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The LSU women’s swimming and diving team took down Auburn for the first time since the 1990-91 season by a score of 179.5-120.5 on Thursday, Nov. 5, in the LSU Natatorium. The LSU women, who won 12 of the 14 swimming events, were aided by 5th-year Senior Michaela de Villiers’ record-breaking season ...

Guest Editorial: Swimming Is the Sport College Sports Can't Afford to Lose By Alex Versen Every American Olympic swimmer has a story that starts at about 5 a.m. A parent warming up the car. A bag that smells permanently of chlorine. A coach on the deck with a stopwatch, a whistle and a cup of coffee...

CSL Wild Card Match: Indiana Dominates Competition to Advance to Final The inaugural season of the College Swimming League concludes this weekend in Indianapolis. Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina State all qualified for the CSL final by virtue of their impressive results during each team's two...

Swimmers Kaitlin Sandeno Hogan and Steve Furniss were selected for the 2027 USC Athletic Hall of Fame class, along with water polo player Moriah Van Norman. The aquatics trio was part of a class of 19 athletes, the Trojans announced on Thursday, Nov. 5. The class will be introduced on the field duri...

Indian River Foundation Begins Fundraising for Swimming and Diving Program The possible elimination of the Indian River State College swimming and diving program has been tabled, but the efforts to save the program have not stopped. The Indian River State College Foundation has begun fundraising on ...

What the Midterms Mean for the Future of the Protect College Sports Act By Alexander L. Ballard With the bill looking increasingly likely to stall in Congress, swimmers have a window to weigh in on what a new  college sports law should protect before the next draft is written.  Democrats won both ch...

Rylee Erisman Cracks World Junior Record in 100 Freestyle; Continues Sharp Upward Trajectory The final event of last week's United States Trials for the World Short Course Championships will be remembered for the world record of Kate Douglass in the 100-meter freestyle. Clocking a time of 49.64, Dou...

SMU Men Take Down TCU in Wednesday Dual Meet A pair of Lone Star State men's swimming and diving teams raced Wednesday afternoon in Dallas as Southern Methodist hosted Texas Christian. SMU came out on top comfortably by a 202-92 margin. SMU's Thad Austin, Trey Clervi, Tate Bacon and George Gonzalez ...

The Big Ten Conference announced its swimming and diving weekly honors on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Here is a look at the honorees: Big Ten Men's Swimmer and Freshman of the Week Aran Bissett, Purdue Fr. – Crowborough, England  Helped Purdue win its two-day dual vs defending Horizon League champion Oakland...

College Swimming League Heads into Final Weekend; Championship to Be Determined The final weekend of the inaugural College Swimming League (CSL) season is upon us, with the wildcard matchup scheduled for Thursday and the championship match slated for Friday. Competition will take place at the Indian...

How Do Top Distance Swimmers Train In The Gym? Top Coaches Reveal Their Secrets Strength training for sprinters has become a swimming phenomenon.  Sprinter Cam McEvoy's success has sparked a new wave of sprinters eager to adopt the star’s methods. Many across the swimming sphere are testing differen...

The SEC has announced its weekly swimming and diving honors. SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Rex Maurer, Texas Texas’ Rex Maurer, a senior from Pasadena, Calif., earned a trio of individual event victories to lead the top-ranked Longhorns to their win at South Carolina. Maurer opened the meet with a....

When Swimming Stops Being Your Whole Identity You touch the wall, look at the scoreboard, and immediately wish you hadn’t. The time is slower than you wanted. Maybe slower than you thought was possible after all the hard work you put in. You think to yourself. Bad turns? Slow rate? Went out too fast...

Savannah Skow Distance Double Leads Princeton to Cannon Trophy over Rutgers Savannah Skow pulled off the distance double to lead Princeton to a win over in-state rival Rutgers on Friday, 134-09. The win in their season debut gives Princeton the Cannon Trophy to show from their trip to Piscataway. Sk...

CSCAA Division III Poll: Emory Women Jump to No. 1 in Shakeup Emory jumped to No. 1 in the CSCAA Division III poll for October, with NYU falling to No. 3 in the rankings released on Friday. Denison holds onto the No. 1 spot in the men’s poll from the September preseason poll. Emory tallied 392 point...

Emily Jones Leads Alabama to Win over Miami Emily Jones won two individual events and was part of four victorious relays as Alabama topped Miami, 224-110, in a two-day non-conference meet. Jones and the sprint contingent led the way in Coral Gables. She won the 50 freestyle in 22.03 seconds, with te...

Georgia Tech Takes Down ECU Women, Boston College in Home Meet The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets hosted the East Carolina women plus ACC rival Boston College Saturday. The home team was victorious on all fronts, with the women beating ECU 160.5 to 138.5 in the closest competition of the day while surp...

Pitt Women, Penn State Men Victorious in Rivalry Meet A Pennsylvania rivalry dual meet featured a pair of close finishes. With the University of Pittsburgh visiting State College, Penn., the Panther women defeated Penn State 161 to 138 while Penn State won 164-133 over Pitt. Pitt's women got their f...

Rex Maurer, Jillian Cox Lead the Way as Texas Sweeps South Carolina The Texas Longhorns flew east to face South Carolina in a dual meet Friday and picked up two dominant wins. The men's team won 225-73 while the women won every event and finished ahead by a 223-77 final margin, even with top breasts...

Kennedi Dobson Impresses in Georgia Win Over Florida; Gator Men Dominate Fierce rivals Georgia and Florida faced off Friday afternoon in Athens, and both teams came away with one victory. The Georgia women, powered by a strong performance from Kennedi Dobson, came out on top 197-97, the team's first...