Obituaries

Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Ben Armbruster Wins 50 Fly Three swimmers swapped the meet record in prelims at the Pan Pacific Championships on Wednesday morning. There was little separating them again at night. Ben Armbruster led the way with a time of 22.75 seconds, a meet record. He ...

Passages: Kenneth Treadway Dies at 96; Legendary Hall of Famer Was Definition of Service Kenneth Treadway, a 1983 inductee into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as a contributor for his vast service to the sport, died on July 31 at his home in Lawrence, Kansas. He was 96. Throughout his life,...

Passages: Jack Roney, Former NC State Assistant Coach, 39 Jack Roney, a former swimmer at NC State and assistant coach at his alma mater, died on July 6. He was 39 years old. Roney was the program record holder in the 200 breaststroke in his time at the school, graduating in 2009. He served as an as...

Passages: Mike Stamm, 1972 Olympic Champion and World-Record Holder, 73 One of the world's top backstrokers in the 1970s passed away late last month. Mike Stamm died June 24 in Costa Rica following a brief hospitalization. He was 73 years old. Stamm, who swam at Indiana University, held the world re...

Passages: Bill Hogan, Long-Time Canadian Official, 81 Bill Hogan, a long-time Canadian swimming official and volunteer, died on June 14. He was 81 years old. Hogan was a prominent member of Canadian swimming governance hailing from Newfoundland and Labrador and spending more than four decades in the...

Passages: Rob Schumacher, Longtime Arizona and Olympic Photographer, Age 62 One of the top sports photographers in the United States passed away recently. Rob Schumacher, who worked for the Arizona Republic and the USA TODAY network of papers, died on Sunday, May 17 at age 62. The cause of death was...

Passages: Australian World Champion Open Water Swimmer Melissa Cunningham, 51 September 4, 1994 was Melissa Cunningham’s day to shine as this vibrant young Australian announced herself onto the marathon swimming stage – crowned the 25km World Champion in Rome. It was a stage Cunningham would conti.....

Passages: Mary Elliot, Ripon College Diver, 22 Mary Elliott, a diver at Division III Ripon College in Wisconsin, died in a motor vehicle accident on May 9. Elliott was 22 years old. Elliot was a native of Bayside, Wisc., who attended Whitefish Bay Dominican High School. She was majoring in criminal ...

Passages: Keegan McKenney, Recently Graduated Queens Swimmer, 22 Keegan McKenney, a swimmer who recently graduated from Queens University, died on May 10. He was 22 years old. McKenney died in a car accident in the early hours of Sunday morning in Charlotte. He had just graduated from the university...

Passages: Australian Olympian Brian Wilkinson, 88 Australian Olympian Brian Wilkinson died on April 27 in his native New South Wales. He was 88 years old. Wilkinson died after a short illness. Wilkinson represented Australia at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, part of a medal table-topping Aussie tea...

Dick Kimball, the legendary University of Michigan and Team USA Diving coach died at age 91. Wolverine Diving posted a tribute to the late coach on social media. "With saddened heart, we lost a diving great today, Dick Kimball. Our coaches at Wolverine Diving have so many fond memories of Kimball, a...

Passages: Steve Clark, 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist, Age 82 Steve Clark, a two-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic relay gold medalist for the United States, died on April 14. He was 82 years old. Clark was a rare two-time Olympian, qualifying for the U.S. team at both the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. H...

Brad Glenn Remembered for a Life in Service to Swimming Editor’s note: Swimming World welcomes tributes and memories from those who knew Brad Glenn. A memorial form link can be found throughout this article for readers who would like to share a message. Brad Glenn, a longtime swimming leader whose ....

Passages: Hannah Nelson, Member of U.S. Paraswimming National Team, 23 Hannah Nelson, who represented the United States at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, died on April 5. She was 23 years old. Nelson was a swimmer at Ave Maria University in Florida, which confirmed in a statement that s...

Passages: Two-time Canadian Olympic Medalist Nancy Garapick, 64 Two-time Olympic medalist Nancy Garapick of Canada died on April 7. She was 64 years old. Garapick died at her home in Langley, British Columbia, a Swimming Canada statement confirmed. Garapick was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A produc...

Sir Craig Reedie, Former BOA Chairman & Key London 2012 Figure, Dies at 84 Sir Craig Reedie, who served as chair of the British Olympic Association for more than a decade and played a pivotal role in London being awarded the 2012 Games, has died at the age of 84. Reedie held several leadership posit...

Passages: Ray Benecki, FISH Founder and Coach of Kate Ziegler, Dies Ray Benecki, who founded FISH Swim Club in Northern Virginia in the early 1990s, died on Tuesday. The club announced his passing in a statement, citing the cause as a battle with cancer. Benecki founded FISH in McLean, Virginia in 1...

Passages: Carl Samuelson, Hall of Fame Coach at Williams College, 94 Carl Samuelson, a hall of fame coach who was a pillar of Williams College’s elite Division III program, passed away on Feb. 24. Samuelson was 94 years of age. The college confirmed his passage in a letter of commemoration to the co...

Passages: Carrie Heilman, Virginia Professor and Mother of Olympian, 54 Carrie Heilman, a long-time professor at the University of Virginia and the mom of UVA swimmers Thomas Heilman and Matthew Heilman, died on Thursday. She was 54 years old. Heilman served as the Faculty Athletics Representative t...

Southern Connecticut State Mourns Sudden Passing of Coach Tim Quill Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday announced the death of head coach Tim Quill. He was 58 years old. Quill spent 28 years leading the Owls men’s and women’s swim teams, turning them into significant players in the Northeast 10 ...