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Brothers Krzysztof Chmielewski and Michal Chmielewski have committed to swim at USC starting this fall (2023). The brothers are two of Poland’s best and brightest young men’s swimmers. Both brothers are butterfliers, though Krzysztof also has some serious freestyle speed to boot.
Kryzsztof made waves recently when he popped a new season best of 1:55.04 in the LCM 200 fly, which currently makes him the eighth-fastest swimmer in the world this year in the event. His personal best in the LCM 200 fly is a 1:55.01, which he swam last summer at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest. With that performance, Chmielewski was ninth in semifinals at Worlds last summer, missing out on advancing to the finals by just 0.10 seconds.
Michal is only a tick behind his brother in terms of his lifetime best, boasting a career mark of 1:56.66 in the LCM 200 fly. Though he’s slightly slower in the 200, Michal actually has the faster 100 fly time of the two, having been as fast as 53.54 in the event, while Krzsztof has a PB of 53.64.
While Michal, for now, looks like purely a fly specialist, Krzsztof has been very fast in many freestyle events, particularly of late. Krzsztof is a very good distance swimmer, having been 7:56.74 in the LCM 800 free and 15:07.70 in the LCM 1500 free.
Here are Krzsztof and Michal’s LCM lifetime bests:
- 100 fly – 53.64
- 200 fly – 1:55.01
- 200 free – 1:51.18
- 400 free – 3:49.34
- 800 free – 7:56.74
- 1500 free – 15:07.70
- 400 IM – 4:21.17
- 100 fly – 53.54
- 200 fly – 1:56.66
- 800 free – 8:16.41
The additions mark some great pickups for the Trojans, who will be entering their second season under the direction of head coach Lea Maurer this fall. Though they don’t have yards swimming experience, both brothers’ lifetime bests in the LCM 200 fly indicate that both should be shoo-in NCAA qualifiers who stand excellent chances of being All-Americans in the event.
On top of that, Krzsztof’s 400, 800, and 1500 free times put him among the best current NCAA swimmers in those events, which would seemingly indicate he could do some major damage in the 500 and 1650 free if he races those events. The mile and 200 fly are on the same day in the NCAA schedule, so it seems more likely that Krzsztof will be racing the 200 fly on that day. Notably, he also has a 4:21.17 LCM 400 IM, which means we could see him racing the 400 IM over the 100 fly on that day of NCAA meets.
USC is a program which has boasted great international swimmers over the years. On the men’s side, those names include Vlad Morozov, Santo Condorelli, and Ous Mellouli just to name a few.
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How old are they?
They doing what Federico Burdisso did lmao finessing a free education to swim horribly during the collegiate season
These 2 and Jack Hoagland?? That’s a pretty incredible turn around for the Trojans!
Are the men twins or just brothers? Are they going to be in the same class? If they are twins, are they identical or fraternal? These are the questions fans need to know!
Technically USC will have two set twins incoming freshmen . Ian and Evan pickles and these guys for fall 2023
They’re identical twins but one looks a bit taller than the other
USC will be great add to BIG academically and athletically. UCLA too. Swimming will get stronger for men and women.
I mean there is definitely room on the team. Was wondering if they (the brothers) would join the ncaa this year or next…
Congratulations to them! Certainly the most elite recruits of this coaching staff, hopefully they turn around last year’s performance but remains to be seen. Don’t really understand a lot of the hate on here, a USC degree will give them lots of opportunities and SC has had success with European swimmers.
having below average performances for more than 3 years can cause fans to turn, no? especially for a team with the prestige of USC. Please see Arizona, former Auburn, Michigan, etc… for other rightfully unruly fans. Stanford men/women, and Bama are in weird spots, too.
Nice to see Trojans making recruiting headway with some elite European swimmers but still a ways to go in landing top American juniors. I, too, don’t understand the hate for USC. Especially Pac-12 rivals who say the 2 LA schools “destroyed” the Pac-12 by bolting to the BIG. This was a self-inflicted wound from the Pac-12 leadership who essentially ignored their two “rainmaker” schools in the media rich Los Angeles market and preferred “parity” among the conference schools. Trojans and Bruins will walk away with $30 million in incremental revenue each year. And the LA schools will be prime venues for the upcoming 2028 Summer Olympics.
Interesting choice. Wishing them both good luck