AUSTIN, Texas, October 5. TWO-time reigning Swimming World Magazine National Female High School Swimmer of the Year Mary Beck made Teri McKeever's day recently as she switched her commitment from Texas to California.
"I went on my last trip this past weekend to Cal and made a commitment there," Austin Westlake's Beck told Swimming World. "It is a great school and was an absolutely perfect fit for me, and I am really looking forward to starting there in January."
Beck is a rare six-star prospect with some serious speed in the backstroke and IM events. She owns the overall national high school record in the 200-yard IM with a 1:56.45, and holds the public high school standard with a 53.03 in the 100-yard back. Last year, Beck had made an early verbal commitment to hometown Texas, but remained a soft verbal as she still took her official visits to other schools such as Indiana and Georgia before settling on California.
As a mid-season recruit, Beck will slide right into an already stocked recruiting class at Cal this year. Six-star Liv Jensen, and five-star Kirstyn Colonias and Sara Isakovic are other top notch freshmen competing for Cal this year.