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Noelle Benkler from Regensburg, Germany, has announced her verbal commitment to the University of California, Berkeley, for 2028-29. She wrote on social media:
“im SOOO excited and happy to announce my verbal commitment to the university of California, Berkeley to continue my athletic and academic career starting in fall 2028! HUGE thanks to everyone who supported me, especially my family, friends, coaches, physiotherapists and teammates! A special thank you to Coach Dave, Maya and Noah and the whole Cal stuff for making this possible and believing in me!! I’m so grateful for this opportunity and super hyped to join this amazing swim team can’t wait to be a golden bear AND a california girl GOOOO BEEAAAAARRSSS! ”
A backstroke/IM specialist, Benkler trains with SV Nikar Heidelberg and represents Germany on the international stage. She took home a pair of silver medals in the 200 IM and 400 IM at the 2025 European Junior Championships, swimming then-lifetime bests of 2:12.74 and 4:39.01, respectively. At World Juniors a month later, she placed 5th in the 200 IM, lowering her PB to 2:12.54. She also competed in the 400 IM (9th in prelims) and led off Germany’s 400 medley relay with a PB of 1:02.14.
At the German Short Course Championships last November, Benkler hit all new PBs, winning the 100 back (58.88), 200 IM (2:10.34), and 400 IM (4:35.87), coming in 2nd in the 200 back (2:08.72) and 100 IM (1:01.56), and finishing 4th in the 100 free (54.44) and 50 back (27.85). A month later, she competed at European Short Course Championships and placed 4th in the 400 IM (4:35.05, PB) and 13th in semis of the 200 IM (2:09.30, PB).
This season, she put up PBs in the LCM 200 free (2:02.94) and 100 breast (1:14.37) at Euro Meet Luxembourg, and in the 200 back (2:13.92) at German Championships in April.
Benkler’s best converted times would have scored top 16 at 2026 NCAAs in the 400 IM (it took 51.36/1:51.97 in the backstrokes and 1:56.43 in the 200 IM)
Best LCM times (converted):
400 IM – 4:39.01 (4:05.59) 200 IM – 2:12.54 (1:56.52) 200 back – 2:13.92 (1:53.31) 100 back – 1:02.14 (52.24) 200 free – 2:02.94 (1:47.87)If you have a commitment to report, please send an email with a photo (landscape, or horizontal, looks best) and a quote to Recruits@swimswam.com.
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