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Carmel, Indiana’s Andrew Shackell, who announced his verbal pledge to Cal two days after that of his twin sister, Alex Shackell, has now flipped his commitment to Texas. His older brother, Aaron Shackell, announced his transfer to Texas in early May, a month after the appointment of new head coach Bob Bowman.
“I’m beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of Texas. I want to take this opportunity to thank Coach Plumb and Coach Pfaff as well as Coach Bowman. HOOK ‘EM 🤘”
Like his siblings, both of whom made the U.S. Olympic team for Paris, Shackell swims for Carmel High School and Carmel Swim Club. As a junior at the Indiana High School State Swimming and Diving Championships, he placed 3rd in the 50 free (20.43) and 3rd in the 100 fly (48.26), narrowly missing his lifetime bests in the respective events. He achieved those times (20.27/47.68) at Winter Juniors East last December, where he finished 18th in the 50 free and 11th in the 100 fly. He also picked up new PBs in the 100 free (45.69), 200 free (1:39.32), and 200 fly (1:50.34). His best times in those events (45.49/1:38.82 in the freestyles and 1:49.99 in the fly) come from CSC’s Winter Invitational in January of this year.
All told, in the 9 months since he first committed to swimming in college, he has dropped 1.8 seconds in the 100 fly, 0.9 in the 200 fly, 1 in the 200 free, 1.1 in the 100 free, and 1 in the 50 free.
Best SCY times:
- 100 fly – 47.68
- 200 fly – 1:49.99
- 200 free – 1:38.82
- 100 free – 45.49
- 50 free – 20.27
Shackell will join the Longhorns’ class of 2029 with Clem Camacho, Evan Conti, John Simmons, Michael Gorey, and Rafael Fente-Damers. Texas enters the SEC on July 1, 2024, after having dominated the Big 12 conference for 45 years (including championship titles for the last 28 years straight). It took 47.06/1:45.84 to get second swims in the 100/200 fly at SECs this past season, and 19.68/42.92/1:35.40 to score in the freestyle events.
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