Read moreVirginia Tech Men Sweep Quad Meet, Beat Virginia For First Time Since 198118 January 2014CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia, January 18. THE Virginia Tech men's swimming and diving team swept Harvard and Wisconsin and beat Virginia for the first time in more than 32 years as the Hokies wrapped up a two-day dual meet this afternoon. Meanwhile, Virginia women swept all three of their dual meets ove...
Read moreSports' Best Rivalry Meets Swimming This Weekend30 January 2014Commentary by David Rieder DURHAM, North Carolina, January 30. YANKEES-Red Sox. Lakers-Celtics. Manning-Brady. Nadal-Federer. Michigan-Ohio State. Phelps-Lochte. All are outstanding rivalries that bring out hoards of fans and cameras that any other regular game or race just wouldn’t draw. Some of th...
Read moreVirginia Tops ACC Rival Duke 24 January 2014DURHAM, North Carolina, January 24. THE University of Virginia swimming and diving team won 23 of 32 events en route to a sweep of ACC rival Duke on Friday night. It was a total team effort for the Cavaliers, as 19 different athletes picked up individual wins. Parker Camp and Laura Simon both double...
NCAA Div. I: Duke, William & Mary Split02 February 2002DURHAM, NC., Feb. 2. THE Duke women's swimming and diving team closed out its dual meet season with its fourth victory of the year, defeating William & Mary 143-100 on Saturday afternoon. The Duke men fell to the Tribe, 121.5-101.5. Sophomores Lauren Hancock and Lauren Cornet were both double-wi...
NCAA Div. I: Virginia Sweeps North Carolina State13 January 2002CHARLOTTESVILLE, Jan. 13. VIRGINIA swept the NC State Wolfpack yesterday at the AFC. The men rebounded from their loss to Tennessee, winning 196-92, raising their record to 4-1, 2-0 in the ACC. The women also had a convincing win, 178-110, raising their record to 5-0, 2-0 in the ACC. Virginia is now...
Read moreACC Countdown: Rich DeSelm and Stephanie Peacock12 February 2014DURHAM, North Carolina, February 12. CONFERENCE championship season begins next week, and the ACC Championship meets are among the first and perhaps the most competitive. The University of Virginia Cavaliers have won the past six conference titles for both the men and women, but they will face a hea...
Read moreDuke Swimming and Diving Continues To Add Top Tier Competition in 2015-2016 Schedule30 July 2015Duke University head swimming and diving coach Dan Colella announced Tuesday, July 28 the Blue Devils’ schedule for the 2015-16 campaign, highlighted by four regular season meets at home in Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion. The demanding slate features dual meet opponents from six different conferences, i...
Read moreWhat Do Times at Arena Grand Prix in Austin Tell Us?22 January 2014Commentary by David Rieder DURHAM, North Carolina, January 22. ON Friday, the one-time face of American women’s swimming took to Twitter to share her thoughts on the just-beginning Arena Grand Prix in Austin. Now attempting a comeback, Katie Hoff wrote what she called a “rant” on the tendency to qui...
St. Thomas (Girls) and Londonderry (Boys) Take New Hampshire High School Team Crowns14 March 2002DURHAM, N.H. March 14. ST. THOMAS Aquinas and Londonerry High easily won the girls' and boys' state crowns, respectively, at the New Hampshire High School Swimming Championships, held February 9 at the University of New Hampshire. In the girls' meet, St. Thomas racked up 293 points, 109 ...
Read more3Lifeguard Shortage Raises Safety Concerns in Pools Across the Country10 July 2019By Danny Whirlow, Swimming World College Intern. As June gives way to July, Americans will continue to find ways to enjoy the scorching summer sun. Many families will turn to their community pools to cool down amidst the heat. But as more and more pools across the country find themselves with fewer...
Duke Receives 10 Committments for Swimming & Diving19 December 2001DURHAM, N.C. -- The Duke men's and women's swimming and diving teams have accepted 10 recruits for early decision to attend the university in the fall of 2002, as announced by assistant coach Whitney Greene Wednesday. Joining the Blue Devils on the men's side will be Andy Storm (Lewisbur...
Read moreOyster River Sweeps D2, Bedford Girls, Exeter Boys Win D1 Titles in New Hampshire State High School Meets17 February 2014DURHAM, New Hampshire, February 17. THE New Hampshire State High School Championships took place in Durham during the weekend with four new divisional team title winners being named, as well as a handful of state records. DIVISION I While the Bedford High girls dominated their division with 246 poin...
Read moreDuke Announces Class of 2014 Recruits28 January 2014DURHAM, North Carolina, January 28. DUKE University swimming and diving head coach Dan Colella and the Blue Devil coaching staff are set to welcome another standout recruiting class for the 2014-15 campaign. The group includes 14 swimmers and divers hailing from seven states as well as the country o...
Read moreGabi Shishkoff Triples As Penn State Sweeps Navy26 January 2014ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, January 26. GABI Shishkoff tripled while five other Penn State swimmers won two individual events each as the Nittany Lions topped Navy on Saturday. Penn State won all 16 events in the women's meet and 10 out of 16 in the men's meet to complete the sweep. Penn State Women's Pres...
Read moreNorth Carolina Sweeps Duke on Senior Day in Durham01 February 2014DURHAM, North Carolina, December 1. THE North Carolina Tar Heels travelled north to Durham and came away with a sweep of the Blue Devils in both teams’ final dual meet action of the season. On the women’s side, the ninth-ranked Tar Heels triumphed 157-234, while the 16th-ranked men won 172-120 as Du...
Read moreMen's NCAA Championship Predictions27 March 2014NCAA Championship editorial coverage is proudly sponsored by Competitor Swim. Visit CompetitorSwim.com for more information on our sponsor. For all the latest coverage, check out our event coverage page. By David Rieder DURHAM, North Carolina, March 26. JUST hours remain until the men's NCAA Champio...
Read moreACC Countdown: Christine Wixted and Nick McCrory18 February 2014Teams from all across the eastern seaboard have descended to one of the hottest locales in swimming, Greensboro. Host to some sort of meet pretty much every weekend, the Greensboro Aquatic Center will be the home to the women's and men's ACC Championships once again and also house the 2015 women's N...
Read moreNavy Completes Patriot League Domination23 February 2014ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, February 23. NAVY crowned eight more champions on Saturday evening to close the 2014 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships much as they started it on Wednesday night. It turns out that the lighter schedule on the opening night at Lejeuen Hall was just a tuneup for the M...
Read moreACC Countdown: Augie Busch28 January 2014DURHAM, North Carolina, January 28. ONLY weeks remain until the ACC Swimming and Diving Championships get underway in Greensboro, and the meets figure to be among the most competitive conference championships in the country. The University of Virginia has won five straight ACC titles for both the wo...
Read moreSouth Carolina Drops Duke12 January 2014COLUMBIA, South Carolina, January 12. THE University of South Carolina swimming and diving teams picked up two wins Saturday afternoon, sweeping the Duke Blue Devils at the Carolina Natatorium behind wins in 19 of 32 events. South Carolina Press Release In their first meet in 49 days, both the Sout...