NEW COMMIT: USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Ryan Linnihan has verbally committed to swim for Harvard University beginning next fall. Linnihan lives in Brookfield, Wisconsin and is a senior at Brookfield Central High School. He trains with Elmbrook Swim Club.
His focus is on sprint freestyle where his top SCY times are:
- 50 Free 20.57
- 100 Free 45.25
- 200 Free 1:43.28
- 50 Fly 24.52
In February at the High School Division 1 state championships, Linnihan won the 50 free (20.99). He was then fourth in the 100 (46.38). This summer he was the Wisconsin Long Course state champion in the 50 freestyle (24.10).
At last year’s Ivy League Championships Linnihan’s 50 freestyle time would have placed him in the B final. Harvard had two juniors in the A heat, the only members of the Crimson to earn second swims in that event. In the 100 free he’d be a C finalist. Harvard’s freshman star Dean Farris won (42.06) the event last year and was joined in the A final by two junior teammates.
Jake Johnson is also verbally committed to the Harvard Class of 2022.
