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Irish swimmer Matthew Walsh-Hussey has dedicated to the College of Michigan starting this fall, giving the Wolverines added depth within the freestyle and backstroke departments subsequent season.
Walsh-Hussey is coming off a robust displaying on the Irish Olympic Trials final month, putting third within the 50-meter backstroke (personal-best 26.33), 4th within the 100 again (personal-best 56.24), and eighth in each the 50 free (23.63) and 100 free (52.26). He received the SCM 100 again title ultimately December’s Irish Winter Championships with a personal-best 54.31, dropping greater than half a second off his earlier greatest from 2022.
Walsh-Hussey additionally competed on the European U23 Championships final August, putting sixtieth within the 100 free (52.09).
“I’m extraordinarily excited and grateful to announce my dedication to the College of Michigan to proceed my tutorial and swimming profession,” Walsh-Hussey mentioned. “I can’t thank my household, coaches, buddies, teammates and the NAC Swim Membership sufficient for his or her unwavering help over time as I do know I wouldn’t be on this privileged place with out them. Thanks Coach Matt Bowe and Coach Aaron Bell for giving me this chance. Go Blue!! 〽️”
Finest LCM Instances (Transformed to SCY)
- 50 free – 23.07 (20.06)
- 100 free – 50.67 (44.20)
- 50 again – 26.33 (23.18)
- 100 again – 56.24 (49.58)
Walsh-Hussey’s greatest transformed LCM instances would have squeaked him into the C-finals of the 50 free and 100 free at February’s Large Ten Championships whereas arising simply quick within the 100 again. Whereas he seems to have began as a freestyle specialist, he’s now a quickly enhancing backstroker, having dropped nearly two seconds in 2023 and greater than a second up to now this yr.
Half of Michigan’s 2024 recruiting class are worldwide abilities heading into British head coach Matt Bowe‘s second season on the helm of this system. Britain’s Henry Grey, Israel’s Inbar Danziger, and Canada’s Lorne Wigginton will be a part of Walsh-Hussey together with home recruits Rian Herrmann, William Savarese, Thomas Farney, and Tyler Tannenberger.
The Wolverines positioned third at February’s Large Ten Championships with 1,153.5 factors, behind solely Ohio State (1,226) and Indiana (1,520).
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