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[COLOR="#006699"]Lots of info to take in. Many of the names we've discussed on the board are on the list.
Read the linked article for full details (couldn't include all the descriptions etc due to message size limitations here)...
Our 2 baby :bear: are ranked #5 (
Cassidy) and #18 (
Elise)!
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[SIZE=5]TOP 20 NCAA SWIMMING RECRUITS IN THE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2018[/SIZE][/COLOR]
[SIZE=1]It's that time of year again where we at SwimSwam rank out the top 20 high school swimming prospects in the upcoming NCAA recruiting class. It's a butterfly-heavy class, and so fittingly, California flyer
Eva Merrell is at the top of the list. Archive Photo via Mike Lewis/Ola Vista Photography[/SIZE]
[U]This Class[/U]
[INDENT]• Good depth
• Strong in butterfly – particularly 200 fly
• Less versatile IM types, more specialized swimmers
• A very long-course savvy group
• Lots of early commitments[/INDENT]
At first glance, this year’s class is probably a step up from last year’s group, though built in much the same way. It’s a deep class with better top-end talent than 2017, though no “can’t miss” swimmer like the run from the classes of 2013 to 2015. (2013 had Missy Franklin and Lia Neal, 2014 Simone Manuel and 2015 Katie Ledecky, Abbey Weitzeil and Kathleen Baker).
[U]TOP TIMES IN THE CLASS OF 2018[/U]
50 Free | Grace Ariola | 22.20
100 Free | Julia Cook | 48.44
200 Free | Morgan Tankersley | 1:44.31
500 Free | Morgan Tankersley | 4:37.60
1000 Free** | Erica Sullivan | 9:29.91
1650 Free | Erica Sullivan | 15:47.39
100 Back | Eva Merrell | 52.26
200 Back | Eva Merrell | 1:52.20
100 Breast | Zoe Bartel | 59.04
200 Breast | Zoe Bartel | 2:07.73
100 Fly | Eva Merrell | 51.93
200 Fly | Ruby Martin | 1:54.74
200 IM | Emma Muzzy | 1:57.84
400 IM | Vanessa Pearl | 4:06.73
1.
Eva Merrell – Aquazot Swim Club – Crean Lutheran South High School – Newport Beach, CA
Best Times: 100 fly – 51.93, 200 back – 1:52.52, 200 fly – 1:56.96, 100 back – 52.26, 50 free – 22.26, 100 free – 48.51, 200 free – 1:45.89
2.
Taylor Ruck – Scottsdale Aquatic Club – Chaparral High School – Scottsdale, AZ
Best Times: 200 free- 1:44.39, 100 free – 48.54, 50 free – 22.31, 500 free – 4:41.38, 100 back – 52.95, 200 back – 1:53.13, 200 IM – 1:57.97, 400 IM – 4:13.96
3.
Zoe Bartel – Fort Collins Area Swim Team – Fossil Ridge High School – Fort Collins, CO
Best Times: 100 breast – 59.04, 200 breast – 2:07.73, 200 IM – 1:58.28
4.
Morgan Tankersley – Greater Tampa Swimming Association – HB Plant High School – Tampa, FL
Best Times: 500 free – 4:37.60, 200 free – 1:44.31, 100 free – 48.69, 50 free – 22.60, 1650 free – 16:27.61
5.
[COLOR="#DAA520"]Cassidy Bayer[/COLOR] – Nation’s Capital Swim Club – West Potomac High School – Washington, DC
[COLOR="#DAA520"]**Verbally committed to Cal**[/COLOR]Best Times: 200 fly – 1:55.20, 100 fly – 52.78, 200 IM – 1:58.21, 400 IM – 4:12.72, 50 free – 22.98
Bayer is probably the best long course swimmer on this entire list: 58.1 and 2:07.9 in the butterflys are no joke. She’s not as good in the short course pool, but if she put a premium on meters to prepare for Olympic Trials, there’s a good chance her yards times catch up in the next year or so. If that happens, she’ll be the ‘get’ of this class. Her 200 fly is an NCAA scoring time and her 100 is close. She’s also got very solid IMs and has a pretty good 50 free for someone who specializes in the 200 fly.
6.
Vanessa Pearl – Metroplex Aquatics – McKinney Boyd High School – Allen, TX
Best Times: 400 IM – 4:06.73, 200 breast – 2:08.51, 100 breast – 1:00.32, 200 IM – 1:58.13
7.
