UVA Swimming just broke the internet...

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8 ай бұрын

did you like the video yet?
UVA Swimming & Diving just put on a marketing clinic.
After announcing plans to host a high-energy exciting dual meet against Texas they rode that wave of attention and doubled down with the biggest recruiting class announcement in history which included #1 Maximus Williamson AND #1 Thomas Heilman.
They coordinated an announcement that they knew would make waves and ripple deep into the NEXT recruiting classes instead of just picking off announcements one at a time.
Well. Done. UVA.
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@derekm1918 8 ай бұрын

This was insane, I was at a meet, changing into my tech suit, and then EVERYONE started talking about how 5 top guys just committed to UVA 💀

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

Hit that like button. I’m late *to a party because of this. Worth it.

@BlossomyPen6275 8 ай бұрын

You have friends? Party?

@Eciplise 8 ай бұрын

Kyle is pushing out the fastest information. I just saw your tweet 😂

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

Cancelling Saturday evening plans for this 🫨

@timcheng21 8 ай бұрын

Imagine if NCAA swimming was like the nba where teams can trade, draft, and sign swimmers to their team. Would probably never happen but I think that would be very interesting especially a draft of all the best high school recruits

@isaacbarr8988 8 ай бұрын

yeah but recruits also go for college not just to swim

@Cyantist13 8 ай бұрын

Definitely not in college

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like a lot of the positives of a professional swimming league 👀

@hmmm....8305 6 ай бұрын

That is called 'N.I.L.'.....

@kronos4231 8 ай бұрын

I had a swim meet today and now I get to see 2 Kyle sockwell videos in the same day? Let’s goooooo

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

LETS GOOOOOOO

@BlossomyPen6275 8 ай бұрын

I also had a meet, which one

@moonwatcher2921 8 ай бұрын

sameee which one

@kronos4231 8 ай бұрын

@@BlossomyPen6275 2023 ca elite otter meet

@kronos4231 8 ай бұрын

Hbu?

@Linda-vt5iq 8 ай бұрын

Holy crap! This is brilliant and exciting! Great to get in on it so fast with your scoop. The Texas dual meet will be crazy!

@BenHammond25 8 ай бұрын

Impressive work with UVA marketing! 🤯

@aidangeorge7012 8 ай бұрын

Hi Kyle, really appreciate what you're doing for the sport keep it up man!

@joshuaoeth538 8 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who saw this video and was so hyped… then the first thing I noticed was “woah hol up where is kyles signature hat?????😂

@flaminghotcarlos6280 8 ай бұрын

Imagine they get Sean green too 1 2 and 3 in class of 25 would be crazy

@brodysalpeter1555 8 ай бұрын

Kyle, I have been ranting to my friend about this for 2 hours now…

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

Now we can rant about it here 🤝

@milolittenberg4351 8 ай бұрын

If swimming can become something that has anticipation and hype in social media for more than just the Olympics/World championships there will be a lot more access for fans who aren’t swimmers.

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

That's the big goal and, IMO, I don't think we're trying to solve it aggressively enough. NCAA swimming can be the catalyst for a more than "once every four years" movement in the sport, but the steps (as far as I see them) are as follows... 1) More butts in seats at meets 2) More resources from schools 3) Better streaming from media 4) Better sponsorship opportunities 5) More say in season structure 6) Season structure reformatting 7) Dual meets matter

@noah_ktz 8 ай бұрын

Who knows what the ncaa record board could look like by the time these guys are seniors

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

Every time a record gets broken I naively trick myself into thinking that it won’t be broken for the next 20 years. I’m always wrong.

@jeffschroeder6989 8 ай бұрын

Rising water raises many ships, USA swimming needs this exposure, universities need to see there’s a need to keep their aquatic programs healthy and funded.

@bruhmoment9770 8 ай бұрын

Could you make a video on Anthony Grimm? Sad that he’s retired now but I remember him going 20.8 for 50 backstroke as a SOPHOMORE in HIGHSCHOOL (Edit, that’s crazy he’s back lol)

@cobi_21369 8 ай бұрын

they're just missing a true breaststroker for that class now

@NRClips3414 8 ай бұрын

Bro...I'm trying ok. A few more meets for experience and I'll be there.

@andrewwong8928 8 ай бұрын

The sixth member of the savage 7?👀

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

“Annnnnnd the 6th member is Qin Haiyang and the 7th is David Popovici”

@NRClips3414 8 ай бұрын

@@Sockwell Qin is too old lol, but David... Or maybe MA finally begins his college swimming career and joins them as a breaststroker sprinter.

@neophytoscharalambides9073 8 ай бұрын

This even took Kyle’s hat 🎩 off

@andrewwong8928 8 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to hear about the savage 7 sweeping the NCAA Championships events in a few years🔥

@andrewwong8928 8 ай бұрын

Sean Green added to the savage 7 would add that distance free to the group 👀

@mark1knudsen 8 ай бұрын

#NoCapKyle you know it's serious business!

@Cyantist13 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if my teammates will be talking about this at our meet tomorrow

@andrewwong8928 8 ай бұрын

I had no idea Maximus Williams was the guy who slipped in that vid😅

@rnbnatl 8 ай бұрын

Soon to be the Morgul 9?

@Summershot16 8 ай бұрын

Are you going to the uva meet?

@carterholt4806 8 ай бұрын

Unreal

@haydenbartz9388 8 ай бұрын

As a high school swimmer in Virginia this is wild

@sammeisel 8 ай бұрын

Kinda crazy what just happened

@danieldiaz-fq2il 8 ай бұрын

You can talk about isl ? What happening with that

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

I don’t expect the ISL to ever come back. Our best bet is a completely separate professional league.

@LJdinodude 8 ай бұрын

I met Anthony grim and he gave me a medal!!!

@Summershot16 8 ай бұрын

Sockwell merch when?

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

It’s in the works, but I want it to be 🔥

@cumley9901 8 ай бұрын

Kyle what was your exact reaction to this information

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

I said out loud “oh holy shit, there it is”

@carkingtom7574 8 ай бұрын

wahoowa 😎

@Summershot16 8 ай бұрын

Kyle 😍😍

@oChubby 8 ай бұрын

@Summershot16 heyyyyyy

@smithfameree2822 8 ай бұрын

Where's the mullet, Kyle?

@alejandrolopez-romero8803 8 ай бұрын

make video abt anthony grimm

@carmelocaccamo1947 8 ай бұрын

urgent!

@Sockwell 8 ай бұрын

Need more ALL CAPS and EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!

@neophytoscharalambides9073 8 ай бұрын

… savage#

@tysonhuynh3460 8 ай бұрын

😂😂💀💀

@eamontyson8252 8 ай бұрын

What’s with the 69 insta notifications 🤨 😏

@Hilltopperpete 8 ай бұрын

UVA doesn't really have many big-name sports teams, maybe this is their big shot to make a national name out of their athletics department. My guess is that yes, they are beefing up their "marketing department", but that's because it's the backdoor to offering huge NIL opportunities to athletes, because "pay to play" isn't technically legal, but "pay to sign autographs and be in ads" is legal.