High School

Sprinter Max Goettsch Chooses Texas For College Career NEW COMMIT: The University of Texas has secured a new verbal commitment for its growing Class of 2029 from sprint freestyler and U.S. Open qualifier Max Goettsch of Naperville, Illinois. He will join John Simmons, Clem Camacho and Evan Conti in ...

Vols Pick Up Verbal Commitment From Distance Ace Mac Clark NEW COMMIT: The University of Tennessee has received a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from U.S. Open qualifier Mac Clark of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He will join Mike McCarthy and Jake McCoy in Knoxville as a member...

Long-time Indiana high school swimming coach John VanDriessche has been announced as the next head swimming and diving coach at Penn High School. The move was announced Wednesday by Penn High School Athletic Director Jeff Hart and is pending board approval.   VanDriessche comes to Penn after spendin...

The Noblesville Swim Club in Indiana and Noblesville High School jointly announced the hiring of Jess Preston as head coach beginning August 1. Preston comes to Noblesville from Penn High School in Mishawaka, Ind., and Irish Aquatics. As head coach of the Kingsman girls and boys swim teams since 200...

YMCA National Champion John Rusnock Picks Princeton NEW COMMIT: Princeton University has scored a new verbal commitment* for the 2025-26 season and beyond from John Rusnock of Suffield, Connecticut. He will join Alex Townsend, Jiarui Xue and Oliver Rowe as a member of the Tigers’s Class of 2029. Reg...

NAG Relay Record Holder Drew Ploof Gives Verbal to Missouri NEW COMMIT: The University of Missouri has picked up a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond, this time from U.S. Open qualifier Drew Ploof of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He will join Jaedon Carter as a member of the Tigers' ...

Army West Point Secures Verbal From Breaststroker Gavin Santoso NEW COMMIT: The United States Military Academy has picked up a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Futures qualifier Gavin Santoso of Arcadia, California. He will join Matt Fortson and Lewis Esterly as a member ...

Kate Simon, Michigan State Champion, Announces Verbal To Notre Dame NEW COMMIT: The University of Notre Dame has scored a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Kate Simon of East Grand Rapids, Michigan. She will join Ellie Butler, Maddie Faikish and Tess Heavner in South Bend ...

4 Characteristics That Define a Great Leader Sports grow athletes into extraordinary people and strong leaders. As a swimmer, you learn leadership qualities and skills that you will carry with you for the rest of your life. All teams have leaders, but great leaders are the people who make a differen...

Motivational Monday: Swimming with Teens Helped Make Swimming Fun Again When I came home from college in May, I was burned out. I knew that if I wanted to hit the goals I set for myself for my senior season, I had to train often this summer. However, I was so emotionally, mentally and physically dra...

Israeli Olympians Martin Kartavi, Adam Maraana To Join Tar Heels This Fall NEW COMMITS: A pair of Israeli Olympians who will compete in Paris this summer, Martin Kartavi and Adam Maraana, have announced their commitments to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They will arrive on campus ...

Carmel Swim Club's Kayla Barr Verbally Commits to Minnesota NEW COMMIT: Westfield, Indiana native and Junior National qualifier Kayla Barr has announced her intention to continue her academic and swimming career at the University of Minnesota. She'll arrive on campus in Fall 2025. Regarding her comm...

Freestyler Marley Lovick Chooses Arizona State NEW COMMIT: Freestyler Marley Lovick of Spring, Texas, has announced her verbal commitment to Arizona State University beginning in Fall 2025. She will join Alexia Sotomayor and Nikolett Padar as a member of the Sun Devils’ Class of 2029. She told Swimm...

USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Scarlett McGlinchey Picks Duke NEW COMMIT: Duke University has scored a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Scarlett McGlinchey of Sewell, New Jersey. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am beyond excited to announce my verbal commitme...

NISCA Releases National Dual Meet Rankings; Santa Margarita Girls, Hinsdale Central Boys Top Teams The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) has posted its annual list of dual meet rankings, a program designed to rank the top high school teams based on how they would perform in d...

Harvard Gets Verbal From Nitro Swimming's Aliana Marakovic NEW COMMIT: Harvard University has received a new verbal commitment* for its growing Class of 2029 from Aliana Marakovic of Austin, Texas. She will join Hazel Mouhidin in Cambridge at the start of the 2025-26 season. A versatile swimmer, Mar...

Alabama Picks Up Verbal Pledge From Goran Cindric of TAC Titans NEW COMMIT: The University of Alabama has scored a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Junior National qualifier Goran Cindric of Raleigh, North Carolina. Regarding his commitment, he said: “I chose the Universi...

Maximus Williamson, Alex Shackell Lead NISCA All-America Lists For 2023-2024 The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) has posted its All-America lists for the 2023-2024 season, highlighting the top performances from around the country in high school swimming. While the women's l...

Karly Boles Verbals To SMU With Team-Leading Times NEW COMMIT: Southern Methodist University has picked up a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Karly Boles of Ambler, Pennsylvania. She will join AnneMarie Vlaic as a member of the Mustangs' Class of 2029. Regarding her commi...

8 Dead Giveaways of a Swimmer; Some Looks Cannot Be Avoided! Whether you always throw your hair up in a messy bun after practice, or you radiate the smell of chlorine, all swimmers have distinct qualities, making it pretty clear what sport they do. Read below to see eight features that scream ‘swimm...