Oakland University head swimming coach Pete Hovland announced today that the OU men???s and women???s swimming program has signed 10 prospective student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. Four of the signees will join the men???s program and six the women???s program. All 10 signees will attend Oakland in the fall. The Golden Grizzlies have signed Derek Allan, Tim Johnson, Andy Munoz and Chris Sullivan to National Letters of Intent for the men???s program and Tara Berringer, Karoline Freytag, Renie Green, Holly Miller, Christina Moceri and Lindsay Unrath to National Letters of Intent for the women???s program. ???Our goals this year in recruiting was to accomplish two things,??? head coach Pete Hovland said. ???Depth and impact. ???We need to add depth in both the men???s and women???s program. We thought we could take advantage of the fact that we only graduate four women and two men. With the number of committments we have recieved thus far, we feel that we???ve accomplished that. We felt that we needed to replace the points lost to graduation by six seniors (Yvonne Lynn, Laura Sorley, Veronika Frolova, Megan Cagney, Haitham Hassan and Todd Duncan). With the 10 we???ve signed thus far, we have accomplished this as well. ???And finally we wanted to sign an impact swimmer or two in each program. An impact swimmer is the kind that will come in right away and finish in the top eight at the NICs and with improvement will make an NCAA cut. With athletes like Tara Berringer, Renie Green, Lindsay Unrath, Karoline Freytag and Holly Miller, we feel that we???ve accomplished this on the women???s side. As for the men, anytime you sign the number one ranked individual in the United States (Chris Sullivan) and the number one ranked Canadian (Tim Johnson) you have to feel good about the recruiting class. When you add in the Derek Allen, Andy Munoz and the others we???ve accomplished our goals. ???We are still talking to a couple other potential student-athletes. With additional signees this recruiting class could go from excellent to outstanding.??? Allan hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan where he will graduate Crestwood High School in June. He is a sprint-freestyler and was a Michigan Class A State Finalist in the 50 and 100 free. His best times are 21.20 in the 50 free and 47.21 in the 100 free. A native of Windsor, Ontario, Johnson is a Canadian Senior National Finalist in three events. He is one of Canada???s top sprint/middle distance swimmers and is a Canadian Cup qualifier. His top times include (LCM) 23.50 in the 50 free, 51.50 in the 100 free and 1:52.90 in the 200 free. Munoz is a product of El Paso, Texas and will graduate from Eastwood High School in June. He is a sprint-freestyler and is ranked in the top 25 in the nation in the 100 free. His top times include 21.26 in the 50 free, 46.15 in the 100 free and 1:42.43 in the 200 free. Sullivan, OU???s second signee from Rockford, will graduate this spring from Rockford High School. He is a sprint-freestyler and was the Michigan Class A High School State Champion in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyles. He just missed the high school state record in the 50 freestyle (a record currently held by OU alum Raffi Karapetian). Sullivan???s top time in the 50 free (20.39) is currently ranked first in the country. His top time in the 100 free is 45.58. Berringer, a Thunder Bay, Ontario native, will graduate this spring from Sheldon High School in Eugene, Oregon. She was an Oregon state finalist in the 100 back and 200 freestyle. Her top times include 57.68 in the 100 back, 2:03.80 in the 200 back, 52.9 in the 100 free and 5:08.00 in the 500 freestyle. Freytag, the only international recruit in this class, is a native of Kronach, Germany. She is a middle distance freestyler and her top times include 54.5 in the 100 free, 1:55.00 in the 200 free and 5:02.42 in the 500 free. Green hails from Dearborn, Michigan where she will graduate from Dearborn High School in the spring. She was the Michigan Class A High School State Champion in the 100 backstroke. Her top time in the 100 back is 58.04. Miller is a middle distance/distance freestyler and backstroker from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the Florida high school state finalist in the 100 back, 200 free and 500 free. Miller was the high point winner at the spring and summer 1999 Junior Olympics and at the 2000 summer Junior Olympics. In 2000 she finished third in both the 200 back and 800 free at Southern Zones. Her best times include 54.69 in the 100 free, 1:56.89 in the 200 free, 5:04.90 in the 500 free, 2:10.80 in the 200 back and 4:37.23 in the 400 IM. A Northville, Michigan product, Christina Moceri, will swim freestyle, backstroke and IM events at Oakland next year. She was a Michigan Class A State Qualifier in the 200 IM last season. Her best times include 59.50 in the 100 back, 54.99 in the 100 free and 2:15.69 in the 200 IM. Unrath will graduate this spring from Dexter High School in Dexter, Michigan. She was the Michigan Class B High School state champion in the 100 breaststroke this season. Her top times include 1:06.22 in the 100 breast and 2:26.43 in the 200 breast.