Gabrielle Kopenski – Texas Ford Aquatics – Prosper High School – McKinney, TX
Best Times: 500 free – 4:37.95, 1650 free – 15:56.39, 200 free – 1:46.80, 400 IM – 4:09.92
8.
Erica Sullivan – Sandpipers of Nevada – Palo Verde High School – Las Vegas, NV
Best Times: 1650 free – 15:47.39, 500 free – 4:39.66, 200 free – 1:47.43
9.
Allie Raab – Nashville Aquatic Club – Brentwood Academy – Brentwood, TN
Best Times: 200 breast – 2:09.69, 100 breast – 1:00.02, 200 IM – 1:58.67
10.
Julia Cook – Aggie Swim Club – Bryan High School – Bryan, TX
**Verbally Committed To Texas**Best Times: 50 free – 22.32, 100 free – 48.44, 200 free – 1:45.35, 100 back – 52.37, 200 back – 1:54.48, 200 IM – 1:58.77, 100 fly – 53.64
11.
Dakota Luther – Austin Swim Club – Westlake High School – Austin, TX
Best Times: 200 fly – 1:55.07, 100 fly – 52.27, 200 free – 1:45.68, 100 free – 49.85
12.
Olivia Carter – Enfinity Aquatic Club – homeschooled – Jamestown, NC
**Verbally Committed To Georgia**Best Times: 100 fly – 52.65, 200 fly – 1:55.78, 200 IM – 1:57.92, 400 IM – 4:15.84
13.
Easop Lee – North Baltimore Aquatic Club – Pikesville High School – Baltimore, MD
Best Times: 200 free – 1:44.63, 500 free – 4:40.90, 200 fly – 1:56.55, 200 IM – 1:58.75, 400 IM – 4:15.55, 100 free – 50.19
14.
Emma Muzzy – Virginia Gators – Cave Spring High School – Roanoke, VA
Best Times: 200 back – 1:53.38, 100 back – 52.65, 400 IM – 4:08.37, 200 IM – 1:57.84
15.
Amalie Fackenthal – DART Swimming – Sacramento Country Day High School – Carmichael, CA
Best Times: 50 free – 22.38, 100 free – 48.62, 100 fly – 52.78
16.
Lucie Nordmann – Magnolia Aquatic Club – The Woodlands High School – The Woodlands, TX
Best Times: 100 back – 52.48, 200 back – 1:54.08, 50 free – 22.68, 100 free – 48.85
17.
Grace Ariola – Bloomington Waves/Normal Y Swim Team – Normal Community High School – Bloomington, IL
**Verbally Committed to Texas**Best Times: 50 free – 22.20, 100 free – 48.98, 200 free – 1:47.46, 200 back – 1:54.60, 100 back – 53.04
18.
[COLOR="#DAA520"]Elise Garcia[/COLOR] – SoCal Aquatics – Crean Lutheran South High School – Irvine, CA
[COLOR="#DAA520"]**Verbally committed to Cal**[/COLOR]Best Times: 100 fly – 52.70, 200 fly – 1:56.64, 50 free – 22.64, 100 free – 49.52
Yet another good flyer in a class flush with 52/1:56 types. Garcia rises above that group with relay value in the 50 free and a really rapidly-improving 200: she dropped a second and a half off her best in December, then another 1.5 seconds in March.
19.
Samantha Shelton – Mission Viejo Nadadores – Santa Margarita High School – Laguna Beach, CA
Best Times: 200 free – 1:44.95, 100 free – 49.11, 50 free – 22.87, 100 back – 53.04
20.
Sarah Grinalds – Westport/Weston Family Y – Fairfield Ludlowe High School – Southport, CT
Best Times: 50 free – 22.72, 100 free – 48.85, 200 free – 1:45.51
[U]HONORABLE MENTIONS[/U]:
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Ruby Martin (Iowa Flyers / West High School / Coralville, IA)
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Madison Homovich (Marlins of Raleigh / Woods Charter School / Pittsboro, NC)
**Verbally committed to Georgia**•
Alex Sumner (Suburban Seahawks / East Alleghany High School / Swarthmore, PA)
https://swimswam.com/top-20-ncaa-swimming-recruits-girls-high-school-class-2018/--------