Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Iowa pipeline continues

The University of Iowa continues to look to Wisconsin high schools for swim recruits. Iowa just announced this year's recruits, and they included four top Wisconsin high school swimmers:

-- Katelyn Baltes of Verona;
-- Abby Tuchscherer of Oshkosh West;
-- Elise Borja of Waukesha South/Mukwonago;
-- Tyler Lentz of Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights.

Here's a rundown:

http://www.collegeswimming.com/news/2009/dec/15/iowa-women-sign-nine/

In the past two years, the Hawkeyes have lured state champs Tommy Ratdke of Cedarburg and Byron Butler of New Berlin to Iowa City. Look for even more recruiting trips by Iowa into Wisconsin in the coming years; it's hard to imagine this (http://www.recserv.uiowa.edu/geninfo/construction/eastcampus.htm)



won't continue to be a lure for Wisconsin swimmers, especially compared to this:



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those last two pictures and comments: OUCH!

Anonymous said...

OUCH is right! how much of a scholarship what % is it and did Wis. make a offer

bad touch said...

the iowa coaches are super, really straight forward, and don't overpromise...the new facility will be out of this world.

Anonymous said...

The problem isn't so much the facities, as it is the head coach. Hansen wants to be known as this nationwide recruiter and refuses to recognize this state's best swimmers. Take a look at the 2009 & 2010 WI Men's classes on collegeswimming.com. The number of quality swimmers going elsewhere is a disgrace. Hansen needs to step up his in-state recruiting.

Pool Buoy said...

good point. many a wisconsin swimmer has not been actively recruited by hansen in the previous years. Notable swimmers to not attend wisconsin include, Will Colbert, Mitchell F., Victor Leclere, Tyler Lentz, Josh Hall, Byron Butler, Steven Cebertowitz. Those are simply the ones on the top of my head though. recruit these men, and their team would be something special in my opinion.