2025 Worlds Swimmer Tomer Shuster Of Israel Joining Kentucky In January 2026

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Tomer Shuster has introduced his dedication to proceed his tutorial and athletic careers at Kentucky. He’ll be part of the group in January 2026.

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Shuster represents Israel on the worldwide degree and most not too long ago competed on the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. There he swam in prelims of the 50 again, swimming a 25.34 for thirty third. His lifetime finest is a 24.97 from Might at Israel’s World Championship Trials.

Shuster’s Greatest LCM Occasions With SCY Conversions Are:

50 again: 24.97 (21.95)
100 again: 54.55 (48.06)

The Kentucky males completed ninth out of 11 groups on the 2025 SEC Championships and went on to complete twentieth at 2025 NCAAs. Ryan Merani led the group at SECs and was highlighted by a fifth place end within the 200 butterfly.

The group simply completed its second season underneath head coach Bret Lundgaard. This offseason, the group employed Matt Martinez, Cauli Bedran, and Karissa Kruszewski and has had success bringing in recruits, particularly on the worldwide degree. Martinez is the group’s recruiting coordinator.

Based mostly on his finest transformed occasions, Shuster would have been fifth on the group this previous season within the 100 backstroke. His 50 again finest transformed time would have been 2nd, simply behind Devin Naoroz who led the group’s 200 medley relay off at SECs in a 21.49.

Though he won’t arrive till the spring, Shuster is a member of the recruiting class coming into within the 2025-2026 season. It’s a world heavy class that additionally consists of Lithuania’s Dziugas Miskinis, Falemana Lopez Tuufui and Lysander Osman of France, as properly asGabriel Perdigao Vieira de Barros from Brazil.

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