Illinois club swimming · Class of 2022–2026

Illinois Swim ClubsRanked by college commitments

49 Illinois swim clubs have audited pages, each with 3 or more college swimmers from the classes of 2022–2026 — 655 college swimmers in all, 317 on NCAA Division I. The clubs with the most college swimmers in our data are Academy Bullets Swim Club, FMC Aquatic Club and NASA Wildcat Aquatics. Their swimmers most often attend Carthage College, Augustana College and Saint Louis University.

Source: official 2026-27 and 2025-26 college rosters and public meet results Updated October 7, 2026

Illinois clubs, ranked.

Ordered by college swimmers from the classes of 2022–2026. Since age 12 = share who already raced for the club at 12 or younger.

#	Club	City	College swimmers	NCAA D1	Programs	Since age 12
1	Academy Bullets Swim Club	Aurora	82	55	48	39%
2	FMC Aquatic Club	Westmont	59	36	46	15%
3	NASA Wildcat Aquatics	Evanston	37	26	29	49%
4	Hinsdale Swim Club	Hinsdale	37	25	33	27%
5	RISE Aquatic Club	Libertyville	36	22	30	19%
6	Chicago Wolfpack Aquatic Club	Chicago	31	16	28	61%
7	Patriot Aquatic Club (IL)	Lincolnshire	29	17	24	28%
8	Champaign County YMCA	Champaign	28	13	25	46%
9	Fox Valley Swim Team	Naperville	23	10	21	78%
10	Saint Charles Swim Team	Saint Charles	20	16	19	65%
11	Glenbrook Swim Club	Glenview	19	13	17	11%
12	New Trier Aquatics	Wilmette	18	9	17	39%
13	Reach Aquatics Swim Club	Hoffman Estates	18	6	17	0%
14	Barrington Swim Club	Barrington	15	10	15	67%
15	Seahawks Swim Club	O Fallon	14	8	10	29%
16	Palatine Park District	Palatine	14	5	14	50%
17	Peoria Area Water Wizards	Pekin	13	4	11	62%
18	Hornet Swim Club	Downers Grove	13	3	9	46%
19	Maverick Swim Club	Naperville	12	5	10	75%
20	Lincoln Way Swim Association	New Lenox	12	3	11	67%
21	Elgin Cyclones	Elgin	11	0	9	45%
22	Bloomington Normal Swim Club	Normal	10	4	9	70%
23	Wheaton Swim Club	Wheaton	10	4	10	60%
24	Knox County YMCA	Galesburg	10	1	6	90%
25	Hickory Willow Swim Association	Palos Hills	9	6	5	33%
26	Elmhurst Aquatics	Elmhurst	9	3	9	67%
27	Rock River Valley YMCA	Rockford	9	3	8	11%
28	Fox Valley Park District Riptides	Aurora	9	2	9	22%
29	Delta Aquatics	Oswego	8	5	8	63%
30	Swift Aquatics	Skokie	8	3	8	50%
31	McGuire Aquatics Club	Rockford	8	1	7	0%
32	Coho Swim Club	Deerfield	7	4	7	29%
33	Springfield YMCA (IL)	Springfield	7	3	6	43%
34	Kishwaukee YMCA Dekalb County	Dekalb	7	1	6	57%
35	M3 Aquatics	Chicago	7	0	5	43%
36	Joliet Blue Tides	Joliet	6	2	6	67%
37	Mundelein Mustang Swim Club	Mundelein	6	2	5	83%
38	LYONS Aquatic Club	La Grange	6	1	6	33%
39	East Moline Swim Club	East Moline	6	0	5	17%
40	CORE Aquatics	Elk Grove Village	5	2	4	0%
41	Saluki Swim Club	Carbondale	5	2	4	80%
42	Woodstock Dolphins Swim Team	Woodstock	5	2	5	80%
43	Fox Valley YMCA Aqua Force	Plano	5	1	5	60%
44	Joliet Y Jets Swim Team	Morris	5	1	5	40%
45	West Chicago Sharks	West Chicago	5	0	5	60%
46	Life Time Illinois Swim Team	Algonquin	4	0	4	75%
47	Team Millennium	Oak Park	4	0	4	50%
48	Lake Forest Swim Club	Lake Forest	3	2	3	33%
49	McGaw YMCA Swim Team	Evanston	3	1	2	67%

Where Illinois club swimmers go to college.

College programs with the most swimmers from Illinois clubs from the classes of 2022–2026.

College	Division	Swimmers from Illinois clubs
Carthage College	D3	30
Augustana College	D3	24
Saint Louis University	D1	19
University of Illinois	D1	17
Illinois Wesleyan University	D3	16
Valparaiso University	D1	15
Eastern Illinois University	D1	13
Saint Ambrose University	NAIA	12
Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	D1	12
University of Illinois at Chicago	D1	11
Calvin College	D3	9
Illinois College	D3	9

About this data. Club pages are published only after the data passes our audit. Figures are for reference only. How we count

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