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Chaos Brewing: Tight Race for Top Ten at Women’s NCAA Championships

Morning Splash by David Rieder. Stanford should finish atop the field at this week’s women’s NCAA championships in Columbus, Ohio, and the Cardinal will likely be followed by Cal, Texas A&M and Michigan. And then, things get interesting. According to pre-diving score projections, teams projected to ...

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Florida Tops Florida State in Sunshine Showdown

Photo Credit: Peter H. Bick TALLAHASSEE - The University of Florida swimming and diving teams raced to a sweep of in-state rival Florida State in the Sunshine Showdown on Saturday afternoon, with the men earning a 173-126 victory and the women taking a 185-115 win. Lindsey McKnight won three events ...

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SEC Weekly Recap: Tennessee Splits With Florida; A&M Wins

By Dan D’Addona. The No. 10 Florida men defeated No. 20 Tennessee 183-111, while the women's meet came down to the final event, the 400 free relay. No. 15 Tennessee won that last relay, sneaking by the 20th-ranked Gators 151-149. Tennessee’s Kira Toussaint, Madeline Banic, Erika Brown and Micah Boho...

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Georgia Fall Invitational: Cal Cruises to Sweep Invite

By Dan D’Addona. The Cal Golden Bears have been looking up at Georgia in the rankings all season, but knocked off the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs at their own invitational this weekend, winning the Georgia Fall Invitational. In a meet featuring four of the top 10 teams in the country, the No. 10 Golden Be...

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SEC Championships Day 3 Prelims: Rooney, Dressel Take Top Seeds

The SEC meet continued with Thursday’s Day 3 preliminaries. Here is a look at who made the finals: Women’s 400 IM Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem took the top seed in the 400 IM, finishing in 4:05.98 — three seconds ahead of South Carolina’s Emma Barksdale (4:08.28). A&M’s Bethany Galat took the third se...

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Florida Wins All-Florida Invite For Fifth Straight Year

Photo Credit: Peter H. Bick GAINESVILLE, Florida, October 5. For the fifth year in a row, the University of Florida men's and women's swimming and diving teams brought home the Pinch A Penny All-Florida Invitational titles. The Gators combined for 26 wins over the course of the three-day meet. On th...

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SEC Weekly Analysis: Georgia's Stunning Loss to Texas Will Motivate

By Dan D’Addona. The win streak was not going to last forever for the Georgia women's swimming & diving team. There is no question that 103 consecutive home victories is astounding. But the Bulldogs will be the first to tell you that they are focused on defending their NCAA championship. That doesn'...

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SEC Weekly Recap: Texas Snaps Georgia's Home Win Streak at 103

By Dan D’Addona. It was bound to happen at some point. After 103 consecutive home victories, the No. 2 Georgia women’s swimming & diving team lost a meet at home. No. 5 Texas snapped the Bulldogs’ NCAA record streak with a 171-124 victory on Saturday. Georgia last lost a home meet in 1995. It was a ...

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Georgia Sweeps Georgia Tech in Intrastate Rivalry Meet

The Georgia swimming and diving teams easily took down the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in women's and men's dual meet action Wednesday afternoon in Athens. Read more about the women's and men's meets below. Women's meet The Bulldog women beat the Yellow Jackets handily, 174-102, and they were propel...

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Florida Posts Top Four 200 Free Collegiate Times At Georgia Tech Invite

Photo by Peter H. Bick ATLANTA – After a day of blistering performances that included three swims that automatically qualified for the NCAA championships, tonight’s finals at the Georgia Tech Invitational cooled the atmosphere a bit. While no one put up times to automatically put them on the NCAA ro...

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Emory and Georgia Swimming Set for Relay-Only Opener

ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia swimming teams will open the 2017-18 season on Wednesday with a relays-only meet at Emory University in Atlanta. The meet at Madeleine Jude Brown Aquatic Center will begin at 4 p.m. There is no fee for admission. Wednesday’s meet will have an unusual format as it will fea...

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SEC Championships Day 4 Prelims: Smoliga, Britt, Kalisz Take Top Seeds

The SEC meet continued with Friday’s Day 4 preliminaries. Here is a look at who made the finals: Women’s 200 butterfly Georgia’s Chelsea Britt surged to the top seed in the 200-yard butterfly to kick off the morning session in a pool record and NCAA ‘A’ cut. Texas A&M’s Sarah Gibson took the second ...