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For example, Kathleen Baker has mentioned that she wants to go into nursing eventually. Cal has no pre-nursing major, so she'll likely go for public health instead. That's fine, but thank goodness she chose Cal over another school that has a BSN program.

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Great decision by Kathleen. Remember 3 years ago, we were allegedly 2nd choice to super women basketball recruit Jordin Canada who picked UCLA because of their nursing program.

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USA Swimming: There are currently 48 girls who will be 18 or younger next March who have swum a time that would have been invited to the 16 NCAA D1 Champs

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Also, there is some sort of impedance matching between swimmers and schools. Sometimes I wonder if we automatically assume that all Californians should pick Cal, Stanford, or USC (maybe UCLA), but it seems like the new trend is to try a school far from home, and then move back "home" eventually. Also, academic fit is important. For example, Kathleen Baker has mentioned that she wants to go into nursing eventually. Cal has no pre-nursing major, so she'll likely go for public health instead. That's fine, but thank goodness she chose Cal over another school that has a BSN program.

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The Cal specific recruiting filter is pretty harsh. Generally need 450 points to win an NCAA title. Doesn't matter how the points are generated, but ideally would sign 4 potential swim scorers every year and a potential diving scorer every other year. There are also academic requirements. Cal's financial aid pool isn't as deep as competiting private schools (LSJU, 'SC). The "Berkeley" brand resonates globally, but foreign nationals aren't eligible for financial aid, so Cal has to overpay for internationals. Noemie's worked out and Haughey, Penny, and Ruck would too, but anyone below that point production level doesn't pencil out.

Cal, LSJU, 'SC, UVa, Texas, and Michigan don't have a collective monopoly on high end swimmers/students, but Bears have to win their fair share of recruits head to head with those schools. The Ivies are terrific academically, but they rarely produce NCAA scorers, so there's some self selection going on there.

Nets out that CA residents (in-state tuition) and legacies have to fill in some of the systematic gaps.

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UPDATE (SwimSwam): https://swimswam.com/national-jr-teamer-17-taylor-ault-gives-verbal-florida-gators/

UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842736738 said:

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Taylor Ault (#4 CA, #24 Nat ... SwimSwam's #17 Nat - distance) -> [U]Florida[/U]
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UPDATE (SwimSwam): https://swimswam.com/national-jr-teamer-17-taylor-ault-gives-verbal-florida-gators/

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Sorry the Gator chomp just as annoying as the tomahawk chop.

I thought for sure that she was going to be a Trojan. Knew she wasn't coming here when she didn't show up for the recruiting weekend. Looks like Grace and Ashley are the only big names this year. Wonder who might show up for a second recruiting weekend. Nobody should worry too much about this year. 2018 is the super talented year to have a lot of scholarship money available. Taylor Ruck, Zoe Bartel, Lucy Nordmann, and Eva Merrell just to mention a few. Still don't know if Isabel Ivey is a 2018 or 2019 recruit. #dreamteam2018

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Oski looks real happy in that photo...



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Farida is flanked by Ashley Volpenhein (#1 OH, #18 Nat) to her right, and Grace Zhao (#2 CA, #12 Nat) on her left.
The tall brunette between Grace & KV is Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou (#6 CA, #37 Nat).
I think the recruit with the blue shades on top (next to Katie & Courtney) is Alexis Margett (#3 CA, #23 Nat), but could be wrong there?
Dannie Dilsaver ((#2 NE, #83 Nat) is on Abbey's right.
Haven't figured out who the person in front of Courtney may be...anyone able to help us here?
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HBear;842731276 said:

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Swimmer with the blue shades on top is Alexa Buckley, one of this year's freshmen.

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842732920 said:

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Ooops - cheers for spotting my glaring faux pas, was in a bit of a hurry getting ready to take off on my road trip so didn't do the due diligence in double checking my dodgy guesses, eek!

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[COLOR="#006699"]Well, sorry once again for having mistakenly ID'ed Alexa as Alexis...upon a second look, now thinking that Alexis did visit after all, but she's perhaps the recruit crouching in front of Courtney in the 2nd photo above (the one without Oski & the guys), on Alexa's left?

What threw me off is her hair is pulled back here instead of hanging down, but reckon there's enough of a resemblance if you reference these images with the one of Alexis directly below ... or am I just on my own lil wild goose chase here?! :p
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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842736892 said:

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[COLOR="#006699"]Well, sorry once again for having mistakenly ID'ed Alexa as Alexis...upon a second look, now thinking that Alexis did visit after all, but she's perhaps the recruit crouching in front of Courtney in the 2nd photo above (the one without Oski & the guys), on Alexa's left?

What threw me off is her hair is pulled back here instead of hanging down, but reckon there's enough of a resemblance if you reference these images with the one of Alexis directly below ... or am I just on my own lil wild goose chase here?! :p
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Great detective work, now they are all identified. 'Let's Get'er done now' , signed sealed..& delivered!!

So, in summary, the five recruits that visited are Grace Zhao, Ashley Volpenhein, Alexis Margett, Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou, and Dannie Dilsaver.

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So, in summary, the five recruits that visited are Grace Zhao, Ashley Volpenhein, Alexis Margett, Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou, and Dannie Dilsaver.

