Hes also been 55.4 in the long course 100 fly, which is faster than a lot of the flyers ranked ahead of him. A lot of them would hinge on how much you value his great 100 fly (46.6) vs a top 200 flyer like #18, Arizona State Gets a 2nd Pac-12 Record on Wednesday Night, in the 800 Free Relay, Arizona State Ties Pac-12 Record in 200 Medley Relay; Cal & Stanford DQed, 2023 Mens PAC-12 Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap, Sergio Lopez Gets a Big Raise; Guaranteed Assistant Pay Pool and Operating Budgets, What Will Leon Marchand Swim at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships? 20. Your home for results, rankings, data and all things swimming. Maybe his best college-level comp is someone like Sean Grieshop, a great 400 IM/500 free combo swimmer who could swim up to the mile or across to a stroke 200 if needed. He's not sick of swimming yet. Hes got especially good leg strength and is pretty kick-driven across all four strokes that includes solid underwater kicking which should play in even more to short course. Theres a little bit of a gallop to his stroke, but in a good way Cabrera doesnt have the wasted up-and-down motion that can make the galloping strokes sometimes less efficient. Backstroke is strong at the top, but equally thin as you move down the ranks. Hudson Williams New Albany Aquatic Club Olentangy Liberty High School Powell, OH **Verbally committed to NC State** Heres a look back at our historic recruiting class rankings, plus our retrospectives of those classes after four NCAA seasons: document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Was just nerding out and noticed the top time in class of 2024 is faster than class of 2023 in 100 free, 200 free, and 400 IM. Nearly all of his short course bests come from the same meet: Winter Juniors in December. Wang was 20.2/44.2 at this time last year, and moves up a spot in the ranks after seeing solid drops in both of those two events. Our goal in these rankings is to reflect what college coaches look for in recruits, based on many years of conversations and coverage. Originally published 9/13. This is essentially a re-rank of that class, taking into account a year of improvements. Best Times: An honorable mention candidate last time around, Hudson has made massive strides in sprint freestyle to crack our top 10. Step 2: Student-athletes visit college campuses to learn more about the schools' athletic programs. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. You could argue that Sandidge is underrated here after all, he does have an NCAA invite time in the 1650 free, one of only six swimmers in the class (Nelson, Zuchowski, Custer, Gentry, Norris, Sandidge) with an invite time. Best Times: 100 breast 53.45, 200 breast 1:59.03. Readers could nominate candidates from their area, and SwimSwam could aggregate the names and make some picks. Hes another outstanding long course swimmer in fact, his long course times (54.3/2:00.9) are even more impressive than Sergiles times pointed out above. Thackston McMullan Cincinnati Marlins Saint Xavier High School Cincinnati, OH **Verbally committed to Cal** Race videos of Nelson's best times are hard to come . Best Times: 200 breast 1:57.73, 100 breast 54.57, 200 IM 1:48.95, 100 fly 48.80. But thats an argument for a different day.). 18. When we started ranking sophomores, we knew going in that the girls ranks would probably be a lot more predictive than the boys. Gio Linscheer (Previous Rank: Unranked) City of Richardson Swim Team Plano East Senior High School Richardson, TX **Verbally committed to Florida** 17. Malicki had a great junior year, dropping 1.5 seconds in the 100 breast to push Fan for the top time in the class. Paring the list down to 20 always feels like pulling teeth. Heres kind of a cool, birds-eye angle of his lifetime-best 100 fly (lane 4, white cap). Ryan Malicki (Previous Rank: Unranked) Carmel Swim Club Carmel High School Carmel, IN **Verbally committed to Notre Dame** Best Times: Heck is another great breaststroker who just has a ways to drop to get into NCAA scoring range (it took 52.2/1:53.2 just to book an invite last year). He goes a 17.61 in the 50 and a 39.89 in the 100 and hes a great student, a boy scout, and improving rapidly. Ben Scholl Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club Cypress, TX**Verbally committed to Texas A&M** Filipovic has a ton of power, but he also looks like a guy still dialing in all the details of the short-axis butterfly. If you made me pick the top overall breaststroker in the class right now, Id probably have four names virtually tied with no great way to pick one. 4 and Michigan makes an appearance in the top 10 at No. Stay