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Passages: Mary Elliot, Ripon College Diver, 22 Mary Elliott, a diver at Division III Ripon College in Wisconsin, died in a motor vehicle accident on May 9. Elliott was 22 years old. Elliot was a native of Bayside, Wisc., who attended Whitefish Bay Dominican High School. She was majoring in criminal ...

Shippensburg Hires Grad Andrew Hale as Head Coach Shippensburg hired 2023 graduate Andrew Hale as the head coach of its men’s and women’s swimming coach. Hale replaces his former coach, Tim Verge, who retired at the end of the season after 27 years in charge. Hale hasn’t strayed far from the Pennsyl...

Passages: Keegan McKenney, Recently Graduated Queens Swimmer, 22 Keegan McKenney, a swimmer who recently graduated from Queens University, died on May 10. He was 22 years old. McKenney died in a car accident in the early hours of Sunday morning in Charlotte. He had just graduated from the university...

Iowa Swim Coach Nathan Mundt Gets Contract Extension Iowa head swimming and diving coach Nathan Mundt on Wednesday received a contract extension through 2029. Mundt has spent five seasons as the head coach of Iowa’s women’s team, the seventh coach in program history. He was hired in May 2021 after s...

Illinois State Hires Ryan Evans to Coach Swim Team Illinois State on Tuesday announced the hiring of Ryan Evans to lead the swimming and diving program. Evans was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Kansas’s women’s team for two seasons. “I am thrilled to be named the next Head Swimming...

College Club Swimming: A Debate Rages Over Who Should Be Eligible At the College Club Swimming National Championships last month, one of the biggest conversations on the pool deck wasn't about the records or the close relay finishes. It was about who belongs at the meet. When former Division I swimm...

Ryan Lochte Joins Missouri State as Assistant Swimming Coach Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte was hired as an assistant swimming coach at Missouri State. Missouri State swimming made the announcement on social media on Sunday, May 10, and Lochte did as well. "After spending half of my life staring ...

Tulane Hires Kat Mueller As Assistant Coach Tulane this week announced the hiring of Kat Mueller as an assistant swimming coach, joining the staff of Amanda Caldwell. Mueller is a 2023 graduate of Purdue, where she captained the swim team. She spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Marshall Univ...

Riley Ceglowski Hired as Head coach of Alaska Fairbanks Riley Ceglowski was named head coach of the Alaska Fairbanks swimming and diving team this week. Ceglowski had previously been a head coach at Ave Maria University in Florida and Adams State University in Colorado. She spent the last year as th...

University of Olivet Drops Swimming and Diving Programs The University of Olivet announced last week that it is discontinuing its Division III swimming and diving programs. The cuts are effective immediately. They reflect what the Michigan institution called a, “multi-year review of program sustaina...

Recent Grad Mia Cheatwood Starts Coaching Career at Toledo Recent Louisville graduate Mia Cheatwood is starting her coaching career as an assistant coach for the women’s swimming and diving team at Toledo. Cheatwood joins the staff of Jacy Dyer immediately after a career that culminated with a 10th-...

Top Sprint Coaches Reveal Secrets to Success (Part I) How do you make a great sprinter? The answers do not always match. In Brisbane, Australia, where Cam McEvoy trains, the sound of weights clanking is heard more often than the splash of the pool. In Charlottesville, Virginia, home of world-record ...

Olympian Bella Sims to Return Home to Sandpipers to Train for Summer Bella Sims has been away from home for a long time. After finishing up her time at the University of Florida, Sims moved to Ann Arbor when she transferred to Michigan. That hasn't left a lot of time to get back to Las Vegas and the...

Tyler Ray had a huge finish to his collegiate career. The University of Michigan senior swept both Big Ten titles in the butterfly events and was named 2026 Big Ten Swimmer of the Meet. He went on to finish third at the NCAA Championships in the 200 fly (1:38.47). But Ray wasn't done. As he continue...

Swimming World Accepting Applications for Summer Internship Program; Journalism and Social Media Swimming World is seeking a gifted group of writers and content creators for the summer of 2026 who are interested in enhancing their journalism and social-media skills, while building valuable experienc...

Chase Kreitler Resigns as Pitt Head Swim Coach Chase Kreitler on Sunday resigned as the head coach of Pitt’s swimming and diving team following a historic 2025-26 season. Kreitler said in a resignation letter that Pitt “intends to move in a different strategic direction after the 2026-27 season.” Th...

Michael Phelps, Jalen Rose Awarded Honorary Degrees From University of Michigan Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Michigan on Saturday, May 2. Phelps and former Fab Five basketball player Jalen Rose were part of a group that got Michigan to...

Youngstown State Hires Hannah Saiz as Head Coach Youngstown State on Friday announced Hannah Saiz as its new men’s and women’s swimming and diving head coach. Saiz arrives from Army, where she was an assistant coach for three seasons at West Point. She swam collegiately at Kenyon College, where she ...

Cincinnati Promotes Joey Ferreri to Head Swimming and Diving Coach The University of Cincinnati last week promoted Joey Ferreri to the role of swimming and diving head coach. Ferreri was promoted from associate head coach after the retirement of Mandy Commons-DiSalle at the end of March. Ferreri swa...

Four standouts headline a group of outstanding student-athletes named to the 2025-26 Academic All-America men’s swimming & diving teams as selected by College Sports Communicators. Josh Liendo from the University of Florida, Alvaro Zornoza from Drury University, Cooper Costello from the University....