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Kevin Woodhull-Smith Named Inaugural Head Coach at Northern Kentucky Northern Kentucky on Thursday named Kevin Woodhull-Smith the founding head coach of its men’s and women’s swimming program. Woodhull-Smith was the head coach of men’s and women’s swimming at Barton College in North Carolina for thr...

Western Connecticut State to Drop Men’s and Women’s Swimming Western Connecticut State is dropping men’s and women’s swimming and diving, effective immediately. The decision was announced on April 12 and is effective at the end of the 2024 academic year. "One area of resounding success throughout th...

WADA Appoints Independent Prosecutor to Review Handling of China Doping The World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday announced it had invited independent prosecutor Eric Cottier to review its handling of doping positives in early 2021 from China. The decision was taken by a unanimous vote of WADA’s exec...

Cal’s Nikolaos Papanikolaou a Finalist for Cutino Award, Looking for Third Win Cal’s Nikolaos Papanikolaou was named one of three finalists for the men’s Peter J. Cutino Award, released Monday by the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Papanikolaou is joined by Princeton’s Roko Pozaric and Rafael Real Ve...

Chinese National Championships: Yang Junxuan Fires National Record 52.68 in 100 Free Yang Junxuan set a national record in the women’s 100 freestyle of 52.68 seconds on Tuesday at the Chinese National Championships. Yang undercut the record set twice, in 2020 and 2021, by Zhang Yufei at 52.90. Yang ...

Vancouver to Host 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Vancouver will host the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Swimming Canada announced on Tuesday. The meet will take place at the University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre from Aug. 17-20, 2026. The biennial event brings the best junior ...

WADA Says ‘Athletes Should Not Have Concerns’ Over Chinese Doping Case In a nearly two-hour press availability Monday, officials from the World Anti-Doping Agency endorsed its handling of doping positives within the Chinese program in 2021 as evidence of its protection of athletes. The case stemmed ...

'We Would Do Exactly the Same Thing:' WADA Answers Questions on Chinese Doping Case The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday held a press conference with global media to address details and fallout from the weekend’s revelation of doping positives within the Chinese swimming program from early 2021 th...

USA Swimming, Swimming Australia Respond to Chinese Doping Revelation USA Swimming and Swimming Australia Saturday night released responses to WADA’s revelation that it allowed Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a performance enhancer to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Swimming Australia was br...

Rebecca Diaconescu Downs 38-Year-Old Romanian Record; David Popovici Wins 4th Title Rebecca Diaconescu went 55.15 in the women’s 100 freestyle Saturday at the Romanian Championships to down a national record set in 1986. It was the highlight of the fourth and penultimate day of the meet that include...

'What happened to strict liability?' Adam Peaty Hits Back at WADA over Chinese Doping Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Adam Peaty has hit back at the World Anti-Doping Agency over its handling of the reported 23 positive tests within the Chinese swimming program. Peaty took to X, former...

Column: Lack of Transparency in Chinese Doping Tests a Glaring Failure of Anti-Doping Authorities For a year in the middle of his career, Markus Thormeyer was essentially nowhere, by statutory requirement. The Canadian Olympic swimmer tested positive for a banned substance on Jan. 19, 2022, in an ou...

USA Swimming Adds Colts, Pacers as Partners for U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis USA Swimming on Friday named both the Indianapolis Colts and Pacers Sports and Entertainment as Centennial Partners for June’s U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. The meet to determine American qualifiers for the 20...

Vic Riggs Steps Down as West Virginia Swimming Coach Vic Riggs has stepped down as the head swimming and diving coach at the University of West Virginia, the school announced Friday. Just the fifth head coach in program history, Riggs led the way in Morgantown since 2007. He posted a 57-46 record in...

Delfina USA, S&R Sport Launch Apparel Collection with Maddie Musselman Water polo Olympic gold medalist Maddie Musselman has launching an apparel collection with Delfina USA and S&R Sport. The nine-item collection is based around a stylized M logo. It includes the signature Delfina Bravo Suit, style...

After Pac-12 Breakup, Washington State Lands Mountain West Swim Affiliation Washington State’s women’s swimming program will be an affiliate member of the Mountain West Conference in 2024-25, the school announced Tuesday. The agreement with the Mountain West covers the women’s swimming and baseball ...

Laure Manaudou is First French Athlete in 2024 Olympic Torch Marathon French swimmer Laure Manaudou was the first representative of France to receive the Olympic torch in the relay from Greece to Paris that began Tuesday. The flame was lit in Ancient Olympia Tuesday morning at a ceremony overseen by...

Jacy Dyer Returns to Toledo as Head Coach of Alma Mater Jacy Dyer has returned to her alma mater to lead the women’s swimming and diving team, the university announced last week. Dyer was a four-time All-MAC pick and Toledo’s first MAC Swimmer of the Year in a stellar career that culminated in 2011....

Illinois State Hires Riley Hilbrandt as Head Coach Illinois State on Monday named Riley Hilbrandt as the school’s new swimming and diving head coach. Hilbrandt has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina. “I would like to thank Dr. Jeri Beggs, Leanna Bordner, Paul Kabbes,...

A Cuts for Jere Hribar, Taiko Torepe-Ormsby Underscore NCAA’s International Reach For some time, sprinting at the NCAA Men’s Championships has been an international affair. It can become cliché to suggest that an NCAA final in any event resembles an Olympic final. But it has never felt more accurate...