TOP 20 NCAA SWIMMING RECRUITS IN THE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 20203.
Destin Lasco (Previous Rank: #2) - Salvation Army Kroc Aquatics - Mainland Regional High School - Pleasantville, NJ
**Verbally committed to Cal**Best Times: 100 back - 45.93, 200 free - 1:35.17, 100 free - 43.44, 200 back - 1:41.77, 200 IM - 1:44.59, 400 IM - 3:48.22, 500 free - 4:23.77So far over his junior year, Lasco has improved his freestyles, but his calling-card backstrokes have stalled, as have his IMs. Still, 45-second backstrokers out of high school are rare- we haven't had a junior at that level since Ryan Hoffer in the class of 2017 - and Lasco has a lot of range and versatility to back it up. 43.4/1:35.1 are going to go a long ways in earning free relay spots down the road, and Lasco may wind up projecting best as an IMer, where high school prospects seem to have some of the bigger drops as they move into the college ranks.
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Forrest Frazier (Previous Rank: #18) - Eastern Iowa Swim Federation - Iowa City High School - Iowa City High School, IA
**Verbally committed to Cal**Best Times: 100 breast - 52.51, 200 breast - 1:55.33, 200 IM - 1:47.61Frazier got lost in the shuffle of breaststrokers a bit last time around, but by this spring, he's established himself as the best breaststroker in the class. Dropping more than a second and a half in the 100 since last spring, Frazier has the best 100 breast in the class and is a few hundredths back of the best 200 as well after dropping a whopping five seconds since our last ranks. He's got good pullouts and good strength for a high school breaststroker, and his 1:47 IM gives him a very solid third event, even if it'll need some improvement to score at NCAAs.
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Dare Rose (Previous Rank: "Ones to Watch") - Scarlet Aquatics- Piscatawny, NJ
**Verbally committed to Cal**Best Times: 200 free - 1:36.84, 500 free - 4:24.55, 200 fly - 1:46.55, 200 IM - 1:48.88I know, I know. Rose is a lot more recognizable name than many ahead of him, and he was a controversial topic in our last ranks. But even though he cracks the top 20 this time, there's just no reasonable rationale (based on actual times swum) to rank him ahead of any of the last few guys. Rose almost certainly fits the category we reference a lot in these rankings: a better swimmer than an NCAA prospect. His long course times are eye-popping: 53.9/1:58.9 in butterfly, 1:49, 3:51 and 50.6 in freestyle. He's had some success transferring that talent to yards compared to last year, when he was just 1:38.1 and 46.0 in short course freestyle. Still, his short course butterflys and 500 free have gone backwards during his junior year. It remains to be seen whether he's an athlete who's just focused more on long course, or one who genuinely doesn't fit well in the short course format. Either way, he'll be a hot commodity for college coaches, because he's got serious upside and, at the very least, national team potential in long course meters.
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