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November 13, 2026 | Swimming & Diving, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia men's and women's swimming and diving teams announced their 2026 signing class Friday.
The Bulldogs will welcome 13 new student-athletes to the roster for the 2027-28 season, including five men's swimmers, five women's swimmers, and three women's divers.
Carly Afanasewicz | Back/IM | Pearl River HS | Phoenix Aquatic Club | Pearl River, N.Y.
Afanasewicz attends Pearl River High School and swims for Phoenix Aquatic Club under coaches Don Wagner, Ryan Wagner, and Anthony Porto. She is ranked by SwimSwam as the No. 7 women's recruit nationally and the top swimmer in the 100y backstroke. She has qualified for three Winter Junior Championships and the Summer Junior Championships, reaching the 200y backstroke and 400y IM finals in winter 2025. This summer, she finished first in the 200m backstroke and 200m butterfly at the USA Swimming Futures Championship – Austin and competed in the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis. She has twice been named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Daria Chambers | Diving | Sir Frederick Banting Secondary | Forest City Diving Club | London, Ontario
Chambers attends Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School and dives for Forest City Diving Club under coach Jorge Carballo. She finished fifth on 3-meter at the 2026 Canadian Senior National Championships. She also represented Team Ontario at the 2025 Canada Games, finishing sixth on 1-meter and platform, along with a 17th-place finish on 3-meter.
Lexie Clarke | Diving | Coombe Wood School | Dive London Aquatic Club | Sanderstead, England
Clarke attends Coombe Wood School and dives for Dive London Aquatics Club under coach Kirsteen Mitchell. She has competed in major meets, such as the 8 Nations Youth Diving Meet, Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships, and Dresden Youth Diving Meet.
Camden Cook | Breast/IM | North Gwinnett HS | Swim Atlanta | Suwanee, Ga.
Cook swims for North Gwinnett High School under coaches Paul Callis and Patrick Lyons and for Swim Atlanta under coaches Chris Davis, Sr. and Chris Davis, Jr. For North Gwinnett, he won the 2026 GHSA Class 6A state title in the 100y breaststroke, setting a state record. He has also set Georgia state records in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and was named to the High School All-American Team in the 50y freestyle, 200y IM, and 100y breaststroke. For Swim Atlanta, he helped set a National Age Group record in the 200y medley relay and reached the U.S. U18 Nationals finals in the 50m breaststroke. He has been named four times to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Jordyn Glassley | Fly/IM | Carroll HS | Fort Wayne Swim Team | Fort Wayne, Ind.
Glassley swims for Carroll High School and Fort Wayne Swim Team under coaches Ben Sutton, Ciana Heaston, and John Gibson. She is ranked by SwimSwam as the No. 20 women's recruit nationally. For Carroll, she won the 2025 Indiana state championship in the 200y IM, along with relay titles in the 200y and 400y freestyles, helping her team earn back-to-back runner-up finishes in 2025 and 2026. She also set sectional records in both the 200y IM and 100y butterfly. This year, she was a three-time finalist at the NCSA Summer Championships and a three-time champion at the Indiana Swimming Senior Championships. She qualified for the 2025 Speedo Junior National Championships and multiple Winter Junior Championships. She has been named twice to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Alex Goodman | Free/Fly | Paul VI HS | Jersey Wahoos | Pennsauken, N.J.
Goodman swims for Paul VI High School under coach Connor Ploski and for the Jersey Wahoos under coaches Paul Donovan and Allie Fogleman. He was named by SwimSwam as a "Best of the Rest" recruit in the butterfly. For Paul VI, he has been named a three-time team MVP and to the First and Second Team All-State rosters, along with setting multiple club and school records. For Jersey Wahoos, he has qualified for the 2026 U.S. National Championships and four times for both the Winter and Summer Junior National Championships, including a bronze medal in the 100y butterfly at the 2025 winter championships. He has also been invited to National Select Camp, National Diversity Camp, and the Zone Select Camp. He has been named twice to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Will Hartig | Free/IM | Jamestown HS | 757 Swim | Williamsburg, Va.
