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Jordan Crooks Shares How Consistency Leads to Victory: 'Get Out, Stay Out, Finish Out In Front' No swimmer may face more pressure than a sprint freestyler. Every moment of hard training comes down to just milliseconds, defeat and victory separated by a blink. It’s heavy stress for the athlete, requi...

'It's a Scary Time': Changing Landscape of College Sports Has Diving Programs on Edge By Michael Stott As a high school swim coach whose teams won more than one state championship thanks to divers, I’ve always appreciated the skill and athleticism those athletes bring to the boards – and the pool. S...

Freshman Focus (Part Three): Leah Hayes Brings Versatility, Experience to Four-Time Defending Champs Almost three years ago, Leah Hayes was the beneficiary of a key decision by one of the best swimmers in University of Virginia history. When Kate Douglass opted out of the 200 IM at the 2022 U.S. Int...

College Swimming Men's Top Times: Jordan Crooks Has Starred Thus Far The top performer of the season thus far in men's college swimming has been Tennessee's Jordan Crooks, who posted the top time in the country in four individual events at his team's invitational in November. That was a precursor to...

College Swimming Women's Top Times: Who Has Surprised This Season? College swimming has just over a month to go until the beginning of conference championship meets, which can produce sensational efforts from all corners of the country. One month after that will be the NCAA Championships, with both ...

Max Matteazzi Wins Three Races as Pitt Brawls Past West Virginia, George Washington Max Matteazzi won three individual events over a two-day meet at Trees Pool, leading Pittsburgh to wins over West Virginia and George Washington. The Pitt men claimed victories of 210.5-89.5 over GW and 227-70 over i...

Northwestern Sets Two Pool Records in Sweeping Penn State, Chicago Cade Duncan and Tyler Lu set pool records on Saturday as Northwestern swept a tri-meet in Evanston against Penn State and the University of Chicago. On the men’s side, Northwestern topped Penn State, 172-127, and Chicago, 231-62. Pen...

Kenyon’s Jennah Fadely Sets Division III Record in 100 Breast Kenyon College senior Jennah Fadely set the NCAA Division III record in the women’s 100 breaststroke on Friday night. Kenyon took part in a two-day tri-meet in Princeton, falling to the United States Naval Academy, 178-175 and to the host...

Iza Adame, Andy Dobrzanski Help Arizona State Sweep Minnesota Arizona State’s Iza Adame and Andy Dobrzanski each swept the breaststroke events to go with a medley relay win as Arizona State handled Minnesota in a cross-conference clash Friday. The women’s team won 191-109. The men improved to 8-0 wi...

Jordan Crooks, Camille Spink Speedy as Tennessee Crushes Alabama The Tennessee Volunteers traveled to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to race against the Crimson Tide, and they came away with two dual-meet victories. Jordan Crooks, fresh off becoming the first man to break 20 in the short course meters version of...

Chris Guiliano Impresses in First Longhorn Appearance as Texas Dominates SMU The Texas Longhorns opened 2025 in strong fashion against in-state rival SMU, with the women winning 218-76 and the men jumping out to a 237-63 margin. The Texas men's team, which already features Olympic champion Hubert Ko...

Utah Sweeps UCLA, UC Santa Barbara in Home Tri The Utah women's swim and diving team defeated UCLA and UC Santa Barbara at home on Saturday. Utah beat UCLA 158-142. UCLA beat UC Santa Barbara 185-193. Utah's Chloe Thompson won the 1000 freestyle in 10:30.91 and 500 free (5:06.15). Erin Palmer won th...

Auburn Men Dominate South Carolina But Gamecock Women Score Upset The Auburn Tigers hosted South Carolina in an SEC showdown Saturday, and while the Tiger men cruised by a 215-85 margin, the Gamecock women pulled off an upset by five points, beating Auburn 152.5-147.5. Madison Kolessar started thing...

Purdue Swims Past Illinois in Big Ten Women's Dual The Purdue University women's swimming and diving team defeated Illinois in a Big Ten showdown on Saturday. The Boilermakers won the meet 171-129. Purdue's Reagan Mattice won the 1000 freestyle in 9:55.82. Abby Marcukaitis won the 100 back in 54.07 ...

Gretchen Walsh Sizzles With Quickest 50 Fly Split Ever in Virginia-Va Tech Dual Meet; Hokie Men Shine Coming off the greatest short course performance ever at the recent 25-meter World Championships in Budapest, Gretchen Walsh is back in a University of Virginia cap and continuing to impress. Walsh ...

Arizona State Star Jonny Kulow Discusses Rising Career and Training on Social Kick Podcast (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBVA2e7j82I&t=667s Jonny Kulow is a rising star on the American sprint scene, and a key cog in Arizona State University's march to last year's NCAA team title. Working w...

North Carolina Downs Duke in Rivalry Dual Meet The North Carolina Tar Heels continued their impressive season with matching dual meet victories over rival Duke, with the UNC men dominating by a score of 211-81.5 while the women came out on top in a closer affair, 178-114. The UNC men began their dom...

Freestyle Dominance Leads Purdue to Sweep of Double Dual with Notre Dame, Kentucky Wins in three of five freestyle races led the Purdue women’s team to a sweep of Notre Dame and Kentucky in a double dual meet on Friday night in West Lafayette. Purdue routed Notre Dame, 182.5-117.5, and edged past Ke...

Indiana Sweeps Michigan on Senior Day Behind Anna Peplowski's Trio of Wins, Including Top Time in Country in 200 Free The Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving team swept Michigan in a Big Ten showdown. The Hoosiers won the men's meet 176-118 and the women's meet 160-103 behind three wins fr...

Harvard Swims Past Hawaii, Arkansas to Conclude Training Trip The Harvard women's swimming and diving team defeated Hawaii 172-71, and the Arkansas 160-83 on Thursday night. Harvard placed first and third in the 400-medley relay. Anya Mostek, Aleksandra Denisenko, Sydney Lu, and Mandy Brenner set th...