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Swimming South Africa Opens High Performance Academy in Pretoria Swimming South Africa on Wednesday unveiled its latest High Performance Academy, based in Pretoria. The center is based at Garsfontein High School. It will be operated in partnership with Royal Fins Aquatic swimming club. The High Perf...

Alabama Hired Richard Salhus as Assistant Coach Alabama on Friday announced the hiring of Richard Salhus as an assistant coach on Margo Geer’s staff. Salhus spent the 2022-23 season as an assistant coach for LSU, helping the Tigers’ women’s team to its highest NCAA finish in 30 years. Both the men’s...

Arizona State Men, Georgia Women Split Opening Duals; Ilya Kharun Sets 100 Fly Record Arizona State’s men’s team and Georgia’s women picked up wins in a set of meets Friday and Saturday in Tempe. Friday brought a long-course meet, the Sun Devils winning the men’s competition 89.5-49.5 and the Bulldo...

Legendary Texas Coach Eddie Reese to Retire After 2024 Olympic Trials Long-time Texas coach Eddie Reese announced on Friday his intent to retire following the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. He will serve his 46th and final season at Texas in 2023-24, at which point a national search for his successor wil...

Swim Ireland Bringing People Together Through Sanctuary Swimmers Groups Swim Ireland has brought together nearly 100 swimmers from 19 countries via its Sanctuary Swimmers group. The partnership between Swim Ireland and Sanctuary Runners has extended the latter’s concept to the water. Swimmers from 1...

Auburn Swimmer Reid Mikuta Arrested on Allegations of Rape Auburn swimmer Reid Mikuta was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of rape, according to reports out of Alabama. Mikuta was booked in Lee County, which contains Auburn’s campus, under the name Christopher Reid Mikuta. He was indicted in August ...

5 Men's Storylines to Watch As the Olympic Year Rapidly Approaches The 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka hit at a perfect moment in the Olympic cycle. In some races, the old guard is still hanging on. In others, a new generation is emerging. And in others still, even in the condensed thre...

Doha World Championships Announces Mascots, Nahim and Mayfara World Aquatics on Tuesday revealed the mascots for the 2024 Doha World Championships, which will take place in Qatar from Feb. 2-18. The mascots are a, “playful Qatari whale shark” named Nahim and Mayfara, “a walking, talking, smiling cor...

Steve Potsklan Swaps Fordham for SUNY Maritime as Head Coach Former Fordham University head coach Steve Potsklan has switched his addresses in the Bronx, hired Monday as the head coach of SUNY Maritime College. Potsklan stepped down from Fordham with little fanfare on Aug. 22. (Fordham has not, as o...

Army Brings Hannah Saiz to West Point as Assistant Coach The United Sates Military Academy at West Point last week announced the hiring of Hannah Saiz as an assistant coach. Saiz spent the 2022-23 season at Boston University, under the leadership of the now retired Bill Smyth. She ran the program fo...

Olympic Gold Medalist Launches Simone Manuel Foundation for Water Safety Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel on Thursday announced the formation of the Simone Manuel Foundation. Her goal through the foundation is to expand access to water safety and swimming opportunities to BIPOC children. Manuel m...

Tyler Coffing Hired by East Carolina as Assistant Coach East Carolina on Thursday named Tyler Coffing as an assistant coach to the women’s swimming and diving team. Coffing was most recently at the University of Miami of Ohio, where he was hired in 2019 and worked through the 2021-22 season. The Red...

Harvard Adds Alumna Geordie Enoch to Staff as Assistant Coach Harvard has promoted alumna Geordie Enoch to a full-time assistant coaching role after two seasons as a volunteer coach, the school announced Wednesday. Enoch joins the staff of head coach Amanda Kulik. She helped the Crimson capture the ...

Washington State Hires National Teamer Kaersten Meitz as Assistant Coach Washington State on Thursday announced the hiring of Kaersten Meitz as an assistant coach. The former distance standout at Purdue will work with the Cougars’ distance group. Meitz was a four-time All-American at Purdue. She won...

Drexel Hires Erik Ripley as Assistant Coach Erik Ripley on Tuesday was hired as an assistant coach for Drexel University’s men’s and women’s swimming programs. Ripley spent a year as the head coach at Chowan University, a Division II school in Tennessee. He served as an assistant coach at Division I...

Sergio Lopez Miro, Tim Murphy, Tom Himes to be Inducted to ISCA Hall of Fame Sergio Lopez Miro, Tim Murphy and Tom Himes comprise the 2023 class to the International Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The trio will be inducted in a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Crowne Plaza Valley Forge ...

USA Swimming Unveils 94 Swimmers on 2023-24 U.S. National Team USA Swimming on Monday unveiled the 94 swimmers on the 2023-24 U.S. National Team. The team is sponsored by Toyota. It includes 27 first-timers. Kate Douglass leads the way by qualifying for the team in six events, while Katie Ledecky an...

Olympic Gold Medalist Brooke Bennett Finishes Second at Swim for Alligator Lighthouse Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett finished second Saturday at the ninth annual Swim for Alligator Lighthouse, an open water swim in Islamorada, Florida. Bennett finished behind another well-known swimming name i...

Margaret Rivard, 17, Youngest to Finish Open Water Triple Crown American Margaret Rivard this week became the youngest swimmer to complete the Triple Crown of open water by successfully crossing the English Channel. Rivard, a 16-year-old native of New Hampshire and high school junior, crossed the En...

Sun Yang Prepping to Return from ‘Difficulties and Setbacks’ of Doping Ban Chinese Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang is preparing to return to swimming once his four-year ban for doping expires in May, with an eye toward the 2024 Paris Olympics. Sun, 31, conducted an interview with Chinese social media...