{"id":656258,"date":"2026-10-28T18:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=656258"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:10:41","slug":"club-wolverines-justin-okopny-to-remain-in-state-with-2028-verbal-to-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/club-wolverines-justin-okopny-to-remain-in-state-with-2028-verbal-to-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Wolverine&#8217;s Justin Okopny to Remain In State With 2028 Verbal to Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Club Wolverine&#8217;s Justin Okopny to Remain In State With 2028 Verbal to Michigan<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Michigan has secured an in-state verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from\u00a0<strong>Justin Okopny\u00a0<\/strong>of Northville, Mich., located about 20 miles from Ann Arbor. Okopny is a Junior National qualifier who excels in freestyle and backstroke.<\/p>\n<p>He will join\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michigan-garners-2028-verbal-pledge-from-butterflyer-spencer-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spencer Greene<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michigan-adds-imer-isaiah-silver-to-class-of-2032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Isaiah Silver<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michigan-lands-2028-verbal-from-ncsa-bronze-medalist-tyler-kominski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tyler Kominski<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michigan-snags-2028-verbal-from-colorado-5a-state-champion-treyvn-krauss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Treyvn Krauss<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/maryland-state-champion-leopold-nurit-sends-2028-verbal-to-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leopod Nurit<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michigan-lands-first-2028-verbal-from-wisconsin-state-champion-max-garbacz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Garbacz<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in Ann Arbor as a member of the Wolverines\u2019 Class of 2032.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding his commitment, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>&#8220;I\u2019m thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Michigan! First, I want to thank my family, friends and teammates for helping me along this path. Next I would like to thank Coach Rich and all the CW coaches. Special thanks to Coach Matt, Coach Gunnar and the rest of Michigan coaching staff for giving me this opportunity. GO BLUE!!! \u303d\ufe0f\u303d\ufe0f&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okopny does his club swimming with Club Wolverine and capped off his summer season at Madison Futures where he placed seventh in the 200m free and 17th in the 400m free. He earned three best times at Four Corner Speedo Sectionals back in March and finaled in the 100 back and 200 back.<\/p>\n<p>His best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 free &#8211; 1:39.88<\/li>\n<li>500 free &#8211; 4:31.48<\/li>\n<li>1000 free &#8211; 9:30.93<\/li>\n<li>100 back &#8211; 51.87<\/li>\n<li>200 back &#8211; 1:52.91<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently a junior at Northville High School, Okopny placed third in the 500 free and sixth in the 200 free at the 2026 Michigan Division I State Championships, also helping his 4&#215;50 medley team win and his 4&#215;100 free relay take second. 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