Cal Picks Up 2028 Verbal From European Junior Silver Medalist Noelle Benkler<\/b><\/p>\n
NEW COMMIT: <\/b>The University of California, Berkeley has scored a verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from international standout <\/span>Noelle<\/b> Benkler<\/b> of Regensburg, Germany. Benkler is a backstroke and IM specialist.<\/span><\/p>\n Regarding her commitment, she said:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cim SOOO excited and happy to announce my verbal commitment to the university of California, Berkeley to continue my athletic and academic career starting in fall 2028! HUGE thanks to everyone who supported me, especially my family, friends, coaches, physiotherapists and teammates! A special thank you to Coach Dave, Maya and Noah and the whole Cal stuff for making this possible and believing in me!! I\u2019m so grateful for this opportunity and super hyped to join this amazing swim team can\u2019t wait to be a golden bear AND a california girl GOOOO BEEAAAAARRSSS!\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Benkler trains year-round with SV Nikar Heidelberg. She most recently competed at European Championships in the 200m IM and 400m IM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n She earned silver medals in the 200m IM and 400m IM at the 2025 European Junior Championships. Benkler then placed fifth in the 200m IM at World Junior Championships a month later.<\/span><\/p>\n In LCM, her best times include:<\/span><\/p>\n In SCY, those times convert to:<\/span><\/p>\n Benkler won the 100 back, 200 IM and 400 IM at the German Short Course Championships last November. She then finished fourth in the 400 IM at the European Short Course Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n The Golden Bears finished third at the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships and fourth at the 2026 NCAA Championships. Benkler\u2019s best time (converted to yards) in the 400 IM would\u2019ve scored in the top 16 at last year\u2019s national championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you have a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to hs@swimmingworld.com.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cal Picks Up 2028 Verbal From European Junior Silver Medalist Noelle Benkler NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has scored a verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from international standout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":655065,"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":[61683,5007,136067],"class_list":["post-655066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-agon-high-school-recruits-page","tag-cal","tag-noelle-benkler"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n\n
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