tuned to our recruiting channel for more additions to our yearly recruiting coverage: So without further ado, lets take a look at this class as a whole, then review our ranking methodology (please read it before you get upset about how low the top miler is ranked!) Ready for another huge drop? He also has a very nice 200 free, with decent speed and endurance developing on either side of it (45.3 in the 100; 4:29 in the 500). Best Times: Keep an eye on this name. As we cant reliably quantify whose current portfolio of times is most suppressed by the pandemic years, all we can do is rank based on the in-pool production weve seen. Theres a lot of good IM depth and more two-distance IMers than we usually see at this age. He is currently in his room crying about this and frankly so am I. Haughey (lane 5, fourth from the bottom) is pretty arm-driven, but without a lot of tempo. Plus, heading into the Olympic year last spring, many of the top swimmers may have spent a little more time focusing on long course without showing the same kind of short course drops. Within this class, butterfly might be a nice niche for Hitchcock, too, as hes within a second of the best time in the class in both fly races. Dawson Joyce (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) Seminole Aquatics Seminole High School Sanford, FL **Verbally committed to Florida** Half of our top 10 werent even ranked a year ago, and our #1 recruit from last year got bumped to outside our top 20 this year. Its that time of year again where we at SwimSwam rank out the top 20 high school swimming prospects in the upcoming NCAA recruiting class. (Sept. 14)- Mary Frances Wagley '47 Head Coach Meg Sisson French and associate head coach/recruiting coordinator James Sica are pleased to announce the incoming class of 2025 for the MIT Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams. Year after year, though, you see far more from Texas, Ohio, Virginia, etc. 17. Northern California (East Bay Area) has one of, if not THE largest and most competitive summer league systems in the country.Read more . Best Times: 200 fly 1:43.03, 100 fly 46.41, 200 IM 1:46.73, 400 IM 3:53.59, 100 back 48.66, 200 free 1:37.87. Chet Holmgren's commitment to Gonzaga on Monday meant one of the strangest recruiting cycles in college basketball history is one step closer to finishing. But in this swim (lane 5, black cap), you can see some good power out of his kick and nice hand drive at the top of his stroke. That 1650 free is just tenths off of NCAA scoring level, which merits inclusion in our top 20. We just had to list 10 of them for Germonprez, who could conceivably lead this class in five or more events with a great senior year. **The 1000 free isnt an event at the Division I NCAA Championships, but is swum instead of the 1650 in many Division I dual meets and is part of the NCAA program in Division II. A year later and hes clearly extended that speed, dropping good time in his 50 while bringing his 100 all the way down to 43.6 among the best in the class. We profiled Filipovic as more of a sprint freestyler last time around, but his time drops have come in butterfly over his junior year. A lot of NCAA programs seem to be pretty good at developing 200 specialists, and thats one way we could see Lancaster moving over the next few years. SwimSwam Men's swimming recruiting classes. Either way, his drops from 1:49.1 to 1:45.1 in the 200 IM and from 1:59.2 to 1:55.1 in the 200 breast will likely make those two his primary events. Powe was 48.9 and1:48.4in the backstrokes as of our rankings last year. Diehl is also just the fourth sophomore weve ever ranked with a sub-20 time in the 50 free, joiningAnthony Grimm (19.6), Aiden Hayes (19.7) and David Curtiss (19.7) from the class of 2021. (Diehls 200 back is just three-tenths behind what Foster was as a sophomore, and Foster is the fastest sophomore weve ranked in that event). VS Brewster High School. 2022 Football Class Rankings 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 . (Previous Rank: #1) 200 free: 1:37.54. McMullan is also an intriguing butterflyer. I see him as a top 50 recruit, but I may be biased. Huffman's view: "Coach Deion Sanders' first class produced CU's highest-rated player in 15 years, the No. Heres a quick look at his improvements over the past three years in just three of his many events: Nelson is clearly taking over as the top swimmer in the class, now leading all 2022 grads in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and even 200 breast. The additions of Montrell Johnson and O'Cyrus Torrence from Louisiana-Lafayette as four-star transfers also helped out the 2022 class. Best Times: 50 free 19.79, 100 free 43.59, 100 fly 48.52. But Buffs sprint fly and back speed (45.4 fly/45.8 back) match up extremely well with Hoffers (45.4 fly / 45.5 back as a junior). As a junior, hes started to separate himself from the field in the flys and IMs, though, and he now looks like a true 200 IM/100 fly/200 fly swimmer at the NCAA level who could also eventually cross over into a free relay or two. