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By David Rieder. Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel and Kathleen Baker competing against the United States? Sounds weird, doesn’t it? The fact is, that trio has been at the center of the U.S. women’s dominant efforts at both the 2016 Olympics and at the 2017 World Championships. Ledecky’s excellence is no...

The Ohio State women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams continue to lead the Ohio State Invitational after Day 2 of the three-day competition behind strong swims from Kathrin Demler and Cameron Craig. The meet continued Saturday with preliminaries at 8 a.m. followed by platform diving at 2 p.m. a...

Ohio State junior Cameron Craig was arrested on February 5 in Franklin County, Ohio for driving while impaired and driving under the influence while having a suspended license. This is Craig's second misdemeanor charge, following an arrest Jan. 16, in which charges of driving under the influence wer...

By David Rieder. First came the drawn-out chants of “ZO-NA! ZO-NA!” from the team clad in red and blue on the side of the pool. After barely a second of silence, a quick-paced “A-S-U! A-S-U!” cheer emanated from the young men and women in maroon and gold lined up along the upstairs railing inside th...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. For the victors, the meet meant everything, a previously-downtrodden program knocking off the gold standard. For the losers, it was just another lump in a season full of them—with the hope that all the lumps are meaningless in the end. In the photo above, Arizona Stat...

The NCAA swimming and diving season has gotten off to a good start as the Division I landscape is starting to heat up as teams begin having serious dual meets in the month of October. Swimming World has ranked the 25 best men's and women's swimmers returning in Division I for the third straight year...

By Dan D’Addona. Last year, Townley Haas burst onto the college swimming scene by winning the 200 free and the 500 free as a Texas freshman. This year's 200 free final at the NCAA Division I championships in Indianapolis on Friday will have another wave of youth looking to take down some experienced...

The final day of the Pac-12 Men's Championship is underway as some fast preliminary swims set up what looks to be an intense final night of competition with conference titles on the line. Here is what happened in the morning prelims: DAY 4 PRELIMS RESULTS 200 Back Cal's Daniel Carr swam to the top s...

The Arizona Wildcats and Arizona State Sun Devils faced off in an intense rivalry dual meet Saturday afternoon in Tucson. While the Arizona women pulled away quickly to pick up the victory, the men's meet came down to the wire, and the two teams ended up tying at 147 after ASU went 1-3 in the final ...

The Toyota US Open, which is set to begin next week November 12 – 14, will be split across nine different sites in order to lessen travel for swimmers and coaches and participate safely in a less crowded environment while still racing in a competitive format. The psych sheets for Indianapolis and Be...

Eight different ACC swimming and diving teams will be in action this weekend, but only two will be competing at the same meet: Miami and Pitt. Among the highlights of the schedule: NC State faces off with Wisconsin, Florida State travels west to Tempe to meet the Arizona State Sun Devils and North C...

2017 NCAA All-American Cameron Craig announced late Sunday night he was transferring to The Ohio State University. Craig swam two years at Arizona State in 2017 and 2018 where he had a big breakout freshman season with a fifth place finish in the 200 free (1:32.46) as a freshman in 2017. As a freshm...

The Ohio State swimming and diving teams defeated the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday afternoon in a head-head dual to open the New Year. The women won a total of eight events in addition to two wins by Mackenzie Crawford on the 3-meter springboard and the platform. The Buckeye men took first in seven ev...

By David Rieder. The United States men swept Olympic golds in the three relays last summer in Rio, but each one of those wins came with the assistance of Michael Phelps—who, as most of you reading almost certainly know, is once again retired. The success of 2016 helped wash away some of the stench f...

By Michael J. Stott. The NCAA Championships are often a risk/reward proposition. During the final morning in Indianapolis, Arizona State coach Bob Bowman scratched freshman Cameron Craig from the 100 free to leverage his presence on the 400 freestyle relay. Ever the strategist, Bowman reasoned, “Cam...

Cameron Craig was eager to see what he could do in the water, racing for the first time in 14 months. When he touched the wall after his first race, there were many emotions running through his head from relief to excitement. In his first race back, Craig won the 100 fly in 53.61 at the Big Red Chal...

The 2019-20 NCAA Division I swimming and diving season is coming fast. There have been a lot of changes in the national landscape like there are with every year but with the Olympics coming up at the end of next summer, a lot of the top athletes elected to sit out this season to focus on long course...

Australian native and 2018 Honorable Mention All American Dylan Boyd will be transferring from Arizona State to the University of Michigan for the 2018-19 NCAA Swimming & Diving season. Boyd made the announcement on his Instagram on April 11: After much thought and consideration, I will be conti...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. It’s been more than two years since an NCAA Division I swimming championships has featured much of any drama in the team race. At the last two women’s meets, Stanford has been a clear favorite, and Texas has steamrolled through the men’s championships each of the past...

One day after making his return to racing and qualifying for the 2020 Olympic trials, Cameron Craig turned in another stellar performance to close the Big Red Challenge in Holland, Michigan, on Sunday. Craig, swimming for host Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics, won the 100 free in 50.45 to break the club ...