Swim Team signs stellar class

by SwimTexas on Dec 21, 2007 9:50 PM CST

While the Mens swimming and Diving team won their own invitational this month, and are right now training to get ready for a dual with defending National Champions Auburn in January, their coaches were signing another great crop of guys to ensure future success.

I have seen two of these guys swim in person, and they are the real deal. More about them later in the season.

http://www.texassports.com/index.php...

Men’s Swimming and Diving signs nine to National Letters of Intent

AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas head men’s swimming coach Eddie Reese and diving coach Matt Scoggin announced Tuesday that nine prep standouts have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Longhorns’ swimming and diving program in the 2008-09 academic year.

Reese announced the signings of the following swimmers: Neil Caskey (Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS); Jimmy Feigen (San Antonio, Texas/Churchill HS); Eric Friedland (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson HS); Matt Hoyland (Mendota Heights, Minn./St. Thomas Academy); Hayes Johnson (Nashville, Tenn.); Donald Sutton (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons HS); Branden Whitehurst (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School) and Jackson Wilcox (Nashville, Tenn./Ensworth HS).

Two highlighted swimmers I have personally seen swim....

Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving Signees
Neil Caskey (Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS)
· Member of the 2006-07 USA National Junior Team
· 2007 Texas UIL Class 5A state champion in the 200 IM (1:50.04) and the 100 butterfly (49.50)
· The nation’s fifth-ranked high school senior in the 100 butterfly (49.50)
· Holds U.S. Olympic Trials cuts in the 100-meter butterfly (55.55) and the 200-meter butterfly (2:02.58)

Jimmy Feigen (San Antonio, Texas/Churchill HS)
· Member of the 2007-08 USA Swimming National Junior Team
· 2007 Texas UIL Class 5A state champion in the 50 freestyle and runner-up in the 100 freestyle
· The nation’s second-fastest high school senior in the 50 freestyle (20.29)
· Holds U.S. Olympics Trials cut in the 100-meter freestyle (51.52)

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Nice class

I saw Hoyland swim last year when I was helping my D-III team back when I was an undergrad and we were looking at a few of his teammates (St. Thomas Academy is a powerhouse up here)--I was highly impressed by his stroke and kinda figured he'd end up at the U of MN, just because that's where all the good swimmers from up here go to.

I'm also excited about Livingston and what he can do, speaking as a former diver. He's top-shelf and should be a great asset to the program

by MNLonghorn on Dec 22, 2007 2:24 PM CST reply actions

We never have enough sprinters...

...and Feigen should be a great addition. Caskey should be a great addition to our already strong lineup in the fly. Cypress and Churchill have been great feeders for UT Swimming for decades.

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by duras on Dec 22, 2007 7:36 PM CST reply actions

Agreed

There are a couple of sprinters in this class. Hoefully this will help future relays especially, as that is where Team titles are won and lost.

And Caskey is a beast.

"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese

by SwimTexas on Dec 25, 2007 2:09 PM CST up reply actions

Texas swimmers

I don't recall anytime in the past decade or so Texas having great distance swimmers. They've had some pretty good ones on the national level, but no guaranteed point winners at NCAA meet

Also, have there been any stud divers since the Dumais brothers left? Maybe I just haven't followed it close enough

Glad to see the stud sprinters, though. Those guys are always the highlight of a meet and extremely beneficial to the relays

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by FreedomDip on Dec 26, 2007 12:08 PM CST reply actions