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Marshall Swimmers File Title IX Suit over Program Cut Athletes from Marshall University’s women’s swimming and diving program filed a lawsuit this week alleging that the university infringed on their rights under Title IX in cutting their program. The lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court ...

American Athletic Conference Adds Liberty, Marshall, James Madison for 2025 Season The American Athletic Conference on Thursday announced three women’s swimming programs as affiliate members for the 2025-26 season. Liberty University, Marshall University and James Madison will join the conference as...

Ozzie Quevedo Hired to Lead SMU Women’s Swimming Program Ozzie Quevedo was hired on Monday as the head women’s swimming coach at SMU. Quevedo has previously served as the associate head coach at Alabama. Quevedo joined Alabama in June 2019. He served as the school’s interim head coach from Dec. 2020...

Tyler Coffing Hired by East Carolina as Assistant Coach East Carolina on Thursday named Tyler Coffing as an assistant coach to the women’s swimming and diving team. Coffing was most recently at the University of Miami of Ohio, where he was hired in 2019 and worked through the 2021-22 season. The Red...

FIU Leads Four Schools Joining AAC, Spelling Possible End to Conference USA Swimming The latest tectonic shifts in the college conference landscape include four schools moving to the American Athletic Conference from Conference USA as affiliate members starting next season. Florida Atlantic, Florida...

SMU women's swimming and diving Head Coach Steve Collins has announced the addition of ten student-athletes to the 2019-20 roster. The Mustangs are coming off their 35th consecutive appearance at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships and a third place finish at the American Athletic ...

A proven winner and developer of multiple NCAA champions, Tanica Jamison has been named the eighth head coach in University of Houston Swimming and Diving history. University of Houston Vice President for Athletics Chris Pezman made the announcement on Thursday. Jamison, who has served as the associ...

Day three of the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championships got underway tonight with intense match-ups all over the pool as the Houston women and Cincinnati men head for AAC team titles. SMU seniors Matea Samardzic (4:09.75) and Jonathan Gomez (3:50.18) each won the 400 IM to open up the sessi...

Steve Collins Retires after 37 Years In Charge of SMU Women’s Team Steve Collins on Monday announced his retirement from SMU’s women’s swim and dive program, ending a 37-year tenure. Collins led SMU to 35 trips to the NCAA Championships. The Mustangs had nine top-five finishes and 15 top-10 results....

2022 AAC Championships: Houston Wins Sixth Straight Title by Half Point Houston’s sixth consecutive American Athletic Conference title couldn’t have been any narrower. The Cougars bested SMU by .5 points at the 2022 AAC Championships, scoring 866.5 points to nudge just past the Mustangs’ 866. The Co...

Gaby Jimenez Peon was where she wanted to be in the final weekend of her college career, but it was far from the circumstances she had envisioned. Jimenez was on deck with her University of Houston teammates at their home pool, vying for a fourth straight American Athletic Conference title. She gree...

AAC Swimming and Diving Championships Houston, Texas 2020 The final night of the 2020 AAC Swimming and Diving Championships saw the Houston women and East Carolina men hoist the American Athletic Conference championship trophies. Details Results Video Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 41 1. Hous...

The Houston Cougars opened the 2020 AAC Championships on the campus of Houston with wins in the women's 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays. Cincinnati and East Carolina split the men's relays on Wednesday night. The Houston women lead while East Carolina leads the men's meet. Day One Results Team S...

After 30 years at the helm of the SMU men's swimming program, Eddie Sinnott and SMU Athletics announced that he will be stepping away from his current position on the Hilltop and transitioning into a new role over the summer. "After 30 years of serving as head coach at my alma mater, I felt it was t...

Mykenzie Leehy and Ioanna Sacha shared Most Outstanding Swimmer honors as Houston won its fifth consecutive AAC Championships meet Saturday. SMU won its first title, the fourth different team to claim the men’s AAC Championships crown, by outpacing Cincinnati, the only other team in the meet. Both s...

By Taylor Covington, Swimming World College Intern. On Day Two of the 2019 American Athletic Conference Championships in Indiana, the Houston Cougars saw more uncontested women's victories, maintaining their relay sweep and conceding only one event in the meet thus far. The 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free...

The Houston women and East Carolina men continued to hold their leads through two days of the 2020 AAC Swimming and Diving Championships in Houston, Texas. Two meet records fell on Thursday night as Houston's Zarena Brown (500) and UConn's William Kearsey (50 free) set new marks. Details Results Vid...

The SEC and ACC have announced their honorees for Weekly Swimming and Diving Awards. The Georgia Bulldogs, coming off an impressive sweep of Florida won three of the six SEC awards, and the SMU Mustangs swept the AAC women's honors. Male Swimmer of the Week Pace Clark • Georgia Senior • Memphis, Ten...

Day one of the American Athletic Conference took place today at the University of Houston. 2017 American Athletic Conference Day 1 Finals - Results Cincinnati took gold in the women's 800 free relay to begin the meet. The team of Sara Wanasek (1:47.16), Michaela Wheeler (1:50.50), Sarah Laabs (1:49....

Southern Methodist University’s Colin Feehery won the 200 individual medley at the American Athletic Conference Championships in Houston Thursday. Day 1 Results Live Results Meet Page Feehery entered as the top seed by more than two seconds at 1:45.49. He went 1:45.14 in prelims, then 1:45.15 in fin...