#10 in 2024, Chase Swearingen, Makes Verbal Commitment to Kentucky

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Chase Swearingen from Westerville, Ohio, has introduced his intention to swim and examine on the College of Kentucky. The highest 100 butterflyer within the cohort, he’s our Tenth-ranked recruit on the Manner Too Early Record of top-20 boys in the highschool class of 2024.

“I’m really blessed to announce my dedication to the College of Kentucky! Thanks to all of my coaches and my teammates all through the years, who’ve helped me attain this aim! Thanks to all the coaches at The College of Kentucky, for believing in me and giving me this chance! Go Cats🐱!⚪️🔵#bbn”

Swearingen is a junior at Westerville Central Excessive Faculty. He got here in third within the 100 fly (47.17) and third within the 100 breast (55.21) as a sophomore on the 2022 Ohio State Excessive Faculty Division 1 Championships final February. He went finest instances in each occasions in prelims on the state meet. As a freshman, he got here in fourth within the 100 fly (49.46) and ninth within the 100 again (50.38).

In membership swimming, the place he represents New Albany Aquatic Membership, Swearingen confirmed off his dash prowess on the NCSA Spring Championships, ending third within the 50 breast (24.78), seventh within the 50 fly (21.96), sixth within the 100 fly (47.88), eighth within the 200 fly (1:49.12), and fifteenth within the 50 free (20.93).

Greatest SCY instances:

• 50 fly – 21.82
• 100 fly – 47.12
• 200 fly – 1:47.92
• 50 free – 20.56
• 100 breast – 55.19
• 200 breast – 2:08.35
• 200 again – 1:57.60
• 200 IM – 1:54.41

Swearingen is a pleasant pickup for the Wildcats, who completed eighth out of ten groups within the males’s meet at 2022 SEC Championships. He would have been Kentucky’s quickest 100 flyer by 1.2 seconds final season and would have solely missed qualifying for the B closing by .18. He wouldn’t have been far off qualifying for the C closing within the 200 fly (it took 1:46.58) and would have ranked fourth on the UK roster behind Mason Wilby (1:40.15), Jackson Mussler (1:44.19), and Zane Rosely (1:45.03). He can be a giant assistance on the medley relays, as his flat-start 50/100 fly instances are already each half a second sooner than UK’s rolling-start splits final yr.

Swearingen is the primary of our ranked swimmers to announce his dedication.

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