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Dalton’s Ethan Young headed to Cal, nation’s top swim school

Dalton's Ethan Young signs a national letter of intent to compete in swimming at the University of California at Berkeley.
Dalton's Ethan Young signs a national letter of intent to compete in swimming at the University of California at Berkeley. Dalton's Ethan Young signs a national letter of intent to compete in swimming at the University of California at Berkeley.

By Staff Report 2 min read

California at Berkeley has become the premier men’s swimming university in the nation under coach David Durden, with three NCAA team championships and three runner-up finishes in the last six years.

Dalton High School’s Ethan Young is headed there on a scholarship.

The Georgia high school swimmer of the year made it official during the early signing period.

Young has made the Georgia all-state swim team the last three years. He finished second in the 100-yard backstroke and the 100 butterfly in the GHSA state meet in 2012-13 and first in the 100 back with a state-record time and second again in the 100 fly in 2013-14. Then he was first in both last season as a junior, when he reset his 100 back record.

“Ethan Young is a phenomenal student-athlete and competitor. He is very dynamic to watch in the water,” Dalton coach Sharlinda Haight said in an email. “He works very hard in all areas of his life to be the best student-athlete.”