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. With his speed around the 100s, youd think hed be faster than 1:53 in the 200 IM, and hes definitely got the potential to develop there. But being this good from the 50 through the 200 will give Scholl a shot to swim every relay in the lineup while also contributing individually, and thats really valuable in the NCAA format. (Previous Rank: HM) Speaking of 200 specialists, Stibrich could also project that way, if his 400 IM werent so good. In fact, Peck is within a half-second of Diehls class-leading time in the 100 back. Andres Dupont Cabrera (Previous Rank: Unranked) Bolles School Sharks Bolles School Jacksonville, FL **Verbally committed to Stanford** Lucky is a very good all-around breaststroker, and theres probably an argument to slide him in at #20 instead of Malicki, depending on how much you want to weigh the relay implications of Malickis superior 100 vs Luckys much-better 200. With that out of the way, lets get to our rankings. Best Times: Marshall is an excellent 200 backstroker with solid 100 back speed to go along with it. For men's college swimming, recruiting contact officially starts on June 15 after sophomore year. Hes also on a big improvement curve, dropping about two seconds in the backstroke this past year and breaking 54 seconds in the long course 100 fly at this springs U.S. World Championships Trials. 2017 Top Football Recruits (4257) 2017 Top Football Recruits. On the flip side, he doesnt have a ton of speed yet, which could drag down his relay value a bit. Its that time of year again when we at SwimSwam rank out the top 20 high school swimming prospects in the upcoming NCAA recruiting class. 16. Each of these athletes is still an extremely high-level recruit: Feeling nostalgic? 17. As top recruits continue to give verbal commitments earlier and earlier, were moving up our rankings to help give better context to big recruiting announcements. There hasn't been in-person recruiting . Best Times: Where Diehl excels from the 200 on down, Lucas owns the 200s on up. Hes not far out of the top 200 IM time in the class, and is also 2:03.9 in long course meters. Later in that same video, we get a great look at his distinctive straight-arm freestyle (lane 5, black cap). Its encouraging to see him hold a really good tempo in this 200 fly, and his underwater kicks are efficient and never really drop off. Now they have the #1 male and female recruits of the class of 2023, and youre going to see it happen a lot more often. Best Times: 100 fly 47.21, 100 free 43.74, 50 free 20.16, 200 free 1:38.43, 100 back 48.10, 200 fly 1:47.02. A Southern Illinois freshman has stamped his ticket to the NCAA Championships, the teams first qualifier for nationals since 2005. This article is about the class of 2023. 15. Hes also improving as a 200 guy after cutting five seconds. Both races could probably use some polishing on wall timing at the next level, but thats the kind of detail Branon can definitely hone as a college swimmer. But two months after Mahabir hit those short course bests, he crushed times of 1:01.7 and 2:13.5 in the long course meters breaststrokes those are easily the best long course breaststroke times in this class and suggest that he should be dropping his short course times towards the best in the class in short order. 7. Headed by a big-name, versatile sprinter (then:Ryan Hoffer; now:Scotty Buff), both classes are thick with fast-developing fly and back talent. Andrew Taylor Tampa Bay Aquatic Club Countryside High School Palm Harbor, FL**Verbally committed to Florida** 100 fly: 47.41. Sandidge is as smooth as can be with a really low breath and a robotically-consistent arm tempo. Last year, we noted that improvement curve was the best argument for Nelson as the classs #1 and he just hasnt stopped dropping time. Meets See all. He really back-halfs the race with great closing speed. Disclaimer: there are alotof high school seniors in the country, and no really good, complete, 100% accurate listing of them all. 9.. Texas A&M was the big winner on the first day of . (Previous Rank: N/A) The COVID-19 pandemic has had a little bit of a shuffling effect on the way we think of academic years. The 400 IM is the really exciting one: hes got lot of room to grow from his 3:56, especially with a 4:31 