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Ella Cosgrove from Tucson, Arizona, has announced her verbal commitment to the University of California, Berkeley, where she will join the class of 2029 in the fall of 2025.
“I am super excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of California, Berkeley. I would love to thank my parents, siblings, coaches, teammates, and friends for all their support. I am so grateful for the teams and coaches I got to know throughout this process. A special thank you to Coach Durden, Coach @kim_williams22, and all the Cal coaches for this opportunity. I can’t wait to be a part of this amazing team. Go Bears! 🐻💛💙”
A junior at Catalina Foothills High School, Cosgrove swam for her school during her freshman year at the 2021 AIA Division 2 State Championships. She won the 200 free (1:49.92) and 500 free (4:52.05); both were PBs at the time. She has since lowered those times to 1:47.34 and 4:44.67.
Cosgrove swims year-round with Scottsdale Aquatic Club. She represents Canada internationally and participated at the 9th World Aquatics Junior Championships in September. There, she placed 7th in the 800 free with a PB of 8:39.44. A month earlier, she placed 9th in the 200 free (2:00.80), 9th in the 400 free (4:13.71), and 6th in the 800 free (8:43.93). All three times were U.S. Olympic Trials standards. She also competed in the 100/200 back and she picked up a PB in the 50 free (26.40) leading off the SAC relay.
Most of Cosgrove’s best SCY times come from 2022 Winter Juniors West, where she finished 9th in the 500 free, 9th in the 1650 free, and 19th in the 200 free. She also had a strong showing at Austin Sectionals, coming in 9th in the 100 free, 2nd in the 200 free, 4th in the 500 free, 10th in the 100 back, and 5th in the 200 back with PBs in the 50/100/200 free and 100/200 back.
Best SCY times:
- 1650 free – 16:30.93
- 1000 free – 9:56.73
- 500 free – 4:44.67
- 200 free – 1:47.34
- 200 back – 1:58.76
- 100 back – 54.68
- 50 back – 26.14
We named Cosgrove to the “Best of the Rest” section on our “Way Too Early” list of top girls recruits from the high school class of 2025. She’ll join #1 Alex Shackell, #3 Claire Weinstein, #13 Elle Scott, and “BOTRs” Alexa McDevitt and Gracyn Aquino in Berkeley in the fall of 2025. Cosgrove’s best times would already score at B1G Championships in the top-16 in the mile and in the B finals of the 200/500 free. She’ll have a great training partner in Weinstein (1:48/4:33/9:25/15:52).
Her brother Colin Cosgrove is a freshman on the Alabama men’s team this year.
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Congrats Ella! Shes learned everything she knows from her older brother. He’s super cool and good at swimming! Roll Tide
I hear that she’s been working really hard on her mile and is planning on doing the 1000 at every dual meet!
Congrats Ella! Excited for you…can’t wait to watch you soar at Cal!!
Cal doesn’t have much sustained success on the women’s side. Virginia has little to no success (outside of 50/100 freers) on the men’s side.
Why is everyone committing to both these institutions? Genuinely curious
🤣the Virginia men don’t have a huge history of success yet true. To say cal’s women have not had sustained success is just plain willful ignorance.
some recency bias? in the past 15 years, Cal has won the most women’s NCAA titles at 4, with Georgia/Stanford/UVA at 3, and Cal was also runner up 4 times in that period including the 3 years before COVID
Congratulations Rick! Hopefully I’ll see you at Winter Jrs…Go LOBOS!