U.S. Olympian Jessica Hardy and her husband, Dominik Meichtry, announced Sunday that they are expecting their first child, a girl, next spring. The two have been married since Oct. 5, 2013. https://twitter.com/swimhardy/status/909537349956124673 Hardy wrapped
U.S. Masters Swimming has concluded its annual meeting during the United States Aquatic Sports Convention in Dallas, Texas. In addition to committee meetings and rules and legislation reviews, USMS held
NEW COMMIT: The defending Big East Champion women have received their first verbal commitment for the Class of 2022. Grace Wielar has given her verbal commitment to Villanova University. Wielar hails from Richmond, Virginia and
NEW COMMIT: Purdue University has kicked off recruiting for the Class of 2022 with a verbal commitment from Zionsville, Indiana’s Tessa Wrightson. She’s primarily a backstroker and freestyler at Zionsville Swim Club.
Among the USA Swimming awards presented in Dallas was the Phillips 66 Performance of the Year Award, which went to Lilly King (Evansville, Ind./Indiana University) for her world-record and gold-medal performance in
Morning Splash by David Rieder. Dave Durden made no effort to sugarcoat it. “I wasn’t a very good swimmer,” he said. As a coach, though, Durden acquitted himself well. Entering his
NEW COMMITS: In six hours yesterday afternoon three women made verbal commitments to swim for Youngstown State University. The Division I School in Youngstown, Ohio added Riley Ernst, Mallory Pitstick, and Elizabeth Wompey to
Following a breakout performance at the 2017 FINA World Championships, Caeleb Dressel (Green Cove Springs, Fla./Bolles School Sharks/Florida) was named USA Swimming Athlete of the Year on Saturday at the
NEW COMMIT: The University of Wisconsin has received a verbal commitment from Frank Niziolek. The swimmer at St. Charles Swim Team is very versatile. He’s a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American at South Elgin
NEW COMMIT: Abby Martin has verbally committed to swim for the University of Illinois. The team will have a sister duo on its roster next fall as Martin joins her sister, Emily, who will be
