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Montclair State Head Coach Brian McLaughlin Retires after 37 Years Montclair State head swimming and diving coach Brian McLaughlin announced his retirement after 37 years. McLaughlin has spent nearly four decades at the Division III school in New Jersey, leading its men’s and women’s swimming and di...

Marshall Adds Nicole McConnell to Rebuilt Staff Marshall University on Wednesday hired Nicole McConnell as an associate head coach, joining the staff of head coach Phoebe Campbell. McConnell was most recently an assistant coach at Penn State. She previously spent four seasons as an assistant coach a...

Recent NC State Graduate Kyle Ponsler Starts Coaching Career at Northern Colorado Recent NC State graduate Kyle Ponsler was hired last week as an assistant coach at Northern Colorado. Ponsler wrapped up a distinguished swimming career in Raleigh in the spring, serving as the captain of the Wolfpack ...

Swimming Canada Names 44 Swimmers for Pan Pacs, 20 for Para Pan Pacs Swimming Canada has named a 44-swimmer roster for this summer’s Pan Pacific Championships, after the conclusion of Bell Canadian Trials. Summer McIntosh and Taylor Ruck will lead the 20 women and 22 men at the August meet in Irvine...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 5: Taylor Ruck Finishes 5-for-5 Trials It’s been a banner week for Taylor Ruck. She finished it off on Thursday night with her fifth win in as many events, going 25.93 in the women’s 50 butterfly to pick up the win. All the action from the final night of trials in Montrea...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 4: Taylor Ruck Gets Fourth Win, Ella Jansen Wins Third The absence of big names from Bell Canadian Trials has been to the advantage of others at Bell Canadian Trials. Enter Taylor Ruck and Ella Jansen. Ruck won the women’s 50 freestyle for her fourth win in as many nights...

Passages: Jack Roney, Former NC State Assistant Coach, 39 Jack Roney, a former swimmer at NC State and assistant coach at his alma mater, died on July 6. He was 39 years old. Roney was the program record holder in the 200 breaststroke in his time at the school, graduating in 2009. He served as an as...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 3: Taylor Ruck Adds 100 Fly Title It’s been a banner week already for Taylor Ruck at Bell Canadian Trials. She won the 100 backstroke, setting her best time since 2019. She added a lifetime best in the 100 freestyle. Tuesday, on the third day of competition in Montreal, s...

Irish Swim Coach George Gibney Convicted of Sexual Abuse Irish former swim coach George Gibney was convicted by a court on Monday of sexually abusing young swimmers in the 1970s and 1980s. The 77-year-old was originally charged with 79 counts of assault involving four individual, including the attem...

Duquesne Hires Carolyn Bolden Santee as Assistant Coach Duquesne University of Tuesday announced the hiring of Carolyn Bolden Santee as an assistant coach. Santee joins after serving the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at Division II power University of West Florida. Santee was part of all ...

Arizona State’s Jonny Kulow Wins Big 12’s Bob Bowlsby Award Arizona State men’s swimmer Jonny Kulow was the only male winner of the Big 12’s annual Bob Bowlsby Award, announced on Tuesday. Kulow is the only male winner of the ward this year, joining TCU basketball player Olivia Miles and Cincinnati ...

Swimming Canada Inducts Nancy Garapick, Nigel Kemp to Circle of Excellence Swimming Canada this week has inducted Olympic medalist Nancy Garapick and coach Nigel Kemp into its Circle of Excellence. The announcement is timed with Bell Canadian Trials, which is taking place in Montreal on the 50th ann...

IOC Provisionally Lifts Suspension on Russia The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee. The decision clears the way for unfettered participation of Russian athletes and teams in international competition...

Summer McIntosh Withdraws from Bell Canadian Trials Due to Illness Swimming Canada announced on Tuesday that Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from Bell Canadian Trials due to illness. The announcement comes two days into the five-day meet. McIntosh opened it with a world record in the 200 butterfly and...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 2 Finals: Lorne Wigginton Downs Super-Suited Canadian 400 IM Mark On paper, there isn’t much juice in the men’s side of the draw at Bell Canadian Trials. Josh Liendo is not taking part this year. Ilya Kharun is American (again). That leaves a vacuum of stars, certainly in...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 1: Summer McIntosh Downs 200 Fly World Record For the last five years, Summer McIntosh has had her eyes firmly fixed on the last of the super-suited records: The 200 fly. Sunday night, she summited that mountain. McIntosh went 2:01.65 at Bell Canadian Trials in Montreal S...

Miami Adds Klaudia Nazieblo as Assistant Coach The University of Miami Thursday hired Klaudia Nazieblo to the staff of its women’s swimming and diving program. Nazieblo has spent much of the last decade at Virginia Tech, where she swam from 2014-2018 and where she has been an assistant coach since 2...

Kentucky Hires Ben Keast as Assistant Coach Kentucky on Thursday announced the hiring of Ben Keast as an assistant coach on the staff of head coach Bret Lundgaard. Keast spent the last three seasons at SwimMAC Carolina in Charlotte as an assistant coach with the high performance training group. That...

Pitt Hires Austin Pillado as Associate Head Coach The University of Pittsburgh this week announced the hiring of Austin Pillado as associate head coach of the swimming and diving team. He joins the rebuilt staff of Director of Swimming and Diving Katie Kasparzak and head coach Ian Walsh. “I would li...

Sette Colli, Day 3: Kristof Milak Sets Hungarian Record in 50 Fly Kristof Milak’s results between Olympic Games have been up and down, when he’s been at the pool at all. But the two-time Olympic gold medalist may be rounding into form. Milak finished second in the men’s 50 butterfly at Sette Colli o...