on record in the long course pool. But its worth noting up-front that this class has a real chance for some big upheaval as swimmers catch up from the missed pandemic years. In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating. Leon Marchand swam a nation-leading time in the 200 free as Arizona State got their 2nd Pac-12 Conference Record of the session on Wednesday evening. This is only the fourth class since we started ranking sophomore groups, but this class of 2023 shows the biggest jump weve seen a class make from sophomore to junior ranks as a whole, boys or girls. Hes the best 400 IMer and 500 freestyler in the class but his most impressive event might not be either of those two. His mile is way ahead of his other events, though, and that limits the scoring upside a little. Kharun also shows pretty intriguing versatility hes a second or so away from the top mile time in the class. Best Times: 50 free 19.95, 100 free 43.67, 100 back 47.40, 200 back 1:46.77. Zou is a solid long course swimmer with breaststroke times of 1:03.8 and 2:17.1. 16. Muhammad has really nice versatility and his best event of all might be a 2:02 in the long course 200 IM. His power/tempo combination is awesome on the first 25, but it leads to an awkwardly long wall. 20. Hes much more of a breaststroker, though, while Modglin is more of a backstroker. We could easily see him add any number of third events, from the 500 free to the 200 IM to the mile. Kamal Muhammad Spartans Aquatic Club Lakeside High School Atlanta, GA **Verbally committed to Virginia** (Hes 1:50.0 there right now). This isnt an exhaustive list of others we considered, but the top few left off the list who made the decisions on 18-20verydifficult. Jared was a YMCA and high school swimmer in northern Minnesota, and spent his college years swimming breaststroke and occasionally pretending . A top tier college coach once told me that he doesnt spend much time looking at swimmers from Northern Californiaonly thinks a couple of clubs in that region really do a decent job. Hes bringing it around in a hurry, though, cutting from 1:45 last year to 1:38.1 this year. Best Times: 200 free 1:35.60, 100 free 43.91, 50 free 20.28, 100 fly 48.77. Nick Simons (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) Lake Oswego Swim Club Jesuit High School Lake Oswego, OR **Verbally committed to Tennessee** (Previous Rank: #5) Add in that intriguing 200 IM and Kelly has a lot of routes to cracking the top 5 by next years ranks. Regardless of how we wind up classifying the top swimmers, though, theres really good depth in this class in every freestyle distance: from the 50 up through the 1650. McCarty shows exactly the type of improvements we hope to project when we rank out sophomores. Daniel Li Rose Bowl Aquatics San Marino High School San Marino, CA Great breakdown on a great class. Hes put a primary focus on long course lately, and its clear why he qualified for Mexicos Olympic team earlier this month while cracking 50 seconds for the first time with a 49.9 in the long course 100 free. He reclassified into the class of 2022, but really isnt significantly older than this group. If his backstroke keeps rising, he could definitely build out a good 200 to go along with his 100. Become Premier. Rex Maurer Rose Bowl Aquatics Loyola High School Pasadena, CA **Verbally committed to Stanford** Theres also a chance that weve simply missed a no-brainer (weve taken every precaution to avoid that), and if that happens, we want to make sure we correct it. Best Times: Schmitt is on a meteoric rise as a butterflyer. Best Times: If youre really looking for a distance prospect, Taylor will rank higher on your board than #20. Do you consider that in the ranking when looking at the best time? Ryan Branon (Previous Rank: Honorable Mention) North Baltimore Aquatic Club Loyola Blakefield High School Lutherville-Timonium, MD **Verbally committed to Texas** A year ago, this class was mostly headlined by sprint freestylers and freestyle depth. The downside is that theres no Carson Foster/Luca Urlando (class of 2020) or Aidan Hayes/Anthony Grimm/Joshua Matheny (class of 2021) in this mix, at least on true name value. Plus can't go wrong with swimming outside everyday. (Previous Rank: N/A) Best Times: Diehl has been an age group standout for awhile, setting multiple national age group records. Heres that long course 100 (lane 8, all the way at the bottom in the black cap). All rights reserved. "This is a group of young people that are going to do some wonderful . Projecting international recruits often becomes more of a discussion ofwhentheyll first join a college program and notwhichprogram theyll join. (Previous Rank: #6) He could very easily wind up the best 400 IMer in the class and has some great long course production in breaststroke (1:03/2:16) and IM (2:05/4:31) to back up his short course times. He took a gap year and will enroll with the class of 2022. We focus only on American-based athletes, simply because there is so much uncertainty with international recruits if theyll come to the United States, when theyll come to the States and with what graduating class they should be ranked. In the NCAA, sprint relay weapons are a massivevalue, and Buff fits that Hoffer/Gretchen Walsh/Caeleb Dressel mold thats proven so successful in NCAA scoring. Like Modglin, Germonprez has incredible versatility across the 100s of all four strokes. McCarty also crushed a career-best 22.5 in the long course 50 earlier this month. Its sacrilege in swimming to make Michael Phelps comparisons, so we wont. 10. 12. Hes in lane 4 and quickly separates from the field. Later in that same video, we get a great look at his distinctive straight-arm freestyle (lane 5, black cap) and how much water he grabs with his arm catch. All that said, this class is rapidly becoming one of the best weve ranked as juniors in a long time. A 48-low in the 100 back is very solid, and a 47/47 type is always going to rank well as a recruit. Hes got a good 200 free, too, and could have some crossover into the 800 free relay like guys like Austin Katz or Bryce Mefford have in the past. 5. 7. Hes got great turns and a natural underwater kick. Spencer Nicholas Nashville Aquatic Club Martin Luther King High School Nashville, TN **Verbally committed to Virginia** Become Premier to access player rankings, expert analysis, recruiting updates, event coverage, and our exclusive College Soccer Recruiting Guide. Best Times: Now the list swings back a little bit towards versatility with Maldari, a great backstroker/IMer out of North Carolina. Quintin McCarty (Previous Rank: Unranked) Pikes Peak Athletics Discovery Canyon High School Colorado Springs, CO **Verbally committed to NC State** Heres a look at his big drop in the 100 fly from just a few months ago (lane 5, right in the middle, dark cap). Hayon is another guy who smashed his way from well outside our top 20 into the top 10. Hes also a solid 200 IM prospect and might wind up developing as a 200 backstroker or 200 flyer as his third event. Jaelan Phillips . He has very nice wide lips and nice face bone structure. Our team of swimming experts uses the following college swimming recruiting times guidelines to help recruits and parents understand what schools would be a good fit athletically. Leon Marchand swam a nation-leading time in the 200 free as Arizona State got their 2nd Pac-12 Conference Record of the session on Wednesday evening. 14. Which three will he pick this week in Federal Way? The faces in the crowd section could highlight the random 66 sprinter that went from 24.0 to 21.0 after growing a foot in the past 12 months, or the 1:55 200 IM guy thatRead more . This is essentially a re-rank of that class, taking into account a year of improvements. According to the updated rankings from 247 Sports on the morning after the first day of the early signing period, Penn State has the No. For example, California ends in May, while some states end in February. 1 cornerback in the country: Cormani McClain. Thats what I take with 3-4 dolphin kicks and stretching out to a pretty slow pace, and Im 62. Best Times: Arioti fits in the same mold as DAriano: hes got a bunch of really interesting times without one clear standout stroke or event. According to the Los Angeles Times, in addition to football, Stanley competes . Alabama finished with the No. Almost our entire top 10 had at least one huge time drop since our last ranks, and there is some major upheaval in our list. Right now, it can cause some awkward long or short walls, but that can be cleaned up with time and experience. 2. For example, most elite D1 women's swimming recruits can swim the 50 Freestyle as fast as 21.7 seconds, but most swimmers in the D2 and D3 divisions will clock in . Heres a 200 free (lane 4, fifth lane from the top) where Sergile really shows off some nice flip turns and carries his speed really well through breakouts. But the race is also an absolute masterclass in attacking your flip turns. Sandidge swims an incredibly patient race, just wearing down the other top swimmers in this heat (including one of our honorable mention recruits just below him in lane 3). Custer has maybe beenthebreakout story of this entire class over his junior year. This class has gotten extremely deep with butterflyers and backstrokers. Hes completely lived up to that mission, dropping 2.4 seconds in his 200 free while also seeing big drops in his shorter races. Heres kind of a cool, birds-eye angle of his lifetime-best 100 fly (lane 4, white cap). (Previous Rank: #9) The Engineers will be welcoming a total of 25 first-years to the teams this season. But Jones also has great distance free prowess and some really good IM times hes just two tenths away from being the top 400 IMer in the class and dropped more than four seconds since our last round of rankings. 