Read moreUSA Swimming Adds Colts, Pacers as Partners for U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis18 April 2024USA Swimming Adds Colts, Pacers as Partners for U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis USA Swimming on Friday named both the Indianapolis Colts and Pacers Sports and Entertainment as Centennial Partners for June’s U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. The meet to determine American qualifiers for the 20...
Vic Riggs Steps Down as West Virginia Swimming Coach18 April 2024Vic Riggs Steps Down as West Virginia Swimming Coach Vic Riggs has stepped down as the head swimming and diving coach at the University of West Virginia, the school announced Friday. Just the fifth head coach in program history, Riggs led the way in Morgantown since 2007. He posted a 57-46 record in...
Read moreDelfina USA, S&R Sport Launch Apparel Collection with Maddie Musselman17 April 2024Delfina USA, S&R Sport Launch Apparel Collection with Maddie Musselman Water polo Olympic gold medalist Maddie Musselman has launching an apparel collection with Delfina USA and S&R Sport. The nine-item collection is based around a stylized M logo. It includes the signature Delfina Bravo Suit, style...
Read moreAfter Pac-12 Breakup, Washington State Lands Mountain West Swim Affiliation17 April 2024After Pac-12 Breakup, Washington State Lands Mountain West Swim Affiliation Washington State’s women’s swimming program will be an affiliate member of the Mountain West Conference in 2024-25, the school announced Tuesday. The agreement with the Mountain West covers the women’s swimming and baseball ...
Read moreLaure Manaudou is First French Athlete in 2024 Olympic Torch Marathon16 April 2024Laure Manaudou is First French Athlete in 2024 Olympic Torch Marathon French swimmer Laure Manaudou was the first representative of France to receive the Olympic torch in the relay from Greece to Paris that began Tuesday. The flame was lit in Ancient Olympia Tuesday morning at a ceremony overseen by...
Read moreJacy Dyer Returns to Toledo as Head Coach of Alma Mater16 April 2024Jacy Dyer Returns to Toledo as Head Coach of Alma Mater Jacy Dyer has returned to her alma mater to lead the women’s swimming and diving team, the university announced last week. Dyer was a four-time All-MAC pick and Toledo’s first MAC Swimmer of the Year in a stellar career that culminated in 2011....
Read moreIllinois State Hires Riley Hilbrandt as Head Coach16 April 2024Illinois State Hires Riley Hilbrandt as Head Coach Illinois State on Monday named Riley Hilbrandt as the school’s new swimming and diving head coach. Hilbrandt has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina. “I would like to thank Dr. Jeri Beggs, Leanna Bordner, Paul Kabbes,...
Read moreA Cuts for Jere Hribar, Taiko Torepe-Ormsby Underscore NCAA’s International Reach16 April 2024A Cuts for Jere Hribar, Taiko Torepe-Ormsby Underscore NCAA’s International Reach For some time, sprinting at the NCAA Men’s Championships has been an international affair. It can become cliché to suggest that an NCAA final in any event resembles an Olympic final. But it has never felt more accurate...
Read moreDanish Open: Thea Blomsterberg Delivers 2:23.49 200 Breast to Win15 April 2024Danish Open: Thea Blomsterberg Delivers 2:23.49 200 Breast to Win Denmark’s Thea Blomsterberg supplied the fastest swim of the Danish Open on its final day on Sunday, going 2:23.49 in the women’s 200 breast. That time is nearly a half-second under the Olympic A Cut. Blomsterberg had been 2:22.42 at ...
Read moreCITI Para Swimming: Elizabeth Marks Sets Record; Anastasia Pagonis and Gia Pergolini Make Returns15 April 2024CITI Para Swimming: Elizabeth Marks Sets Record; Anastasia Pagonis and Gia Pergolini Make Returns Elizabeth Marks set an Americas record among two gold medals on Friday, the second night of the three-day CITI Para Swimming World Series stop in Indianapolis. Marks went 5:19.62 in the 400-meter freest...
