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Army Sets Four Relay Pool Records at Rutgers Invitational The Army men’s team set pool records in all four relays at the Rutgers Invitational, which saw Rutgers set a women’s relay record and Boston College snag a program record. Rutgers set the pool record with its women’s 200 freestyle relay, and ...

Minna Abraham Wins Six Times as USC Tops TCU Minna Abraham won two individual races and was on four winning relays as USC topped TCU in a two-day invite Thursday and Friday. The USC women’s team scored a 228-86 win at Uytengsu Aquatics Center over three sessions in an extended meet program that didn...

World Aquatics Announces 2027 High Diving World Cup Schedule World Aquatics last week announced the schedule for the 2027 High Diving World Cup circuit, which builds to the World Championships in Budapest. The tour will feature stops in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 10-11 and Porto Flavia, Italy, ...

Marquette’s First Home Meet is One-Point Loss to Northern Iowa The first home meet for Marquette’s new women’s swimming and diving program was a dramatic one-point loss Friday to Northern Iowa. The Golden Eagles dropped a 103-102 decision at the Wellness + Helfaer Recreation Facility. It’s the secon...

Purdue Men, Florida State Women Win Seminole Fall Classic Purdue’s men’s team and Florida State’s women won a scaled-back Seminole Fall Classic, culminating on Saturday. The meet was moved up due to the threat of Hurricane Isaias, which led to Georgia Tech being unable to travel. Purdue won the men’...

Navy Men Score Milestone Win over LSU; Tigers Women Sweep The United States Naval Academy’s men’s swimming and diving team scored a historic win over LSU on Friday at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis. The Midshipmen knocked off the 14th-ranked Tigers, 165.5-132.5. It’s the program’s first win against a cur...

Texas Tops Indiana in 1-vs.-2 Dual Meet; Texas Women Sweep Rex Maurer won two events on Friday as Texas beat Indiana 177.5-122.5 in a matchup of the top two teams in the CSCAA preseason dual-meet poll. Both teams also scored wins over Northwestern by 224-76 margins at the tri-meet in Bloomington Fri...

NC State’s Stefani Wendelschaefer named to CSCAA Board NC State assistant coach Stefani Wendelschaefer has been named to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association Board of Directors this week. She will serve as the Assistant/Associate Head Coach Representative. Wendelschaefer is in her six...

World Cup Tashkent, Day 1 Finals: Kasia Wasick Extends 50 Free Streak to 8 At age 34, there seems to be no stopping Kasia Wasick in the short-course pool. With a second straight win in the women’s 50 freestyle at the World Cup Silk Road circuit, the Polish sprinter isn’t just most of the way to a Tr...

Longtime Swimming Executive Joel Shinofield Hired as USRowing CEO Longtime swimming executive Joel Shinofield has been hired as the CEO of USRowing, it was announced on Wednesday. Shinofield’s most recent position was with USA Swimming as its managing director of sport development. Shinofield was an...

Fired Cal Women’s Swimming Coach Teri McKeever to Release Memoir Former Cal women’s swimming coaching Teri McKeever is writing a memoir despite ongoing litigation over her dismissal from the university. McKeever was dismissed by the school in early 2023 after dozens of accusations over decades surfa...

Michael Klim, Australian Olympians Lead Plasma Drive in Country Michael Klim and Ian Thorpe are among the Australian Olympians leading a plasma drive in their country in October. Klim is leading a group that includes Cooper Woods, Cathy Freeman and Cate Campbell to inspire plasma donation. The drive...

CSL MVPs Ryan Erisman, Caroline Bricker Named ACC Swimmers of the Week California’s Ryan Erisman and Stanford’s Caroline Bricker were named ACC Swimmers of the Week after their performances in the College Swimming League meet last week. Luke Sitz of SMU was named the men’s diver of the week, and Duk...

Florida’s Devin Dilger, Catie Choate Sweep SEC Swimmer of the Week Florida’s Devin Dilger and Catie Choate swept the SEC Swimmer of the Week honors, announced by the conference on Tuesday. Florida’s Jesus Agundez Mora was named the male diver of the week. Alabama won both freshman of the week honors...

Minnesota Hires Zach Wood as Assistant Coach The University of Minnesota added alum Zach Wood to the coaching staff for the 2026-27 season. Wood competed for the Golden Gophers from 2003-07, making multiple Big Ten Championships finals. He twice qualified for NCAAs, earning All-American honors in 20...

Southern Connecticut State to Dedicate Scoreboard to Late Tim Quill Southern Connecticut State University will dedicate its scoreboard in honor of long-time swim coach Tim Quill this weekend. The scoreboard at the Bruce Hutchinson Natatorium will be named in honor of the late coach as part of the sc...

Yu Zidi Named Female MVP of Asian Games Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi was named the female MVP of the Asian Games, which wrapped up over the weekend in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Yu was joined by Thailand track and field athlete Puripol Boonson, the male athlete of the Games. The awards were given by the Aichi-...

Asian Record for Michel Arkhangelskiy a Potential Arrival for Bahrain There were a couple of countries you don’t expect to see on the international podium at last week’s Asian Games. There was Chinese Taipei with 200 butterflier Wang Kuan-hung, though it wasn’t his first time on the Asian Games podi...

IOC Lays Out Marathon Swimming Qualification Pathways for LA 2028 Olympics The IOC this week laid out the marathon swimming qualification pathways for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, with 22 men’s and women’s places available. Like pool swimming, countries are limited to two entries each. The U.S....

Freshmen Make Instant Impact in West Virginia Win over Marshall West Virginia’s freshmen made an instant impact in a win Friday over Marshall for the women’s team. Rowan Baglole and Evey Quick each won individual events and posted a top-10 program time in helping the Mountaineers to a 214-61 win in ...