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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Against NCAA in Compensation Case The Supreme Court Monday ruled by a 9-0 margin to affirm a decision that allows a pathway for NCAA student-athletes to be compensated by schools. The decision upheld a district court ruling that the NCAA violated antitrust law in limi...

Lianne McCluskey was named to the Dartmouth coaching staff Friday as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s teams, the school announced. McCluskey arrives in New Hampshire from Brandeis, where she was an assistant swim coach and aquatics director. The Judges’ 2020-21 season was cancelled due t...

Rutgers on Thursday announced the hiring of Natasha Chikina as its new women’s diving coach. Chikina spent 16 years as the head diving coach at Nebraska. Under her watch, the Huskers have had divers at NCAAs each of the last eight years, All-Americans each of the last six and have qualified 41 for N...

Swimming World Intern Kensey McMahon Part of Historic Final at U.S. Olympic Trials The Swimming World family is going to take a moment to laud one of our own, as Kensey McMahon delivered a pride-filled performance at the United States Olympic Trials. A University of Alabama standout, McMahon qualifi...

Nick Zorn, who spent the last three years as an assistant coach for the Florida State swimming and diving teams, will join the University of Louisville coaching staff. The university announced the decision on Friday. The Cardinals also recently announced the promotions of Stephanie Juncker and Chris...

The University of Louisville swimming and diving program has promoted Stephanie Juncker and Chris Lindauer to associate head coaches, as announced by the school today. "When the opportunity to reorganize our coaching staff presented itself, my clear vision was to promote Stephanie and Chris to assoc...

How College Swimmers Can Stay in Shape During Summer Break By Rachel Sansano, Swimming World College Intern For the majority of college swimmers, the summer is a much-needed break from insanely early mornings and grueling workouts. The only problem is, when we all go back to our typical training sch...

Purdue has added Nicole Monanian to its women’s coaching staff and promoted alum Alex Jerden to a full assistant on the men’s staff. Monanian was formerly the head coach at Northern State in South Dakota for the last four seasons. She mentored Olympic Trials qualifiers from the U.S., Canada and Sout...

Swimmer Maggie Meyer is one of 11 members of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021, announced this week. Meyer is the most decorated swimmer in program history, becoming the Badgers’ first women’s NCAA champion in 2011 when she won the 200 backstroke in her senior season with a time of...

Swimmers Matt Rose and Christine Marshall are among nine members in the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021. Marshall, a 2009 graduate, was a 19-time All-American as an Aggie, the fourth-highest total in program history. She helped Texas A&M win 13 Big 12 championships. Marshall was the...

The Minnesota Swimming & Diving program is welcoming its second new member to its coaching staff, as head coach Kelly Kremer announced Monday the hiring of new associate head coach Stacy Busack. The hiring is pending the completion of a background check. "We are beyond excited to welcome Stacy back ...

Miles Simon is Breaking Boundaries As A Howard University Swimmer Miles Simon is a junior at Howard University in Washington, DC. Just recently, he became the school's second United States Olympic Trials qualifier, earning the opportunity to contest the 50-meter freestyle in Omaha. Despite breaking ...

National age-group record holder and former USC swimmer Isabella Rongione announced her retirement from swimming this week, opening up about her struggles with mental health. Rongione made the announcement via Instagram. She last competed in the fall semester in 2018 for USC as a sophomore and opted...

Mike Simpson was announced Thursday as an assistant swimming coach for Auburn, rounding out the staff of new head coach Ryan Wochomurka. Simpson was an assistant coach at South Carolina, where he spent three years. He built his career over 19 seasons at Gardner-Webb. He also worked Auburn summer swi...

The Four S’s of College Swimming: School, Swim, Sleep and Socialization By Annika Hobson, Swimming World College Intern Swimming in college enhances a student-athlete's educational experience. Trekking around campus with wet hair, swimmers run all over the place from morning practice at the pool, to...

One of the longest-tenured NCAA swimming coaches in history, and one of the most well-respected, Tim Welsh, lost his battle with cancer Wednesday June 2. Welsh coached at Notre Dame for 30 years — 29 in one stint, then a return on an interim bases between coaches in South Bend. He announced his canc...

What Swimmers Think About As They Move Up and Down the Pool By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern.  Between the counting of laps, intervals and breaths, swimmers have a lot of time to think. Our minds are continuously navigating the continuous streams of thoughts we have while practi...

The Minnesota Swimming & Diving program will have a new face on its staff this coming season, as head coach Kelly Kremer announced Friday the hiring of new associate head coach Mike Joyce. The hiring is pending the completion of a background check. "We are very excited to welcome Mike and his family...

ISL Action Or Fifth Year of College: NCAA Athletes Given Time to Make Decision The International Swimming League Friday announced a three-week “cooling-off” period in June for NCAA swimmers considering taking part in the league’s draft for Season 3. The period will last from June 1-22. It gives NCAA...

A proven winner and developer of multiple NCAA champions, Tanica Jamison has been named the eighth head coach in University of Houston Swimming and Diving history. University of Houston Vice President for Athletics Chris Pezman made the announcement on Thursday. Jamison, who has served as the associ...