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Adriana Contreras Hired as Assistant Coach at Kentucky Adriana Contreras was hired on Thursday as an assistant coach at Kentucky by head coach Bret Lundgaard. Contreras spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada, primarily focused on the sprint and IM groups. She h...

NC State Adds Alum Daniel Graber as Assistant Coach NC State on Thursday announced the hiring of Daniel Graber as an assistant coach, bringing him back to his alma mater. Graber joins the staff of head coach Braden Holloway after seven seasons coaching at Duke, Dartmouth and Virginia Tech. "I'd like...

Pitt Names Katie Kasprzak Director of Swimming and Diving Amid ‘Strategic Restructuring’ The University of Pittsburgh on Tuesday named Katie Kasprzak as the school’s director of swimming and diving amide a “strategic restricting of the program.” Kasprzak replaces Chase Kreitler, who resigned abruptl...

Passages: Mary Elliot, Ripon College Diver, 22 Mary Elliott, a diver at Division III Ripon College in Wisconsin, died in a motor vehicle accident on May 9. Elliott was 22 years old. Elliot was a native of Bayside, Wisc., who attended Whitefish Bay Dominican High School. She was majoring in criminal ...

Shippensburg Hires Grad Andrew Hale as Head Coach Shippensburg hired 2023 graduate Andrew Hale as the head coach of its men’s and women’s swimming coach. Hale replaces his former coach, Tim Verge, who retired at the end of the season after 27 years in charge. Hale hasn’t strayed far from the Pennsyl...

Passages: Keegan McKenney, Recently Graduated Queens Swimmer, 22 Keegan McKenney, a swimmer who recently graduated from Queens University, died on May 10. He was 22 years old. McKenney died in a car accident in the early hours of Sunday morning in Charlotte. He had just graduated from the university...

Iowa Swim Coach Nathan Mundt Gets Contract Extension Iowa head swimming and diving coach Nathan Mundt on Wednesday received a contract extension through 2029. Mundt has spent five seasons as the head coach of Iowa’s women’s team, the seventh coach in program history. He was hired in May 2021 after s...

Emily Ausmus, Stanford Duo Named Cutino Award Finalists USC’s Emily Ausmus and the Stanford duo of Juliette Dhalluin and Jenna Flynn were named finalists for the Peter J. Cutino Award on Wednesday. The award for the best college water polo player, both men’s and women’s, has been presented annually ...

Illinois State Hires Ryan Evans to Coach Swim Team Illinois State on Tuesday announced the hiring of Ryan Evans to lead the swimming and diving program. Evans was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Kansas’s women’s team for two seasons. “I am thrilled to be named the next Head Swimming...

World Aquatics Finalizes Qualification System for LA28 Olympics The International Olympic Committee and World Aquatics on Thursday published the final qualification system for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. The qualification scheme is available here. Like qualification for other aquatics sport, i...

International Olympic Committee Rescinds Restrictions on Belarus Athletes The International Olympic Committee on Friday said that it no longer recommends sports governing bodies to restrict the participation of athletes from Belarus. The IOC made the announcement from its Executive Board. It had, in...

Tulane Hires Kat Mueller As Assistant Coach Tulane this week announced the hiring of Kat Mueller as an assistant swimming coach, joining the staff of Amanda Caldwell. Mueller is a 2023 graduate of Purdue, where she captained the swim team. She spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Marshall Univ...

Riley Ceglowski Hired as Head coach of Alaska Fairbanks Riley Ceglowski was named head coach of the Alaska Fairbanks swimming and diving team this week. Ceglowski had previously been a head coach at Ave Maria University in Florida and Adams State University in Colorado. She spent the last year as th...

University of Olivet Drops Swimming and Diving Programs The University of Olivet announced last week that it is discontinuing its Division III swimming and diving programs. The cuts are effective immediately. They reflect what the Michigan institution called a, “multi-year review of program sustaina...

Recent Grad Mia Cheatwood Starts Coaching Career at Toledo Recent Louisville graduate Mia Cheatwood is starting her coaching career as an assistant coach for the women’s swimming and diving team at Toledo. Cheatwood joins the staff of Jacy Dyer immediately after a career that culminated with a 10th-...

Mariah Denigan, Ivan Puskovitch Lead Team USA for Pan Pacs Open Water Paris Olympians Mariah Denigan and Ivan Puskovitch lead an eight-strong U.S. team for the open water event at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships. Qualification for the 10K race at this summer’s meet in Irvine occurred via U.S. Ope...

Chase Kreitler Resigns as Pitt Head Swim Coach Chase Kreitler on Sunday resigned as the head coach of Pitt’s swimming and diving team following a historic 2025-26 season. Kreitler said in a resignation letter that Pitt “intends to move in a different strategic direction after the 2026-27 season.” Th...

Seven Russian Swimmers Among 300 Sanctioned from WADA Operation LIMS Seven aquatics athletes are among the nearly 300 sanctioned as part of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Operation LIMS in Russia, the organization announced on Thursday. WADA characterizes the operation as “groundbreaking” for its sa...

Youngstown State Hires Hannah Saiz as Head Coach Youngstown State on Friday announced Hannah Saiz as its new men’s and women’s swimming and diving head coach. Saiz arrives from Army, where she was an assistant coach for three seasons at West Point. She swam collegiately at Kenyon College, where she ...

Fort Lauderdale Open, Day 3 Prelims: Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh to Joust Again in 200 Free The first full night session of the Fort Lauderdale Open on Thursday night hosted the latest dual between Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh. Friday night, we’ll get a battle over a distance that is becomin...