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The University of Texas hosted its annual intrasquad scrimmage, now dubbed the Sam Kendricks Memorial Orange and White Classic where the orange faced off against the white, in the first meet of the Bob Bowman era in Austin. In the men's meet, the white won 151.5-142.5. The meet started with Hubert K...

Olympian Katie Grimes Commits to Virginia as Dynasty Continues New Wave The University of Virginia will add another Olympian to its ranks. Katie Grimes of Sandpipers committed to Virginia on Wednesday. The 18-year-old posted a photo of herself in Virginia shirt with the caption: "Hoo's ready." ...

USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced the election of Nic Fink and the reelection of Kathy Fish to its Board of Directors.  The organization’s 10-Year Athletes elected Fink and its eligible voting members of the House of Delegates (...

Georgia Tech opened the season with a dominant win over in-town foe Emory Saturday afternoon, with the men’s squad winning 205-91 and the women’s team defeating the Eagles 216-79. In the meet, Tech swept the podium in 14 events: Men’s 1000 free, Women’s 200 free, Women’s 100 back, Men’s 100 back,...

The Alabama swimming and diving team won 30 of 31 events to claim a commanding victory over Delta State in the team’s season opener on Friday. In addition to sweeping the relay events, the Crimson Tide saw a pair of individual wins from Leonardo Alcantara (500, 1,000 free), Bernardo Bondra de Almei....

SportsTravel Names Olympic Swimming Trials Best Amateur Event, Indianapolis Best Host City The historic 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Indianapolis is still on the minds of swim fans and travelers across the country. The event won the 2024 SportsTravel Award for best amateur event this week in Ana...

Derek Maas Joins NYU Staff as Assistant Coach Derek Maas has been hired as an assistant coach of the New York University men's and women's swimming teams. He will be assisting with on-deck coaching and recruitment. A member of the men's swimming and diving team during the 2023-24 season, Maas' time ...

Abbey Weitzeil, Michael Jenson Wed in Cal Celebration The big year of 2024 continued for Abbey Weitzeil and Michael Jensen, who were married on Saturday. Weitzeil is coming off of making her third Olympic team and was a relay medalist for Team USA. She is a three-time Olympian and six-time Olympic m...

ISCA Hall of Fame Class Inducted on Saturday Night; Jack Bauerle, Sid Cassidy, Dick Shoulberg Honored (Video Tributes) The International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) is inducting three premier names in the history of the sport tonight at the Crowne Plaze Hotel in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Di...

Cal Queen of the Pool is Isabelle Stadden Once Again; Zachary Tan Claims King Graduate student Isabelle Stadden won her third straight Queen of the Pool title as the California women's swimming & diving team opened the 2024-25 season on Friday afternoon at Cal Poly's Anderson Aquatic Center. Stadden...

CSCAA Makes Wave of Impact on Capitol Hill Advocating for College Swimming: 'The March Will Go Forward' The mission was simple: Get the word out to the most influential people in the country. The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) spoke to many U.S. senators and represe...

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced the 71 athletes named to the 2024-2025 National Junior Team presented by the USA Swimming Foundation. The women’s team is headlined by 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships individual gold medali...

CSCAA Committee to Speak on Capitol Hill About Future of College Swimming With the rise of the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rule in the NCAA and the consolidation of the major collegiate conferences, college swimming could be at a crossroads. With the NIL endorsements and money paid to athletes by...

USA Swimming has announced the finalists for the 2024 Golden Goggle Awards. The award ceremony will take place Nov. 23 in Indianapolis. Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh lead the field with four nominations based on their performances during the Paris Olympics. Fan voting is open now through October 17...

Elizabeth Beisel Marries Jack Nichting in Rhode Island Celebration Many of the country's best swimmers past and present flocked to Rhode Island this weekend, not for a meet, but for the wedding of Elizabeth Beisel and Jack Nichting. The celebration of was attended some of the biggest names in the sp...

Mallory Weggemann has won Paralympic medals before, but this year everything is different. Since the last Paralympics, the U.S. swimmer has given birth after a long fertilty process and her outlook on life changed heading into the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Her total was bumped up to four Paral...

The 2024 Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame Class was enshrined Friday evening by the Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association inside the Ford Hall of Champions at the 46th Burgess Banquet. The class consisted of Cammile Adams ‘14 (Women’s Swimming & Diving), Breeja Larson ’14 (Women’s Swimming & Diving), Al...

Swim for the Alligator Lighthouse Open Water Race Continues to Raise Money for Florida Keys Landmark More than 300 swimmers from the United States and several other countries competed in an 8-mile open-water challenge Saturday to raise awareness to fund restoration of an aging lighthouse off the Fl....

Paralympics Day 9 Finals: Leanne Smith Breaks World Record; Raleigh-Crossley Wins Again Day 9 of the 2024 Paralympic Games continued from La Defense Arena in Paris. China's Guo Jincheng and Lu Dong, USA's Leanne Smith and Canada's Sebastian Massabie set world records while USA's Christie Raleigh-Cro...

Florida’s men’s and women’s swimming head coach Anthony Nesty was honored as the 2024 ASCA George Haines Coach of the Year recipient Thursday night at the Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Celebration during the ASCA World Clinic at the Rosen Centre Resort in Orlando, Florida. This award is present....