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Florida State has received a pair of international verbal commitments for 2027-28 from Mohannad Yasser (Alexandria, Egypt) and Kasper Lee (Stockholm, Sweden).
Mohannad Yasser
Yasser is a free/fly specialist who owns the Egyptian U19 age record in the LCM 200 free (1:49.35).
A year ago, representing Team Egypt at the 4th Arab Aquatic Championships, Yasser won the 200 free (1:50.17) and was runner-up in the 100 free (50.60) and 400 free (3:56.09), all of which were lifetime bests at the time. A few weeks later, at the Alexandria Summer Swim Meet, he clocked times of 51.21/ 1:49.90/ 3:57.21/ 8:22.60/ 16:15.55 in the 100-1500 freestyle events, hitting new PBs in the 200/800/1500.
In April, Yasser competed at the 2026 Egyptian National Championships and put up all new times in the 50 free (23.62), 100 free (50.47), 200 free (1:49.80) 400 free (3:56.06), and 800 free (8:17.53).
A month later, he won the 200 free and was runner-up in the 400 free at the 17th Africa Championships, swimming new PBs of 1:49.35 and 3:54.01.
He closed out the 2026 season at the Alexandria Summer Swim Meet, earning a new PB in the 100 fly (54.92).
Best LCM times:
- 50 free – 23.62 (20.55)
- 100 free – 50.47 (44.02)
- 200 free – 1:49.35 (1:35.63)
- 400 free – 3:54.01 (4:22.19)
- 800 free – 8:17.53 (9:17.45)
- 1500 free – 16:15.55 (15:56.42)
- 100 fly – 54.92 (48.21)
Kasper Lee
“l am honored and excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at Florida State University!
I appreciate my friends and family for always being by my side. A special thanks to Coach Vlad and Rise Aquatics for supporting me these past years, and to Jesper and all of Simklubben Neptun for helping me get to where I am today. Lastly, thank you to Coach Neal, Coach Barnes, and Coach Ben for making this amazing opportunity possible!
GO NOLES!🍢🍢”
Lee lives and trains in Lincolnshire, Illinois, but represents Sweden internationally. He is a senior at Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Mainly a back/free specialist, he placed 3rd in the 100 back at the 2026 IHSA Boys’ State Championships, clocking a PB of 47.65, and 11th in the 100 free with a PB of 45.37. He also led off Stevenson’s 3rd-place medley relay (PB of 22.30 in prelims) and split 44.15 on the end of their 10th-place 400 free relay.
Lee swims year-round with RISE Aquatic Club. At the 2025 Winter Juniors West, he hit personal best times in all his events: 100 free (46.46), 100 back (47.81), and 200 back (1:47.84). By the end of the season he had dropped time in all of them. In addition to his 50/100 back and 100 free lifetime bests from high school States, he went 1:45.11 in the 200 back, winning the event at the Illinois Senior Short Course Championships.
This summer, Lee represented Sweden at the European Aquatics Junior Championships, where he was a semi-finalist in the 100 back and 200 back and he clocked long course meters PBs in the 50 back (26.30) and 200 back (2:02.07).
Best SCY times:
- 200 back – 1:45.11
- 100 back – 47.65
- 50 back – 22.30
- 50 free – 21.44
- 100 free – 45.37
Yasser and Lee will join “Best of the Rest” ranked recruits Joey Curcio and Nicolas Lee, Texans Grady Bell, Hudson Roybal, and Julian Rusk, and Floridian Nicolas Kokidko in Tallahassee next fall.
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