Duke Adds Breaststroker Addison Bitel For 2026

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Breaststroke specialist Addison Bitel has verbally dedicated to swim for Duke College within the fall of 2026. Bitel, a current runner-up at each the Southern Zone South Sectional Championships and the Florida Excessive Faculty 1A State Championships, presently trains with the Windermere Lakers and attends Windermere Preparatory Faculty.

At 15, Bitel acquired a Nationwide Age Group award for her fifth-place nationwide rating within the 100 breaststroke. She was additionally named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Crew for each the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons. Her sister, Lyndsey Huizenga, was a swimmer as properly and competed for the College of Tennessee.

“I’m past excited to announce my verbal dedication to pursue my educational and athletic profession at Duke College! I need to thank my household, mates, coaches, and all of the wonderful individuals I’ve met all through this course of. A really particular thanks to the coaches at Duke for this unimaginable alternative! I can’t wait! #gobluedevils 💙😈”

Bitel positioned 2nd within the 100 breast on the 2024 FHSAA Class 1A State Championship (SCY) in November, posting a season-best time of 1:02.65 whereas representing Windermere Preparatory. Classifications in Florida highschool swimming are primarily based on college enrollment, with Class 1A together with a number of the smallest colleges within the state.

Extra lately, Bitel posted a greatest time within the 200 breast on the 2025 Florida Senior Championship (SCY) in March. Her time of two:12.50 earned 2nd total and qualifies her for the 2025 Junior Nationwide Championships. She additionally made it to finals within the 100 breast (1:01.94), inserting 2nd with a season-best time and qualifying once more for Junior Nationals. Moreover, she secured third within the 50 breast with a personal-best of 28.67.

Bitel’s 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay crew each positioned 1st on the meet. She swam the breaststroke leg for each, posting splits of 28.56 and 1:01.27. Her 200 free relay crew completed in sixth place, with Bitel main off and recording a time of 24.25. She additionally led off her 400 free relay crew in 52.65 because the crew completed tenth. Her 50 free and 100 free instances from the relays stay her lifetime bests.

A few months earlier, in January 2025, Bitel posted three lifetime bests on the FL GOAT TYR Crew Problem (SCY). Her private information included the 200 IM (2:05.27) for third, the 100 fly (57.10) for seventh, and the 200 free (1:54.46) for seventh as properly. Her 200 IM time qualifies for the 2025 Futures Championship in Ocala. She additionally made it to finals in two different occasions, ending seventh within the 50 free (24.29) and 14th within the 100 free (53.49).

In October 2023, Bitel secured a lifetime greatest within the 100 breast as a sophomore on the FHSAA 1A Area 2 Championship (SCY), inserting 1st with a time of 1:01.86.

Bitel has additionally had success in lengthy course. She competed on the 2025 Southern Zone South Sectional Championships in February, inserting 2nd in each the 50 breast (33.20) and the 100 breast (1:12.32).

High Yard Occasions

100 Breast – 1:01.86
200 Breast – 2:12.50
100 Fly – 57.10
200 IM – 2:05.27

Duke positioned eleventh out of 15 groups on the 2025 Girls’s Atlantic Coast Championships, after ending fifth out of 11 the earlier yr. Bitel has the potential to assist strengthen Duke’s breaststroke group, as her 100 and 200 breaststroke instances would have been the second-fastest on the crew this season, behind junior Kaelyn Gridley.

Gridley posted instances of 58.14 and a pair of:05.71 this season, respectively, and positioned 4th within the 200 breast (2:05.91) and eighth within the 100 breast (58.72) on the 2025 NCAA Division I Girls’s Championship. Bitel also can contribute to Duke’s medley relay, with a 50 breast break up that may have ranked second on the crew as properly.

Bitel will be a part of recruits Lily Doyle, Emory DeGuenther, Quinn White, Gracyn Kehoe, and Riley Anderson on Duke’s campus within the fall of 2026. Kehoe has stable breaststroke instances, with a 1:01.72 within the 100 and a 2:14.46 within the 200. White can be sturdy in breaststroke, posting a time of 1:03.84 within the 100.

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