Ruslan Gaziev, a sprint freestyle, butterfly and backstroke specialist out of Toronto, Canada, has verbally committed to The Ohio State University for 2018-19.
“Thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to The Ohio State University for the fall of 2018. I couldn’t be more excited to start studying at such a great school and be apart of an awesome team. Go Buckeyes!” [sic]
Gaziev swims out of Markham Aquatic Club under coach Rob Novak. He represented Canada at 6th FINA World Junior Championships in Indianapolis this summer, competing in the 50/100 free, 100 back, and 100 fly. His highest finish was sixth in the 50 free. He also swam on the gold medal-winning 4×100 mixed relay and 4×100 free relay, the latter of which broke the World Junior Record. He had a particularly strong performance as the anchor of the medley relay, taking the Canadians from 5th place at the 300 to first place at the 400 with a split of 49.30.
At the 2017 Canadian Junior Championships, Gaziev earned a silver medal in the 50 free and a bronze in the 100 free. He will be representing Canada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in April.
LCM best times (converted to SCY):
- 50 free: 22.46 (19.51)
- 100 free: 49.99 (43.59)
- 100 fly: 54.28 (47.63)
- 100 back: 57.39 (50.62)
Gaziev will join fellow verbal commits Benjamin Kuriger, Hudson McDaniel, Jason Mathews, Josef Pohlmann, Lain Weaver, RJ Kondalski, and Stefano Batista in the Buckeyes’ class of 2022.
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Go hoosiers
ruslangaziev on ig just so u kno
lol
Lol. This kid commenting on his own write up. OSU, come get ya boy.
And answer DOUGP question, why you not “apart” of Etobicoke?
Why did he leave Etobicoke
Curious why Anne included [sic] after Gaziev’s quote. Go Buckeyes instead of Go Bucks?
Probably for “apart” instead of “a part.”
That’s my lil bro. You buckaroos better treat him good 😉
Ay
Big steal for the Buckeyes!! I wonder if any of the top 5 schools tried picking him up or if he completely slipped under their radars?
He went on a visit to Cal, chose OSU instead, whatever they are doing to build that team down there is definitely working…
Which team had more money to give though haha
California probably
Ahhh ahhh