Read more0After Winning MPSF Men’s Title, BYU Lets Coach John Brooks Go22 April 2021BYU announced Wednesday that head swimming and diving coach John Brooks' contract would not be renewed, despite Brooks leading the team to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title in 2021. Brooks was hired in 2012. He’s won four MPSF titles, this year’s triumph being the first since 2016. This t...
Read more0Marc Long Stepping Down as Iowa Coach; School Releases Insulting Statement By Not Referencing Program Cuts20 April 2021Marc Long Stepping Down as Iowa Coach; School Releases Insulting Statement By Not Referencing Program Cuts The University of Iowa announced on its athletics website on Tuesday that head swimming coach Marc Long has declined the opportunity to continue on as the coach of the Hawkeyes. What was missin...
Read more0Arkansas’s Peyton Palsha To Transfer for Fifth Year at Georgia20 April 2021Arkansas freestyler Peyton Palsha last week announced she will transfer to the University of Georgia for her fifth and final year of eligibility. Palsha spent four years at Arkansas, qualifying for the NCAA Championships this season and turning in several lifetime bests. An agriculture major, she’s ...
Read more5The Positives/Negatives of Swimming Short Course Yards: An International Perspective20 April 2021The Positives/Negatives of Swimming Short Course Yards: An International Perspective By Jinq En Phee (Archive) For many of the NCAA's international swimmers, training and racing in short course yards is a new experience. These swimmers have focused primarily on long course meters, and often not race...
Read more0Gary Taylor Coaching Era Is Over at Auburn University; Search On For Replacement19 April 2021Auburn and head swimming and diving coach Gary Taylor have mutually agreed to part ways, Auburn Director of Athletics Allen Greene announced Monday. Taylor spent three seasons as the Tigers' head coach. "Auburn is appreciative to Gary for his service to the Auburn swimming and diving program," Green...
Read more0George Washington Men, Richmond Women Win at Atlantic 10 Championships17 April 2021Shy of an opening relay DQ, it took until Day 4 of the Atlantic 10 Championships for a men’s swimming race that didn’t feature a George Washington swimmer in the top two. It was that dominant of a performance from the Colonials on the way to their fourth title. A much more balanced women’s meet prod...
Read more1Aleksey Tarasenko Gets A Cut, Srihari Nataraj Just Misses at Uzbekistan Champs17 April 2021Aleksey Tarasenko attained an Olympic A cut in the 100 free at the Uzbekistan Swimming Championships this week. Tarasenko went 48.55 on Day 1 of the multi-day meet Thursday to win the event by more than three seconds. It was just .02 under the Olympic A cut in the event. Uzbekistan already has an A ...
Read more0Buffalo Bulls End Akron's Seven-Year Winning Streak to Win 2021 Mid-American Conference Title For First in Program History17 April 2021The Buffalo Bulls ended Akron's seven-year winning streak on Saturday night at the 2021 Mid-American Conference women's swimming and diving championships in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Buffalo won with 773 points, seven points ahead of Akron (766) who has won every title since 2014. This is Buffalo's first...
Read more0Navy Swimming Sweeps Army in Annual Star Meet17 April 2021Success for the Navy swimming and diving teams continued Saturday as both teams defeated Army at Crandall Pool in West Point, N.Y. The Mids won the women’s meet by the score of 220-77 and the men’s meet by the count of 198-102. The Navy teams combined for 26 victories in the 32 events. Additionally,...
Read more0Missouri State Women Win Fifth Straight Missouri Valley Conference Title16 April 2021The Missouri State Bears celebrated their fifth straight Missouri Valley Conference title on Friday night in Carbondale, Illinois as the Bears dominated the three-day post NCAA competition with 929.50 with Southern Illinois in second at 548.5 and Indiana State in third at 475.5. Results Team Scores ...
Read more0Akron Zips Take Lead on Night Two of Mid-American Conference Championships16 April 2021The Akron Zips and Buffalo Bulls are in a tight battle for the Mid-American Conference women's title with one day to go as the Zips have won the last seven conference titles. Despite winning both relays, Buffalo sits in second after leading last night as the Bulls are trying to end Akron's winning s...
Read more0Indiana Adds Former Michigan State Diving Coach Eric Best as Volunteer Assistant16 April 2021Indiana University on Thursday announced the hiring of Eric Best as a volunteer assistant diving coach. Best spent 20 seasons at Michigan State as the head men’s and women’s diving coach, leading perennially one of the conference’s best programs. Best mentored numerous NCAA qualifiers and U.S. Olymp...
Read more0Wisconsin Promotes Erik Posegay to Associate Head Coach16 April 2021Wisconsin on Friday announced that Erik Posegay has been elevated to associate head coach on Yuri Suguiyama’s staff. Posegay is in his third year on the Badgers’ staff. He was previously an assistant for two seasons at Penn State. Before that, Bob Bowman had hired him for a five-year stint at North ...
Read more0Todd DeSorbo Signs Five-Year Contract Extension on Heels of First National Title With Virginia16 April 2021Virginia swimming & diving head coach Todd DeSorbo, the CSCAA Women’s Coach of the Year, has signed a five-year contract extension through the 2026-2027 season, director of athletics Carla Williams announced on Thursday (April 15). “Todd has done an amazing job of creating a culture of excellence in...
Read more0Buffalo Women Lead Mid-American Championships; Maier Throws Down 4:39 500 Free15 April 2021The Mid-American Conference women's swimming & diving championships kicked off Thursday from Ypsilanti, Michigan as the Buffalo Bulls have a slim four point lead over seven-time defending champs Akron. Team Scores: Buffalo, 239 Akron, 235 Miami, 148 Ohio, 114 Eastern Michigan, 104 Toledo, 85 Bowling...
Read more1625 Fun Things To Do While Tapering15 April 2021By Tera Bradham The magical, two-syllable word that brings more excitement to a swimmer than any other: taper. It’s the only time of the year when swimmers get to experience the energy level of a normal human being; yet we aren’t allowed to utilize any of that pizzazz to which we are so unaccustomed...
Read more0Swim Poll of the Week: Do You Think the NCAA Meets Should Only Have Timed Finals Relays at Championships?14 April 2021This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Wednesday April 14, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Should the NCAA meets have only timed finals relays at future championships? The NCAA Division I & II championships experimented with timed final rela...
Read more0Texas Swimmer Daniel Krueger Named Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year14 April 2021University of Texas Men’s Swimming junior Daniel Krueger has been selected as the Big 12 Conference Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the league office announced Wednesday. Krueger was chosen as the award winner for the sport of Men’s Swimming and Diving based on the votes of ea...
Read more0Shaine Casas, Rhyan White Named Swimmers of the Year at All-SEC Awards14 April 2021Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas and Alabama’s Rhyan White were named the SEC Swimmers of the Year Wednesday in the postseason All-SEC Awards. Seven schools split the 12 swimmer and coaching honors, including six different schools on the men’s side. Leading the way was A&M with three – Casas, Female Diver o...
Read more0ACC Honors: Paige Madden, Nicholas Albiero Named Scholar-Athlete of the Year; All-Academic Teams Announced14 April 2021Virginia senior Paige Madden was named the ACC Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the Virginia men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams had 21 student-athletes named to the All-ACC Academic teams, the conference office announced on Wednesday (April 14). Louisville's Nicholas Albiero earned the...