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Legendary Texas Coach Eddie Reese to Retire After 2024 Olympic Trials

Legendary Texas Coach Eddie Reese to Retire After 2024 Olympic Trials Long-time Texas coach Eddie Reese announced on Friday his intent to retire following the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. He will serve his 46th and final season at Texas in 2023-24, at which point a national search for his successor wil...

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Auburn Swimmer Reid Mikuta Arrested on Allegations of Rape

Auburn Swimmer Reid Mikuta Arrested on Allegations of Rape Auburn swimmer Reid Mikuta was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of rape, according to reports out of Alabama. Mikuta was booked in Lee County, which contains Auburn’s campus, under the name Christopher Reid Mikuta. He was indicted in August ...

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Tech Tuesday: 10 Ways to Increase the Life of Your Racing Suit

10 Ways to Increase the Life of Your Racing Suit By Bri Groves Suits are a necessity for water sports, but they can be expensive. Racing suits are sold at an even higher price, eventually wear out, and are relied on by swimmers during peak performance. Suit life can be extended if properly maintaine...

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Steve Potsklan Swaps Fordham for SUNY Maritime as Head Coach

Steve Potsklan Swaps Fordham for SUNY Maritime as Head Coach Former Fordham University head coach Steve Potsklan has switched his addresses in the Bronx, hired Monday as the head coach of SUNY Maritime College. Potsklan stepped down from Fordham with little fanfare on Aug. 22. (Fordham has not, as o...

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Army Brings Hannah Saiz to West Point as Assistant Coach

Army Brings Hannah Saiz to West Point as Assistant Coach The United Sates Military Academy at West Point last week announced the hiring of Hannah Saiz as an assistant coach. Saiz spent the 2022-23 season at Boston University, under the leadership of the now retired Bill Smyth. She ran the program fo...

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Tyler Coffing Hired by East Carolina as Assistant Coach

Tyler Coffing Hired by East Carolina as Assistant Coach East Carolina on Thursday named Tyler Coffing as an assistant coach to the women’s swimming and diving team. Coffing was most recently at the University of Miami of Ohio, where he was hired in 2019 and worked through the 2021-22 season. The Red...

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Harvard Adds Alumna Geordie Enoch to Staff as Assistant Coach

Harvard Adds Alumna Geordie Enoch to Staff as Assistant Coach Harvard has promoted alumna Geordie Enoch to a full-time assistant coaching role after two seasons as a volunteer coach, the school announced Wednesday. Enoch joins the staff of head coach Amanda Kulik. She helped the Crimson capture the ...

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MPSF to Host Open Water Swimming Championship

For the first time in conference history, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will hold a one-day Open Water Swimming Championship to be contested on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California. The collegiate championship meet will consist of four events, beginn...

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Drexel Hires Erik Ripley as Assistant Coach

Drexel Hires Erik Ripley as Assistant Coach Erik Ripley on Tuesday was hired as an assistant coach for Drexel University’s men’s and women’s swimming programs. Ripley spent a year as the head coach at Chowan University, a Division II school in Tennessee. He served as an assistant coach at Division I...

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37 Thoughts Swim Fans Have from the Stands

37 Thoughts Swim Fans Have from the Stands (Archive) By Chandler Brandes This past weekend I did something I have never done before: I watched my first swim meet. Technically, I have watched hundreds of swim meets before, but always from the deck as either a swimmer racing or as a coach. Last weeken...

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5 Helpful Tips to Expertly Balance School and Swimming

5 Helpful Tips to Expertly Balance School and Swimming By Caitlin Daday One often over-looked difficulty of any sport at the college level is the need for student-athletes to be just that--STUDENT-athletes. From the outside, most of our non-athlete peers only see the glamours but tend to forget that...