Highly-ranked recruit Arsenio Bustos has finished his high school credits early, though he’ll remain in Connecticut through the Olympic Trials.
Bustos revealed this week on Instagram that he’d wrapped up his high school courses early, allowing him to train and compete more in the pool in the months leading up to the U.S. Olympic Trials. Bustos just finished competing at the Richmond site of the Pro Swim Series, hitting a handful of key swims including career-bests in the 100 breast (1:03.54), 200 IM (2:01.66) and 100 back (55.80).
Bustos has signed on to compete with the NC State Wolfpack next year, part of a loaded freshman class headed to Raleigh in the fall of 2021. We ranked Bustos #12 in his class in our junior ranks last spring. He joins #1 Aiden Hayes, #7 Sam Hoover, #11 David Curtiss, and #18 Garrett Boone among the top-20 recruits headed to NC State next year. Despite finishing his high school coursework early, though, Bustos will not join NC State early as some early-graduating recruits have.
“For the time being, I’m going to stay in Connecticut and continue my training with my current coach,” Bustos told SwimSwam. “I was thinking about going to NC State early but I decided against it because I don’t want to switch coaches a few months out from trials.”
Bustos took summer courses last year to set up his early finish to high school academics. He’s fulfilled all of his credits to graduate, but won’t officially graduate and get his diploma until June. Bustos says wrapping up his classes early will allow him to dedicate more time to pool training, upping from about five practices a week to eleven. Bustos also lifts weights and boxes for cross-training.
Seems like swimming becomes football and these kids don’t care about academics anymore
You got a point, I already committed and the pressure of commitment is finally off and the fact that you are already in the school kinda gives you the false sense that school is basically over. Just gotta get a good sat to get into the school you want to get into
If he could graduate early due to taking the courses he needed in previous years, I doubt he doesn’t care about academics. Why take classes you don’t need when you can better focus your energy?
ok?
Dude went on a whole rant on his snap story that stuff was hilarious lmaooo
What he say
He was talking about kids in his school gave him sh*t but I think he’s stretching the truth. Seems like he was pretty popular in high school.
Damn bro, dude got the inside scoop 😂
This is blatantly wrong to say. Baselessly trying to delegitimize him coming out against his bullies is not an ok thing to do. I’ve seen the effects bullying has had on him, and in no way was he “stretching the truth.” Stand up to bullying victims and against the bullies. This sh*t isn’t ok anymore, especially in today’s world.
Of course hilarious in the eyes of non believers. His story was accurate.
See you on the big screen!
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Mane that’s cool and all but does a swimmer graduating early really deserve a whole article?
Why not? Our local paper here in CT had a whole article about a UConn woman’s basketball recruit (#30 overall in her recruiting class) who finished high school early, enrolled early at UConn and is eligible to play without it affecting her eligibility for 4 more years after this “freebie” half year. I’m surprised more people in all sports are not doing this.
Nae nae ‘fo you get a whoopin
No idea what that mean bro but take your word fo it