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Eastern Illinois Latest Program Suspended Due to Hazing Allegations Eastern Illinois on Thursday became the latest swimming program to suspend itself due to hazing allegations within its men’s team. The team has been suspended for the fall semester, per a statement by the university. A formal invest...

Simone Barlaam Wins Best Male Summer Athlete at First Para Sport Awards   Italian para swimmer Simone Barlaam was named the best male summer sports athlete at the inaugural Para Sport Awards on Wednesday. Barlaam’s international coach, Riccardo Vernole, was also named the best coach at the awards, h...

China Sets Second Asian Record of 2023 in Sizzling 400 Free Relay at Asian Games Five years is an eternity for a relay record, supersuits notwithstanding. For the Asian record in the men’s 400 freestyle relay to have lasted that long in a single set of hands seems a historical outlier, even if a pan...

Zhang Yufei Outduels Siobhan Haughey in Asian Games 50 Free Final Zhang Yufei clocked in a championship record 24.26 in the women’s 50 freestyle at the Asian Games, winning a thrilling final over Siobhan Haughey. Zhang had set the mark in the morning prelims, clipping three hundredths off Rikako Ike...

Swim Across America Launches College Cup, College Ambassador Program Swim Across America this week announced two new programs to support its mission of raising funds and awareness for cancer research. SAA is launching the Swim Across America College Cup as well as a College Ambassador Program. The S...

Olympic Gold Medalist Breeja Larson to Take Part in PBX Pickleball Pro-Am Olympic gold medalist Breeja Larson will join the lineup of retired pro athletes in the PBX Pickleball Pro-Am in Glendale, Arizona, next month. Larson will join MLB All-Stars Luis Gonzalez, Brad Penny and Jeff Cirillo as well ...

World Aquatics Releases Schedule for 2024 World Championships in Doha World Aquatics on Tuesday released the event competition schedule for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Events will be held from Feb. 2-18 in swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water and high...

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 ...