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Thomas Bradac has announced his verbal commitment to compete for Texas Christian University beginning in the fall of 2026. He publicized the news on SwimCloud, writing:
I am extremely excited and beyond blessed to announce my commitment to further my academic and athletic career at Texas Christian University! I would like to thank God and everyone who has supported me throughout this process especially Coach Shawn at TOPS and all my other coaches over the years, my family, friends, and teammates. Also a huge thank you to Coach Winchester and Coach Heckman for this opportunity! Go Frogs!!
The Colorado native is a senior at JK Mullen High School in Denver, where he has been a member of the team’s varsity swimming and diving team since his freshmen year. Bradac also trains year-round with the University of Denver Hilltoppers; a sprint threat, he excels at freestyle and butterfly.
Bradac has been on a promising improvement trajectory throughout his high school career, but he really made a leap forward in 2025 that put him in the power-five recruiting conversation. He dropped over four seconds in the 200 free (1:44.07 to 1:39.56), three seconds in the 100 free (47.67 to 44.63), nearly two-and-a-half seconds in the 100 fly (52.81 to 50.37), and shaved over a second in the 50 free (21.54 to 20.18).
Bradac most recently competed at December’s Winter Junior Championships – West, his first time qualifying for the meet, where he clocked his current PBs in the 50 free, 200 free, and 100 fly. He finished 20th in the 50 free, advancing to the ‘C’ final, and touched 42nd in the 100 free with a season-best 44.99, 53rd in the 200 free, and time trialed in the 100 fly. Bradac swam his 100 free lifetimebest at a local club meet during last summer’s long course season at the CO TOPS SCY Spectacular.
On the high school scene, Bradac helped JK Mullen win the 2025 state title in the 200 free relay and finish runner-up in the 200 medley relay. Individually, he grabbed a pair of fourth-place finishes in the sprint freestyle events. He’s been a consistent presence at the meet: as a sophomore he came seventh in the 50 and ninth in the 100; as a freshman he touched 20th in the 200 free and 26th in the 100 fly.
Top SCY Times:
- 50 Freestyle: 20.18
- 100 Freestyle: 44.63
- 200 Freestyle: 1:39.56
- 100 Butterfly: 50.37
TCU finished fourth at the 2025 Men’s Big 12 Championships, a slight drop from their second-place showing in the previous year. The shift came as new teams, including Arizona State, joined the conference. Arizona State dominated the meet, finishing more than 600 points ahead of second-place Arizona. The standings shakeup followed Texas’s departure for the Southeastern Conference after the 2024 season.
Based on the results from the conference meet, Bradac sits close to scoring range in the 50 free, where his 20.18 is only a tenth off the 20.08 ‘C’ final cutline. In his other primary events, he has more room to grow. The 100 free ‘C’ final required a time of 44.06, while the 100 fly and 200 free needed a 48.30 and 1:36.97. With continued improvement, Bradac could work his way into being a multi-event scorer during his time with the Horned Frogs.
On the team’s 2024-25 depth charts, Bradac would have ranked sixth in the 50 free, ninth in the 100 free, eighth in the 100 fly, and 10th in the 200 free. He will overlap one season with Nigel Forbes, the team’s best 50 freestyler at 19.79 and 100 flyer at 46.52, and two seasons with Viktor Hristov, the team’s best 100 freestyler at 43.77, giving him strong training partners as he transitions to collegiate swimming. If Bradac can challenge the 20-second and 44-second thresholds, he could find himself contributing to the team’s sprint free relays as a freshman.
Bradac joins Lincoln Hoffmann as the only publicized commitments in the Horned Frogs’ class of 2030. Hoffmann brings similar sprint free times of 21.09/45.15/1:39.49, along with 47.79/1:48.69 in fly and 1:51.30 in the 200 IM.
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