CollegeSwimming has the A&M men, anchored by Troskott, ranked at the #13 recruiting class. Texas was ranked #12, despite having one of 4 recruits in the nation who received a top score of 1.0.

http://collegeswimming.com/news/2010/jul/20/ranking-classes-m-11-25/

"#13 Texas A&M - Over a quarter-century Mel Nash quietly built A&M into one of the nation’s most-competitive, yet most-overlooked programs. When AD Bill Byrne, with blood on his hands from two previous swim programs, turned the program over to longtime assistant Jay Holmes many worried about the Aggies’ future.

Worry no more. Holmes and Associate Head Coach Doug Boyd landed a couple of big Swedes in Henrik Lindau and Simon Frank. They also landed up-and-comer Kyle Troskot. He’s the latest in an ever-growing list of Canadians, following the likes of Riley Janes, Matt Rose, Eric Sehn, not to mention five current Aggies on the women’s roster.

Donnie Walker is the only in-state signee but Aggie loyalties run deep across the state and the graduating class of 2011 is even better than 2010. If Holmes and Boyd can do with this class what they’ve done with the past few (admittedly weaker) they’ll be flying higher than ever."

The Women were ranked 23rd...which is darn impressive with only 2 announced recruits. This class will hinge on how well Sarah Henry recovers from her knee injury, which by all indications will be outstandingly.

"If we were handing out grades, Texas A&M would get an incomplete on this year’s class. With only two announced recruits it makes it tough to grade, but since we’re ranking classes, not grading them, we’ll slot them in at #23.


Sarah Henry out of Garner, NC is as good as it gets - with a perfect recruit score of 1.0, she’s ranked in the top 1% of all high school recruits in eight different events. Erica Dittmer is no slouch either, coming in as one of the top breaststrokers in the country.


While #23 understates the impact of this class, we hope Steve Bultman won’t take too much offense. After all, the Aggies crowned their first two NCAA champions and have enjoyed a pair of top-six finishes over a couple other highly-touted classes from a rival Lone Star school."

Both sets of Aggie coaches are known for doing more with less, so you've gotta take these ranks for what they are, and know that when all is said and done and we're looking in hindsight, both will be top 10 groups.

I'm not exactly in the know - but the list of recruits is definitely not complete.

A&M women signed a diver from Austin Longhorn Aquatics - but I don't remember her name.

Lara Slesnick is someone I have seen swim since she was 12. Very good all around middle-to-distance oriented swimmer. She was 2nd at 4A state in the 500 with a 5:00.

A&M men also have Trevor Dielman from Round Rock Westwood. 21 50 free, 57 100 breast, 46 100 free.

There must be more - especially on the women's side.

The women's list was release a few weeks ago, so anyone very new wouldn't show up.

And I'm sure the info is incomplete. There's always some missing between CollegeSwimming and SW.

I haven't seen any list of recruits on Aggieathletics for either the men or women.

Link?

Shouldn't this thread title read Aggie SWIMMING Recruit rankings? Just sayin'

Feel free to discuss pole vaulting recruits in this thread as well.

http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/02/14/cypress_sun/sports/021010_swimming_feat_cyp.txt

Ashley and Camille (Natalie) Adams to the women's team

I haven't seen a women's release yet either although many of the signees have not been announced. I don't know whether it is because the coaches thought it best to withhold the announcement or the SID is busy with another sport. However, we REALLY miss Chris Harrell as the SID. The prior announcements during Chris' tenure with the pictures and bios were really nice for the new recruits and a good recruiting tool. The women's team would have been ranked much higher in the College Swimming recruit rankings if all of the new signees had been announced.

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Agree that Chris always did a great job. Don't know what the current issue is a function of, but since Chris left there's been a hugely noticable increase in the time it takes to relay information. I hear that they now share SID's with football...not sure if this is true, but it would explain why there hasn't been a release yet...

Yes, feel free to discuss all "other sports" recruiting rankings in this thread.

[This message has been edited by AGBlastoff (edited 7/22/2010 8:34a).]

Other notables for the women. Just some quick time searches so if others want to go more in depth by all means do.

