Axel Erickson '24 Recruiting Profile

My swimming career started in Cozumel, Mexico where I was born and lived for 15 years until moving to Fort Collins, CO. Since I was young coaches have told me that yes, I'm a breaststroker and started to go with it and gradually getting better. At the age of twelve I qualified for nationals, (which here would be Junior nationals) and won the 50 LCM Breaststroke, and got to A finals for the 100 Breast as well. Shortly after that I was diagnosed with a rectified cervical spine and was unable to swim/compete for 6-8 months. Most people would just quit after going through such a difficult thing; but not me, I got back into the water as soon as I could, and started climbing back where I left off and continued going. And just like that I qualified for nationals again by the end of that same year and A finals in the 100 Breast SCM. Three months later in March of 2022, I moved to Fort Collins where I currently live and have improved drastically in the last year even with all of the major changes.