Team recruits highly skilled class

Men's swimming and diving added five recruits to its historic program Thursday. \nIU coach Ray Looze inked the men to national letters of intent for them to attend IU. Three of those five were two-time NISCA high school All-Americans, and four of the five were high school state champions. \n"We were very fortunate to get this class," Looze said. "When I did home visits with all these young men, as well as many others in July, I told them that we wanted to get four NCAA-caliber swimmers out of this class and then another five guys that would eventually be able to help us at the Big Ten level."\nThe five recruits are Ben Hesen of Jeffersonville, Ind.; Todd Patrick from Chesterfield, Mo.; Alex Brunfeldt out of Lawrence, Kan.; John Kevin Koehler of Springfield, Ohio, and Nick Walkotten from Grandville, Mich.\n"This group of five young men is going to be foundation piece for our team for years to come," Looze said. "It is definitely going to be competitive with some of the best classes out there, by just sheer raw talent"