Ben Johnston, who swims under Coach Mike Gobrecht at both West Shore YMCA and Cumberland Valley High School, has made a verbal commitment to Towson University.
“I chose Towson because of their track record of excellence both in and out of the pool. The team made me feel welcome and I liked the fact that they knew when work needed to be put in.”
Johnston swam the 200 IM at the 2014 Pennsylvania High School AAA State Championships and was a member of Cumberland Valley’s top-eight-scoring 200 free relay. His top times over the last season have been:
200y IM: 1:54.86 200m IM: 2:12.31
400y IM: 4:02.56 400m IM: 4:47.76
200y free: 1:43.41 200m free: 2:01.79
Over the last year, Johnston competed at both YMCA National Championships. He ended the short course meet with best times in the 100/200 free, 100 back, and 200/400 IM. Similarly, he came away from long course nationals with new times in 50/100 free, 200 back, and 200 IM, having just achieved new times two weeks earlier in the 200/400 free, 200 fly, and 400 IM.
Johnston is part of a stellar Towson Tigers recruiting class that also includes the verbally-committed: