Futures Qualifier Eleni Charnas Sends Verbal to San Diego for 2026

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Quicksilver Swimming’s Eleni Charnas has verbally dedicated to the College of San Diego as part of the ladies’s 2026 recruiting class.

I’m excited to share that I’ve dedicated to swim D1 on the College of San Diego!

Thanks to Coach Carrie, Coach Andre, and the remainder of the teaching workers at Quicksilver Swimming to your years of assist. Thanks to Coach Mike and Coach Shawna as nicely for this chance to proceed my swimming and tutorial profession at my dream faculty.

One other thanks to Crosssgates Swim Membership for the countless recollections and motivation to get sooner. If it was not for this magical workforce, I’d not be swimming within the first place.

Lastly, I’m most grateful for my mother and father and their assist and the sacrifices they made for me. They had been the important thing to my success and love for swimming.

I can’t watch for the following 4 years within the Huge West! Go Toreros!

Charnas hails from San Jose, Calif., the place she represents Quicksilver and swims at Pioneer Excessive College.

On the USA Swimming Futures Championships in Sacramento (LCM) this previous summer time, Charnas’ finest end got here within the 50 freestyle, the place she completed forty seventh in 27.64. Moreover, she completed forty ninth within the 100 free (1:00.01) and 56th within the 200 free (2:12.87).

One in all her finest brief course outings got here on the BVAL Championship (SCY) in April. There, she notched a finest time within the 100 free, clocking 52.00. She additionally touched 24.07 within the 50 free, marking a brand new finest on the time, earlier than swimming 24.02 a month later on the CIF Central Coast Part Championship.

Her skillset goes past dash freestyle, holding finest instances within the 200 freed from 1:56.85, 59.42 within the 100 butterfly, and 1:08.87 within the 100 breaststroke.

Greatest Instances SCY:

50 Free: 24.02
100 Free: 52.00
200 Free: 1:56.85
100 Fly: 59.42
100 Breast: 1:08.87
200 IM: 2:15.52

The San Diego girls are presently competing within the Huge West convention this season as affiliate members after spending final season within the Mountain Pacific Sports activities Federation, the place they completed 2nd on the convention championships.

Primarily based on Charnas’ finest instances, she would have completed twenty first within the 50 free, sixteenth within the 100 free, and twenty fourth within the 200 free on the 2025 Huge West Swimming and Diving Championships.

Charnas is already in scoring place or simply outdoors together with her present bests, with a yr nonetheless to enhance upon them.

Charnas is presently the one publicized dedication for San Diego in the highschool class of 2026.

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