Obituaries

Passages: Dick Guyer, Longtime York Suburban (Pa.) Coach, 77 Dick Guyer, a long-time coach at York Suburban High School in central Pennsylvania, died on Oct. 23. He was 77 years old. Guyer spent 52 seasons with York Suburban over two stints, including 44 as the head coach. He retired for the first t...

The Indiana swimming and diving program is mourning following the death of Ken Nakasone this month. He was 82. Nakasone swam at IU from 1959-63, earning All-America distinction from each of his final three seasons. He swam the breaststroke leg of IU’s third-place 400-yard medley relay in 19...

Passages: Penn State Commit Marcus Papanikolaou Dies in Car Accident Marcus Papanikolaou, a high school senior at Central Bucks East in Pennsylvania and a sprinter committed to Penn State, died in a car accident on Oct. 13. He was 17 years old. Papanikolaou was killed in Northampton Township Friday ...

Australia’s Swimming Community Mourns The Passing of National Treasure And Coaching Pioneer Ursula Carlile The Australian swimming community is today mourning the loss of a legend and a National swimming treasure with the peaceful passing of coaching pioneer Ursula Carlile in Ryde today. Sh...

Passages: Bruce R. Johnson, New Jersey Swim Coach and Author Bruce R. Johnson, a swim coach, writer and author in New Jersey for nearly 50 years, died on Sept. 21 after lengthy illness. He was 77 years old. Johnson began writing while in the U.S. Navy reserves, where he spent two years on active dut...

PASSAGES: Australia Mourns The Passing Of "Mr Swimming" John Devitt, A Legend With Chlorine In His Veins The Australian swimming community is in mourning today following the passing of one if its greatest champions, two-time Olympic and three-time Commonwealth Games freestyle gold medallis...

Passages: Mary Moorman Ryan Caldwell, U.S. Record Holder, 98 Mary Moorman Ryan Caldwell, a U.S. record holder and Olympic hopeful in the 1940s, died on June 8. She was 98 years old. The native of Louisville swam at Lakeside Swim Club in her youth and was a national junior champion at age 11. She won...

Passages: Dave Allen, Founder and Long-time Coach of UNC Wilmington, 75 Dave Allen, who founded the UNC Wilmington swimming and diving program in the 1970s, died on June 21. He was 75 years old. Seen as the patriarch of UNCW swimming, Allen and athletics director William J. Brooks started the progra...

Passages: Olympian, NCAA Champion Virgil Luken Dies at 80 Former Minnesota national champion swimmer Virgil Luken passed away Saturday, June 10, at his home in Minnetonka, Minn. at the age of 80. A 2004 member of the M Club Hall of Fame, Luken became a national champion the first year he competed on...

Passages: Kathy McKee, ASCA Hall of Famer and SwimMAC Coach Kathy McKee, a long-time member of the SwimMAC coaching staff and an inductee to the American Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame, has died. The ASCA announced her death on Wednesday. She was 69 years old. McKee coached at SwimMAC Carolin...

Passages: Masters Champion, Coach Geoff Mykleby Leaves Legacy By Adam Mania The swimming community lost a legend over the weekend. Dr. Geoff Mykleby, also known to some as Molar, The Party Planner, Wolfpack, Dr. Deluxe (I’m sure there are more nicknames) succumbed to a long battle with cancer wrappe...

Legendary Coach Frank Keefe Dies; Leaves Lasting Legacy At Numerous Stops Legendary swim coach Frank Keefe, who led Yale for more than 30 years and coached a slew of Olympians, has died. Yale confirmed his passing in a statement on Friday. He was 85. Keefe leaves a long legacy of coaching. He spent ...

Passages: Jud Crawford, Ohio State Star and World University Games Gold Medalist, 51 Jud Crawford, a standout at Ohio State University and a World University Games gold medalist, died on April 6. He was 51 years old. Crawford – full name Judson Crawford – swam in Columbus from 1990-93. He swept the ...

Passages: Robert Trotman, Diversity Advocate and Club Founder, 82 Robert Trotman, who spent six decades coaching swimming and extending swimming opportunities to historically underserved communities, died on March 22. He was 82 years old. Trotman founded Nu-Finmen Swim Team in 1959, with Charles Sim...

Passages: Pat McCormick, Olympic Champion Diver and Hall of Famer, Dies at 92 Pat Keller McCormick, the first diver inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural induction class, died on March 7, 2023 at the age of 92. She was the first diver, male or female, to win ...

Passages: Jamie Cail, Former U.S. National Team Swimmer, 42 Jamie Cail, a former U.S. national teamer and gold medalist at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships, died in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Feb. 21. Reports from the island indicate that police there are investigating the circumstances of Cail’s ...

Passages: Viktor Ageev, Triple Olympic Medalist in Water Polo, 86 Viktor Ageev, a three-time Olympic water polo medalist for the Soviet Union, died on Jan. 30. He was 86 years old. Born in Moscow in 1936, Viktor Ivanovich Ageev rose through the Soviet sporting ranks. He made his Olympic debut with t...

Passages: Nick Rodionoff, Longtime Pepperdine Coach and Diving Mentor, 87 Nick Rodionoff, the former women’s swimming and diving head coach at Pepperdine who worked at the school for four decades, died on Feb. 17. He was 87 years old. Rodionoff led the swimming and diving program for 18 years from 2...

OBITUARY: Australian Olympian Adam Lucas Pays A Special Tribute To His Celebrated Coach Grant Stoelwinder Australia’s 2004 Athens Olympic medley swimmer Adam Lucas summed up his coach Grant Stoelwinder perfectly when the Western Australian swimming community gave the coach they all called “Stolly” t...

Passages: Ty Wells, University of Arizona Swimmer, 23 Ty Wells, a fifth-year swimmer at the University of Arizona, passed away Friday. The school confirmed his death but did not reveal the cause. He was 23 years old. "On behalf of the entire University of Arizona community, I want to extend our hear...