Brown University adds 10 men, 9 women for 2014-2015

The Ivy League’s Brown University Bears have announced 19 incoming freshmen for the coming season, 10 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s. The 2014-2015 season will be the first season with the two genders in separate programs under separate head coaches, as the team plans to hire two new head coaches after Peter Brown‘s retirement.

The men’s class is headed by Florida’s Riley Springman, an IMer and butterflyer. Springman comes in with a 200 fly time that would have place in the Ivy League championship final a year ago, and also has scoring potential in both IMs. Springman should be a good pickup to fill in for graduated star Tommy Glenn, who won multiple Ivy League titles in the 200 fly over his career.

A pair of California pickups (Willy Lee and Talbot Jacobs) also come in with Ivy League scoring times, Lee in both backstrokes and Jacobs in the 500 free.

For the women, New Jersey product Sarah Cronin comes in with a 200 free time that would have A-finaled last year. She’s also a potential point-scorer in the 100 free, and should be a big relay factor for Brown as well. Aja Grande is a sprinter from Hawaii with B final times in the 50 and 100 free, plus 100 breast, and another New Jersey swimmer, backstroker Jenna Zagoren, would have scored last year with her lifetime-bests as well.

Recruiting Lists (with best times, courtesy of Brown Swimming & Diving)

Men

Bryce Campanelli: Diving – Palmyra, VA – Fluvanna County HS – Wahoo Diving Club

Grant Casey: Distance Free – Attleboro, MA – Oconee County HS – Attleboro Bluefish
1650 Free: 15:47.64
1000 Free: 9:23.73
500 Free: 4:35.91

Josh Daniel: Sprint Free/Fly – St. Lucia – Peddie School – Peddie Aquatic Association
50 Free: 21.28
100 Free: 46.64
100 Fly: 51.24

Joe Faller: Free/Fly – Andover, MA – Phillips Andover Academy – Andover YMCA
200 Free: 1:41.78
100 Free: 46.88
100 Fly: 52.13

Luke Hayhoe: Back/Free – Boca Raton, FL – St. Andrews School – St. Andrews Swimming
100 Back: 51.46
200 Back: 1:51.38
100 Free: 46.44

Talbot Jacobs: Free/Back – Orinda, CA – The College Preparatory School – Orinda Aquatics
200 Free: 1:39.38
500 Free: 4:27.96
200 Back: 1:49.80

Declan Kennon: IM/Free – Yonkers, NY – Fordham Preparatory School – Badger Swim Club
200 IM: 1:52.49
400 IM: 4:02.28
500 Free: 4:36.91

Willy Lee: Back/IM – Palo Alto, CA – Palo Alto HS – Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics
100 Back: 49.37
200 Back: 1:47.51
200 IM: 1:51.56

Riley Springman: IM/Fly – Maitland, FL – Lake Highland Preparatory – Highlander Aquatic Club
200 IM: 1:50.71
400 IM: 3:54.83
200 Fly: 1:47.84

Brendan Woo: Free/Fly/IM – Wyckoff, NJ – Ramapo HS – Wyckoff YMCA
200 Free: 1:41.05
200 Fly: 1:50.28
200 IM: 1:52.57

Women

Sarah Cronin: Free/Back – Westfield, NJ – Westfiled HS – Scotch Plains YMCA
200 Free: 1:49.37
100 Free: 50.97
200 Back: 2:03.20

Aja Grande: Free/Breast– Honolulu, HI – Iolani High School – Iolani Swim Club
50 Free: 23.31
100 Free: 51.08
100 Breast: 1:04.65

Natsumi Horikawa: Back/Free – Rockville, MD – Walter Johnson HS – Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
100 Back: 56.66
200 Back: 2:00.20
200 Free: 1:52.06

Hailey Jacobson: Breast/IM – Missoula, MY – Hellgate HS – Missoula Aquatic Club
100 Breast: 1:05.25
200 Breast: 2:19.32
400 IM: 4:30.99

Olivia Katcher: Free/Fly – Greenwich, CT – Miami Country Day – South Florida Aquatic Club
200 Free: 1:51.59
500 Free: 4:55.39
100 Fly: 57.86

Megan Pope: Diving – Palo Alto, CA – Castilleja HS – Stanford Diving

Korby Simpson: Free/Fly – Baltimore, MD – Bryn Mawr School – North Baltimore Aquatic Club
100 Free: 51.79
200 Free: 1:50.48
100 Fly: 56.60

Caroline Wolek: Free – Madison, CT – Daniel Hand HS – Soundview YMCA
100 Free: 54.99
200 Free: 1:58.09
500 Free: 5:22.85

Jenna Zagoren: Back/IM – Cherry Hill, NJ – Cherry Hill HS West – Jersey Wahoos
100 Back: 55.72
200 Back: 2:00.91
400 IM: 4:35.77