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[COLOR="#006699"]To generalise/simplify the primary swim skill sets of our prospective [U]2017 baby :bear:s[/U] a bit here (please pardon any errors or missing stuff as haven't delved all that deeply into their respective stats yet):
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[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Grace[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Breast[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Zhao's [U]200 breast[/U] time of 2:09.23 is considerably faster than Maggie's, and not too far off Nikol's.
The other 2 currently hold an advantage over Grace in the shorter breast distance. She'll be looking to dip below the 1 minute barrier in the [U]100 breast[/U] (PB = 1:00.65, took 2nd behind 2018 recruit Zoe Bartel @ the Speedo Winter Junior National Championships last Dec in Austin).
Has a wicked [U]50 free[/U] in her which could possibly be leveraged for our [U]200 free relay[/U] down the road as Farida & KV will have graduated - Grace's 22.75 there isn't all that far from sprint specialist Lauren Pitzer's 22.66! That personal best time, if Grace would have swum it @ 2016 CA CIF Champs back in May, would have tied for first with winner Elise Garcia (2018 recruit) in the A final...


[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Ashley[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Sprint freestyle[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Volpenhein's 22.35 = swiftest [U]50 free[/U] out of the class' top sprinters (Pitzer, Ciesla).
Comparable to Marta in the [U]100[/U] distance...whilst Lauren's faster there, with a bit more versatility in terms of events.
Ashley's [U]100 fly[/U] (54.73) would have garnered Cal some C finals points @ 2016 Pac-12s, and should also be quite serviceable @ dual meets.
[U]200 free[/U] (1:49.39) will need some additional development.


[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Alexis[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Sprint Butterfly[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Margett is close to top sprint flyer in the class, Caitlin Tycz, in the [U]100 fly[/U] (52.59). Faster than both Victoria Edwards & Courtney Harnish, and much quicker than Hannah Kukurugya, Brooke Forde & Taylor Pike, in this distance.
Top [U]200[/U] flyer Courtney (really great in a bunch of other events too, that's why Harnish's rated the #1 recruit in this class!) does trump Alexis by 3.37 sec in the longer distance, with Taylor, Kuks, Victoria & Brooke also enjoying a sizeable advantage. Tycz slower than Margett tho.
Fast improving in the [U]200 IM[/U] (1:59.78), which would have earned a B finals spot in last year's Pac-12s, and qualified for 2016 NCAAs.


[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Sophie[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Backstroke[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Krivokapic-Zhou's 53.50 PB won the [U]100 back[/U] title @ 2016 CA CIF Champs (where Aislinn came in 4th, with Emily Eastin behind her).
This [U]100 back[/U] PB...plus her 1:56.79 in the [U]200 back[/U]...her 1:47.90 [U]200 free[/U] (ahead of Cat & Val who made it to the C finals of the 2016 Conference champs)...her [U]100 fly[/U] best of 53.67 (which is actually faster than fly specialists Kuks & Taylor, and all-rounder Brooke!)...all 4 of her events would have earned a 2016 NCAA invite (B cut), not to mention B final points @ 2016 Pac-12s!
I can see why Teri who does prize versatility quite a bit would want to recruit Sophie


[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Dannie[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Breast/IM?[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Dilsaver has a 1:02.15 in the [U]100 breast[/U] (NCAA B cut), and a 2:16.44 in the [U]200 breast[/U]. Also a 2:00.37 in the [U]200 IM[/U], and 4:15.90 in the [U]400 IM[/U].
All 4 times are 2016 NCAA B cuts.
Haven't looked up her times in other events, so may have missed her better events...


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Emma Nordin (#3 IN, #39 Nat) -> [U]ASU[/U]

Emma is a middle distance freestyler hailing from Amy's record-breaking Carmel swim club & HS in Indiana, whose members include Claire Adams and the Burchill sisters.
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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842737043 said:

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[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Alexis[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Sprint Butterfly[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Margett is close to top sprint flyer in the class, Caitlin Tycz, in the [U]100 fly[/U] (52.59). Faster than both Victoria Edwards & Courtney Harnish, and much quicker than Hannah Kukurugya, Brooke Forde & Taylor Pike, in this distance.
Top [U]200[/U] flyer Courtney (really great in a bunch of other events too, that's why Harnish's rated the #1 recruit in this class!) does trump Alexis by 3.37 sec in the longer distance, with Taylor, Kuks, Victoria & Brooke also enjoying a sizeable advantage. Tycz slower than Margett tho.
Fast improving in the [U]200 IM[/U] (1:59.78), which would have earned a B finals spot in last year's Pac-12s, and qualified for 2016 NCAAs.

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[COLOR="#006699"]Alexis Margett (#3 CA, #23 Nat), who had made a trip to Michigan last weekend, has committed to the [U]Wolverines[/U] :cry:
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Alexis: Beyond excited to announce my commitment to swim for the University of Michigan!! GO BLUE!!! ����



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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842737451 said:

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[COLOR="#006699"]Alexis Margett (#3 CA, #23 Nat), who had made a trip to Michigan last weekend, has committed to the [U]Wolverines[/U] :cry:
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Ditto! Something is not kosher! Officially the first of the recruits who visited us during Texas game has chosen elsewhere!

OBear073akaSMFan;842737490 said:

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Ditto! Something is not kosher! Officially the first of the recruits who visited us during Texas game has chosen elsewhere!

