Read morePotential Breakout Men's Swimmers for 2025; Distance Duo Leads Way12 February 2025Distance Duo Leads Potential Breakout Men's Swimmers for 2025 A new generation of men’s distance freestylers has pushed out the likes of Florian Wellbrock and Mykhailo Romanchuk, stalwarts who collected international medals in the 800 and 1500-meter events for years. Bobby Finke remains a force, hav...
Read moreSix Female Swimmers Who Could Emerge Internationally in 202510 February 2025Six Female Swimmers Who Could Emerge Internationally in 2025 The year after the Olympic Games marks a perfect opportunity for young swimmers to make a major impact on the international stage. This year, numerous veterans are step away from the sport temporarily and permanently while others are slow-...
Read more8Roster Caps Incoming: Swimming Set For Tough Transition to New Era08 February 2025Roster Caps Incoming: Swimming Set For Tough Transition to New Era When the ongoing college swimming season ends, so will hundreds of athletic careers as the sport enters a phase of massive upheaval. The introduction of NIL earning potential to collegians, the creation of the transfer portal and con...
Read more1Walsh Sisters Post Nation's Top Two Times in 100 Breaststroke at Cavalier Invite07 February 2025Walsh Sisters Post Nation's Top Two Times in 100 Breaststroke at Cavalier Invite The sisters have become stars at the University of Virginia, both winning numerous individual NCAA titles and Olympic medals, but Alex Walsh and Gretchen Walsh rarely compete in the same events unless they are joining f...
Read more1Underrated Tennessee Women’s Swim Team in Hunt For Return to National Top-Five05 February 2025Underrated Tennessee Women’s Swim Team in Hunt For Return to National Top-Five The Tennessee women’s swim and dive team has been overshadowed both by the powerhouse women’s programs against whom they battle at the NCAA Championships as well as their male counterparts, with a sprint group led by Jord...
Read more1Rex Maurer Leading Loaded and Veteran 500 Freestyle Field Toward NCAA Championships Showdown04 February 2025Rex Maurer Leading Veteran 500 Freestyle Field Toward NCAA Championships Showdown Last March, Leon Marchand made an unexpected appearance in the 500 freestyle at the NCAA Championships, opting for that event instead of the 200 IM because of Arizona State's belief that he could win the race while cle...
Read more1Lucy Bell Swims Nation's Fastest 200 Breaststroke as Stanford Women Defeat Cal01 February 2025Lucy Bell Swims Nation's Fastest 200 Breaststroke as Stanford Women Defeat Cal The Stanford women have Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske returning to the roster this championship season, but they will head to Federal Way, Wash., for the NCAA Championships with multiple contenders for individual titl...
Read moreNebraska Women Earn Convincing Victories Over Iowa and Rutgers01 February 2025Nebraska Women Earn Convincing Victories Over Iowa and Rutgers The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Iowa Hawkeyes were in East Piscataway, N.J., this weekend to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Nebraska was the dominant team over the two-day meet, winning 223-130 against Iowa and 210-143 against Rutgets...
Read moreMinnesota Takes Down Northwestern and Purdue in Two-Day Meet01 February 2025Minnesota Takes Down Northwestern and Purdue in Two-Day Meet Three Big Ten schools met in Minneapolis for their final regular season competitions, and the hosting Golden Gophers came out on top. The Minnesota women beat Northwestern and Purdue by identical scores of 241-112, and Northwestern's women...
Read moreTennessee Sweeps Duke in Dual Meet With Unusual Multi-Day Format01 February 2025Tennessee Sweeps Duke in Dual Meet With Unusual Multi-Day Format The Tennessee Volunteers wrapped up their dual-meet schedule with a two-day trip to Durham, N.C., to face the Duke Blue Devils in a two-day meet following the usual event lineup Friday before a sprint-focused meet Saturday. The Tenness...
Read moreTexas Defeats Texas A&M Behind Big Days From Hubert Kos, Emma Sticklen31 January 2025Texas Defeats Texas A&M Behind Big Days From Hubert Kos, Emma Sticklen The Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies spent 12 seasons competing in different conferences, but the rivalry never ceased in swimming. Now, with both teams in the Southeastern Conference, Texas continued its recent domination of...
Read moreLucas Henveaux Clocks Country's Fastest 1650 Freestyle as Cal Men Take Down Stanford31 January 2025Lucas Henveaux Clocks Country's Fastest 1650 Freestyle as Cal Men Take Down Stanford The Cal men finished up their dual-meet season Friday with the team's best performance of the season so far. Before the Golden Bears head east to compete in the ACC Championships for the first time, the team took do...
Read moreSummer McIntosh Named Swimming World Female World/American Swimmer of the Year After Olympic Triple31 January 2025Summer McIntosh Named Swimming World Female World Swimmer of the Year After Olympic Triple This young Canadian had been building toward this moment for years. Summer McIntosh made her Olympic debut at just 14 years old, just missing a medal with a fourth-place finish in the 400 freestyle. A year lat...
Read moreUSA Swimming Announces Coach Selection Criteria For 2025 World Championship Team29 January 2025USA Swimming Announces Coach Selection Criteria For 2025 World Championship Team Just over four months before USA Swimming picks the group of up to 52 swimmers who will represent the Stars and Stripes at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, the organization has unveiled the criteria f...
Read moreCaspar Corbeau Gives Indiana Boost in National Title Bid29 January 2025Caspar Corbeau Gives Indiana Boost in National Title Bid The Indiana men’s swim and dive team might lack the consistent track record of top-two finishes at the NCAA Championships. That would be Cal, the winner or runnerup at the meet every year since 2010, and Texas, with 11 such results in the last...
Read more2Three Years Later, Luca Urlando Returns to Record-Breaking Form; This Time in His Main Event28 January 2025Three Years Later, Luca Urlando Returns to Record-Breaking Form; This Time in His Main Event Long before he swam the fastest time ever in the 200-yard butterfly at a dual meet, Luca Urlando was responsible for one of the most unlikely American records in years. He has ranked among the country’s best...
Read more1Fanfare and Spectacular Racing Lift College Swimming During Record-Breaking Four-Team Derby27 January 2025Fanfare and Spectacular Racing Lift College Swimming During Record-Breaking Four-Team Derby This was the best of what the college swimming regular season can offer: high-level racing in the often-lethargic month of January inspired by the stakes of competition against other high-level programs. Sure...
Read moreHarvard Takes Down Penn Plus Boston College Men25 January 2025Harvard Takes Down Penn Plus Boston College Men The Harvard men celebrated senior day Saturday morning at Blodgett Pool and earned a pair of dominant victories. The Crimson beat Penn 207-90 and earned a 230-68 win over Boston College, with Penn taking down BC 195-104. Later in the day, the Harvard w...
Read moreOhio State Women Dominant at Tim Welsh Classic25 January 2025Ohio State Women Dominant at Tim Welsh Classic Notre Dame's women welcomed several strong teams from across the Midwest to South Bend, Ind., and the Ohio State Buckeyes dominated the proceedings, scoring nearly double the points of any other team. Ohio State scored 1623 points, ahead of the Fighting...
Read moreSouth Carolina Women, Georgia Tech Men Victorious in Dual Meet25 January 2025South Carolina Women, Georgia Tech Men Victorious in Dual Meet The South Carolina women have put together a string of impressive performances this month, and they continued that trend by dominating Georgia Tech in their final dual meet, 211.5-86.5. A more competitive contest on the men's side went t...