Tomas Christman '27 Recruiting Profile

I started competitively swimming at around age seven. My goal ever since then has been to train hard through a good college program and eventually qualify for the Olympics.

As I have grown up in Potomac Valley, the expectations from swimming have always been high. This has led me to be flexible in my events and to swim ones which are not commonly chosen so that it benefits the team as a whole, and so I can place higher. My strokes of choice are backstroke and breastroke and I will swim from 50’s to 500’s, although 200’s are my preference. Swimming is considered a single athlete sport, but I have come to realize a team and the support they provide is just as important.

I am very open to all feedback on my strokes. This has excelled me, and it is probably because I swim for two clubs as well. My main club is the Potomac Marlins, but I also swim for Wakefield, a local high school. Swimming for both clubs has given me access to the experiences of high school and club swimming as well as opening diverse pathways for feedback. I also swim year-round and have participated in summer swim in Delaware where my family goes for volleyball. On top of regular practices, I also do specialized weight training programs for explosiveness in the pool.

Outside of the pool, I perform exceedingly in academics and have a 4.0 GPA with honors classes and have maintained it throughout middle school and the current year. I have also been accepted into the BLAST academic program as an eighth grader and have been identified as gifted. I think the reason I excel in academics is because swimming has taught me to be patient and to approach problems with different solutions.

I would love to go to a college with a strong swim and academic program to serve both of my talents as both are tantamount. In attending this ideal college, I am fine if it is a long distance away, as I understand sometimes devotions must be made.