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[COLOR="#006699"]Well, those of us who have been to the school and have experienced & benefited from all its unique & varied offerings, naturally can't conceive of anywhere else that's remotely close to the fab-ness that's UC Berkeley (not talking about just the academics of course). Throw in one of the best swimming coaches ever at both the collegiate & highest international level, the rich & storied history of Women's Swimming here, complemented by a studly yet adorable & very closely-knit group of outstanding women who are so supportive of each other...I mean, what more can one possibly want? :p

But, discarding my blue-and-gold tinted glasses if but for a wee moment hehe, who's to say what's best for valued recruits like Alexis who chooses to go elsewhere, other than the recruit herself and those closest to her? Perhaps Margett had found an instant connection & bond with her future teammates there...received an offer that was sort of hard to resist...and/or felt Michigan was a perfect fit for her, swimming & school wise - UM's academics record obviously speaks for itself...Mike Bottom & his coaching staff are well-respected...the women's team have made impressive strides as of late, winning their 2016 B1Gs by 153.5 points over a very talented IU squad that was led by multi-gold medalist Olympian Lilly King, and placing 10th @ 2016 NCs just slightly behind the Wolfpack.

Alexis's sprint fly skills will help shore up the Wolverines' weakest stroke area, the butterfly, with Zoe Mattingly having already graduated this season. Margett's already significantly faster in the 100 (52.59) than freshies Vanessa Krause (53.49) & Emily Eastin (54.24), and her 1:57.74 isn't too far off Astrid Swensen's 1:57.20 in the 200 fly. Alexis' massive improvements in her 200 IM may also eventually be of value to UM if she continues to drop time at this pace, though this is one of their more solid dept with Siobhan Haughey's 1:54.97 and Clara Smiddy having gone 1:56.74 (Michigan's main strengths are currently in their distance free, as well as sprint free & back).



Anyway enough about the Wolverines as this is supposed to be a Golden :bear: board lol - would have dearly loved to welcome Alexis to our ranks, but wish her all the best in her chosen direction in school & life!

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Back to talk on the remaining recruits who has visited the campus a fortnight ago - feel that we may not hear from a number of them until after LSJU hosts their recruiting weekend, which I'm guessing will take place [U]8 Oct[/U] (school started later down on the Farm due to their quarter system, there will also be a football home game that weekend v. WSU).

Pretty sure that Grace & Ashley have trips scheduled there (would be the 5th one for Ashley), wouldn't be all that surprised if Sophie & Kuks show up down there too. Grace is undoubtedly our greatest need out of the group ([U]breaststroke[/U], with some 50 free swagger to boot) - also would hurt Bears the most if she was to defect to the furdettes.

Zhao's prob. already getting intense pressure from family & relatives to go hug a tree lol (mum works on the Farm according to BD)...but there has been a history of PASA swimmers seeing the light and looking across the bay & elsewhere for their choice of college & swim programme, so reckon we're still in the running...
(knock on wood :axe)


There's always the additional, usually lower-profile, scheduled visits following the main one for other prospects, not to mention home visits - so who knows what pleasant surprises Coach Teri & Ian may possibly have in store for us! (Courtney Harnish/Sierra Schmidt/Brooke Forde/Marta Ciesla and the likes - dare I hope or harbour such bold & adventurous dreams? )

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Hannah Kukurugya (#1 IN, #21 Nat) & Marta Ciesla (#1 FL, #20 Nat) @ [U]Sanford Stadium[/U], Athens today:



Marta had visited the [U]Trojans[/U], [U]Horns[/U] & [U]Tenn Vols[/U] last month.

Kuks has already checked out [U]Zona[/U] & [U]'SC[/U], and is expected to materialise on [U]the Farm[/U] next weekend.

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[U]Georgia[/U] has received verbals from Sammie Burchill (#2 IN, #31 Nat), Emmaline Peterson (#2 NC, #54 Nat), Donna Blaum (#7 GA, #105 Nat), Maddie Wallis (#1 MA, #187 Nat). Also a very early one from 400 IMer Regan Barney (#3 TX, #25 Nat - SwimSwam's #20) that I had forgotten about.

[U]UGA[/U] had previously hosted Courtney Harnish and Morgan Friesen (#2 CO, #63 Nat), the latter subsequently verbaling to [U]Louisville[/U]. Also Olivia Anderson (#2 ON, #31 Nat) from Canada, who had also made a trip to the Wisconsin Badgers the week before.

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[U]Texas Longhorns[/U] have secured commitments from Victoria Edwards (#2 TX, #7 Nat) , Evie Pfeifer (#1 MO, #28 Nat), Ella Tierney (#6 IL, #115 Nat), Peyton Quattlebaum (#11 TX, #140 Nat) & Logan Shiller (#16 TX, #153 Nat) at this point.

Carol Capitani had earlier on invited Courtney Harnish (#1 PA, #1 Nat), Ashley Volpenhein (#1 OH, #18 Nat), Brooke Forde (#1 KY, #2 Nat), Marta Ciesla (#1 FL, #20 Nat), along with Elizabeth Bailey (#6 GA, #104 Nat) & Camryn Toney (#11 TX, #129 Nat), to Austin.

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Probably missed some other details or may have mucked up the exact order of events...but hopefully that will provide yet another (rough) snapshot of who's interested in who thus far...

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842729219 said:

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Of course we all know whose appearances tedbear's rooting for - the Canadians! In the form of Sarah Darcel (#1 BC, #9 Nat) & Mary-Sophie Harvey (#1 QC, #28 Nat).

