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Open Water Nationals qualifier Jackson Scheiber has signed to compete for the College of Minnesota starting in fall 2025. Scheiber hails from Cary, North Carolina. Along with competing for the New Wave Swim Staff and his highschool, Athens Drive, Scheiber has been part of the North Carolina Open Water Zones Staff for the final 5 years.
“I selected the College of Minnesota to proceed my educational and swimming careers as a result of I felt at house the second I stepped on campus. I’m very grateful for my coaches at New Wave Swim Staff for serving to me obtain my objectives and grateful to the Minnesota coaches for offering me with the chance to be a part of their group, Go Gophers!”
Moreover, Scheiber advised SwimSwam that whereas open-water swimming shall be much less of a spotlight throughout his collegiate profession, he nonetheless hopes to seek out time to swim open water when he can.
Unsurprisingly given his open-water success, Scheiber’s finest occasions within the pool are the gap freestyle occasions. On the 2023 Winter Juniors – East Championships, Scheiber had his highest end within the 1650 freestyle, the place he completed twenty eighth with a 15:38.92 that also stands as his lifetime finest.
Greatest Instances (SCY):
- 500 free: 4:26.65
- 1000 free: 9:14.03
- 1650 free: 15:38.92
- 200 free: 1:39.50
Scheiber has used his highschool profession to tackle some untypical occasions for him. After racing the five hundred freestyle on the 2022 and 2023 NCHSAA 4A Japanese Regional Championships, Scheiber determined to tackle the 100 breast and 200 free on the 2023-24 version of the championships. The transfer paid off to the tune of two finals, the place he earned bronze within the 100 breaststroke (59.52) and fifth within the 200 free (1:41.46). He’s since been quicker in each occasions, together with swimming a 58.38 100 breaststroke on the 2024 NCSA Spring Championships.
The College of Minnesota has quietly assembled a robust distance group this season, highlighted by fifth-year Joey Tepper, senior Bar Soloveychik, and freshman Luke Brennan.
Scheiber’s 1650 freestyle time would’ve scored on the 2024 Males’s Large Ten Championships, which is vital for Minnesota as a result of by the point Scheiber will get to campus, all three of their scorers from that meet may have graduated. Minnesota completed fifth on the 2024 Large Ten Championships—they have been over 100 factors forward of Northwestern however would’ve wanted to attain roughly 200 extra to problem Wisconsin for 4th place.
Scheiber joined Jack Hackler, Ethan Kosin, Edward Stoltz, Ethan Schutten, and Oliver Schimberg in signing for the Minnesota males’s class of 2029 final week.
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