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NC State Hires Josh Stanfield as Assistant Coach NC State on Saturday announced the hiring of Josh Stanfield as an assistant coach on the swimming and diving staff. Stanfield spent two seasons with the men’s team at Notre Dame, helping it to a program-best second-place finish at the 2024 ACC Champio...

World Championships: U.S. Men Handle Canada, Montenegro Tips Greece as Men’s Water Polo Opens The U.S. men handled Canada, 18-9, and Montenegro pulled out a 10-9 win over Greece on the first day of men’s water polo at the 2025 World Championships. The U.S., which won bronze at the Paris Olympics in ...

World Championships: U.S. Routs China, Hungary Edges Greece to Open Women’s Water Polo The U.S. women’s water polo team routed China, 15-7, on Thursday to open the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. Hungary edged Greece, 10-9, in the best game of a slate of mostly blowouts to start proceedings a...

With Worlds B Cut, Guyana’s Raekwon Noel Feels Like He Belongs The time took Raekwon Noel by surprise so much that it required a 1 a.m. text message to realize what he’d achieved. Noel had booked a busy summer after his freshman year at Indiana University. The New York native, who represents Guyana ...

Aquatics Integrity Unit Publishes Testing Data, with China and Neutral Athletes Most Tested The Aquatics Integrity Unit (AQIU) on Wednesday published testing data ahead of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The most tested athletes in the population are those from China and the Neut...

Olympic Medalist Elizabeth Beisel Joins AOAP as Water Safety Spokesperson Olympic medalist and broadcaster Elizabeth Beisel has joined the Association of Aquatic Professionals (AOAP) as a water safety spokesperson. Beisel will lead the AOAP’s national efforts in promoting water safety, preventing dr...

Washington State Hires Jackie Mudd as Assistant Coach Washington State on Wednesday announced the hiring of Jackie Mudd as an assistant coach. Mudd spent last season as an assistant coach at the Colorado School of Mines, working with the Division II school’s men’s and women’s programs. Mudd joins as...

After Decorated Soccer Career, Kelley O’Hara is Back in the Pool Kelley O’Hara went nearly 30 years between meaningful swimming experiences. The first shaped her trajectory toward the soccer field. The second, she hopes, will help define what comes next. After a storied career on the soccer pitch, w...

Jamal Hill Launches Fundraising Campaign for 2028 Bid, Philanthropy Efforts Paralympic medalist and advocate Jamal Hill this week has launched his Road to LA28 Olympic and Paralympic campaign with a $3 million goal to support programs aimed at youth swim access and disability inclusion. Hill, 30, is...

Paris Reopens Parts of River Seine for Public Swimming for First Time in Century Paris on Saturday opened portions of the Rive Seine for public swimming for the first time in more than a century, fulfilling a promise of last summer’s Olympics. About 1,000 swimmers will be able to access the river ea...

Italy Announces 34-Strong Delegation for World Championships Italy on Thursday announced a team of 34 swimmers for the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore this summer. The team includes 16 women and 18 men, ranging in age from new European junior champion Bianca Nannucci, who is 17, to 32-year...

U.S. Women’s Water Polo Announces Singapore Worlds Roster with 7 First-Timers The U.S. women’s water polo team announced its roster for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Friday, a group that includes just one holdover from the 2021 Olympics. Seven of the 15 athletes are making their World Cha...

Princeton Hires Emmett Adams as Women’s Assistant Coach Princeton this week announced the hiring of Emmett Adams as an assistant coach for the women’s swimming and diving team. Adams is fresh off his swimming career, part of the NCAA championship 200 medley relay at Tufts in March’s Division III Cha...

Division II Walsh University Adds Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Walsh University, a Division II school in Ohio, is adding men’s and women’s swimming and diving for the 2026-27 academic year. The school made the announcement on Wednesday. It brings the university’s athletic offerings to 28 pr...

Penny Oleksiak Withdraws From Worlds, Citing Pending Whereabouts Case Canadian Olympic gold medalist Penny Oleksiak is withdrawing from the team for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships due to a pending whereabouts case. Oleksiak made the announcement on social media, and Swimming Canada confirmed ...

University of Delaware Hires Peri Farling as Assistant Coach The University of Delaware announced the hiring of Peri Farling as an assistant swim coach last week. She joins the staff of head coach Pablo Marmolejo. Farling spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at Division III Dickinson Colle...

Kevin Walsh Hired as Bentley Swimming and Diving Head Coach Kevin Walsh was hired on Wednesday as the head coach of Bentley University’s swimming and diving team. Walsh succeeds Mary Kay Samko, who led Bentley for 29 seasons before retiring at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. Walsh has spent mo...

Monmouth Hires Hayley Masi as Head Swim Coach Monmouth University on Wednesday announced the hiring of Hayley Masi as its new head swim coach. Masi spent the last three seasons on the staff at the University of Connecticut as an assistant. She was part of the 2024 Big East Coaching Staff of the Year...

Olympic Swim Coach George Gibney Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges Former Olympic swimming coach George Gibney has been arrested in the United States with a request to extradite him to Ireland to face 79 charges of sexual abuse of children. The arrest by U.S. Marshals on Tuesday came with an extradition...

Passages: John Brucato, Long-Time Bellarmine Coach, Age 63 John Brucato, the founding and long-time coach of Bellarmine University, died on June 24. He was 63 years old. Brucato was the first coach of the men’s and women’s swimming program, serving as the head coach from 2012 to his retirement in 20...