Read moreCharlie Kennedy Inducted into ASCA Hall of Fame (VIDEO)28 September 2021Charlie Kennedy was recently inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Hall of Fame. Kennedy was recognized among other coaching greats Cyndi Gallagher and Ray Looze. This year, the annual ASCA World Clinic was held in Orlando, Florida. For over thirty-five years, Charlie Kenned...
Read moreCyndi Gallagher Named 2026 Winner of Richard E. Steadman Award14 January 2026Cyndi Gallagher Named 2026 Winner of Richard E. Steadman Award The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) proudly announces Cyndi Gallagher as the 2026 recipient of the prestigious Richard E. Steadman Award. The honor is conferred annually to a swimming or diving coach in...
Read moreColin Kennedy Named Age Group Coach of the Year at ASCA Swim Clinic (VIDEO)19 September 2021Colin Kennedy Named Age Group Coach of the Year at ASCA Swim Clinic (VIDEO) Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club coach Colin Kennedy was named the 2021 Age Group Coach of the Year this week by the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter and Faster. Kennedy was one of the finalists named in Ju...
NCAA Does The Right Thing, Reinstates UCLA and USC Swimmers06 March 2001By Phillip Whitten LOS ANGELES, March 6. IN a stunning, unexpected and unprecedented decision, the NCAA's Championship/ Competition Cabinet reversed an earlier decision by the NCAA Swimming Rules Committee that had disqualified at least three swimmers from the women's NCAA Championships due ...
Read more1Pac-12 Weekly Recap: Arizona Opens New Pool; UCLA Coach Gets 200th Win12 January 2019The Arizona women beat Washington State 150-107 in the inaugural meet of the new pool. Senior Mackenzie Rumrill and junior Kirsten Jacobsen each won two events in the defeat of the Cougars. The Cats began the meet with second and third place finishes in the 400 medley relay. Aria Bernal, Mallory Kor...
Read moreThe Week That Was: Andrei Minakov Drops Out of ISL to Save Amateur Status For NCAA16 September 2019The International Swimming League has dominated the headlines this week in the world of swimming. With three weeks until the first meet of the new league, the ISL announced some major changes this last week including Cyndi Gallagher being named as head coach of the DC Trident, and David Marsh being ...
Read more2021 ASCA Hall of Fame Honorees & Awards Banquet Winners28 September 2021The 53rd annual ASCA World Clinic celebrated the efforts of swim coaches around the world in Orlando, FL this month. Many of those coaches were honored at the Hall of Fame & Awards Banquet, introduced by Jennifer LaMont. LaMont was named ASCA CEO this spring and is the first female to lead ASCA in i...
Read moreCyndi Gallagher Inducted into ASCA Hall of Fame (VIDEO)25 September 2021Cyndi Gallagher was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the 2021 ASCA World Clinic last Thursday. This year, the annual clinic was hosted in Orlando, Florida from September 15th-18th, 2021. After being with the UCLA Bruins Women's Swim Team for thirty-one seasons,...
Read moreCyndi Gallagher, Charlie Kennedy, Ray Looze Elected to ASCA Hall of Fame10 June 2021UCLA women’s swim coach Cyndi Gallagher, Suburban Swim Club coach Charlie Kennedy and Indiana University coach Ray Looze will be inducted to the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Hall of Fame in the class of 2021, the organization announced Thursday. Gallagher retired after the 2019 seaso...
Read moreCyndi Gallagher, Tracy Huth, Adam Soldati Finalists for 2025 National Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy29 January 2025Cyndi Gallagher, Tracy Huth, Adam Soldati Finalists for 2025 National Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy Cyndi Gallagher, Tracy Huth and Adam Soldati were named finalists on Wednesday for the 2025 National Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy, awarded by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association...
Read more4Cyndi Gallagher Retires After 31 Years as Head Coach of UCLA Swimming and Diving14 May 2019UCLA swimming and diving head coach Cyndi Gallagher announced her retirement on Tuesday, bringing an end to a distinguished 31-year tenure at the helm of the program and a 38-year run at UCLA as a head coach, assistant coach, and student-athlete. The Bruins' head coach since 1988, Gallagher ends her...
Gaby Rose, Dr. Ron Take 200 IM at Janet Evans Meet22 July 2001LOS ANGELES, July 22. BEFORE becoming president, a certain former "leader of the Free World" toiled in Hollywood as an actor. Perhaps his most memorable line came in a movie about a long-deceased football coach that went something like this: "Win one for the Gipper." Well, Dr. Ron Karnaugh didn'...
Read moreDC Trident Adds Annika Bruhn, Simona Kubová to ISL Roster18 September 2019In a move that finalizes the team roster, D.C. Trident General Manager Kaitlin Sandeno has added Czech Simona Kubová and German Annika Bruhn to the team, D.C. Trident announced today. “I’m so excited to welcome Simona and Annika to our team,” said Sandeno. “With the additions of these amazing women ...
NCAA Women's Swimming: #15 UCLA Stuns #3 Stanford, 154-14531 January 2000Los Angeles, CA - The 15th-ranked UCLA women's swimming and diving team posted its first-ever dual meet victory over No. 3 Stanford on Friday afternoon, earning a 154-145 triumph over the Cardinal at Men's Gym Pool. The Bruins got off to a hot start, placing first and third in the opening event, as ...
Read moreThe Week That Was: Lilly King Leads Indiana Contingent At TYR Pro Swim Series In Bloomington20 May 2019This week saw two huge stateside competitions, including the fourth stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series in Bloomington with a strong pro group led by world-record holder Lilly King. Several college programs also announced who would be leading their programs after a busy hiring season. Check out all the ...
NCAA Div. I Women: UCLA Downs Illinois10 January 2002WESTWOOD, Calif., Jan. 9. IN a matchup usually between two schools that have cut their menb's teams, UCLA women's swimmers defeated Illinois, 174.5-125.5 here this afternoon in an intersectional dual meet at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Pool. Coach Cyndi Gallagher's Bruins, 7-2 ov...
NCAA Div. I Women: Cal Beats UCLA By 1903 February 2002WESTWOOD, Feb. 2. UCLA's defending Pac-10 Champion women's swim team suffered its second-consecutive conference loss here this afternoon, bowing to Cal, 159.5-140.5, at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Pool. Coach Cyndi Gallagher's Bruins are now 9-4 overall, 2-4 in Pac-10 competition...
Read moreDC Trident Signs Former UCLA Standout Ting Quah For November29 October 2019Two-time Singaporean Olympian Ting Quah has signed with the DC Trident today, the team announced today. Quah will be just the second Asian swimmer to compete in the ISL after Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey made her debut last month for the same team. Japan's Daiya Seto signed to swim for Energy Standar...
NCAA Div. I Women: UCLA Pounds WSU, Squeaks by Pacific; Tigers Beat Cougars21 January 2002LOS ANGELES, CA., Jan. 19. COACH Cyndi Gallagher's Big Bad UCLA Bruins, defending women's Pac-10 champs, took their wrath out on Washington State and Pacific this aftrenoon. The double-dual competition was swum at UCLA's Rec Center Pool. The result was UCLA's second victory of the ne...
NCAA Women: UCLA Downs UCSD06 January 2002SAN DIEGO, CA., Jan. 4 -- UCLA's women's swimming team, defending Pac-10 champs, kicked off the new year with a 179-83 dual-meet win over host U Cal San Diego here this afternoon. UCSD, a perennial Division III power, moved up to Division II last season and finished runners-up to Truman Stat...