Hartig attends Jamestown High School and swims for 757 Swim under coaches Graham Thatcher and Morgan Cordle. He has helped lead his club to eight Virginia Swimming state championships, including individual titles in the 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, and 1,500m freestyle at the 2026 Virginia Senior Championships. At this year's Speedo Junior National Championships, he placed second in the 1,500m freestyle and fifth in the 800m freestyle. He also competed in the TYR Pro Swim Series – Indianapolis in June, reaching the finals in the 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle.
Matias Ondrej Kristof | Free/Fly | Mount Kelly (Eng.) School | Mount Kelly Swimming | Bratislava, Slovakia
Kristof swims for Mount Kelly Swimming under coaches Greg King Limb and Emma Collings Barnes. He finished eighth for Slovakia in the 200m butterfly at the 2026 European Junior Championships and also competed in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly. He also placed third in the 100m butterfly at last week's Youth Olympic Games. He previously competed in the 2025 European Junior Championships, finishing 21st in the 200 fly. He also reached two finals in the 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly at the 2025 Multination Junior Meet and placed third in the 100m backstroke at the 2025 Slovakian Junior Championships.
Lucas Linderoth | Free/Breast/IM | Alleroed Gymnasium | Sigma Sharks | Alleroed, Denmark
Linderoth swims for Sigma Sharks under coaches Eyleifur Jóhannesson and Anton Andersson. He is the current Danish champion in the 200m IM and holds the Nordic junior record in the 100m IM. He represented Norway at the 2025 European Junior Championships, finishing 20th in the 200m freestyle and 30th in the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle, along with a sixth-place finish in the 400m freestyle relay.
Nikki Nixon | Free/Back/Fly/IM | Cardinal Gibbons HS | TAC Titans | Raleigh, N.C.
Nixon swims for Cardinal Gibbons High School under coach Jonah Turner and for TAC Titans under coaches Bruce Marchionda, Matt Mosher, Blake Addison, and John Payne. She is ranked by SwimSwam as the No. 3 women's recruit nationally and the top butterfly swimmer in the 2027 class. For Cardinal Gibbons, she was last year's NCHSAA Class 7A state champion in the 100y backstroke and 100y butterfly, following back-to-back Class 4A title in the 100 fly. She has also won two relay titles and holds four state records, earning Class 7A State Championships MVP honors in 2026. She also received 10 NISCA All-America citations and was recognized three times in the 100 fly in the NFHS National Record Book. In club competition, she has set five state swimming records, along with USA Swimming NAG records in the 200y medley and 400y medley relays. She has qualified for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials and the Short Course Worlds Trials, as well as three times for the U.S. Nationals, four times for the U.S. Open, and multiple Junior National and Futures championships. She has been named three times to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Asha Ring | Free | Australian Christian College | Sydney University | Sydney, Australia
Ring swims for Sydney University under coach Richard Scarce. Ring recently represented Australia at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, finishing seventh in the 200m freestyle and 12th in the 100m freestyle. She has represented her home nation at the World Aquatics Junior Championships and her state of New South Wales at two New Zealand Championships. She won the 16-year-old national titles in 2025 in the 50m, 100m, and 200m freestyle, and has also won five consecutive relay championships. For her club team, she has set multiple metro and state records, earning the 2026 Elite Performance Award Medal Winner.
Lydia Speaker | Diving | Lincoln Southwest HS | Nebraska Diving Club | Lincoln, Nebraska
Speaker dives for Nebraska Diving Club under coaches Landon Marzullo and Ford Mcliney. She has qualified for three USA Junior National Championships, reaching the platform semifinals at the 2025 event. She also placed second on the platform, sixth on 3-meter, and seventh on 1-meter at the 2025 USA Diving Zone D Championships, following fifth place finishes on 3-meter and platform at the 2024 Zone Championships.
Vivienne Zangaro | Free | Long Beach HS | Long Island Aquatic Club | Long Beach, N.Y.
Zangaro swims for Long Beach High School under coach Lynn Volosevich and for Long Island Aquatic Club under coaches Ginny Nussbaum and Dave Ferris. She is ranked by SwimSwam as the No. 12 women's recruit nationally and the top middle-distance swimmer in the class. For Long Beach, she has won five state champions, earning Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet at the 2025 championships. She has earned NISCA All-American honors and set two school and county records. She won the 400m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay titles at the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, while also finishing fourth in the 200m freestyle and 800m freestyle. This summer, she also finished second in the 800m freestyle at the Speedo Junior National Championships and placed 19th in the 400m freestyle at the U.S. National Championships. She has been named twice to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
The Bulldogs will welcome 13 new student-athletes to the roster for the 2027-28 season, including five men's swimmers, five women's swimmers, and three women's divers.
