{"id":112072,"date":"2014-10-12T11:54:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T18:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=112072"},"modified":"2014-10-12T12:36:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T19:36:17","slug":"2-ranked-andrew-seliskar-picks-california-photo-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2-ranked-andrew-seliskar-picks-california-photo-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 2 Ranked Andrew Seliskar Picks California (Photo Gallery)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott<\/p>\n

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MCLEAN, Virginia, October 12. \u00a0Andrew Seliskar, the second-ranked recruit in the nation according to CollegeSwimming.com<\/a>, has committed to attend the University of California-Berkeley after his senior year at Thomas Jefferson S&T in Virginia.<\/p>\n

There’s good reason why Seliskar is ranked so high in the Class of 2015 as the Nation’s Capital Swim Club member is outright dominant in his events. \u00a0Most of the highly-ranked swimmers in the class have top times ranked in the 900s in terms of power points, but Seliskar nearly has every event on his resume in the 1000-1100 range.<\/p>\n

Seliskar, who won the 200-meter fly, 200-meter IM and 400-meter IM events at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships this summer, had some of his fastest times ever at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. \u00a0Seliskar clocked a blistering 1:59.84 in the 200-meter IM then.<\/p>\n

In terms of the NCAA-heavy short course yards resume, Seliskar holds a 1:52.21 in the 200-yard breast, a 1:43.22 in the 200-yard IM and a 3:41.19 in the 400-yard IM. \u00a0And, that’s just his core group of events.<\/p>\n

While Seliskar is most know for his breaststroke, butterfly and IM skills, he’s also going to provide an immediate impact to Dave Durden’s sprint medley with a sizzling fast 50-yard back time of 20.36. \u00a0Seliskar is also one of the most versatile recruits in recent history with a 1:42.23 in the 200-yard back, a 1:42.55 in the 200-yard fly, a 46.89 in the 100-yard back and a 53.24 in the 100-yard breast.<\/p>\n

The big question for Durden will be whether he follows suit with the women’s coach at California Teri McKeever, and has his star recruit fill in holes on the team like Missy Franklin did her first year with freestyle events instead of focusing on her backstroke dominance. \u00a0Or, whether Durden will have Seliskar continue to develop where he is most dominant in the breaststroke and IM events.<\/p>\n

Seliskar is also a multiple-time national age group record setter with the 200-meter IM with current NAGs in the 200-meter IM (15-16) and 400-meter medley relay (15-16). \u00a0He also holdes short course NAGs in the 200-yard breast (15-16) and 200-yard IM (15-16).<\/p>\n

There’s little doubt that Seliskar is going to continue to get even better as his senior season progresses at NCAP.<\/p>\n