{"id":654049,"date":"2026-09-24T04:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=654049"},"modified":"2026-09-24T04:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:25:56","slug":"cal-golden-bears-earn-first-2028-verbal-from-top-ranked-backstroker-grant-bellin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cal-golden-bears-earn-first-2028-verbal-from-top-ranked-backstroker-grant-bellin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Golden Bears Earn First 2028 Verbal From Top-Ranked Backstroker Grant Bellin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cal Golden Bears Earn First 2028 Verbal From Top-Ranked Backstroker Grant Bellin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of California, Berkeley has received its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from backstroke <strong>Grant Bellin\u00a0<\/strong>of University Place, Wash. Bellin, one of the top recruits in this cohort, owns the fastest times in the 100 back and 200 back in his class.<\/p>\n<p>His father,\u00a0<strong>Daniel<\/strong> <strong>Bellin<\/strong>, swam for the Bears. His sisters\u00a0<strong>Gabi Bellin\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Gretta Bellin\u00a0<\/strong>swim for UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding his commitment, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>&#8220;I always knew I was a bear\u2026After numerous calls, visits and discussions, I have decided to follow my Dad\u2019s footsteps and continue my swimming &amp; academic career at UC Berkeley! The amount of dedication my grandparents (my #1 fans), parents &amp; coaches have put into my swimming career is simply extraordinary, and I want to give them the credit they deserve. Coach Durden, Noah &amp; Maya all welcomed me into their family to become a future cal bear and I am incredibly thankful to have been given this opportunity. GOOOO BEEAARRSSS!!!&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bellin is a Summer Nationals qualifier who trains year-round with King Aquatic Club. He most recently competed at Junior Nationals where he earned silver in both the 100m back and 200m back, also taking fourth in the 50m back. He took 19th in the 50m back and 100m back as well as 24th in the 200m back at Summer Nationals. He won the 200m back at Pacific Northwest Long Course 13&amp;O Championships this past summer, too.<\/p>\n<p>Bellin raced to fifth place in the 200 back at Juniors West in December before grabbing gold in that event at Washington Short Course Seniors a week later.<\/p>\n<p>His best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 back \u2013 22.63<\/li>\n<li>100 back \u2013 47.74 (best in class)<\/li>\n<li>200 back \u2013 1:42.72 (best in class)<\/li>\n<li>50 free \u2013 21.20<\/li>\n<li>100 free \u2013 45.53<\/li>\n<li>100 fly \u2013 50.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently a junior at Curtis High School, Bellin finished fifth in the 100 back at the 2025 Washington 4A State Championships as a freshman.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Bears won their second straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship title in 2026 before placing seventh at the 2026 NCAA Championships. Cal has won 11 conference titles in program history.<\/p>\n<p><i>If you have a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to hs@swimmingworld.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cal Golden Bears Earn First 2028 Verbal From Top-Ranked Backstroker Grant Bellin NEW COMMIT:\u00a0The University of California, Berkeley has received its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from backstroke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":654050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[61683,5007,138368],"class_list":["post-654049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-agon-high-school-recruits-page","tag-cal","tag-grant-bellin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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