Read moreU.S. Women’s Water Polo Sweeps Australia in Three-Game Exhibition Series15 April 2024U.S. Women’s Water Polo Sweeps Australia in Three-Game Exhibition Series The U.S. Women’s Water Polo team swept Australia in a three-game exhibition series in California this week. The U.S. used 15 saves from Ashleigh Johnson to start it with a 10-4 win last Sunday at Dos Pueblos High School in Gole...
Read moreRoad to Paris: After Making History at NCAAs, Delaware’s Toni Sabev Targeting Olympic Cut15 April 2024Road to Paris: After Making History at NCAAs, Delaware’s Toni Sabev Targeting Olympic Cut The road to the Olympics takes swimmers from all over the world through the American college system. From far and wide, countries big and small, a litany of colleges can contribute to the 800 or so Olympic swim...
Read moreMarrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Dutch Record in 200 IM in Double Day in Eindhoven13 April 2024Marrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Dutch Record in 200 IM in Double Day in Eindhoven Marrit Steenbergen lowered her national record in the women’s 200 individual medley Saturday at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet, the Dutch dynamo’s second win of the day. Steenbergen clocked in at 2:08.86 in the final o...
Read moreSA National Championships: Erin Gallagher Wraps Up Meet with 50 Free Title13 April 2024SA National Championships: Erin Gallagher Wraps Up Meet with 50 Free Title Erin Gallagher capped an excellent meet at the SA National Championships on Saturday by edging Caitlin De Lange by .01 in the 50 free. Gallagher went 24.95. She overcame De Lange, who had set the pace in prelims at 24.98 and ...
Read moreNZ Swimming Championships: Taiko Torepe-Ormsby Blasts 50 Free Record for Paris Ticket13 April 2024NZ Swimming Championships: Taiko Torepe-Ormsby Blasts 50 Free Record for Paris Ticket Taiko Torepe-Ormsby served notice of his increasing seed in a tremendous season with the University of Wisconsin. He’s brought that speed into international meets in a way that is fodder for collegians’ Olympic dre...
Read moreCasper Puggaard National Record Highlights Youth Speed at Danish Open12 April 2024Casper Puggaard National Record Highlights Youth Speed at Danish Open Casper Puggaard started the four-day Danish Open on Thursday by taking down a Danish record set when he was just four years old, the start of a fast opening two days at the meet for Denmark’s up-and-coming generation of swimmers. ...
Read moreErin Gallagher Lowers South African 100 Fly Record; Matt Sates, Chad Le Clos Tie12 April 2024Erin Gallagher Lowers South African 100 Fly Record; Matt Sates, Chad Le Clos Tie Erin Gallagher lowered her South African record in the women’s 100 butterfly on Friday, while Matt Sates and Chad le Clos tied for the 100 fly title. Gallagher ushered in a stirring night session on the fifth day of the...
Read moreGertrude Ederle Biopic ‘Young Woman and the Sea’ Set for May Release (Trailer)12 April 2024Gertrude Ederle Biopic ‘Young Woman and the Sea’ Set for May Release (Trailer) Young Woman and the Sea, a Gertrude Ederle biopic of the first woman to swim the English Channel, is set for a May release date, with the trailer revealed this week. It will star Daisy Ridley and be given a theatrical rel...
Read moreNZ Swimming Championships: Kane Follows, Cameron Gray Book Paris Tickets with National Records12 April 2024NZ Swimming Championships: Kane Follows, Cameron Gray Books Paris Tickets with National Records Kane Follows and Cameron Gray set national records at the NZ Swimming Championships Friday, earning their way to the Paris Olympics with scintillating swims. Gray set the tone first thing in the morning b...
Read moreSpeedo Canadian Open: Summer McIntosh Supplies Power with 100 Free Win11 April 2024Speedo Canadian Open: Summer McIntosh Supplies Power with 100 Free Win Summer McIntosh provided the power on Thursday night at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, a little before the lights in the facility dimmed in a brief power outage. McIntosh won the women’s 100 freestyle over a field of Olympics,...