One who won't be materialising here, at least for the weekend, is Olivia Anderson, seeing that she was spotted @ Camp Randall Stadium an hour ago with Cierra (still feels odd/confusing to see a former :bear: all decked out in [COLOR="#B22222"]red[/COLOR] :bawl. Olivia had visited [U]UGA[/U] last weekend.

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[COLOR="#006699"]Well well, appears that our 2nd wave of 2017 visitors are on campus this weekend, yay! :cheer

Olivia Anderson (#2 ON, #31 Nat) of Etobicoke Swimming, and Katie Glavinovich (#10 CA, #64 Nat) of Aquazot, on hand @ Spieker earlier this afternoon to cheer on our Men's #2 WP team winning one v. #7 UCSB 13-9:
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Olivia Anderson: I had a BEAR-y good time at my first water polo game ������

[U]katieglavinovich[/U]: Awww ������������
[U]marysophieharvey[/U]: ��❤️❤️❤️❤️



https://instagr.am/p/BLCkGHggFye

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So will Olivia represent our 2nd generation of recruits from north of the border, following in Nono's footsteps? tedbear will be especially thrilled to death, as he's already all fired up over the prospects of Mary-Sophie (reclassified to 2018) & Sarah visiting next year, and let's not forget superstar Taylor Ruck (#1 AZ, #1 Nat) - or his heroine, Penny (assuming that she doesn't go pro or decide to attend college up in Canada)...

Katie G did take a tour of [U]Duke[/U] a fortnight ago, so maybe alumna Melanie Klaren (now a swim coach w/the Blue Devils) had secretly put in a good word for Cal there haha. Glavinovich could also give us an in for next year's top recruit flyer, Eva Merrell (#1 CA, #5 Nat), though supposed it's a wee bit too late for Katie to change her other club-mate, Alexis Margett,'s mind... :p
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So will Olivia represent our 2nd generation of recruits from north of the border, following in Nono's footsteps? tedbear will be especially thrilled to death, as he's already all fired up over the prospects of Mary-Sophie (reclassified to 2018) & Sarah visiting next year, and let's not forget superstar Taylor Ruck (#1 AZ, #1 Nat) - or his heroine, Penny (assuming that she doesn't go pro or decide to attend college up in Canada)...

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Go Canada!

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2 more visitors this afternoon, Alicia Harrison and Ingrid Wall, posing with Katie Glavinovich on the field @ Memorial:



Think the 2 new faces may be [U]breaststrokers[/U]...will take a further look when I get a chance as a bit tied up rn...

... Alright, back with a few stats:

Both SoCal recruits, Katie Glavinovich (#10 CA, #64 Nat - from Laguna beach) & Alicia Harrison (#11 CA, #75 Nat - Buenaventura Swim Club) had visited [U]Duke[/U] previously, as had Carly Perri (#13 CA, #103 Nat - Irvine Novaquatics).

Ingrid Wall (#2 IL, #67 Nat - New Trier Swim Club) is from Kenilworth, IL.
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[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Olivia Anderson[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Distance[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[U]500 Free[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](2016 NCAA B cut = 4:47.79)[/COLOR] - Olivia's 4:42.78 PB > Chenoa's 4:44.32, Kathleen's 4:45.49, Anina's 4:50.03

[U]1650 Free[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 16:30.59)[/COLOR] - Olivia's 16:09.60 PB > Chenoa's 16:20.33, Anina's 16:31.61

However these are all "[U]converted[/U]" times in Olivia's case, i.e. they tend to fall on the very optimistic side of things, regardless of whether they were originally swam in LCM or SCM

Currently unknown - how much of a time drop will Chenoa & Anina (hopefully) achieve in the next 12 months??

To demonstrate how much we were hit by Cierra's transfer, Runge's bests were 4:31.90 & 15:40.17 respectively... :bawl:



[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Katie Glavinovich[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]IMs & 200 Back[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[U]400 IM[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 4:19.39)[/COLOR] - KG's 4:13.89 PB > Courtney's 4:16.18, Chenoa's 4:16.49. Kathleen has done a 4:11.38 back in 2013

[U]200 Back[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 1:59.19)[/COLOR] - KG's 1:57.82 PB < Amy's 1:49.90, Kathleen's 1:50.74, Courtney's 1:55.96, Keaton's 1:57.38 ... but > Aislinn's 1:59.01

[U]200 IM[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 2:01.59)[/COLOR] - KG's 2:00.66 PB < Kathleen's 1:52.80, Abbey's 1:58.13, Keaton's 1:58.71 ... but > Courtney's 2:00.86



[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Ingrid Wall[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Sprint Breast (Sprint Free??) [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[U]100 Breast[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 1:02.49)[/COLOR] - Ingrid's 1:01.20 PB > Maija's 1:01.45 ... but < Kathleen's 59.37 (Mar 2014), Keaton's 1:01.02

[U]50 Free[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 22.99)[/COLOR] - Ingrid's 22.96 would have barely made last season's NCAA B cut. But it may give her an individual event on Day 2 of Pac-12s where she would have a decent chance to help with the scoring

[U]50 Breast[/U] - Seldom raced at the collegiate level, never @ NCAAs. This is where it starts to get interesting... The only 50 Breast times we have for our Bears are from an early season dual meet v. Wash State in Oct 2015 (i.e. start of training cycle, not shaved/rested/tapered, no racing suits, slow outdoor pool) where no one dipped below 30 sec - Thleen (30.35), Marina (30.72), Maija (30.87), Celina (30.88).

