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William Mulgrew, the second-fastest miler in the highschool boys’ class of 2025, verbally dedicated to the appliance course of at Harvard final month.
The 16-year-old Shawmut Aquatic Membership standout threw down a personal-best 14:48.26 within the 1650-yard freestyle earlier this month, which ranks fourth within the U.S. boys’ 15-16 nationwide age group (NAG) rankings and second in his class behind 17-year-old Indiana commit Luke Ellis (14:29.48). Mulgrew has been on an unbelievable trajectory over the previous 12 months, dropped 45 seconds since final December and leapfrogging high distance recruits equivalent to No. 4 Nathan Szobota (14:53.83), No. 5 Sean Inexperienced (14:57.10), and No. 7 Norvin Clontz (15:14.12) within the course of.
Mulgrew’s greatest mile time would already rank 4th in Harvard’s document e book with almost two years remaining earlier than becoming a member of the Crimson in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His 14:48.26 ranks as the very best 1650 free efficiency within the historical past of the New England Swimming LSC and would have positioned 2nd on the 2023 Ivy League Championships in addition to fifteenth on the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Mulgrew additionally broke 9 minutes within the 1000 free (8:58.95) for the primary time eventually week’s New England Senior Championships, setting a 15-16 LSC document and narrowly lacking Alex Kostich‘s open document (8:56.18) from 1987.
On the Winter Junior Championship – East meet originally of December, Mulgrew set private bests within the 500 free (4:25.70), 1650 free (15:05.90), 200 again (1:49.86), and 400 IM (3:56.20). Remarkably, he dropped 12 seconds within the mile at Winter Juniors earlier than decreasing one other 17 seconds off his lifetime greatest nearly per week later on the New England Senior Championships. His greatest 500 free time would have made the B-final on the 2023 Ivy League Championships.
Greatest Occasions (SCY)
- 1650 free – 14:48.26
- 1000 free – 8:58.95
- 500 free – 4:22.24
- 400 IM – 3:56.20
- 200 again – 1:49.25
At Might’s Professional Swim Collection cease in Mission Viejo, Mulgrew dropped almost 35 seconds off his greatest 1500-meter free time with a 15:36.10 to earn his first 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials lower.
Mulgrew seems to be the primary public dedication within the Harvard males’s 2025 recruiting class. The Crimson males gained the 2023 Ivy League title with 1,545 final season over Princeton (1,433.5). They’re led by head coach Kevin Tyrrell, who’s in his eleventh season on the helm of Harvard’s program.
“I wish to thank Coach Kevin and Coach Dan for giving me this chance,” stated Mulgrew, at the moment a junior at Xaverian Brothers Excessive College in Westwood, Massachusetts. “I might additionally prefer to thank God, my household, buddies, teammates and my Coach Susan. Go Crimson!”
Mulgrew is the son of a pair of Division I swimmers, Kevin and Suzanne, who each competed collegiately for Miami College in Ohio.
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