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Tyler Klatt of the Academy Bullets Swim Club will join the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers next fall. The senior at Bartlett High School in Aurora, IL, was a 7th-place finisher at the 2014 NCSA Junior National Championships in the 200 LCM backstroke (2:05.77).
Klatt says, “I have big goals for my college career both in and out of the pool, and I know that the University of Minnesota will guide me there. All of the coaches are very smart, they have great facilities, and they have excellent academic advisers. When I went on my visit, I really clicked with the team and loved the campus. I can’t wait to be a Gopher!!”
Klatt’s best times:
- 100-yard backstroke: 50.25
- 200-yard backstroke: 1:48.02
- 100-yard butterfly: 50.59
- 200-yard butterfly: 1:56.95
Over the last two years, Klatt has dropped 7 seconds in his 200-yard backstroke to improve his value for the Gophers by adding another Big Ten-level event to his lineup. That time would’ve placed him 3rd on the Minnesota team last season – a team that’s already saturated with guys who swim the 100, but not the 200, backstroke. So far Minnesota Men’s Swimming have been; focusing on backstroke recruits, Klatt is set to join Garner Kohrell and Hunter Connelly in the University of Minnesota class of 2020.
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