Carly Afanasewicz | Back/IM | Pearl River HS | Phoenix Aquatic Club | Pearl River, N.Y.
Afanasewicz attends Pearl River High School and swims for Phoenix Aquatic Club under coaches Don Wagner, Ryan Wagner, and Anthony Porto. She is ranked by SwimSwam as the No. 7 women's recruit nationally and the top swimmer in the 100y backstroke. She has qualified for three Winter Junior Championships and the Summer Junior Championships, reaching the 200y backstroke and 400y IM finals in winter 2025. This summer, she finished first in the 200m backstroke and 200m butterfly at the USA Swimming Futures Championship – Austin and competed in the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis. She has twice been named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Daria Chambers | Diving | Sir Frederick Banting Secondary | Forest City Diving Club | London, Ontario
Chambers attends Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School and dives for Forest City Diving Club under coach Jorge Carballo. She finished fifth on 3-meter at the 2026 Canadian Senior National Championships. She also represented Team Ontario at the 2025 Canada Games, finishing sixth on 1-meter and platform, along with a 17th-place finish on 3-meter.
Lexie Clarke | Diving | Coombe Wood School | Dive London Aquatic Club | Sanderstead, England
Clarke attends Coombe Wood School and dives for Dive London Aquatics Club under coach Kirsteen Mitchell. She has competed in major meets, such as the 8 Nations Youth Diving Meet, Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships, and Dresden Youth Diving Meet.
Camden Cook | Breast/IM | North Gwinnett HS | Swim Atlanta | Suwanee, Ga.
Cook swims for North Gwinnett High School under coaches Paul Callis and Patrick Lyons and for Swim Atlanta under coaches Chris Davis, Sr. and Chris Davis, Jr. For North Gwinnett, he won the 2026 GHSA Class 6A state title in the 100y breaststroke, setting a state record. He has also set Georgia state records in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and was named to the High School All-American Team in the 50y freestyle, 200y IM, and 100y breaststroke. For Swim Atlanta, he helped set a National Age Group record in the 200y medley relay and reached the U.S. U18 Nationals finals in the 50m breaststroke. He has been named four times to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Jordyn Glassley | Fly/IM | Carroll HS | Fort Wayne Swim Team | Fort Wayne, Ind.
Glassley swims for Carroll High School and Fort Wayne Swim Team under coaches Ben Sutton, Ciana Heaston, and John Gibson. She is ranked by SwimSwam as the No. 20 women's recruit nationally. For Carroll, she won the 2025 Indiana state championship in the 200y IM, along with relay titles in the 200y and 400y freestyles, helping her team earn back-to-back runner-up finishes in 2025 and 2026. She also set sectional records in both the 200y IM and 100y butterfly. This year, she was a three-time finalist at the NCSA Summer Championships and a three-time champion at the Indiana Swimming Senior Championships. She qualified for the 2025 Speedo Junior National Championships and multiple Winter Junior Championships. She has been named twice to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Alex Goodman | Free/Fly | Paul VI HS | Jersey Wahoos | Pennsauken, N.J.
Goodman swims for Paul VI High School under coach Connor Ploski and for the Jersey Wahoos under coaches Paul Donovan and Allie Fogleman. He was named by SwimSwam as a "Best of the Rest" recruit in the butterfly. For Paul VI, he has been named a three-time team MVP and to the First and Second Team All-State rosters, along with setting multiple club and school records. For Jersey Wahoos, he has qualified for the 2026 U.S. National Championships and four times for both the Winter and Summer Junior National Championships, including a bronze medal in the 100y butterfly at the 2025 winter championships. He has also been invited to National Select Camp, National Diversity Camp, and the Zone Select Camp. He has been named twice to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Will Hartig | Free/IM | Jamestown HS | 757 Swim | Williamsburg, Va.
Hartig attends Jamestown High School and swims for 757 Swim under coaches Graham Thatcher and Morgan Cordle. He has helped lead his club to eight Virginia Swimming state championships, including individual titles in the 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, and 1,500m freestyle at the 2026 Virginia Senior Championships. At this year's Speedo Junior National Championships, he placed second in the 1,500m freestyle and fifth in the 800m freestyle. He also competed in the TYR Pro Swim Series – Indianapolis in June, reaching the finals in the 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle.