Ingrid's 28.01 PB was done @ the [U]2016 NCSA Spring Championship[/U] where prelims was conducted in SCY, finals in LCM. That was the fastest prelims time out of the whole field, trumping Maggie Aroesty's 28.29...Ingrid then finished 2nd (32.01) to Maggie (31.79) in the long-course format finals.

Where I'm going along with all of this (rather long winded exposition lol) is that as a :bear:, Ms. Wall may well be the quickest of the whole team here, i.e. a natural candidate for the breaststroke leg of the [U]200 medley relay[/U] (we all know how lil Bean would feel about this, i.e. :bluecarrot: :woohoo)



[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Alicia Harrison[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Breast[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[U]100 Breast[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 1:02.49)[/COLOR] - Alicia's 1:01.45 PB = Maija's PB (from Dec 2013) ... but < Kathleen's 59.37 (Mar 2014), Keaton's 1:01.02

[U]200 Breast[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 2:15.99)[/COLOR] - Alicia's 2:14.42 PB < Kathleen's 2:11.17 (Mar 2013), Maija's 2:12.00 (Dec 2013)


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Hannah Kukurugya (#1 IN, #21 Nat) & Marta Ciesla (#1 FL, #20 Nat) @ [U]Sanford Stadium[/U], Athens today:

Brooke Forde (#1 KY, #2 Nat) also made the trip to Athens, joining Kuks & Marta on the football field.

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Paige Madden (#1 AL, #24 Nat) & Emma Seiberlich (#3 PA, #43 Nat) @ [U]UGA[/U] this weekend:



Wow, Jack Bauerle's on quite a roll here, making up for the Bulldawgs' last couple of years of recruiting doldrums in a hurry!

Not content with Regan Barney (#3 TX, #25 Nat - SwimSwam's #20) & Sammie Burchill (#2 IN, #31 Nat)'s + a treble of additional commitments, he's already hosted both Swimwam's & SwimmingWorld's #1 recruit in the class, Courtney Harnish. Now, just this weekend alone, went and invited [U]four[/U] of SwimSwam's Top 20 picks to Athens - #4 Forde, #8 Kukurugya, #13 Ciesla, #18 Madden!

Madden is an outstanding middle distance freestyler (her [U]500 free[/U] PB superior to that of anyone currently on Teri's team, as well as prospective recruit Olivia's, despite the latter's metres-to-yards conversion factor advantage), with solid backstroke chops to boot (currently faster than Courtney & Keaton in the [U]200 BK[/U], just a bit behind Keaton in the [U]100[/U] - naturally not in the same league as Thleen or Amy tho...but then again, very few are lol) .

Paige had previously taken official trips to [U]UVa[/U] & [U]A&M[/U].

Emma, a member of the US national junior team, had visited [U]Penn State[/U], [U]UVa[/U], [U]UK[/U] & [U]IU[/U] in Sept.
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[COLOR="#006699"]Wow, Jack Bauerle's on quite a roll here, making up for the Bulldawgs' last couple of years of recruiting doldrums in a hurry!

Not content with Regan Barney (#3 TX, #25 Nat - SwimSwam's #20) & Sammie Burchill (#2 IN, #31 Nat)'s + a treble of additional commitments, he's already hosted both Swimwam's & SwimmingWorld's #1 recruit in the class, Courtney Harnish. Now, just this weekend alone, went and invited [U]four[/U] of SwimSwam's Top 20 picks to Athens - #4 Forde, #8 Kukurugya, #13 Ciesla, #18 Madden! [/COLOR]

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Courtney Harnish: Very excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim for the University of Georgia next fall. Can't wait to be a part of such an amazing team. #GoDawgs����



https://instagr.am/p/BLE0NzLB2qW

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842737133 said:

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Emma Nordin (#3 IN, #39 Nat) -> [U]ASU[/U]

Emma is a middle distance freestyler hailing from Amy's record-breaking Carmel swim club & HS in Indiana, whose members include Claire Adams and the Burchill sisters.

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[COLOR="#006699"]Nora Deleske (#9 CA, #46 Nat - Golden West Swim Club, Huntington Beach) -> [U]ASU[/U]

Nora + fellow commits Emma Nordin & Caitlyn Wilson (#4 OR, #297 Nat) will be swimming with Bob Bowman's Sun Devils in Tempe, AZ.
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Nora Deleske: i am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim at arizona state university!! i cant wait to be apart of such an amazing program! go sun devils!!

Have the women landed any 2017 recruits, yet? I know that the men have three verbals already (I think) including the #1 ranked national recruit ...GO BEARS!

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Have the women landed any 2017 recruits, yet? I know that the men have three verbals already (I think) including the #1 ranked national recruit ...GO BEARS!

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No one yet, on the women's side...at least AFAIK (which isn't much!). A couple of the heavy hitters may or may not be waiting to make their decision after visiting [U]LSJU[/U] (possibly this coming weekend?). Pretty sure that there are considerable behind-the-scene manoeuvres & activities going on that so far haven't made their way out into the public spotlight

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2 more visitors this afternoon, Alicia Harrison and Ingrid Wall, posing with Katie Glavinovich on the field @ Memorial:



Think the 2 new faces may be [U]breaststrokers[/U]...will take a further look when I get a chance as a bit tied up rn...

