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August 14th, 2018 - San Diego, CA: Coach David Marsh​ and Team Elite Aquatics​ is thrilled to announce the addition of two-time Olympian Kristian Gkolomeev​ to Team Elite. Coming off of a 21.44 runner-up finish at the 2018 European Championships for Greece, as well as a 4th place finish in the 50 Fl...

Alabama swimming and diving head coach Coley Stickels announced the addition of Ozzie Quevedo to the Crimson Tide staff as associate head coach. “We’re very excited to have Ozzie join us here in Tuscaloosa,” Stickels said. “He is a tremendous addition to our staff, bringing tremendous experience in ...

Hall of Famer Dennis Pursley, who has been Alabama’s head swimming and diving coach since 2012, announced his retirement from coaching Wednesday. Pursley will continue to serve in his position until a replacement is named. “We can’t begin to thank Coach Pursley enough for all he has done to advance ...

200 freestyle Big Ten champion Cora Dupre announced she will be transferring from Indiana to the University of Alabama after one season. Dupre had a great first year with the Hoosiers, winning the 200 free and finishing fourth in the 50 free at the 2020 Big Ten championships. Dupre is a big pickup f...

ORLANDO, Fla. – To call it impressive is a vast understatement. On Wednesday night, gathered in one ballroom, the best and brightest of the NCAA’s more than 350,000 student-athletes were honored during the associations’ Honors Dinner in Orlando, Fla. There, among those receiving the highest honors t...

Alabama sophomore Rhyan White took two wins on Saturday night at the 2019 Georgia Tech Invitational as she won the 100 fly (51.71) and 100 back (51.12), moving up to third in the 100 back and seventh in the 100 fly in this weekend's power rankings. White's best swim was the 100 back, where she finis...

Alabama swimming and diving head coach Coley Stickels has added Saint John's University head coach Reed Fujan to his inaugural Crimson Tide staff as an assistant coach, as well as Rio Ramirez as the diving coach. Ramirez previously spent seven seasons at Florida International University as the head ...

Alabama Director of Athletics Greg Byrne has announced the hiring of Coley Stickels as The University of Alabama’s next head swimming and diving coach. Stickels comes to Tuscaloosa following a two-year stint as Indiana’s associate head sprint coach. “As we went through this search, we got a lot of s...

The Southeastern Conference announced the 2020 Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athletes of the Year in conjunction with the 2020 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships. Alabama senior Zane Waddell and Arkansas senior Anna Hopkin won the awards. Zane Waddell [caption id="attachment_417940" align="aligncenter"...

INDIANAPOLIS – Former University of Alabama swimmer Luke Kaliszak earned the prestigious NCAA Top 10 Award, the NCAA announced Thursday. The NCAA Top 10 Award recognizes student-athletes who have completed their athletic eligibility for their success in competition, in the classroom and in the comm....

2016 Olympian Ryan Held told Swimming World Monday that he was going to be moving from Bloomington, Indiana to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to train with Coley Stickels in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympic Trials. Held made the move to Bloomington in February after spending four years in Raleigh, North Carolin...

Recent Alabama grad and NCAA 200 medley relay champion Robert Howard told Swimming World he will be moving from Tuscaloosa to Bloomington, Indiana to follow Jonty Skinner in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympic Trials. Skinner recently got the associate head sprint coaching job at Indiana after being the...

The Georgia swimming and diving team started off its season by sweeping SEC rival Alabama in Birmingham as the Crimson Tide have not been able to swim at home due to their pool being renovated. It is still early in the season but Dakota Luther (200 fly), Courtney Harnish (500 free), Alabama's Kensey...

Alabama Swimming and Diving celebrates reopening of Don Gambril Olympic Pool. Alabama Athletics and University Recreation hosted the grand reopening of the Alabama Aquatic Center and the Don Gambril Olympic Pool Thursday evening, complete with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. University of Alabama Pres....

The Alabama swimming and diving teams swept the Florida State Seminoles Saturday morning in Tallahassee, Fla., in the Crimson Tide’s first dual meet of the new year. Team Scores: Women: Alabama 180, Florida State 120 Men: Alabama 156, Florida State 138 RESULTS Alabama Swimming and Diving Press Relea...

The Alabama Swimming and Diving program has added diving coach Jesse Lyman to its staff head coach Coley Stickels announced this week. “We’re excited to have Jesse join our staff,” Stickels said. “He’s one of the top young diving coaches around and is a great addition to what I believe is one of the...

University of Alabama head swimming and diving coach Dennis Pursley announced that Chris Collier has been added to the Crimson Tide staff as an assistant coach. “We’re very excited to add Chris to our staff,” Pursley said. “He brings great credentials to Tuscaloosa and is someone that will fit in ve...

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) have released the final men's TYR Top 25 Dual Meet Poll of the 2018-19 swimming and diving season. The California men held their spot at #1. The California men have proven themselves with wins over Southern California and Stanfor...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A pair of Alabama student-athletes, gymnast Mackenzie Brannan and swimmer Luke Kaliszak, have earned NCAA Winter Postgraduate Scholarships the NCAA announced recently.  Both Brannan and Kaliszak are finalists for the H. Boyd McWhorter Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of th....

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama swimming and diving men beat Auburn Friday afternoon, 160-140, in the Alabama Aquatic Center. It was the Crimson Tide men’s first win over the Tigers in dual meet competition since October 2010. RESULTS “This is something that our men have been trying to do for a numb....