Matias Ondrej Kristof | Free/Fly | Mount Kelly (Eng.) School | Mount Kelly Swimming | Bratislava, Slovakia
Kristof swims for Mount Kelly Swimming under coaches Greg King Limb and Emma Collings Barnes. He finished eighth for Slovakia in the 200m butterfly at the 2026 European Junior Championships and also competed in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly. He also placed third in the 100m butterfly at last week's Youth Olympic Games. He previously competed in the 2025 European Junior Championships, finishing 21st in the 200 fly. He also reached two finals in the 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly at the 2025 Multination Junior Meet and placed third in the 100m backstroke at the 2025 Slovakian Junior Championships.
Lucas Linderoth | Free/Breast/IM | Alleroed Gymnasium | Sigma Sharks | Alleroed, Denmark
Linderoth swims for Sigma Sharks under coaches Eyleifur Jóhannesson and Anton Andersson. He is the current Danish champion in the 200m IM and holds the Nordic junior record in the 100m IM. He represented Norway at the 2025 European Junior Championships, finishing 20th in the 200m freestyle and 30th in the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle, along with a sixth-place finish in the 400m freestyle relay.
Nikki Nixon | Free/Back/Fly/IM | Cardinal Gibbons HS | TAC Titans | Raleigh, N.C.
Nixon swims for Cardinal Gibbons High School under coach Jonah Turner and for TAC Titans under coaches Bruce Marchionda, Matt Mosher, Blake Addison, and John Payne. She is ranked by SwimSwam as the No. 3 women's recruit nationally and the top butterfly swimmer in the 2027 class. For Cardinal Gibbons, she was last year's NCHSAA Class 7A state champion in the 100y backstroke and 100y butterfly, following back-to-back Class 4A title in the 100 fly. She has also won two relay titles and holds four state records, earning Class 7A State Championships MVP honors in 2026. She also received 10 NISCA All-America citations and was recognized three times in the 100 fly in the NFHS National Record Book. In club competition, she has set five state swimming records, along with USA Swimming NAG records in the 200y medley and 400y medley relays. She has qualified for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials and the Short Course Worlds Trials, as well as three times for the U.S. Nationals, four times for the U.S. Open, and multiple Junior National and Futures championships. She has been named three times to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
Asha Ring | Free | Australian Christian College | Sydney University | Sydney, Australia
Ring swims for Sydney University under coach Richard Scarce. Ring recently represented Australia at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, finishing seventh in the 200m freestyle and 12th in the 100m freestyle. She has represented her home nation at the World Aquatics Junior Championships and her state of New South Wales at two New Zealand Championships. She won the 16-year-old national titles in 2025 in the 50m, 100m, and 200m freestyle, and has also won five consecutive relay championships. For her club team, she has set multiple metro and state records, earning the 2026 Elite Performance Award Medal Winner.
Lydia Speaker | Diving | Lincoln Southwest HS | Nebraska Diving Club | Lincoln, Nebraska
Speaker dives for Nebraska Diving Club under coaches Landon Marzullo and Ford Mcliney. She has qualified for three USA Junior National Championships, reaching the platform semifinals at the 2025 event. She also placed second on the platform, sixth on 3-meter, and seventh on 1-meter at the 2025 USA Diving Zone D Championships, following fifth place finishes on 3-meter and platform at the 2024 Zone Championships.
Vivienne Zangaro | Free | Long Beach HS | Long Island Aquatic Club | Long Beach, N.Y.
Zangaro swims for Long Beach High School under coach Lynn Volosevich and for Long Island Aquatic Club under coaches Ginny Nussbaum and Dave Ferris. She is ranked by SwimSwam as the No. 12 women's recruit nationally and the top middle-distance swimmer in the class. For Long Beach, she has won five state champions, earning Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet at the 2025 championships. She has earned NISCA All-American honors and set two school and county records. She won the 400m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay titles at the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, while also finishing fourth in the 200m freestyle and 800m freestyle. This summer, she also finished second in the 800m freestyle at the Speedo Junior National Championships and placed 19th in the 400m freestyle at the U.S. National Championships. She has been named twice to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team.
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