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Stanford Hires Chris Lindauer as Women’s Head Coach Stanford University on Thursday named Chris Lindauer the head coach of its women’s swimming and diving team. Lindauer takes over for Greg Meehan, who left to take over as USA Swimming national team director last month. Lindauer is the eighth coach ...

UCLA Athletics is once again at a pivotal crossroads Already burdened with a $219.5 million cumulative deficit over the past six fiscal years, and facing the looming financial obligations from the House v. NCAA settlement — which will require approximately $22 million annually in direct athlete comp...

Olympic Medalist, NCAA Champion Bella Sims Transfers to Michigan After two years swimming for the University of Florida, Olympian Bella Sims has committed to transfer to the University of Michigan. The Wolverines announced her commitment on social media. "Excited to welcome US Olympian and World Cha...

There was plenty of action from the NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo Championships throughout the week in Indianapolis. Swimming World Chief Photographer Peter H. Bick was on deck capturing all of the championship moments. Here is a look at the moments from Indy: [gallery type="slideshow" columns=...

Rex Maurer Will Aim to Turn College Wins into International Rise Entering the summer championship season, the U.S. women continue to look like the world’s deepest and most dominant team. They won 18 medals at the Paris Olympics and are now set up for success at the Singapore World Championships foll...

By Taylor Padington (From the Archive) In the course of a swimmer's career, it is inevitable that they will be directed by more than one coach. This change could be due to a coach switching to a different team, the transition from high school swimming to collegiate swimming, or even retirement. What...

Second-Half Surge Carries Stanford Over USC for NCAA Women's Water Polo Title For the 10th time in school history, Stanford reigns as the champion of the NCAA Women's Water Polo Tournament. The top-seeded Cardinal (25-1) wrapped up a dominant season on Sunday by claiming an 11-7 victory over the Uni...

Sierra College Men, Mt. San Antonio Women, Claim 2025 3C2A State Titles The 2025 California Community College Athletic Association State Championships brought together the very best of California community college swimming. A half dozen state records went down, and history was made on both the men's...

Stanford and USC to Clash for NCAA Women's Water Polo Title Stanford and USC will meet for the fourth time this season on Sunday, the latest matchup to determine the champion of the NCAA Women's Water Polo Tournament. Stanford and USC advanced to the final with semifinal victories during Saturday ac...

Stanford, UCLA Advance to Semifinals of NCAA Women's Water Polo Tournament The quarterfinals of the NCAA Women's Water Polo Tournament featured the top four seeds advancing to the semifinals during Friday action at the famed Indiana University Natatorium. Top seeded Stanford and defending champion U...

Coach Mark Bernardino Announces Retirement Coach Mark Bernardino, who has been the Associate Head Coach at North Carolina State since 2018, has announced his retirement from coaching. The decision was revealed by North Carolina State in a press release on Friday. A member of the American Swim Coache...

Jake Foster, Coby Carrozza Among NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients Texas grads Jake Foster and Coby Carrozza were among the 42 winter athletes awarded Postgraduate Scholarships by the NCAA on Friday. The NCAA annually awards 126 postgraduate scholarships of $10,000, divided into 42 from each ...

Georgetown Names John Carroll New Head Swimming and Diving Coach Georgetown on Thursday named John Carroll as the head coach of its swimming and diving program. Carroll was most recently an assistant coach at the University of Virginia. He swam collegiately at UMBC. "I am thrilled to be the next hea...

Marquette to Add Varsity Women’s Swimming Program Marquette announced on Wednesday that it will add varsity women’s swimming as soon as the 2025-26 season. Marquette, a Division I Jesuit institution in Milwaukee, would add swimming as its 17th varsity sports offering. It is currently at seven women’...

The Importance of Sleep for Recovery: Make Sure You Follow These Steps Mac Robertson, Swimming World College Intern. Going to swim practice each day can become extremely tiresome to even the world’s best. The rest and recovery that occurs out of the pool can be just as essential to fast swimming as ...

The Cal Poly swimming and diving teams have been without a program since March. After the initial despair, the athletes went to work. The school gave them a chance to raise money to help save the program. Initially it was $10 million by April 15 and $25 million by June. The Cal Poly team reached $7....

Bosnian Olympic Butterflier Lana Pudar Commits to Virginia Bosnia and Herzegovina butterflier Lana Pudar announced on social media Tuesday that she is committing the University of Virginia. Pudar adds another swimmer with international experience to Virginia’s ranks. She’s been a regular on the Euro...

The Trump administration has announced that the University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities by allowing Lia Thomas to compete. The statement from the Trump administration did not name Thomas specifically, but was directed at Thomas competing on the Penn w...

Could College Swimming Changes Lead to More Coaching Exits? The first departure was a coach who has captured three NCAA team titles while guiding numerous swimmers to individual Olympic gold. Greg Meehan had just led the Stanford women to their best season in six years, culminating in a runnerup nat...

USA Water Polo National League: Mission (UCLA) Wins 2025 Championship The 2025 USA Water Polo Men’s National League Championships wrapped up with a dramatic day of finals action at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. UCLA captured the National League crown in thrilling fashion over The O....