... Alright, back with a few stats:

Both SoCal recruits, Katie Glavinovich (#10 CA, #64 Nat - from Laguna beach) & Alicia Harrison (#11 CA, #75 Nat - Buenaventura Swim Club) had visited [U]Duke[/U] previously, as had Carly Perri (#13 CA, #103 Nat - Irvine Novaquatics).

Ingrid Wall (#2 IL, #67 Nat - New Trier Swim Club) is from Kenilworth, IL.
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[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Olivia Anderson[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Distance[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[U]500 Free[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](2016 NCAA B cut = 4:47.79)[/COLOR] - Olivia's 4:42.78 PB > Chenoa's 4:44.32, Kathleen's 4:45.49, Anina's 4:50.03

[U]1650 Free[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 16:30.59)[/COLOR] - Olivia's 16:09.60 PB > Chenoa's 16:20.33, Anina's 16:31.61

However these are all "[U]converted[/U]" times in Olivia's case, i.e. they tend to fall on the very optimistic side of things, regardless of whether they were originally swam in LCM or SCM

Currently unknown - how much of a time drop will Chenoa & Anina (hopefully) achieve in the next 12 months??

To demonstrate how much we were hit by Cierra's transfer, Runge's bests were 4:31.90 & 15:40.17 respectively... :bawl:



[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Katie Glavinovich[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]IMs & 200 Back[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[U]400 IM[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 4:19.39)[/COLOR] - KG's 4:13.89 PB > Courtney's 4:16.18, Chenoa's 4:16.49. Kathleen has done a 4:11.38 back in 2013

[U]200 Back[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 1:59.19)[/COLOR] - KG's 1:57.82 PB < Amy's 1:49.90, Kathleen's 1:50.74, Courtney's 1:55.96, Keaton's 1:57.38 ... but > Aislinn's 1:59.01

[U]200 IM[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 2:01.59)[/COLOR] - KG's 2:00.66 PB < Kathleen's 1:52.80, Abbey's 1:58.13, Keaton's 1:58.71 ... but > Courtney's 2:00.86



[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Ingrid Wall[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Sprint Breast (Sprint Free??) [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[U]100 Breast[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 1:02.49)[/COLOR] - Ingrid's 1:01.20 PB > Maija's 1:01.45 ... but < Kathleen's 59.37 (Mar 2014), Keaton's 1:01.02

[U]50 Free[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 22.99)[/COLOR] - Ingrid's 22.96 would have barely made last season's NCAA B cut. But it may give her an individual event on Day 2 of Pac-12s where she would have a decent chance to help with the scoring

[U]50 Breast[/U] - Seldom raced at the collegiate level, never @ NCAAs. This is where it starts to get interesting... The only 50 Breast times we have for our Bears are from an early season dual meet v. Wash State in Oct 2015 (i.e. start of training cycle, not shaved/rested/tapered, no racing suits, slow outdoor pool) where no one dipped below 30 sec - Thleen (30.35), Marina (30.72), Maija (30.87), Celina (30.88).

Ingrid's 28.01 PB was done @ the [U]2016 NCSA Spring Championship[/U] where prelims was conducted in SCY, finals in LCM. That was the fastest prelims time out of the whole field, trumping Maggie Aroesty's 28.29...Ingrid then finished 2nd (32.01) to Maggie (31.79) in the long-course format finals.

Where I'm going along with all of this (rather long winded exposition lol) is that as a :bear:, Ms. Wall may well be the quickest of the whole team here, i.e. a natural candidate for the breaststroke leg of the [U]200 medley relay[/U] (we all know how lil Bean would feel about this, i.e. :bluecarrot: :woohoo)



[COLOR="#000099"][SIZE=3][U]Alicia Harrison[/U][/COLOR] - [COLOR="#DAA520"]Breast[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[U]100 Breast[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 1:02.49)[/COLOR] - Alicia's 1:01.45 PB = Maija's PB (from Dec 2013) ... but < Kathleen's 59.37 (Mar 2014), Keaton's 1:01.02

[U]200 Breast[/U] [COLOR="#696969"](B = 2:15.99)[/COLOR] - Alicia's 2:14.42 PB < Kathleen's 2:11.17 (Mar 2013), Maija's 2:12.00 (Dec 2013)


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Very interesting stuff on Ingrid Wall's 50 Breast expertise, especially compared to Maggie's times. If she can extend out and score some 100 Breast individual points that would be very attractive. If Grace goes to the evil empire, we need to offer Ingrid more scholarship money.

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If Grace goes to the evil empire, we need to offer Ingrid more scholarship money.

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We loss Pelton, Bootsma, Naze , Acker , Grima, and 2 divers from last year. Any idea how much scholarship money we would have available for the 2017 recruits? I'm thinking maybe the equivalent of 2 full scholarships or less?

Slightly above 3: Bootsma (full), Pelton (full), Naze+ Acker + Grima (~ full), divers (minimal). May be some left over from Runge: no way Hull got a full ride, so Teri probably split it among Hull, Naze, Acker, and Grima.

