Stanford is set.
The Pac-12 power notched five of the nation’s top 20 male recruits in the Class of 2016, according to CollegeSwimming.com.
Swimming World looked into each of Stanford’s top five 2016 commitments on the men’s side.
Grant Shoults
Shoults will be staying in his home state for college. The California native is the nation’s eighth ranked recruit for 2016.
Shoults specializes in middle to long distance freestyle events and will make an immediate impact on the Cardinal team. The high school senior has top times of 4:15.56 in the 500-yard freestyle, 1:34.54 in the 200-yard freestyle and 15:14.40 in the 1650-yard freestyle.
True Sweetser
Sweetser may own the coolest name in the class of 2016. He also is a standout swimmer.
Unlike Shoults, Sweetser is traveling across the country for college. Sweetser is the top rated recruit in the state of Florida and the tenth ranked recruit nationally.
Stanford gains another long distance freestyle in Sweetser. He owns top times of 14:49.43 in the 1650-yard freestyle and 4:16.63 in the 500-yard freestyle.
James Murphy
The top rated recruit in the state of Virginia, Murphy is the 12th ranked recruit nationally.
Murphy is a well rounded swimmer that can swim well in events from the 50-yard freestyle up to long distance events. He swims a 4:22.30 500-yard freestyle and a 9:06.02 1000-yard freestyle. Murphy also goes under 50 seconds in both the 100-yard butterfly and backstroke.
Benjamin Ho
Ho is the third ranked recruit in California, arguably the fastest swimming state in the country. He is also ranked 17th nationally.
Ho swims a 1:37.29 200-yard freestyle and a 1:48.86 in the 200-yard individual medley.
William Macmillan
Like Stanford’s other top recruits, Macmillan will look to make an immediate impact for the Cardinals.
The North Carolina native is ranked 20th nationally and boasts best times of 1:45.59 in the 200-yard butterfly and 1:37.73 in the 200-yard freestyle.
You forgot Hank Poppe; one of the best best breaststrokes in the class. This was your article: http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/breaststroker-hank-poppe-gives-verbal-to-stanford/
He’s not top 20, read the article!
Although he goes 53.31 and 1:02.84 which makes it hard to understand how that’s not ranked higher.