Read more1Texas Longhorns Solidify 15th NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Title27 March 2021Texas Longhorns Solidify 15th NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Title The Texas Longhorns won their 15th NCAA title in men's swimming and diving in Greensboro, North Carolina with a 27 point win over California 595 - 568. This is Texas' 15th total national title and their sixth in the last 11 years, as C...
Read moreNCAA Sets 2020-21 Division I Swimming and Diving Qualifying Standards19 May 2020The NCAA announced the A and B qualifying standards for the 2020-21 Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. The women’s meet will be held in Greensboro, North Carolina while the men’s meet will be in Iowa City, Iowa. None of the events had any change in the cuts from last season, likely due to...
Read moreTexas Longhorns Take Round Three in Relay Battle With Cal to Win 400 Medley Relay25 March 2021The Texas Longhorns finished Thursday night of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming & Diving Championships with a flourish as the team of Chris Staka (45.02), Caspar Corbeau (50.36), Alvin Jiang (44.05) and Daniel Krueger (40.80) won with a 3:00.23 over California (3:00.73) in a dog fight from th...
Read moreNCAA Division I Championships Will Go On With Contingency Plans05 February 2021The NCAA announced that Division I Championships will take place, and released a contingency plan for the winter and spring championships, including swimming and diving and water polo. The NCAA released this statement on the Division I championships: The Division I Council Coordination Committee app...
Read more4Texas Men's Coach Eddie Reese Announces Retirement After 43 Seasons, 15 National Championships29 March 2021Eddie Reese, the longtime head coach of the University of Texas men's team, has announced his retirement. Reese, 79, won his 15th national championship on Saturday when his Longhorns beat California by 27 points at the men's NCAA championships in Greensboro, N.C. Previously, Reese and Texas won nati...
Read more1With Postseason Approaching, Re-Ranking the Top-25 NCAA Men03 February 2021With Postseason Approaching, Re-Ranking the Top-25 NCAA Men With six weeks to go until the NCAA Men’s Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, we at Swimming World decided to re-rank our top 25 swimmers in Division I at this point of the season. Who has surpassed expectations from last year? Who...
Read moreHow Arthur Albiero Led Louisville to Its First ACC Men's Swimming & Diving Title23 March 2021For Louisville head coach Arthur Albiero, the 2020-21 season was all about "getting to the next day." In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the next day was never guaranteed, as one positive COVID test could shut down the whole program in an instant, to the point where the biggest celebration of t...
Read moreCalifornia Golden Bears Come Up Just Short Despite Historic Performance27 March 2021California Golden Bears Come Up Just Short Despite Historic Performance No swim team was more impressive at the men’s NCAA championships than the California Golden Bears. They scored a whopping 568 points, the most of any swim team. Ryan Hoffer was one of just two swimmers to win three individual ev...
Read moreNCAA Championships to Have Timed Final Relays, Among Other Guidelines22 February 2021The NCAA Division I championships will have some major changes this season, including timed finals for all relays. The NCAA announced the changes as part of its meet guidelines. All relays will be timed finals with an open lane in between each team to keep the groups social distanced. It was one of ...
Read moreNCAA Announces Future Sites For Swimming & Diving Championships15 October 2020The NCAA announced its future hosts for the Division I, II and III championships from 2023 - 2026 for all sports. The swimming and diving championship schedule is littered with the usual hosts like Indianapolis, Greensboro and Atlanta. But the University of Tennessee will host the 2023 Division I wo...
Read more6Ranking the Top NCAA Division I Men's Swimmers For 2020-21 From 1-2517 September 2020As a new college season approaches (hopefully), Swimming World wanted to unveil its preseason top 25 Division I men’s swimmers ahead of the 2020-21 campaign, after launching our women's list last week. This season is unlike any other we have ever had, as many questions still loom over the fate of th...
Read moreRyan Hoffer, Cal Bears Set for Awaited Showdown With Texas at NCAA Championships24 March 2021Losing out on last year’s NCAA championships was tough on every team, but for Ryan Hoffer and Cal, it was a lost chance at a repeat title. Cal enters this year’s championships as the reigning champion, though that was back in 2019. The Golden Bears are looking forward to renewing their rivalry with ...
Read moreShaine Casas Delivers After Two Years of Build Up: 'The Pressure Was Incredible'27 March 2021Shaine Casas has been the up-and-coming star for years, and with the NCAA championships canceled last year, that just added a year of wondering what the Texas A&M swimmer would be capable of. Casas felt that pressure, both internally and externally for nearly two years, and it reached a breaking poi...
Read moreSwimming World Presents - Men's NCAA Preview : This Should Be Well Worth The Wait02 March 2021The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Men's NCAA Preview : This Should Be Well Worth The Wait By Dan D'Addona A year ago, all eyes were on the Cal and Texas men’s swimming and diving tea...
Read more2Jake Magahey Already Adding to Georgia Distance Legacy in Lead-Up to First NCAA Appearance23 March 2021Jake Magahey Already Adding to Georgia Distance Legacy in Lead-Up to First NCAA Appearance When the University of Georgia men's swimming and diving team had a virtual goals meeting at the start of this season, freshman Jake Magahey spoke up that he wanted to go 4:08 in the 500 freestyle. Coming in a...
Read moreAnother Look at the NCAA Men's Swimming Psych Sheets Ahead of This Week's Championship Meet21 March 2021Another Look at the NCAA Men's Swimming Psych Sheets Ahead of This Week's Championship Meet The official psych sheets for the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships suggest another tight battle between Texas and Cal for the team title. Cal is seeded to score the most points, al...
Read more10 Events to Watch at the Men’s & Women’s NCAA Swimming Championships09 March 202110 Events to Watch at the Men’s & Women’s NCAA Swimming Championships Looking back at the fall, it seemed far-fetched to believe the NCAA Swimming Championships would take place this season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fast forward to today, and every Power Five conference has navigated - relativ...
Read moreDaniel Krueger Grateful to Be at an NCAA Meet Again & Prepared For Team Battle24 March 2021As a freshman, Daniel Krueger showed tremendous improvements in his rookie season with the Longhorns, reaching the A-Final of the 100 freestyle after coming into the meet seeded 19th. As a sophomore, he and the rest of the Longhorns were the favorites to win the national title before the COVID-19 pa...
Read moreShaine Casas Fights Off Push From Lasco to Scare Murphy's American Record in 200 Back27 March 2021Shaine Casas Fights Off Push From Lasco to Scare Murphy's American Record in 200 Back Texas A&M junior Shaine Casas and Cal freshman Destin Lasco had locked all horns all weekend long at the NCAA swimming and diving championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, with Casas winning both the 200 IM and ...
Read moreSwim Poll of the Week: Do You Think the NCAA Meets Should Only Have Timed Finals Relays at Championships?14 April 2021This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Wednesday April 14, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Should the NCAA meets have only timed finals relays at future championships? The NCAA Division I & II championships experimented with timed final rela...