With the high school class of 2021 officially beginning their college swimming careers, the focus now shifts to the high school class of 2022. Many of the top athletes in the class have already announced their verbal commitments to colleges around the country, including 19 out of the 20 girls and 16 out of the 20 boys ranked in SwimSwam’s Rankings of the High School Class of 2022.
However, there are still several notable athletes who have yet to announce their commitment to any school. Although several factors may be contributing to this, it is impossible to know when they’ll officially announce which college they are going to.
On the boy’s side, there are currently 4 top-20 recruits who have not committed to a college yet, they are #6 Sebastien Sergile, #9 Sam Powe, #11 Zhier Fan, and #15 Andres Dupont Cabrera.
All four swimmers currently reside in states that are home to some of the top NCAA programs in the country, Sergile is from Georgia, Powe is from Tennessee, Fan is from Texas, and Dupont Cabrera is from Florida. With this, it seems likely that at least one of these swimmers will remain in-state.
Sergile, who competes for Swim Atlanta is an incredibly versatile swimmer, who focuses primarily on the mid-distance freestyle and butterfly events. Since early 2020, Sergile has quickly evolved into one of the top talents in this entire recruiting class, dropping over 3 seconds off of his 200 freestyle time, 5 seconds off of his 200 butterfly, and 3 seconds off of his best time in the 200 IM since the end of the pandemic lockdown. Sergile is also coming off of a strong summer in the long course pool, where he placed 3rd overall in the 200 butterfly at Wave I of US Olympic Trials, just missing Wave II.
Powe is another swimmer who saw huge drops last year. When the rankings for the High School Class of 2022 originally dropped in 2020, Powe wasn’t even mentioned on the list. However, he rose all the way to the #9 ranked recruit in 2021 after dropping over 6 seconds in the 200 backstroke (1:48.4 to 1:42.3), putting himself on the cusp of an NCAA-invite time. Powe also has decent range in the 100 and 200 freestyle, giving him value as a relay swimmer in the NCAA format.
Fan is the best breaststroke prospect in the entire class, holding times of 53.36 in the 100 breast and 1:56.99 in the 200 breast. Although he hasn’t dropped as much as some of the other swimmers in his class during his junior year, Fan still saw several personal bests in 2021, including a 1 second drop in the 100 breast, a 2 second drop in the 200 breast, and a 2 second drop in the 200 IM.
Cabrera represents Mexico internationally, but like quite of few of our top class of 2022 swimmers with international roots, he trains out of the U.S. and competes at the club and high school level within the United States. Although he focused more on long course for the 2021 season, attempting to qualify for Mexico’s Olympic Team, Cabrera still made big strides in the short course pool. Like Powe, he was unranked in the initial rankings for the class of 2022, but managed to drop times of 20.28, 43.91, and 1:35.60 in the freestyle events to slot himself into the conversation.
