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Benton Grutter, a 2023 Winter Juniors finalist, is headed to Chapel Hill subsequent 12 months, the place he’s set to compete for the College of North Carolina starting within the fall of 2025.
“I’m very excited to announce my verbal dedication to the College of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! Thanks to my household, pals, and coaches who supported me all through my swim journey. GO HEELS!!!”
The Tennessee native at the moment swims year-round with McCallie GPS Aquatics, the place he focuses on dash free, fly and again.
A senior at McCallie College, a boys college-preparatory college in Chattanooga, Grutter has additionally been a key contributor for his college’s swim staff for the previous three years.
On the 2023 Speedo Winter Junior Championships, Grutter earned a second swim in each the 50 and 100 free. Posting private finest instances in each races, he positioned seventeenth within the 50 free (20.22) and twenty first within the 100 free (44.73). Grutter additionally time-trialed the 100 fly, which noticed him throw down a private finest time of 51.90.
Grutter wrapped up final 12 months’s brief course competitors season with a powerful exhibiting on the Better of the South meet again in March. He positioned 4th within the 100 again in a private finest time of fifty.48, fifth within the 50 free in a time of 20.40 and twenty fourth within the 100 fly in a brand new finest time of 51.63.
Finest Occasions SCY
- 50 free – 20.22
- 100 free – 44.73
- 100 again – 50.48
- 100 fly – 51.63
A Division I program led by head coach Mark Gangloff, UNC Chapel Hill competes within the Atlantic Coast Convention. On the 2024 ACC Championships, the Tarheels took eighth out of the 11 groups in attendance earlier than sending six swimmers on to compete on the NCAA Division I Males’s Championships.
To make it again for finals on the 2024 ACC Championships, it took instances of 19.68/43.31 within the 50/100 free, 47.19 within the 100 again and 46.76 within the 100 fly. Based mostly on his present finest instances, Grutter would fall exterior of those cutoff instances, however he might nonetheless see enchancment over the course of this 12 months.
On UNC’s staff itself, Grutter would have ranked fifth within the 50 free and ninth within the 100 free final season, though this can certainly change some as we see how the roster shifts between final season and his arrival subsequent fall.
Three different commits are at the moment set to affix Grutter in Chapel Hill subsequent season, as Granger Bartee, Sam Huggins and Julian Swiderski have additionally made their verbal commitments to affix the Tarheels’ class of 2029.
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