Katherine Caldwell - br (1:02.8, 2:16.1)
Melissa Cooper = Br (1:03.2) Fr (23.6)
Wylie Escobeo - Fr (23.8, 50.9) Bk (54.8, 2:00.1) Fl (55.8)
Anna Heller - Bk (53.3, 1:57.2) IM (2:02.1, 4:19.3)
Liliana Ibanez - fr (25.70, 56.04, 2:02 LCM)
Breeja Larson - Br (1:02.5, 2:22.4) Fr (23.8)
Paige Miller - Fl (27.4, 1:02.1 LCM)Fr (26.38 LCM)
Kim Pavlin - Bk (55.4, 1:59.4) IM (2:01.5, 4:23.4)

Divers are Jessica Macaulay and Claire Toomey

Escobedo a solid 5A swimmer from Austin High and TXLA. Beat Pavlin in 100 back at 5A state.

Pavlin a solid 5A swimmer from SA Churchill. Overshadowed by Moldenhauer.

Toomey dives for TXLA. I think her parents are Ags.

You mean this Anna Heller?

http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/w-swim/mtt/heller_anna00.html

Is she transferring? That would be a solid pickup for the Ags...Heller was 24th at NCAA's in the 100 back last year...

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Updated rosters for men and women are now online.

http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/w-swim/mtt/tam-w-swim-mtt.html

http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/tam-m-swim-mtt.html




[This message has been edited by halco87 (edited 9/3/2010 5:40p).]

Thanks - but you have the women's roster listed twice.

Are there any pleasant surprises?

I'm told the men's coaches hit Europe hard with much success this past year. This class, which includes a pair of Swedes and a Frenchman in addition to Troskot, should pay immediate dividends for the guy's team. Should Bergstrom and Denisyako be properly replaced on backstroke, this guy's team could be Jay and Doug's best yet.

Bultman and Duchac did a hell of a job recruiting this past year. There is no way any coach can replace some of the ladies he lost last year, but he did an excellent job of doing the best he could. He has himself a top 5-10 class without a doubt and a solid base in place for the future (which was crucial for the long-term success of the program). It goes without saying that Henry and Adams were huge pickups but I was particularly impressed with the number of breaststrokers and the addition of the Mexican sprinter. Those were huge need areas that they stepped up and filled.

Job well done by both staffs.

Well said by LOB.

Those guys' freshmen will be very good immediately on relays (at least two of them are already sub-20's in the 50 free), and have a chance to be able to extend beyond the relays to some solid individual points. This is a top 10 team this year, and will be an outstanding core for the next 4 years. If the coaches keep recruiting this way, and everyone develops as expected, this could be a top 5-or-6 team within a few years.

The state of Texas HS graduating class wasn't as great as it has been the past few seasons, so it was a smart move to go overseas. Next year, however, will be a phenomenal class of in-staters. Hope they can grab a few of the top guys. That would effectively improve the program while simultaneously keeping them away from Texas, which would make it a double bonus.

The girls won't replace Heiss/Wilkinson/Atkinson et. al's points this year. Unless Texas has another implosion with their taper, I'm not sure the women win Big 12's again. But that class that just left was so huge for this program, you can't fault anybody for that. Still a great class coming in. The big question mark is Sarah Henry, their top recruit. She seems to be recovering well from her knee injury, and everything I've read says she's as tough as they come. The breaststrokers were definitely a huge area of need, and the coaches did very well, especially in grabbing Heller from Oregon State, as she's a "mature" swimmer and won't be coming in straight out of high school. She also gives some diversity in the ages, so in another 4 years we don't lose all of our breaststrokers again.

Fixed...that's what I get for posting after a long workday. Let's just agree that I knew the men's roster can be found on aggieathletics after clicking on the women's roster.


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im a little more optimistic about the mens program. if they do what they're capable of, these boys could be this years cinderella story.............tell me i was wrong in the spring!

PTK, where do you think they'll finish?

SUPER excited about this years class, and the outlook for years to come.

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well said Blastoff. A huge year this year will make A&M that much more appealing for the texas high schoolers, and can hopefully sway them over the to the Station to be "game changers" for our program, rather than sending them to the capital to swim on the B squad.

Dont be surprised if the guys nab another foreigner in January to come in and finish out the season with us. I haven't heard anything on this front officially, but that is something Jay/Doug have a history of doing.