The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 1 Men's Swim & Dive Sign 14 to National Letters of Intent
11.16.2021 | Men's Swimming and Diving
AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 1 men's swimming and diving program in the NCAA announced the signing of 14 student-athletes to the 2022 class.
"The class of 2022 is one of our most exciting classes to date," associate head coach Wyatt Collins said. "It is full of guys from around the US and the world, who specialize in nearly every stroke, event, distance and board. They are all going to make immediate impacts on our program at the conference, NCAA and international level. Eddie [Reese], Matt [Scoggin] and I can't wait to get them on to the Forty Acres."
The new class features 12 elite swimmers and two top-notch divers highlighted by top-ranked ranked recruits from five different states.
Spencer Aurnou-Rhees | Swim | Bekley, OH
USA Team trials qualifier… No. 2 recruit from the state of Ohio… No. 42 overall in the 2022 recruiting class… 200 IM Champion at the USA Swimming Futures Championship – Richmond and a four-time finalist at the event… Two-time OHSAA State Championship finalist…
Ryan Branon | Swim | Baltimore, MD
Top-ranked recruit from Maryland in the 2022 class… No. 48 recruit in the 2022 signing class overall… Set the Maryland Swimming Record in the 100 Fly at the Speedo Summer Championships – East… Named to the 2020 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team… 2020 two-time Maryland Swimming Senior Short Course Championships champion in the 100 fly and the 200 fly (Maryland Swimming record)… Two-time National Catholic High School Championships champion (100 fly, 200 fly).
Charles Crosby | Swim | Mound, Minn.
Minnesota Class A Champion… No. 1 recruit in the 2022 class from the state of Minnesota… No. 44 in the 2022 recruiting class… 2021 Speedo Summer Championships – West – two-time finalist… Minnesota Long Course Senior State Championship finalist… Two-time Speedo Sectionals – Minneapolis, MN – finalist… 2020 two-time Minnesota Senior Championships finalist and two-time MSHSL Boys Class A State Championship champion.
Ethan Doehler | Swim | San Antonio, TX
No. 14 recruit in the 2022 class in the state of Texas… 2021 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America honoree… 2021 NISCA All-America honoree… Two-time champion at the TAPPS Division 2 State Championship in the 100-free and 100-breast… Two-time 2020 TAPPS Division I Championships finalist (100 free and 50 free).
Alec Enyeart | Swim | Kansas City, Mo.
Top ranked recruit of 2022 class out of the state of Missouri… No. 20 in the 2022 class overall… Three-time NCSA Summer Swimming Championships champion (400 free, 1500 free and 800 free)… Four-time finalist at the Speedo Summer Championships – West… Four-time champion of the Speedo Sectionals – Lenexa (800 free, 400 IM, 400 free and 1500 free) and a two-time finalist in the 200-free and 200-IM… Four-time Speedo Sectionals – Jenks – Champion.
Alec Filipovic | Swim | St. Charles, Ill.
No. 46 overall recruit in the 2022 recruiting class and No. 1 from the state of Illinois… Three-time 20202 Illinois Senior Championship finalist… IHSA 2020 Boys State Champion in the 100-fly and runner-up in 50-free… Two-time Champion at the 2020 IHSA Boys Sectional Championship – Saint Charles East.
Conor Gesing | Dive | Phoenixville, PA
Three-time district 1-3A Diving champion… Recipient of the Roy Moose Outstanding Diver of the Meet…. 2021 USA Diving Junior National Championship 3-meter finalist… Three-time finalist at the 2021 USA Diving Zone A Championships… Championed the 1-meter at the TNT Invitational… 2020 Whirlwind – LOB Winter Diving Classic – 1-meter champion.
Nick Harris | Dive | Huntington, W.V.
USA Diving 2021 Junior High Performance Squad member… 2019 1-meter Junior National Champion… 2019 Finalist 3-meter and platform… 2021 USA Diving Junior National Championships finalist in 1-meter and 3-meter… 2021 USA Diving Zone A Championships runner-up in 1-meter and Top 10 finisher inn 3-meter and platform.
Manning Haskal | Swim | Austin, Texas
No. 8 recruit from the 2022 class from the state of Texas… US Open Qualifier inn 200 and 500-free and a Winter Juniors qualifier in the 1000 and 1650-free… 2020 two-time 18&U Winter Championships -NT LAC – finalist… Four-time finalist at the 2020 Speedo Champions Series – East Los Angeles… Mid-distance and distance freestyle specialist… 2019 Team USA member at the Pan American Maccabi Games and four-time gold medalist.
Alexander Lyubavskiy | Swim | Russia
Russian Junior National Open Water Team and Swimming Team member… Russian Junior Champion in the 1500-free, the 800-free, 7 and 5K open water… Third-place in the 400-freestyle at the Russian Junior Championships in the 15-16 category.
Kobe Ndebele | Swim | South Africa
No. 76 in the 2021 recruiting class… A three-time 2021 South African Short Course Championships Finalist (200 free, 100 fly, 100 free)… South Africa Invitational Aquatic Champ finalist in the 50 free… Two-time South Africa National Short Course Championship finalist…
Holden Smith | Swim | Louisville, KY
A four-time Kentucky State champion… Top ranked recruit from the state of Kentucky in the 2022 class… Top 100 in the 2022 class… Three first-place finishes at the 18&U Winter Championships (100 fly, 100 back, 200 IM)… Second at the Speedo Sectionals in the 100 fly… Two-time champion at the KHSAA Region Four Championships (200 IM, 100 Fly)
Alex Turney | Swim | Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah state 100-breast record holder… Third-ranked recruit from Utah in 2022 class… Two-time Speedo Sectionals (Phoenix) Champion (200 breast and 100 breast)… Finalist in 200 IM… Two-time finalist at Utah Swimming SC Senior Championships… Utah 5A State Champion in the 100 breast and runner-up in the 100 fly.
Andrew Zettle | Swim | South Lake, Texas
No. 10 recruit in the state of Texas in the 2022 class… Brother to Alex Zettle, current Longhorn… Two-time finalist at the 2021 UIL 6A State Championship (200 free, 100 free)… Two-time UIL 6A Region 02 Championship finalist (100 and 200 free)… In 2020, was a 18&U Winter Championships – NT LAC – finalist, two-time UIL 6A Region 02 Championship finalist and UIL 6A District 05 Championship two-time finalist.
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