{"id":657539,"date":"2026-11-15T07:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T15:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=657539"},"modified":"2026-11-15T07:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T15:04:34","slug":"australian-sprinter-ethan-haegebaert-picks-tennessee-for-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-sprinter-ethan-haegebaert-picks-tennessee-for-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Sprinter Ethan Haegebaert Picks Tennessee for 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Australian Sprinter Ethan Haegebaert Picks Tennessee for 2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Tennessee has scored a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Australian international <strong>Ethan<\/strong> <strong>Haegebaert<\/strong> of Wahroonga, New South Wales. Haegebaert is a talented sprinter.<\/p>\n<p>He will join\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tennessee-secures-2028-verbal-from-bolles-school-sharks-noah-stotler\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Stotler<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in Knoxville as a member of the Vols&#8217; Class of 2032.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding his commitment, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>&#8220;I am extremely excited to announce my verbal commitment to pursue my athletic and academic career at the University of Tennessee! Above all I would love to give thanks to my family, none of this would be possible without them. I would also like to give thanks to my friends, and coaches, helping me become the person and swimmer I am today. A special thanks to <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ff6600\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/levelup.athleticss\/\">@levelup.athleticss<\/a> for assisting me through this amazing journey. Finally, a massive thanks to Coach Matt, Caleb and the entire Tennessee coaching staff for this amazing opportunity! Go Vols\u203c\ufe0f <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz  _aa9_ _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ff6600\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/gbo%F0%9F%8D%8A\/\">#GBO\ud83c\udf4a<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Haegebaert trains year-round with Knox Pymble Swim Club. He placed fifth in the 50m back and sixth in the 50m free at the Australian SCM Championships last month after taking 15th in the 50m free at Australian Trials in June. He earned silver in the 50m free and bronze in the 100m back at Australian Age Group Championships back in April.<\/p>\n<p>In LCM, his best times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50m free &#8211; 22.39<\/li>\n<li>100m free &#8211; 50.86<\/li>\n<li>50m back &#8211; 27.22<\/li>\n<li>100m back &#8211; 56.51<\/li>\n<li>50m fly &#8211; 25.33<\/li>\n<li>100m fly &#8211; 56.50<\/li>\n<li>200m IM &#8211; 2:08.81<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In SCY, those times convert to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 free &#8211; 19.47<\/li>\n<li>100 free &#8211; 44.40<\/li>\n<li>50 back &#8211; 23.19<\/li>\n<li>100 back &#8211; 48.31<\/li>\n<li>50 fly &#8211; 22.16<\/li>\n<li>100 fly &#8211; 49.60<\/li>\n<li>200 IM &#8211; 1:51.67<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tennessee finished third at the 2026 Southeastern Conference Championships and fifth 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>Australian Sprinter Ethan Haegebaert Picks Tennessee for 2028 NEW COMMIT:\u00a0The University of Tennessee has scored a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Australian international Ethan Haegebaert of Wahroonga, New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":657540,"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":[61683,135877,177],"class_list":["post-657539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-agon-high-school-recruits-page","tag-ethan-haegebaert","tag-tennessee"],"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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