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Canadian freestyler Gabriel Ardeleanu, who raced on the 2025 World Cup cease in Toronto, has introduced his verbal dedication to swim for The Ohio State College starting within the fall of 2027.
“I’m proud and honoured to announce my verbal dedication to The Ohio State College to pursue an educational and athletic profession on the Division I stage! I need to thank my mother and father for making this doable, in addition to Coach Ian, Coach Jorge, Coach Kim, Coach Ulf, and Cobra Swim Membership for permitting me to do the game I really like and for taking an opportunity on a 13-year-old boy who had by no means swam competitively a day in his life. Who knew it will result in this? You’ve single-handedly helped form me into the individual and athlete I’m in the present day, and I’ll at all times be grateful to everybody who supported and believed in me.
I additionally need to thank Coach Invoice, Coach Norm, your complete Ohio State employees and athletes for making it really feel like house and believing in my potential. The work is simply starting… GO BUCKS ️️!!!”
Based mostly in Georgetown, Ontario, Ardeleanu just lately wrapped up his junior yr of highschool and trains with Cobra Swim Membership, the place he primarily specializes within the dash and mid-distance freestyle occasions.
Ardeleanu is comparatively new to the aggressive swimming scene, as he didn’t begin competing till he was 13 years outdated and has been racing for slightly below 4 years now.
Ardeleanu posted a collection of sturdy performances on the 2025 Ontario Championships (LCM) final summer time, logging a lifetime finest in 4 occasions. He gained the 200 free (1:53.89), 400 free (4:04.02) and 800 free (8:24.93 – PB). He additionally took the runner-up spot within the 100 free (51.83 – PB) and positioned ninth within the 400 IM (4:48.39 – PB) and 14th within the 50 free (25.12). He clocked a private finest time of 4:03.28 within the 400 free through the preliminary heats of the occasion.
Most just lately, Ardeleanu competed on the 2026 June Efficiency Meet (LCM), which noticed him clock two new private finest occasions. He prevailed within the 200 free (1:54.18), 400 free (4:08.66) and 800 free (8:29.38) and positioned 2nd within the 50 again (27.64 – PB), third within the 100 free (52.10) and seventh within the 50 free (24.65 – PB).
An equally sturdy competitor within the quick course occasions, Ardeleanu raced on the 2025 World Cup (SCM) cease in Toronto, delivering two lifetime finest performances. He contested the 100 free (51.27 – PB), 200 free (1:49.56 – PB) and 400 free (3:57.31). A number of months later, he threw down a string of prime swims on the 2025 Ontario Junior Worldwide meet (SCM); he positioned third within the 200 free (1:47.21), 4th within the 400 free (3:54.79) and twenty fourth within the 50 free (23.69), setting a finest time in every occasion. He additionally positioned sixth within the 100 free in 49.96 after delivering a finest time of 49.93 throughout prelims.
Finest Occasions SCM (SCY Conversion):
50 free – 23.69 (21.34)
100 free – 49.93 (44.98)
200 free – 1:47.21 (1:36.58)
400 free – 3:52.47 (4:25.68)
800 free – 8:22.57 (9:34.36)
A Division I program, Ohio State competes within the Large Ten Convention, with the boys’s crew taking third at this previous season’s convention championships earlier than sending seven athletes to compete on the NCAA Division I Males’s Championship, the place they positioned thirteenth general. To earn a second swim on the 2026 Large Ten Convention Championships, it took occasions of 20.19/43.71/1:35.63/4:21.99 within the 50/100/200/500 free, placing Ardeleanu exterior the cutoff in every of his prime occasions.
On the crew itself, Ardeleanu would have ranked seventh within the 200 free, eighth within the 500 free and sixth within the 1000 free this previous season based mostly on his projected SCY time conversions. With one other full season earlier than he joins the crew, it stays to be seen precisely how the roster will shake out.
At present set to hitch Ardeleanu in Ohio State’s class of 2031 are Caden Mahl, Will Van Zee, Jackson Hartzler, Luke Collins, Ewan Dalrymple, Colt Chaires and Camren Turowski, who ought to all make for sturdy coaching companions over their 4 years collectively.
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