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West Virginia, Cincinnati Split Two-Day Big 12 Matchup The West Virginia swimming and diving program hosted Big 12 rival Cincinnati as well as Delaware for intercollegiate action Friday and Saturday. The home team defeated Cincinnati in the men's meet by a tight margin, 181-172, while the Cincinnati...

Arkansas Women's Swim and Dive Defeats Rice in Dual Meet The University of Arkansas surpassed Rice in a dual meet Friday in Houston. After previously defeating Drury and TCU in dual meet action and then placing second at the SMU Invite, the Razorbacks won this meet by a score of 179-120. The Arkansa...

Anastasia Gorbenko, Nikita Sheremet Lead the Way as Louisville Downs Notre Dame The Louisville Cardinals made the short trip to South Bend, Ind., to face off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in ACC dual meet action and came away with a pair of wins. The Louisville women dominated, coming out on...

Ilya Kharun, Albane Cachot Pace Arizona State in Sweep of SMU The Arizona State Sun Devils hosted Southern Methodist in a short course meters dual meet Thursday, giving swimmers a chance to rehearse the 25-meter format in advance of the U.S. selection meet for the Short Course World Championships ne...

North Carolina State Proving Status as Elite Combined Program During CSL Competition The traditional setup of college swimming measures success for women's teams and men's teams independently. For most of the sport's history, the most successful programs operated under separate coaching staffs, a tr...

Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh Leading Speed Revolution in Women's Freestyle At the start of 2026, no one would have considered the 50 freestyle as the best event for either Kate Douglass or Gretchen Walsh. Douglass had gone on a two-year run to establish herself as the world's dominant force in the ...

Auburn Defeats Host Yellow Jackets in Final of Georgia Tech's Dual Meet Tournament Georgia Tech held its annual dual meet tournament over the weekend, hosting ACC rival Florida State along with SEC teams Auburn, South Carolina and Kentucky, Big Ten teams Minnesota and Penn State and George Washingto...

CSL Match 5: Quintin McCarty, Eneli Jefimova Lead to NC State to Triumph; Liberty Clark Shines for Indiana The NC State Wolfpack placed second in their first College Swimming League match three weeks ago but have now come through for a victory in the fifth CSL match, likely securing a spot in the CS...

Virginia Pro Am, Session 3: Jordan Crooks Doubles, Claire Curzan Wins Tight Backstroke Contest The short course meters tune-up meet at the University of Virginia wrapped up Friday evening with more superior sprint performances from Gretchen Walsh and Jordan Crooks. Both swimmers swept their respecti...

Kate Douglass Swims Third-Fastest 100 Freestyle SCM in History at Virginia Pro Am; Regan Smith Pulls Off Impressive Double After posting stunning results in the 50 and 100 freestyle at this summer's Pan Pacific Championships, Kate Douglass remains on a tear in sprint freestyle races. The uber-versat...

Leon Marchand, Ilya Kharun to Lead Pursuit of Sizzling 200 Butterfly Short Course World Record Four years ago this month, Tomoru Honda brought the short course world record in the men's 200 butterfly to a new plane of competitiveness. The Japanese swimmer had already established himself as a key int...

Stacked Lineup Wading into Short Course Meters Racing at Virginia Pro Am No active American swimmer has ever competed in a national qualifying meet in short course meters. In recent quads, USA Swimming has selected its teams for the Short Course World Championships based on long course results, but ...

Luke Barr Showing Off Enormous Improvement During World Cup Run As his team battled for top positioning at the 2025 NCAA Championships, Luke Barr was hardly a central performer. Competing in his final meet as an Indiana Hoosier, Barr placed 12th in the 200 IM and 15th in the 100 breaststroke, and he...

Claire Curzan Continuing Backstroke Dominance, Returning to Butterfly Roots in Final College Season Almost six years after bursting onto the scene as a teenager with Olympic hopes, Claire Curzan is approaching the end of a college career best described as dynamic. Curzan has experienced significant ...

Minnesota Women Take Down Iowa in Home Dual Meet The University of Minnesota women's swim and dive teams welcomed Big Ten rival Iowa for a dual meet Saturday and finished first in 11 out of 16 events on the way to a 178-122 victory. Minnesota's Kamdyn Periat, Ava Goodno, Morgan Thomas and Livi Wanne...

Ilya Kharun, Albane Cachot Dominate as Arizona State Sun Devils Sweep SMU Classic The Arizona State Sun Devils put on an impressive performance this weekend in Dallas at SMU Classic, wrapping up wins in the men's and women's competition. Led by Ilya Kharun, the men scored 324 points to comfortably d...

CSL Match 4: Virginia Holds Off Impressive Tennessee for First Place; Claire Curzan, Anastasia Gorbenko Win Three Individual Events Each The Tennessee Volunteers made their College Swimming League debut Friday evening as the sport's newest format arrived in Knoxville. Tennessee produced big swims th...

World Record Continues Massive Year of Sprinting for Egor Kornev When Russian swimmers returned to international competition in 2025 after almost three years in exile, Olympic medalist Kliment Kolesnikov and world-record holder Evgeniia Chikunova were the ones whose presence was most anticipated. In...

Liberty Clark Continuing to Build Momentum Through Start of Sophomore Season with Hoosiers From the very beginning of her career at Indiana University, Liberty Clark has excelled at every opportunity. The former high school volleyball player and daughter of Olympic medalist Haley Cope came into coll...

Caroline Bricker Hoping for Bounceback Year as Stanford's New Headliner At her second NCAA Championships, Caroline Bricker emerged from relative obscurity to become an NCAA champion. In the 400 IM final at the NCAA Women's Championships, Bricker took over the lead with a commanding performance on br...