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Xavier Ruiz from Puerto Rico will swim and research on the College of North Carolina in Chapel Hill starting this fall. On the time of his dedication final yr, he wrote on social media:
“I’m very pleased to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my lecturers and athletic profession on the College of North Carolina-Chapel Hill!! I wanna thank my household for at all times supporting me throughout my recruiting course of, and to my coaches Dani, Emma and Bambino for all of the assist.I’m very grateful to educate Javi, Mark and your complete UNC employees for making this dream come true. I’m actually excited to change into a tar heel and make historical past with this group. GO TAR HEELS💙🐏”
Ruiz swims for Ridgefield Aquatic Membership in Connecticut when he’s stateside and for San Juan Cariba when he’s in Puerto Rico. 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier within the 100m breast and 200m breast, Ruiz is certainly one of our “Better of the Relaxation” recruits on our re-rank of high boys from the highschool class of 2024. He represents Puerto Rico internationally and is the nationwide record-holder within the LCM 50/100/200 breast (28.14/1:00.95/2:12.54) and SCM 50 breast (28.20).
At 2023 Winter Juniors East, he received the 200 breast (1:54.97) and got here in third within the 100 breast (53.46) and earned SCY greatest instances within the 100/200 breast and 200 IM. This summer time, he competed on the Connecticut Senior Lengthy Course Championships and clocked PBs within the LCM 200 again (2:10.15) and 400 IM (4:27.75). He received the 100/200 breast and 400 IM and he got here in fifth within the 200 again.
Greatest SCY instances:
100 breast – 53.46
200 breast – 1:54.97
200 IM – 1:51.05
Ruiz will be a part of the Tar Heels within the class of 2028 with JT Schmid, PJ Foy, Sean Setzer, Adam Maraana, Brady Start, Eddie Jin, James Bennison, Martin Kartavi, and Nate Hohm. UNC completed eighth out of 11 groups on the 2024 ACC Championships. Ruiz would have been their second-fastest breaststroker behind then-freshman Ben Delmar (52.70/1:53.08), with whom he’ll overlap three years.
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