Tag: Class of 2025

Winter Juniors Finalist Bryce Ortanes Selects Notre Dame

Notre Dame continues to receive verbal commitments for its Class of 2025.

Notre Dame continues to receive verbal commitments for its Class of 2025. The latest swimmer to pledge his services to the Irish is Bryce Ortanes, a senior at Cherry Creek High School in the Denver area. Ortanes made the following Instagram post in announcing his decision:

Ortanes is at his best when it comes to the backstroke. That’s a relief to an Irish team that just graduated Jack Montesi, its best swimmer in that event last season. However, backstrokers Joe Hunt and Kaden Smesko will join Notre Dame this season.

In 2019, Ortenas was on a Cherry Creek team that won a state championship. He was on the relay teams that won both the 200-meter medley and 400 freestyle. Individually, he was fourth in the 50 freestyle (21.11 seconds) and eighth in the 100 backstroke (51.15).

Ortenas does his club swimming with the Aquawolves Swim Team, which he represented in the 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships. There, he set personal bests in the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 100 and 200 backstrokes.

The Irish landed a real winner here, and he should make an impact quickly upon arriving in South Bend.

Notre Dame Receives Commitment From Swimmer Reese Lugbill

The Notre Dame women’s swimming team has received another verbal commitment for the class of 2025.

The Notre Dame women’s swimming team has received another verbal commitment for the class of 2025. This one comes from Reese Lugbill of Mason, Ohio. The Irish will have plenty of bodies in the future as they now have 10 women’s swimmers for the aforementioned class.

Lugbill’s announcement is as follows:

“I am beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic careers at the University of Notre Dame!! Thank you to my family, coaches, and teammates who helped me get to this point! Can’t wait! Go Irish☘️”

Lugbill was an Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200-meter breaststroke. As a club swimmer for Mason Manta Rays, she finished in the top eight at the Southern Premier Invitational four times and was a finalist in the 400 individual medley at Juniors East. She also was 17th in the 200 breaststroke at Junior Nationals last summer.

For Mason High School, she has been a finalist for the Ohio State Championship six times. As a sophomore, she had her best finishes in her respective events: third in the 200 individual medley and fourth in the 100 breaststroke. She also was recognized as an NISCA and USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.

Olympic Trials Qualifier Parker Macy Selects Notre Dame

Notre Dame’s swimming program now has six members of the class of 2025.

Notre Dame’s swimming program now has six members of the class of 2025. The latest came earlier this week when Parker Macy of Irvine, California, announced his verbal commitment to the Irish. Notre Dame also has received commitments in the aforementioned class from Chris Guiliano, Owen Grimaldi, Andrew Guziec, Max Myers and Nick Tommasone.

The Olympic Trials qualifier made the following Instagram post as his announcement:

While swimming for Irvine High School, Macy has been a finalist for the CIF Southern DI Section Championship four times, twice apiece in the 100-meter breaststroke and the 200 individual medley. As a sophomore, he placed sixth in the latter event and ninth in the former. Both were improvements from his previous showing in the championships.

Macy is a club swimmer for Irvine Novaquatics. Besides making the Olympic Trials cut in the 200 breaststroke, he was a finalist in three events in the most recent Toyota U.S. Open. He had six personal best times at the College Station Sectionals and, last year, competed in three events at the Phillips 66 Nationals.