After careful consideration, Alex Shackell has decided to continue her training in Carmel while pursuing her collegiate experience. Indiana University offers Alex the flexibility to balance her elite swimming career with her academic goals. She will begin at IU in Spring 2026 under a hybrid schedule. Alex’s primary focus will remain on international competition as she continues to represent the United States at the highest levels of the sport.
Alex Shackell (photo: Jack Spitser)
While Plumb has declined to describe what the ‘hybrid schedule’ will look like, other individuals with knowledge of the situation have outlined a plan that will allow Shackell to divide her training between Indiana University and the Carmel Swim Club.
Indiana also declined to elaborate on the hybrid schedule, though the school does offer a robust online degree-seeking education program.
Shackell, who won an Olympic gold medal and Olympic silver medal at the Paris Games as part of American relays, is the top-ranked women’s recruit in the high school class of 2025.
The Carmel Swim Club, one of the top, if not the top, junior-aged swim clubs in the United States, has proven to be a draw back home for many program alums. Alex’s older brother Aaron has spent a semester at Cal and a semester at Texas before returning home, for example. Others, like former Michigan swimmer Wyatt Davis, have done the say.
The Indiana women last week finished 2nd at the Big Ten Championships last week.
Shackell is scheduled to join the Hoosiers in spring 2026. Carmel is about a 75 minute drive from Bloomington.
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