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Lauren Lee, Samantha Smith Pace Boston College Sweep of BU Lauren Lee and Samantha Smith won three times apiece as Boston College swept city rival Boston University on Saturday. The women’s team claimed a 167-133 win over the Terriers. On the men’s side, the Eagles registered a 173-127 decision. Mee...

Ralph Daleiden, Eleni Gewalt Power Arizona Sweep of Minnesota Ralph Daleiden and Eleni Gewalt came up big for Arizona on Saturday, leading it to a pair of cross-conference dual meet wins over Minnesota. The Arizona men claimed a 162-147 victory at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center. The women squeaked o...

Andrei Minakov, Lucy Bell Star in Stanford Senior Day Sweep of USC Andrei Minakov won all four times he got in the water, and Lucy Bell posted a pair of career-best times as Stanford swept USC. Minakov, one of 11 male swimmers feted on the Cardinal men’s Senior Day, keyed a 202-97 win. The Stanford ...

Phoebe Bacon Wins Twice as Wisconsin, Northwestern Split Phoebe Bacon won a pair of events as Wisconsin dominated Northwestern Saturday in a 205.5-93.5 win. The Wildcats’ men scored a win at the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, though, by a score of 163.5-136.5. Bacon, the American Olympian, clocked...

Leah Polonsky Wins Twice as Cal Tops UCLA Leah Polonsky won two individual events Saturday as California beat UCLA, 187-106, at the Spieker Aquatics Complex. Polonsky was one of 17 Golden Bears celebrating Senior Day. The Israel international and Paris Olympian went 48.73 to best teammate McKenna St...

Relay 1-2 Finish Leads Arkansas to 4-Point Win over Vanderbilt Arkansas went into the concluding 200 freestyle relay Friday needing points to climb out of a hole. A 1-2 result did just that, leading the Razorbacks to a 133-129 win over Vanderbilt at Centennial SportsPlex. The Arkansas A squad of Del...

Three Olivia Swalley Wins Leads Iowa Past Illinois, 151-149 Olivia Swalley capped a magnificent day of racing by winning the 200 individual medley, giving Iowa the cushion it needed in a 151-149 win over Big Ten rival Illinois. It was Swalley’s third win of the dual meet in Iowa City. It rendered a ...

Passages: Colleen Lischwe, Water Polo Coach at McKendree University, 34 Colleen Lischwe, the head men’s and women’s water polo coach at McKendree University, died Wednesday in an automobile accident. She was 34 years old. The university confirmed the death on Thursday. Lischwe was named the head coa...

Swimming Canada Removes Interim Tag from CEO Suzanne Paulins Swimming Canada on Wednesday announced that Suzanne Paulins will stay on CEO, removing the interim designation. Paulins had been appointed acting CEO in May 2023, when Ahmed El-Awadi took a personal leave. El-Awadi left the organization in...

Passages: Heinz Kluetmeier, Olympic Photographer and International Swimming Hall of Famer, 82 Heinz Kluetmeier, who photographed 11 Summer Olympics and was the first photographer inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2017, died on Tuesday. He was 82 years old. Kluetmeier photographe...

Max Matteazzi Wins Three Races as Pitt Brawls Past West Virginia, George Washington Max Matteazzi won three individual events over a two-day meet at Trees Pool, leading Pittsburgh to wins over West Virginia and George Washington. The Pitt men claimed victories of 210.5-89.5 over GW and 227-70 over i...

Northwestern Sets Two Pool Records in Sweeping Penn State, Chicago Cade Duncan and Tyler Lu set pool records on Saturday as Northwestern swept a tri-meet in Evanston against Penn State and the University of Chicago. On the men’s side, Northwestern topped Penn State, 172-127, and Chicago, 231-62. Pen...

Kenyon’s Jennah Fadely Sets Division III Record in 100 Breast Kenyon College senior Jennah Fadely set the NCAA Division III record in the women’s 100 breaststroke on Friday night. Kenyon took part in a two-day tri-meet in Princeton, falling to the United States Naval Academy, 178-175 and to the host...

Iza Adame, Andy Dobrzanski Help Arizona State Sweep Minnesota Arizona State’s Iza Adame and Andy Dobrzanski each swept the breaststroke events to go with a medley relay win as Arizona State handled Minnesota in a cross-conference clash Friday. The women’s team won 191-109. The men improved to 8-0 wi...

Scott Rosman, Carrie Stolar Join Board of USA Swimming Foundation Scott Rosman and Carrie Stolar were elected by the USA Swimming Board of Directors at its December meeting to serve on the USA Swimming Foundation Board of Directors starting in 2025, the organization announced on Friday. Tim Buckley,...

Freestyle Dominance Leads Purdue to Sweep of Double Dual with Notre Dame, Kentucky Wins in three of five freestyle races led the Purdue women’s team to a sweep of Notre Dame and Kentucky in a double dual meet on Friday night in West Lafayette. Purdue routed Notre Dame, 182.5-117.5, and edged past Ke...

U.S. Women’s Water Polo Names Youthful Squad for World Cup Division I Tournament The U.S. women’s water polo squad named a youthful squad on Wednesday for the Women’s Water Polo World Cup Division I tournament later this month. Nine of the 15 players on the roster will be making their senior nationa...

Polina Nevmovenko, Nathaniel Stoffle Lead Auburn to Sweep of Georgia Tech Polina Nevmovenko and Nathaniel Stoffle won two individual events and a relay each to lead Auburn to a pair of wins at Georgia Tech on Tuesday night. Auburn scored victories of 216-84 over Georgia Tech on the women’s side and ...

Peerless Distilling Celebrates Close Connection to Swimming Community with UVA Coach Todd DeSorbo An Olympic coach, a world record holder and a swim team captain walk into a distillery. It’s not the setup to an (admittedly high-brow) joke. It is the premise for the kind of swim community story that ...

Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun Lighting the Way for Surge by Canadian Men's Program What Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun did in Paris last summer—winning three Olympic medals between them—was historic for a Canadian men’s program that has so long been fallow at the highest levels of international competiti...