Freestyle & Butterfly Specialist Camp Hartman Announces Commitment To Navy For Fall 2027

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Camp Hartman of Jacksonville, Florida, has dedicated to swim and research at the USA Naval Academy, starting within the 2027–2028 faculty 12 months. He trains year-round with the Bolles Faculty Sharks and attends the hooked up unbiased school preparatory faculty.

Hartman confirmed the dedication in an electronic mail to SwimSwam, and offered the next quote:

I’m past honored to announce my dedication to The USA Naval Academy! Thanks to God, my household, my coaches, and everybody else who has supported me alongside the best way. Additionally, an enormous thanks to Coach Invoice, Coach Mark, and Coach Jake for giving me this superb alternative. I’m tremendous excited to be part of the staff you guys are constructing! God bless America!! Go Navy, Beat Military!!

Hartman is a middle-distance specialist who is powerful throughout the 100-500 freestyles, along with each butterfly occasions. He loved important time drops in the course of the 2024-25 season, coming into the 12 months with private bests of 47.75 (100 free), 1:43.12 (200 free), 4:39.08 (500 free), and 53.81 (100 fly), whereas he hadn’t swum the 200 fly in years. By season’s finish, his occasions had improved to 46.09, 1:40.56, 4:31.74, 50.97, and 1:52.04.

Although it’s nonetheless very early within the 2025-26 season, he’s already off to a robust begin in his junior 12 months. On the Bolles vs. Wolfson vs. UCS twin meet final month, he received the 100 fly in 50.82, a lifetime greatest in his solely swim of the meet.

Two weeks later, Hartman lined up behind the blocks on the Florida Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation (FHSAA) 1A Area Championships, the place he dropped seven-tenths to take second within the 100 free (45.78) and just below a second to say silver within the 200 free, breaking 1:40 for the primary time at 1:39.67. Whereas he didn’t contest the meet final 12 months, it marked a robust enchancment from his sixth and seventh-place finishes within the 200 and 500 free as a freshman.

Subsequent up is the FHSAA 1A State Championships, scheduled to happen in only a few days’ time. As a freshman, Hartman touched the wall eighth within the 500 free (4:39.08) and thirteenth within the 200 free (1:44.53), although he didn’t compete on the meet final 12 months.

Prime SCY Occasions:

100 Freestyle: 45.78
200 Freestyle: 1:39.67
500 Freestyle: 4:31.74
100 Butterfly: 50.82
200 Butterfly: 1:52.04

Navy is led by head coach Invoice Roberts, who’s coming into his twenty third season on the helm of this system. The staff completed second to Military West Level on the 2025 Patriot League Championships, failing to earn the convention crown for the primary time since 2005.

With two years left earlier than he heads to Annapolis, Hartman’s occasions would already be helpful to the Midshipmen on the convention meet. This previous season, his lifetime bests would have earned him a spot in ‘B’ remaining of the 200 free, and the ‘C’ remaining within the 500 free. It took occasions of 45.64 (100 free), 50.19 (100 fly), and 1:50.95 (200 fly) to safe ‘C’ remaining slots in his different high occasions.

On the staff itself, Hartman’s greatest occasions would have ranked him seventh within the 200 fly, twelfth the 200 again and 200 free, thirteenth within the 500 free, fifteenth within the 100 fly, and seventeenth within the 100 free in the course of the 2024–25 season. Senior Everet Andrew topped the charts within the 100 free (43.69) and 200 free (1:35.26), whereas sophomore Ben Mauldin clocked the main 500 free time at 4:22.61. Sophomore Ben Irwin recorded the quickest fly swims at 47.27 and 1:42.99.

Hartman joins Zachary McNabb, Ryan Baldwin, Alex Jungbluth, and Parker Efird in Navy’s class of 2030.

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