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Sofia Szymanowski from Newport Coast, California, has verbally committed to swim and study at the University of Michigan beginning in the 2027-28 school year. She confirmed to SwimSwam:
“I’m so excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Michigan! I want to thank my family, friends, and coaches for being so supportive throughout this entire process. A special thank you to Coach Nathan for believing in me every step of the way and my former coach, Coach Hickman for always cheering me on. I am so grateful for Coach Bryon, Coach Matt, Coach Priscilla, and the rest of the Michigan staff for giving me this amazing opportunity. GO BLUE! 💙〽️”
Szymanowski is a junior at Corona Del Mar High School. She swims year-round with Irvine Novaquatics and specializes in breaststroke, freestyle, and IM. We considered her an “Honorable Mention” on our Way Too Early list of top girls’ recruits from the high school class of 2027.
As a sophomore at the 2025 CIF-Southern Section Division I Championships, she was runner-up in the 100 breast (1:00.79) and 13th in the 200 IM (2:03.63). She led off CDM’s 200 free relay (23.84) and split a 27.97 breaststroke 50 on the medley relay. Three weeks later, she kicked of long-course season with PBs in the 100 breast (1:11.04) and 200 breast (2:34.09) at the Grand Challenge in her home pool.
By the end of the summer, she had brought those times down to 1:10.44/2:33.66. At Junior Nationals in Irvine, she placed 9th in the 50 breast (PB of 32.36 in prelims), 11th in the 100 breast (PB of 1:10.63), and 20th in the 200 breast (2:34.08). She then time-trialed the 200 IM and hit a new time of 2:23.34. A week later, at Summer Championships, also in Irvine, she finished 11th in the 50 breast (32.72), 7th in the 100 breast (1:10.44), and 7th in the 200 breast (2:33.66).
Szymanowski has improved her SCY lifetime bests in all her top events this fall. In November, she dropped .06 in the 50 free, 1.3 in the 200 free, 1.2 in the 200 IM. At Winter Juniors West, she placed 3rd in the 100 breast with her first sub-minute (59.97) performance, and she was 4th in the 200 breast with a PB of 2:12.09. The next weekend, at Walnut Sectionals, she lowered her 100 free time by 1.2 seconds.
Szymanowski will join swimmers Khanh Seaton, Leila Stafford, and Eunis Man, and diver Shannon Waldron, in the Wolverines’ class of 2031. She is already fast enough to score for Michigan in the ‘A’ final of the 100 breast and the ‘B’ final of the 200 breast at Big Ten Women’s Championships. She will be a welcome addition to the squad when she arrives in 2027, as Letitia Sim (58.56/ 2:07.28 last season) and Devon Kitchel (59.82/ 2:12.42 last season) will have graduated. She will overlap two years with Cecilia Howard and Sarah Pasquella, who rank 2nd and 3rd behind Sim so far this season.
Best SCY times:
- 100 breast – 59.97
- 200 breast – 2:12.09
- 200 IM – 2:01.61
- 200 free – 1:49.44
- 100 free – 50.60
- 50 free – 23.60
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