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Providence College Coach John O’Neill Announces Retirement Providence College coach John O’Neill announced his retirement on Tuesday after 36 seasons with the Friars. O’Neill’s time came over two stints around a five-year term in charge of the United States Military Academy at West Point from 2001-0...

Cincinnati Head Coach Mandy Commons-DiSalle to Retire Cincinnati head coach Mandy Commons-DiSalle announced on Tuesday she will retire at the end of the academic year. Commons-DiSalle has spent 12 seasons as the Bearcats head coach and has been with the program for 16 years in total. Commons-DiSalle...

Annika Dries Leads 2026 USA Water Polo Hall of Fame Class Annika Dries, an Olympic gold medalist in 2012, is among four honorees in the 42nd class of inductees to the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, announced on Monday. Joining Dries is Peter Hudnut, Carin Crawford and Chris Judge. The Hall of Fame ind...

Stanford Mates Lucy Bell, Torri Huske Lead Honda Award Finalists Stanford teammates Lucy Bell and Torri Huske were two of four finalists for the Class of 2026 Honda Sport Award in swimming and diving revealed on Monday. They’re joined by Virginia’s Claire Curzan and South Carolina diver Sophie Verzy...

Kate Kovenock Will Not Return as Brown Women’s Swim Coach Brown University on Monday announced that Kate Kovenock will not return as the head coach of its women’s swimming and diving team. Kovenock had been in charge of the program since the start of the 2014-15 season. She compiled an overall dual-...

Jessica Parratto, Olympic Silver Medal-Winning Diver, Retires Jessica Parratto, a three-time Olympic diver who won silver at the Tokyo Games, announced on Monday that she is retiring. Parratto made the announcement on social media. View this post on Instagram ...

Cal Associate Head Coach David Marsh Stepping Away from Program Cal associate head swimming coach David Marsh said after the conclusion of NCAAs that he is taking a step back from the program. Marsh said he’ll continue to consult with Cal head coach Dave Durden and return for two-week segments to wo...

NCAA Men's Championships: Texas A&M’s Emilio Trevino Wins Platform Title Texas A&M was close to a platform title last year with two divers in the top four. It took a new face to get them over the top. Emilio Trevino earned the program’s first NCAA platform title Saturday night, his score of 465.30 t...

NCAA Men's Championships: Maximus Williamson Adds 200 IM Title The promise has long been bubbling for the University of Virginia, once its talented class of young swimmers got there. Maximus Williamson has only stoked the flames of that potential this week. Williamson started the final night of the ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Collier Dyer Wins Historic 3-Meter for Missouri It’s been a long climb for Collier Dyer. In four years at the University of Missouri, the senior was in his ninth career NCAA Championships event on Friday night at Georgia Tech. Never before had he finished in the top eight. ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Yamato Okadome Wins 200 Breast to Cap Special Double A year ago, in his debut NCAA season, California’s Yamato Okadome was learning the ropes in first championship season. As a sophomore, things are much different in terms of the talent of the Golden Bears around him. But O...

ESPN to Present 2026 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championships ESPN will collaborate with USA Water Polo to present the 2026 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championships, the organization announced this week. The NCAA champion will be decided at the University of California, San Diego’s Canyonview Aquatic Cent...

Evansville Hires Canaan Campbell as Swimming and Diving Head Coach The University of Evansville on Thursday announced the hiring of Canaan Campbell as its new head swimming and diving coach. Campbell replaces Toby Wilcox, who retired last week. He arrives after two years as an assistant at Tulane Un...

NCAA Men's Championships: Luke Sitz Makes History for SMU with 1-Meter Crown SMU’s Luke Sitz scored 428.10 points Saturday to win 1-meter diving gold at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Sitz was second after prelims but scored 428.10 in finals. That was nearly 16 points better than Miami ...

NCAA Men's Championships: With Something to Prove, Rex Maurer Sets 400 IM American Record A year ago, Rex Maurer made the 400 individual medley title part of a resurgent NCAAs for the Texas sophomore. Thursday night, he defended his title in spectacular fashion and while feeling more pressure than i...

NCAA Men's Championships: Arizona State Edges Florida in 200 Medley Relay Florida’s quest for team placement at last year’s NCAA Championships was dealt a blow on Night 1 with a disqualification in the 200 medley relay. Wednesday’s spoiler was more benign, though still disappointing. Led by Ilya Kha...

Jack Hill, Kaley McIntyre Named Division III Swimmers of the Year Denison’s Jack Hill and NYU’s Kaley McIntyre added to their NCAA Division III titles with Swimmer of the Year nods on Tuesday from CSCAA. The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America on Tuesday released the list of A...

Torri Huske, Sophie Verzyl Win Swimmer and Diver of the Year from CSCAA Torri Huske and Sophie Verzyl were named Women’s Swimmer and Diver of the Year, respectively, by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America in Division I this season. CSCAA released the selections on Tuesday ...

Amid Format Changes, NCAA Divers Mixed on New Split Finals The reaction to changes in the swimming portion of the NCAA Division I women’s championships last week was almost uniformly negative. The feeling about changes in the diving program were more mixed. The 2026 edition of NCAAs included no B fi...

Indiana Diving Coach Drew Johansen Releases Letter Defending NCAA Changes Long-time Indiana diving coach Drew Johansen released an open letter on Tuesday defending the changes to the NCAA Championships, calling them the result of “forward thinking”. Johansen backed the thought process that went into...