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[INDENT][SIZE=4][U]Top 10 Swimmers[/U] From The Class of 2017[/SIZE][/INDENT]

2. Sierra Schmidt North Baltimore Aquatic Club Erdenheim, PA
Best Times: 1650 free 15:57.89, 500 free 4:38.47, 200 free 1:47.63, 400 IM 4:11.64

As with our boys recruits, the #2 swimmer is very much centered on the distance freestyles, but is great enough at them to merit a lofty rank. Schmidt is well under NCAA scoring range in the mile and 500, with a great 400 IM to boot. Schmidt has international experience from Junior Pan Pacs in 2014 and Pan Ams in 2015, plus she's a fan draw the college that snags her should see an attendance increase from fans who want to see Schmidt's famous pre-race dancing live and in person.

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https://swimswam.com/top-20-ncaa-recruits-girls-high-school-class-2017/

Interesting list with a lot of swimmers who could help the Bears:

-Breast: Maggie, Popov, Zhao, Belousova
-Sprint: Pitzer, Marta, Volpenhein
-Distance/IM: Harnish, Sierra, Forde, Ault
-Fly: Kuks, Margett

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BearDevil;842707823 said:

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Good distance options, but Sierra will end up at Michigan and Harnish at Georgia or Tennessee. Hopeful on Ault, but Bears still need more distance and 400IM depth.

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Sierra the dancing princess -> [U]Michigan Wolverines[/U]
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Sierra Schmidt: So excited to announce my verbal commitment to the University of Michigan! Thank you to everyone who has helped during the decision process! Looking forward to dancing in Ann Arbor for the next 4 years! ���� #enjoythejourney #goblue




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BearDevil;842739542 said:

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Slightly above 3: Bootsma (full), Pelton (full), Naze+ Acker + Grima (~ full), divers (minimal). May be some left over from Runge: no way Hull got a full ride, so Teri probably split it among Hull, Naze, Acker, and Grima.

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Thanks. Considering the quality of this class 3 scholarships is a lot. We need to be offering a substantial amount to Grace based on need & demand.

Linzie Kreizel
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Now I can say I know a girl who is gonna be on the CAL swim team woot woot congrats D��

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Dannie Dilsaver Retweeted
alana palmer ‏@alana_swims Sep 29 Lincoln, NE
congrats to Dan for committing to swim at CAL!!!!�������� @DilsaverDannie

Sorry UAC..that's the best picture I was able to post.




To the right of Abbey. Our breaststroker?

from UAC,

Dannie - Breast/IM? Does this mean they have given up on Grace Z? Has better 100 time than Ingrid Walls but 200 not as good as the other recruits.

• Dilsaver has a 1:02.15 in the 100 breast (NCAA B cut), and a 2:16.44 in the 200 breast. Also a 2:00.37 in the 200 IM, and 4:15.90 in the 400 IM.
• All 4 times are 2016 NCAA B cuts.

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Sorry, online connection issues since yesterday, so just belatedly catching up...

Bit late in sharing this recruiting news, but Marta Ciesla (#1 FL, #20 Nat) has verbaled to the [U]Trojanettes[/U].

Sort of good for us that Marta didn't choose the dawgs - but, not really in the overall picture as the University of Spoiled Children (sorry just had to put that in, apologies to any women of Troy reading this haha, it's out of pure envy not spite :p) are going to be a very dangerous threat with their quite frankly brilliant recruiting the past few cycles!
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Marta Ciesla: Extremely excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim at the the University of Southern California ❤️��!! I want to thank my family, friends, and teammates for supporting me throughout my swimming career. I know that this program will push me to surpass my limits academically and in the pool, with the guidance of coach Salo and my new amazing family! Go Trojans and Fight On!! ❤️✌️




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Maggie Aroesty: Mags and Marty take on USC!! So excited for you and for #fourmore years of adventures! #FTFO #jujuonthatbeat ❤️��✌️️
@cassidy_bayer join us

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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842740135 said:

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Sorry, online connection issues since yesterday, so just belatedly catching up...

Bit late in sharing this recruiting news, but Marta Ciesla (#1 FL, #20 Nat) has verbaled to the [U]Trojanettes[/U].

Sort of good for us that Marta didn't choose the dawgs - but, not really in the overall picture as the University of Spoiled Children (sorry just had to put that in, apologies to any women of Troy reading this haha, it's out of pure envy not spite :p) are going to be a very dangerous threat with their quite frankly brilliant recruiting the past few cycles!
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Marta Ciesla: Extremely excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim at the the University of Southern California ❤️��!! I want to thank my family, friends, and teammates for supporting me throughout my swimming career. I know that this program will push me to surpass my limits academically and in the pool, with the guidance of coach Salo and my new amazing family! Go Trojans and Fight On!! ❤️✌️




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Maggie Aroesty: Mags and Marty take on USC!! So excited for you and for #fourmore years of adventures! #FTFO #jujuonthatbeat ❤️��✌️️
@cassidy_bayer join us

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Alright, who gave my list to Salo? :p

OBear073akaSMFan;842740032 said:

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Dannie - Breast/IM? Does this mean they have given up on Grace Z?

• Dilsaver has a 1:02.15 in the 100 breast (NCAA B cut), and a 2:16.44 in the 200 breast. Also a 2:00.37 in the 200 IM, and 4:15.90 in the 400 IM.
• All 4 times are 2016 NCAA B cuts.

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[COLOR="#006699"]1) First of all, very impressed by your research unearthing Dannie's decision well ahead of the all big swim publications, Obear - well done Sherlock!!!

