U.S. Open Qualifier Enzo Balbuena Commits to Cornell for 2026-27

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Enzo Balbuena from Campbell, California, has verbally dedicated to the admission course of* at Cornell College for 2026-27. He wrote on social media:

“I’m excited and honored to announce my verbal dedication to the admissions course of at Cornell College to additional my educational and swimming profession. An enormous thanks to my household for being my largest supporters all through my total recruiting course of, at all times encouraging me, conserving me grounded, and believing in me each step of the way in which. Additionally thanks to my coaches and teammates at Santa Clara Swim Membership for pushing me to the place I’m in the present day. An enormous thanks additionally to the Monarch Household for setting me up for fulfillment. Lastly, I want to thank Coach Wes and Coach Caleb for following me all through this course of and giving me this chance. Go Huge Purple”

Balbuena is a senior at Archbishop Mitty Excessive Faculty. He swims year-round with Santa Clara Swim Membership and makes a speciality of again, fly, and IM. As a junior, he gained the 100 fly (48.64) and was runner-up within the 100 again (49.85) on the 2025 CIF Central Coast Part Championships in Could. Every week later, he competed on the California State Meet and completed fifth within the fly (48.65) and eleventh within the 100 again (49.32), selecting up a PB within the latter. He additionally notched lifetime bests within the 50 free (21.32) and 50 again (23.46) main off the 200 free and 200 medley relays.

Balbuena beat three of these instances at Winter Juniors West, and added PBs within the 200 free and 200 IM, as nicely. He positioned twenty second within the 200 again and twenty third within the 100 fly and left Austin with new instances within the 200 free (1:39.39), 50 again (23.18), 100 again (49.09), 100 fly (48.10), and 200 IM (1:49.36).

Equally, he wrapped up the 2025 long-course season at Summer time Junior Nationals with lifetime bests within the 200 free (1:55.17), 50 again (27.15), 100 again (57.65), 200 again (2:05.86) ,and 50 fly (25.60). He finaled within the 100 again (twenty ninth) and 200 again (thirtieth), and completed 56th in prelims of the 50 fly, forty second within the 100 fly, 68th within the 200 fly, and 71st within the 200 IM.

Balbuena will be a part of Charles Wang, Chengze Duan, Jeremy Ting, Nate Yoon, Nathaniel Malcolm, and Yaron Li within the Huge Purple class of 2030. His finest instances would have scored within the ‘C’ finals of the 200 free, 200 again, 100/200 fly, and 400 IM on the 2025 Ivy League Males’s Championships.

Greatest SCY instances:

200 again – 1:45.89
100 again – 49.09
100 fly – 48.10
200 fly – 1:50.00
100 free – 45.17
200 free – 1:39.39
200 IM – 1:49.36
400 IM – 4:02.78

*Notice: A verbal dedication between an Ivy League coach and a potential student-athlete just isn’t a suggestion of admission, as solely the Admission Workplace has that authority. The coach can solely commit his or her assist within the admission course of. Ivy League Admission Workplaces don’t situation “Doubtless Letters” earlier than October 1 of the potential student-athlete’s senior 12 months of highschool. The Doubtless Letter, whereas issued after an preliminary learn of the coed’s software, just isn’t a suggestion of admission to the college.

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