Winter Juniors Qualifier Drew Hilsmier Sends Verbal To Northwestern For Fall 2027

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Winter Juniors qualifier Drew Hilsmier has introduced his verbal dedication to swim and examine at Northwestern University starting within the fall of 2027. He publicized the information on SwimCloud, writing:

I’m past honored to announce my verbal dedication to Northwestern University! Thank you to Coach Rachel, Coach Jacob, Coach Mario and all the Northwestern teaching employees for his or her help all through this course of and for alternative to hitch them. Thank you to my household and Coach Bryan for his or her steady help alongside the way in which. Go ‘Cats!

A rising senior at Vestavia Hills High School in Alabama, Hilsmier has been a member of the college’s varsity swimming workforce for his freshman and junior seasons. He trains year-round with Wake Aquatics, the place he primarily makes a speciality of dash freestyle, butterfly, and backstroke.

Hilsmier is coming off a 2025-26 quick course season that noticed him drop over three seconds within the 100 fly, almost two seconds within the 100 free and 100 again, and virtually a full second within the 50 free. At the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) State Championships in November, he claimed his first state titles, profitable the 100 fly (49.67) and main off the victorious 400 free relay (45.27), whereas additionally ending third within the 100 again (51.18) and main off the third-place 200 medley relay (23.20), all private bests.

Hilsmier additionally certified and competed at Winter Juniors for the primary time this previous season. At the East location in December, he completed thirty seventh within the 50 free (20.53), ninety fifth within the 100 fly (50.51), and 108th within the 100 free (46.31), with the 50 free standing as his present lifetime finest.

He closed the season with one last PB, reducing his 100 again to 50.17 on the Southeastern Championship Meet on the finish of February.

Top SCY Times:

• 50 Freestyle: 20.53
• 100 Freestyle: 45.27
• 100 Butterfly: 49.67
• 100 Backstroke: 50.17

A Division I program, Northwestern competes within the Big Ten Conference, with the boys’s workforce putting fourth out of 9 groups on the convention championships this previous season. To earn a second swim on the meet, it took occasions of 20.19/43.71 within the 50/100 free, 46.48 within the 100 fly, and 46.54 within the 100 again, placing him a bit outdoors the cutoffs, although he nonetheless has two full seasons of coaching forward earlier than swimming at his first convention meet.

Hilsmier joins Spencer Belbot, Kealan Tupper, and Taylor Thongintra in committing to the Wildcat’s class of 2031 to date.

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