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Olympic Trials qualifier Whitaker Steward has given the College of Tennessee their first verbal dedication from the category of 2026.
“I need to thank my dad and mom for his or her assist by this course of and permitting me to comply with my instinct. To teach Tom Kleiboeker, thanks from taking me from a 13 12 months outdated sectional swimmer to Olympic Trials…I owe you a lot. Because of all my TST teammates for making each day a blast. To Coach Matt, I can’t wait to swim for you and see how far we are able to go collectively! Can’t wait to get to Rocky High with the remainder of my new brothers and sisters in Tennessee! Go Vols!”
Steward hails from Liberty, Missouri. He swims for Tsunami Swim Group of Kansas Metropolis and Kearney Excessive College, the place he’s a junior. He’s the 2nd-fastest miler within the cohort and we named him an Honorable Point out recruit on our Approach Too Early listing of the highest 20 boys in the highschool class of 2026.
In highschool swimming, Steward is a 3-time Missouri state champion. In November 2022, he received the five hundred free (4:34.41) and was seventh within the 100 again (53.16) as a freshman on the MSHSAA Boys Class 1 State Championships. Final season, he received each the 200 free (1:39.11) and 500 free (4:26.14), dropping practically 8.3 seconds year-over-year within the latter.
Steward adopted his sophomore highschool season with the 2023 U.S. Open, the place he competed within the 400/800/1500 free, and 2023 Winter Juniors West. There, he competed within the 200/500/1000/1650 free and 400 IM. He completed 1st within the 1000 (9:10.44), 4th within the mile (15:12.96), and twentieth within the 4IM (3:55.37). All three had been finest instances.
He completed the summer time with a bang, clocking LCM bests within the 100 again (1:01.92), 200 again (2:09.92), and 200 fly (2:10.66) at Columbia Sectionals, and within the 400 free (3:58.32), 800 free (8:08.43), 1500 free (15:33.75), and 400 IM (4:30.09) at Speedo Summer time Championships in Irvine.
Finest SCY instances:
- 200 free – 1:39.11
- 500 free – 4:26.14
- 1000 free – 9:10.44
- 1650 free – 15:12.96
- 400 IM – 3:55.57
Tennessee, recognized primarily as a dash powerhouse (with Jordan Crooks’ 17.99 and one other 7 swimmers beneath the 20-second barrier final season), had 3 milers rating at SEC Championships: Jake Narvid (14:57.29 for tenth place), Joey Tepper (15:11.86 for nineteenth), and Rafael Ponce de Leon (15:12.15 for twentieth). All three are seniors this 12 months.
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