Several other “Best of the Rest” recruits are also still uncommitted, including
- Reid Miller (Sprint Freestyle: 20.2/44.8/1:37.4)
- Riley Sampson (Distance Freestyle: 15:25/9:11/4:22.7/1:38.0)
- Ronald Dalmacio (Backstroke: 48.2/1:46.0)
- Justin Bender (Breaststroke: 54.3/1:59.7)
- Tom Caps (Breaststroke: 55.1/2:02.0 – but a long course 1:03.1BR)
Top Uncommitted Swimmers: Boy’s High School Class of 2022
| 6 | Sebastien Sergile | SwimAtlanta | GA |
200 free – 1:35.13, 200 fly – 1:44.05, 200 IM – 1:47.71, 400 IM – 3:49.25, 100 fly – 48.35, 200 back – 1:46.98, 100 free – 44.31, 500 free – 4:23.30, 1650 free – 15:32.55
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| 9 | Sam Powe | McCallie GPS Aquatics | TN |
200 back – 1:42.39, 100 back – 47.07, 200 free – 1:37.76
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| 11 | Zhier Fan | Metroplex Aquatics | TX |
100 breast – 53.36, 200 breast – 1:56.99, 200 IM – 1:47.76, 400 IM – 3:57.15, 200 back – 1:45.44
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| 15 | Andres Dupont Cabrera | Bolles School | FL |
200 free – 1:35.60, 100 free – 43.91, 50 free – 20.28, 100 fly – 48.77
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| Best of the Rest | Reid Miller | SwimMAC | NC |
50 free – 20.2, 100 free – 44.8, 200 free -1:37.4
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| Best of the Rest | Riley Sampson | Central Florida Marlins | FL |
1650 free – 15:25, 1000 free -9:11, 500 free – 4:22.7, 200 free – 1:38.0
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| Best of the Rest | Ronald Dalmacio | Rose Bowl Aquatics | CA |
100 back – 48.2, 200 back -1:46.0
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| Best of the Rest | Justin Bender | Spartans Aquatic Club | GA |
100 breast – 54.3, 200 breast -1:59.7
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| Best of the Rest | Tom Caps | Aulea Swim Club | HI |
100 breast – 55.1, 200 breast – 2:02.0 – but a long course 1:03.1BR
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| N/A | Matthew Chai | Fullerton Aquatic Sports Team | CA |
1000 free – 9:15.00, 1650 free – 15:21/99, 200 free – 1:44.90
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| N/A | Colby Hatton | Clovis Swim Club | CA |
50 free – 19.96, 100 free – 44.20
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| N/A | Hunter Lund | Premier Aquatics Club of Klein | TX |
200 free – 1:38.73, 500 free – 4:24.20, 1000 free – 9:07.23, 1650 free – 15:40.48
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| N/A | Jc Castrillon | Long Island Aquatic Club | NJ |
1650 free – 15:19.84, 1000 free – 9:12.44, 500 free – 4:26.33, 200 free – 1:38.19
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| N/A | Stuart Higdon | Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club | FL |
1650 free – 15:25.53, 1000 free – 9:09.28, 500 free – 4:25.26, 200 free – 1:39.53
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| N/A | Steven Bendoraitis | Scarlet Aquatic Club | NJ |
1650 free – 15:35.08, 500 free – 4:30.34, 200 free – 1:42.36
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| N/A | Luca PG Gissendaner | Scottsdale Aquatics Club | AZ |
100 breast – 53.50, 200 breast – 2:01.14, 50 free – 20.88, 100 fly – 50.68
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| N/A | Sage Sungail | Patriot Aquatics | FL |
50 free – 20.43, 100 free – 44.77, 200 free – 1:37.99, 100 back – 51.10, 100 fly – 49.99
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| N/A | Saavan Shah | Swim Atlanta | GA |
100 breast – 54.79, 200 breast – 2:00.72, 200 IM – 1:53.99
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| N/A | Max Vega Cuevas | Baja California | CA |
400 IM – 4:23.60, 200 IM – 2:04.75, 400 free – 4:04.27, 200 breast – 2:24.08 (all times in LCM)
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Hunter Lund committed to UNC back in July.
My boy Tom Caps is goated Every coach needs to hit the bro up!
Missing Drew Jalbert from CAC! Uncommitted 55.2 100 fly long course
Keep Indiana University, lead by GOAT Coach and Hall of Famer, Ray Looze, and Cory Chitwood and staff. They are taking kids and making them great!
How many of these kids are waiting for Stanford admissions? Anyone knows?
maybe some of the top 20 ones but the rest are probably waiting for an Ivy.
Not sure how accurate this is, but I heard Zhier Fan is committed, but is waiting to get official acceptance to the university before announcing it.
I thought I heard somewhere (perhaps on some recruiting twitter) that Gissendaner verballed to USC. He’s on the same Scottsdale Aquatic Club as current 2021 Trojan recruit Daniel Matheson.
UF needs some 200 Free and 200 Back help.
Sergile could help with Free/Fly