2) tedbear, you need to sue Salo haha (or keep your wants list to PM from now on )

3) Well, a belated welcome goes out to the luvly Dannie Dilsaver (#2 NE, #82 Nat) for having the foresight & brilliance in being the very first in the 2017 freshie class to commit to our special :bear: family! :cheer

Dannie will be a great asset for Teri at next season's dual meets, esp in the areas we have some notable holes to fill (i.e. breast & 400 IM). Her PBs as previously mentioned qualify for at least 4 [U]2016 NCAA[/U] B cuts. As a matter of fact, Dilsaver would have got into the C final of the [U]100/200 breast[/U] (2016 cutoff qualifier swam 1:03.71/2:08.91 in prelims) + [U]200/400 IM[/U] (C qualifying swim = 2:03.29/4:22.59) at the 2016 edition of Pac-12s, thus contributing to our scoring there :beer: Dannie had also earned 3 OT cuts and competed in those 3 events @ [U]Olympic Trials[/U].

On a more critical note (just cos Bears are held to the highest standards both athletically & academically heh), whilst it's true that Dannie was one of the biggest fishes in her state & HS championships, she will be facing infinitely stiffer competition at the NCAA Division I level. Maija is currently ahead of Dannie in both [U]breast[/U] events (by 4 sec in the longer distance). However, Dilsaver is faster than Courtney & Maija in the [U]IM[/U]s. She will have plenty of opportunity & time to develop her skills in the pool under Teri & Ian's tutelage, with the massive support of & unconditional encouragement from all her future training partners and friends!

Times & stats aside, I'm sure Teri was very encouraged by what she saw in Dannie other than the swimming alone, whether it be her potential to thrive @ UC Berkeley, and/or smashing fit & chemistry with her teammates when she had visited (obviously Dilsaver's academics would already be at a high level in order to apply to Cal), in order for McKeever to make a scholly offer to an out-of-state recruit, with more than ample budget/slots remaining for Grace and the likes if they should also decide to join Dannie

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[COLOR="#ff33cc"][SIZE=5]Lincoln teen competes in Olympic Swim Trials[/SIZE][/COLOR]





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http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Lincoln-teen-competes-in-Olympic-Swim-Trials-384617061.html


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[COLOR="#006400"][SIZE=5]Lincoln Southwest girls win state swimming title[/SIZE][/COLOR]



The Lincoln Southwest girls swim team took home first place at the state meet Saturday. The Silverhawks won nine of the eleven races and set six state records.

Junior Olivia Calegan set individual records in the 50 & 100 freestyle races. Junior Dannie Dilsaver sets state records in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM.

LSW also set state records in the 200 yard medley relay and 400 yard freestyle relay.

Full results from the state swim meet can be found here: http://huskers.com//fls/100/1516Swim/index.htm


[COLOR="#DAA520"][SIZE=3]VIDEO ->[/SIZE][/COLOR] http://www.1011now.com/content/sports/Calegan-No-370328271.html



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UrsusArctosCalifornicus;842740172 said:

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[COLOR="#006699"]1) First of all, very impressed by your research unearthing Dannie's decision well ahead of the all big swim publications, Obear - well done Sherlock!!!
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I learned from the Pro but wish I had your ability too, to post images or pictures with more success. Lots of times they come out thumbnail size or worse yet, upside down :rolleyes: Let me see if I can sniff out more recruits now. My guess after furds FB game this weekend, feeling lots of decision will be made soon afterwards.

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Let me see if I can sniff out more recruits now.

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My guess after furds FB game this weekend, feeling lots of decision will be made soon afterwards.

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[COLOR="#B22222"]Stanford Football: Can't-miss Olympics celebration Saturday. Watch Stanford's #Rio2016 stars on-field at halftime, meet more Olympians at Fan Fest. #GoStanford[/COLOR]



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Will admit that by all accounts, Grace is more likely a furdette lean than a Golden Bear one, IMO. PASA swimmer, mum works @ LSJU etc. [U]Disclaimer[/U]: The following is based purely on my own personal experiences and not meant to foster stereotyping or anything...but for most, if not all, of my Asian American friends in the Bay Area, Stanford seems to be their Holy Grail of Unis (i.e. there may be some pressure on GZ to embrace the tree from family/relatives - note that this is 100% speculation on my part since I don't know them!).

If Zhao isn't meant to be, would love to have breaststrokers Ingrid Wall or Alicia Harrison join commit Dannie Dilsaver! Alicia has the better 200 time, but Ingrid ultimately could bring more to the table for her sprint skillz incl. vying for a spot on the 200 medley relay, even tho she may cost Teri more due to being out-of-state. Could always wait for the top talents in the 2018 class I suppose, but don't think we can assume Zoe Bartel or Allie Raab will favour Cal or even give us a look, may as well spend some of the available scholly $ now hehe (there's also transfers or an international as additional options)

Regardless, Olivia Anderson would also be very welcome in my eyes due to our lack in distance, and build a bridge to the Canuck pipeline. As would versatile backstroker Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou from Santa Clara who is also accomplished in the 100 fly & 200 free.

Ashley Volpenhein would also be a very nice-to-have even if Bears aren't exactly dodgy in the sprint dept, as sprinters are always in demand due to their relay & scoring value. Ashley will have some tough decisions to make after taking her full quota of visits (assuming we'll see her @ Stanford Stadium this Sat).
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Er, currently driving, so won't post the fluffy photos and details until later (don't worry, I pulled over just to share this update with you all, safely )

Ingrid Wall has announced her verbal to Harvard...

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