BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech men's swimming and diving recruiting class for 2023 has been ranked 15th in the country by SwimSwam.
Tech's class is headlined by a pair of versatile sprinters who specialize in freestyle, as No. 10-ranked Brendan Whitfield is joined by Lithuanian Daniil Pancerevas as the Hokies stock the cupboards for the future.
Whitfield is the only swimmer in the class to be sub-20 in the 50 free (19.4), sub-43 in the 100 free (42.6) and sub-1:34 in the 200 free (1:33.9), making him immensely valuable both individually and on relays. He's also one of the fastest in the 100 fly (46.2) and a notable backstroker (47.6/1:46.6).
Pancerevas heads to the NCAA after representing Lithuania at the 2023 World Championships, brining a similar freestyle level to Whitfield with long course best times of 22.9/49.6/1:48.9. He's also 48.0/1:45.0 in SCM, and has some fly (24.6/54.6) and IM (2:02.8) ability in LCM.
The third top-tier recruit in the class is Indian distance specialist Vedaant Madhavan, who has potential with 8:17/15:50 best times in the 800/1500 free in long course.
Zac Ouzilou adds some depth as a versatile sprinter (20.6/45.4 free, 48.9/1:48.2 back, 49.2 fly).
Top-tier additions: #10 Brendan Whitfield (Va. – free/fly/back), Daniil Pancerevas (Lithuania – free/fly/IM), Vedaant Madhavan (India – distance free)
The rest: Zac Ouzilou (N.J. – back/free), Alex Zoldan (Pa. – distance free), Rocky Ramsland (Md. – diving), Zachary Shaddy (Neb. – diving)