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South Carolina Promotes Andy Eaton to Full Assistant Coach Andy Eaton has been promoted from a volunteer assistant to a full assistant at South Carolina, the school announced Friday. Eaton arrived in Columbia after two seasons as an assistant coach at Franklin & Marshall. They were two of the best s...

LSU Names Richard Salhus Assistant Swimming Coach Richard Salhus has been named an assistant on LSU swimming and diving coach Rich Bishop’s staff, the school announced Thursday. Salhus has spent the last three years at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Salhus managed the Black Knight...

SEA Games: Ching Hwee Gan Finishes Distance Quad; Singapore Dominates Medal Table Ching Hwee Gan completed a sweep of the four longest women’s freestyle races at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, winning the 1,500 free on the penultimate day of the meet Wednesday. The mile was the only target left for...

Sierra Schmidt to be Part of NBC Show ‘Dancing With Myself’ Swimmer Sierra Schmidt revealed Wednesday that she has been cast as a contestant on the new NBC dancing show, ‘Dancing with Myself.’ Schmidt made the announcement on social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sierra ...

Joseph Schooling, Quah Siblings Have Singapore Sailing at SEA Games Behind the Quah siblings and Joseph Schooling, Singapore has dominated in the pool through the first four days of the Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Singapore has won 15 of the 27 gold medals doled out at Hanoi’s My Dinh Water Pa...

Olympic Gold Medalist Bowe Becker Announces Retirement Bowe Becker, an Olympic gold medalist from the 400 freestyle relay in Tokyo, announced his retirement from the sport on Wednesday. Becker made the announcement on social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bowe Becker (@b...

Passages: Dick Fadgen, NCAA Champion and Long-Time Swim Coach, 86 Richard Dennis “Dick” Fadgen, an NCAA champion and American record-holder before a long coaching career, died on May 7 at age 86. Born in Rhode Island, Fadgen made a long career in the South, as a distinguished swimmer at NC State, th...

Commonwealth Games Champs Kylie Masse, Katerine Savard Named to Team Canada Kylie Masse and Katerine Savard headline the Canadian team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, announced by Swimming Canada on Monday. The team comprises 31 swimmers, including eight para swimmers. Masse won the women’s 100 and...

‘The Only Thing I Saw Was a Swimmer:’ Michael Phelps on Identity and Mental Health Michael Phelps has long been an advocate for athletes’ mental health and for athletes sharing their emotional and psychological struggles. In an interview with the WHOOP Podcast, the most decorated Olympian in history...

World Junior Champion Maxime Rooney Announces Retirement USA National Team member Maxime Rooney, an NCAA star and a World Junior Championships gold medalist, announced his retirement Saturday. Rooney made the announcement via social medial. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maxime...

Rachel Zilinskas, Former Georgia All-American, Enjoying Second Career in Triathlon Filling the hole left by swimming was a complex challenge for Rachel Zilinskas when she left the University of Georgia. The void was obvious for the All-American swimmer. Since she was a child, first at Germantown Aca...

‘I was super depressed’: Chad Le Clos on Pre-Tokyo Trauma and Recovery Chad le Clos underwent a traumatic experience in January 2021, something that clouded his Olympic experience in Tokyo. It’s only now that he’s opening up about that experience and seeking help in the aftermath. Le Clos revealed t...

FIU Leads Four Schools Joining AAC, Spelling Possible End to Conference USA Swimming The latest tectonic shifts in the college conference landscape include four schools moving to the American Athletic Conference from Conference USA as affiliate members starting next season. Florida Atlantic, Florida...

Utah Hires Jonas Persson as Head Swimming and Diving Coach Utah on Tuesday announced the hiring of Jonas Persson as the school’s next head swimming and diving coach. Persson had served as the program’s associate head coach for the last three seasons. It’s his second stint with the Utes, where he was...

Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin Finalists for U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame Swimmers Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin are among the finalists announced Monday for the Class of 2022 of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame. The swimming duo are among 15 Olympic finalists for the hon...

‘My Body is Done’: Caeleb Dressel Opens Up on Tokyo Struggles As one of the American stars of the Tokyo Olympics, Caeleb Dressel lived under a microscope. The pressure of expectations – his own high hopes and the external ones lumped upon him –weighed heavily upon the American sprinter. The five-tim...

Swimming Canada Names 10 to New High Performance Athlete Council Swimming Canada this week announced 10 swimmers who will constitute the first High Performance Athlete Council. The council will be co-chaired by Olympic medalist Sydney Pickrem and Patrick Waters, a member of the 2019 Parapan Am Games...

Documentary ‘Unsinkable’ Recaps Alan Corcoran’s Swim Around Ireland Alan Corcoran’s desire to swim the length of Ireland was borne out of tragedy. It’s sparked not just a tremendous athletic feat, but a documentary film recapping the achievement. Corcoran’s latest athletic feat for charity, a circum...

U.S. International Team Trials: Torri Huske Takes Star-Studded 50 Final If you’re going to jam six Olympians into an A final at a meet like the U.S. International Team Trials, it comes with a certain expectation of how good the race will be. Saturday night’s women’s 50 freestyle in Greensboro … yeah...

U.S. International Team Trials: Hunter Armstrong Follows World Record with 100 Back Win Hunter Armstrong admitted he didn’t sleep much after setting a world record in the men’s 50-meter backstroke Thursday night. A good nap, though, fixed any issues that may have created on Friday at the U.S. Intern...