By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Jeremy Kellyhas announced he will transfer to Notre Dame after spending his freshman season at Texas. Kelly was a best of the rest (BOTR) ranked recruit coming out of high school and is originally from Georgetown, Texas.
Kelly competed for the Longhorns this season but did not compete at SECs. He instead finished his collegiate season at the Eddie Reese Showdown in January and swam at two Sectionals meets in March. His swims at the Eddie Reese Showdown included best times in the 100 (54.57) and 200 (1:59.57) breaststrokes. Kelly was one of at least eight Longhorns in the transfer portal the day it opened.
At the end of March, he swam four lifetime bests at Sectionals in Austin. He swam to a 43.43 100 free, 1:34.79 200 free, 46.80 100 back, and 1:43.88 200 back.
Kelly joins a Notre Dame men’s swimming team that is coming off of a suspension. Prior to the season long suspension, the team had upward momentum as they were 2nd at 2024 ACCs and 10th at 2024 NCAAs. Kelly’s best 200 free time would have been #2 on the team’s roster in the 2023-2024 season only behind Chris Guiliano who represented the US at the Paris Olympics last summer. Guiliano notably transferred to Texas this past season. The arrival of Kelly is key as the program looks to get back on its positive momentum.
In addition to Guiliano, the team was also home to Tommy Janton who finaled in both backstroke events at 2024 NCAAs. He was 8th in the 200 (1:40.25) and 11th in the 100 (44.75). Janton has ND Swimming ’26 in his Instagram bio so the two will overlap this upcoming season.
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