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Kovacs is a U.S. Open qualifier who excels in freestyle and butterfly.<\/p>\n<p>He will join\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/indiana-secures-2028-verbal-from-ymca-national-champion-adam-barlow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Adam Barlow<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hoosiers-land-2028-in-state-verbal-from-carmel-swim-clubs-josiah-collins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josiah Collins<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/indiana-lands-first-2028-verbal-commitment-from-freestyler-sawyer-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sawyer Wilson<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in Bloomington in Fall 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding his commitment, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #a31212\"><strong>&#8220;I\u2019m excited to announce my verbal commitment to Indiana University! I\u2019m incredibly thankful for everyone who has helped me get to this point and supported me along the way. I\u2019m excited for this next chapter and all that\u2019s to come! Go Hoosiers! \ud83e\uddac&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>No stranger to IU&#8217;s program, Kovacs trains year-round with Indiana Swim Club. He most recently competed at Summer Nationals, earning best times in the 100m free (50.62) and 200m free (1:53.69). Last winter, he placed 10th in the 200 free at Juniors East before going on to take sixth in the 50 free and seventh in the 200 free at NCSA Spring Championships.<\/div>\n<p>His best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100 free &#8211; 43.79<\/li>\n<li>200 free &#8211; 1:36.12<\/li>\n<li>50 free &#8211; 20.03<\/li>\n<li>50 fly &#8211; 22.51<\/li>\n<li>100 fly &#8211; 48.43<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently a junior at Bloomington South High School, Kovacs won the 50 free and 100 free at the 2026 Indiana State Championships after taking second in the 100 free and sixth in the 200 free in 2025. He has earned NISCA All-American honors.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana won the Big Ten title in 2026 before going on to place third at the 2026 NCAA Championships.<\/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>Hoosiers Keep Local Product Peter Kovacs in Bloomington Starting in 2028-29 NEW COMMIT:\u00a0Indiana University has kept local superstar Peter Kovacs, a Bloomington native, in-state for his college career, as he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":655942,"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":[61683,31,138598],"class_list":["post-655941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-agon-high-school-recruits-page","tag-indiana","tag-peter-kovacs"],"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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