13. Best Times: 400 IM 3:48.84, 200 IM 1:47.23, 200 breast 1:58.17, 100 breast 55.43, 200 back 1:46.56, 100 back 49.74. Here is a look at Utah's 2023 recruiting class, with prospects listed alphabetically according to reporting by 247 Sports, Rivals, . Theres plenty of versatility, and a fair number of swimmers who are still hard to classify into one specific event discipline. Best Times: 200 IM 1:45.96, 100 free 43.48, 50 free 20.03, 100 fly 47.84, 100 breast 55.65, 100 back 48.60. Some more names that came up in our research. The depth is definitely still the case, though the flyers and backstrokers have mostly overtaken the sprint freestylers as the most notable group in this class. Charlie Crosby (Previous Rank: #9) Hopkins Hurricanes Swim Club Breck High School Mound, MN**Verbally committed to Texas** In many cases, college coaches will only begin recruiting a student-athlete once she has proved she can swim at the competitive times for the school's conference. Disclaimer: there are alotof high school seniors in the country, and no really good, complete, 100% accurate listing of them all. Paring the list down to 20 always feels like pulling teeth. Right now, Winkler leads the class in the 100 free in both yards and meters (hes 49.6 in long course meters compared to 49.7 for Diehl). Which three will he pick this week in Federal Way? Also, could be the camera angle, but he looks to have really good turns for a miler. Best Times: If youre looking for a pure sprint butterflyer, Swearingen is the guy you want. why does the olympics swimming only allows for two swimmers per event but track and field allow for three which leads to a sweep please correct me if i am wrong. Sonny Wang Waterloo Swimming Westwood High School Austin, TX**Verbally committed to Harvard** Chase Mueller Foothills Swim Team Columbine High School Littleton, CO **Verbally committed to NC State** 2017 High School Pos Rankings State Rankings. Malickis 200 is still in development, but he was 2:03.2 at this point last year, so hes well on his way to becoming a two-distance college breaststroker. Then, too, Maurer might project just as well downward from the 500, as hes near the top of the class in the 200 free with pretty solid speed into the relay distances too. Best Times: Maurer holds his #2 rank as the best distance swimmer in the class and one of only three swimmers in the class with a 2022 NCAA invite time already as a high school junior. 5. His 200 free is his most impressive time for the moment, and centering on the 100/200 free would provide the most relay options within the NCAA format. Heres a look at his big drop in the 100 fly from just a few months ago (lane 5, right in the middle, dark cap). Best Times: Thats asuperinteresting portfolio of times for Jones, who is very much a jack-of-all-trades within the sprints. Zuchowski is also a very solid IMer and clear versatility in all four strokes. Obviously, Buff doesnt have Hoffers unprecedented sprint free speed (19.0/41.2 as a high school junior). Whitfield is flying up recruiting boards after an amazing junior year. Best Times: Croley is a great sprinter, and if you tend to value an athletes top event or two more highly, youd probably have a good argument to get him as high as #6. Hes got the 100 fly developing as a decent third event, though hes still got some work to do there to get into NCAA scoring range. The 400 IM is rapidly becoming his third event, which would be a great fit in the NCAA lineup. Actually, I believe Buffs 100 Fly is NOT second to Hofers. 8 of the top 10 from the Southern Zone (6 from NC and FL) and 9 from Southeast (sorry Virginia, Manassas still counts as SE). (Previous Rank: #3) Tan didnt see a lot of personal-bests in short course or long course as a junior, but hes also from California, which was locked down about as much as any state during the pandemic. I would be curious on your evaluation of a Class of 23 student at the Baylor School named Josean Massucco a distance and fly swimmer whose times are close to those in your Top 20 and Hon. Best Times: Harrington could very easily join the tier of three-distance freestylers inside the back end of the top 20 above. 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