Badgers Add Another 2021 Verbal from Trials Qualifier Natalie Bercutt

Photo Courtesy: Natalie Bercutt Instagram (@nataliebbercutt)

NEW COMMIT: The University of Wisconsin has added a new verbal commitment to their growing class of 2025 from Davis, Calif. breaststroker Natalie Bercutt. She’ll join Katie McClintock and Abby Carlson as well as Nation’s Capital teammates Mackenzie McConagha and Paige McKenna in the fall of 2021.

Bercutt, who swims year-round with UCD Aquamonsters, owns the Olympic Trials cut in both breaststroke events. She placed 18th in the 100m breast and 200m breast at Junior Nationals this past summer after earning silver in both of those events at Mount Hood Futures. Last winter, she earned seven best times at NCSAs where her highest finish was a 24th-place showing in the 100 breast.

Photo Courtesy: Natalie Bercutt Instagram (@nataliebbercutt)

A current junior at Davis Senior High School, Bercutt is a four-time CIF Sac-Joaquin Section finalist. She won the 100 breast and placed 12th in the 200 IM as during her sophomore season while taking fourth and sixth, respectively, in those events as a freshman. She has also raced at the CIF State Championships both seasons.

In SCY, her best times include:

100 breast – 1:03.10
200 breast – 2:16.59
200 IM – 2:06.91
200 free – 1:54.59

In LCM, her best times include:

100m breast – 1:10.99 (Olympic Trials cut)
200m breast – 2:33.29 (Olympic Trials cut)
200m IM – 2:24.28

Bercutt will add much-needed breaststroke depth to the Badgers’ lineup when she arrives on campus in the fall of 2021 and will have one year of overlap with Jenna Silvestri. She’s just shy of scoring range in both breaststroke events at the Big Ten Championships but has consistently made improvements each season.

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