Cal or LSJU. Similar thing for Marsh and Mykkanen. Would also guess that Runge's younger sister will swim for Wisconsin. The Steffens girls are water polo superstars and LSJU and Cal legacies, but the youngest one swims for SDSU. Similar story for the younger Leverenz.

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Alyssa Marsh - [COLOR="#696969"]3 Oct 2015[/COLOR]
Proud to say I have committed to swim at Duke University!!! Go blue devils ����



[COLOR="#0099cc"][SIZE=5]Alyssa Marsh Verbally Commits to Duke[/SIZE][/COLOR]



http://swimswam.com/alyssa-marsh-verbally-commits-to-duke/


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4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:

#2 (6) [U]Beata Nelson[/U] - Tenn

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:

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(27) Kenisha Liu - Harvard, Duke, UCLA (LSJU on her list)

(69) Amy Okada - Zona, Cal, USC

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BearDevil;842558052 said:

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Pretty well known that Adams wasn't coming to Cal for awhile, but surprise she didn't end up on the farm.
Bears really need Drabot and either a big time transfer (distance, middle distance, or breast) or international in the Spring.

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tedbear;842558059 said:

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Wow, also very surprised that Claire chose Texas. But this is very good news for us, because the Furd with Claire would have done wonders for their medley relays. Hahaha, I'm actually a little relieved by this. I guess we should have believed her interview when she narrowed her choices to three. Claire is a tremendous swimmer, but I don't think any team titles are heading to Texas anytime soon with the Bay Area power duopoly. Losing out on Hannah makes me really bummed. Really wanted her badly in the end, and she would have really helped our lack of depth in the 500 Free and maybe 1650 Free. So how does Arizona and Texas have all this scholly money the past two years? A lot of those girls are getting half schooly money. Okay Wonderbread (aka Katie D.), you are our last big time hope. Please, please, please join your buddy Amy. You will be a tremendous addition to our freestyle relays along with your IM prowress.

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[COLOR="#006699"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Yeah after Claire hadn't shown up @ our major recruiting weekend, I too was resigned to her committing to LSJU based on an earlier (unofficial) visit to the farm this year, with her academics & prowess in the pool pointing to a natural fit with either of the two Bay Area powerhouses... Will confess to not being too disappointed that Adams elected to be a Longhorn over a Furd :p Not sure 'bout Carmel, but have heard that Austin is culturally & socially closer to SF or NYC than say Dallas. More importantly, Carol Capitani (Cal swim alumna) has done wonders with her building up her UT squad who may well present a credible challenge to the big three down the road...

Which leaves us with Katie Drabot, whom we've all been talking up a storm right from the beginning as a perfect fit with Bears. Well some of us are thinking that Stanfurd's likely to be hosting their recruiting bash this weekend, so we may get an idea of who Greg Meehan will be courting very soon. Megan Byrnes & Katie Ledecky will surely be there, with Katie D expected to make an appearance too. Allie Szekely could also show up on the farm, making this her 5th & final trip. Not sure how admissions work vs the swim recruiting @ LSJU, but wouldn't be too surprised to hear a bunch of commitments (not necessarily to the Furd lol) soon after this...

Oh, and a slight technical correction for tedbear's benefit: Katie is synonymous with "Wonderbread", but only in the presence of or in conjunction with Amy... haha
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Alyssa Marsh - [COLOR="#696969"]3 Oct 2015[/COLOR]
Proud to say I have committed to swim at Duke University!!! Go blue devils ����



[COLOR="#0099cc"][SIZE=5]Alyssa Marsh Verbally Commits to Duke[/SIZE][/COLOR]



http://swimswam.com/alyssa-marsh-verbally-commits-to-duke/

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Expected (not going to Cal) but still disappointing...............:cry:

Maryland hoops coach Lefty Driessel vowed to make Maryland the UCLA of the East. Didn't happen, but Duke swimming is becoming the UCLA of the East: great school, good facilities, recruit nice kids who are good students, but most can't contribute at bigger programs with realistic national title aspirations. Texas is a much bigger threat than Duke, UCLA, and Michigan will ever be. Ivies don't attract strong enough swimmers and there are a lot of strong swim programs who can't compete academically.

UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:

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4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:

#3 (1) Becca Mann - USC

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Becca Mann - [COLOR="#696969"]4 Oct 2015[/COLOR]

#FightOn ✌��️��




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[COLOR="#FF0000"][SIZE=5]OW National Champ, #3 Recruit Becca Mann Verbally Commits To USC Trojans[/SIZE][/COLOR]

http://swimswam.com/ow-national-champ-3-recruit-becca-mann-verbally-commits-to-usc-trojans/


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Becca Mann - [COLOR="#696969"]4 Oct 2015[/COLOR]

#FightOn ✌��️��

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842559016 said:

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4) Uncommitted recruits - some of the campuses they've visited up to this point:

#19 (21) Asia Seidt - UNC

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High rank dropping like flies now. My guess most of top recruits have visited most of there schools and announcements to come within next week or so (imo).

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Which leaves us with Katie Drabot, whom we've all been talking up a storm right from the beginning as a perfect fit with Bears. Well some of us are thinking that Stanfurd's likely to be hosting their recruiting bash this weekend, so we may get an idea of who Greg Meehan will be courting very soon. Megan Byrnes & Katie Ledecky will surely be there, with Katie D expected to make an appearance too. Allie Szekely could also show up on the farm, making this her 5th & final trip. Not sure how admissions work vs the swim recruiting @ LSJU, but wouldn't be too surprised to hear a bunch of commitments (not necessarily to the Furd lol) soon after this...

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Megan Byrnes - [COLOR="#696969"]4 Oct 2015[/COLOR] @ [COLOR="#808080"]Stanford Stadium[/COLOR]

We're ready coach ❤️����


[COLOR="#696969"]Katie & Megan[/COLOR]

[U]Katie Drabot[/U]: ❤️��

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