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Matt Grevers Swims 45.7 100 Back, Brooks Fail Hits 4:15 500 Free at Arizona Invite The Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team opened up their season Thursday night with the Arizona Invitational in Tucson with in-state foe Grand Canyon across the pool deck. 35-year-old Matt Grevers, chasing his th...

Remi Fabiani, Ginger Kiefer Named WAC Swimmers of the Year Cal Baptist’s Remi Fabiani and Ginger Kiefer of Idaho were named the WAC Swimmers of the Year on Tuesday. The awards were voted on by the coaches in the conference – nine women’s and six men’s – and sponsored by Jersey Mike’s and University ...

By Xonzy Gaddis, Swimming World College Intern. The 2019 College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America National Invitational went into its first day today at the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium of Cleveland State University in Cleveland Ohio. The sixteen events being featured tonight includ...

2022 WAC Championships: Northern Arizona Wins 9th, UNLV Repeats It was strength in numbers for Northern Arizona’s women’s team at the 2022 WAC Championships. Despite not winning a relay, and placing as low as seventh in one, the Lumberjacks had enough on the final day to repel a challenge by Grand C...

The vibe around water polo in America is undeniably positive. From the incredible success of the U.S. women's national team, to recent strides by the American men, to expanded opportunities for intercollegiate competition, the outlook for the sport is decidedly upbeat. Representative of this optimis...

By Devin Javens, Swimming World College Intern.  Day two of the 2019 Western Athletic Conference kicked off with the 200 freestyle relays followed by the women's 1-meter diving finals, 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, and the men's 3-meter diving finals. The Northern Arizona University women con...

Arizona's David Schlicht, making his season debut after an Olympic redshirt last season, won the 400 IM on day two of the Arizona Invite in Tucson with an impressive swim of 3:40.93. That swim puts him third in Division I this season behind Carson Foster (3:35.27) and Shaine Casas (3:38.22) and is j...

UNLV won four of the five relays at the WAC Championships on the way to a decisive win in the team standings. WAC Championships Team Standings University of Nevada Las Vegas 907 U.S. Air Force Academy 643 University of Wyoming 593.5 Grand Canyon University 552.5 California Baptist University 528 Sea...

By Devin Javens, Swimming World College Intern.  The 2019 Western Athletic Conference wrapped up with its final session of swimming. The events of the evening were the 1650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, men's platform diving, and the 400 freestyle relay. ...

By David Rieder. Entering conference championship season, only one swimmer in the country has broken 45 seconds in the men’s 100 back: Mark Nikolaev. He’s a native of Russia native currently in his third year training in the United States—but he’s never swum in a championship final at the NCAA champ...

By Devin Javens, Swimming World College Intern. The 2019 Western Athletic Conference kicked off day three of its championships with a plethora of events. The session consisted of the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, women's platform diving, and the 400 medley r...

By Emma Foster, Swimming World College Intern Wednesday marks the first day of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championships, which will take place in San Antonio, Texas at the Palo Alto Aquatic Center and will run from February 25-28. The defending champions are Northern Arizona University on...

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 31. THE college swimming and diving season is now over in the United States, and the final championship meet provided some major drama in the pool. Elsewhere in the U.S., teenagers were breaking big records to make statements before they step onto college campuses next fall....

Northern Arizona wrapped up the team title at the split WAC Championships, with the diving competition ending last Saturday. The swim and dive portions of the men's and women's meets were held separately for social-distancing reasons. NAU held an 8.5-point lead over New Mexico State after the swimmi...

Arizona Swims to Sweep of Grand Canyon, Led by Paige Armstrong, Mason Nyboer The Arizona men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeated Grand Canyon University on Friday in a non-conference dual meet. The Arizona men won 180-105 and the women won 203-89. The Wildcats opened the men's meet with...

Grand Canyon University head swimming coach Steve Schaffer has announced the addition of Charlie Cunningham to his staff for the upcoming 2015-16 season. Cunningham brings a wealth of experience to GCU, having tallied more than 35 years of club coaching experience with the Arizona Swimming Gauchos. ...

PHOENIX, Arizona, January 30. THE Grand Canyon University's women's basketball team is celebrating women in sports tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. at GCU Arena when the Antelopes take on the Chicago State Cougars. Special Guest Olympic Gold Medalist and Phoenician Misty Hyman will be taking photos and signing...

By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Every year heading into the NCAA Championships, we see countless swimmers come from lower seedings and have a breakout meet to place highly and score big points for their teams. The following is a list of the Top Five NCAA Division I swimmers most li...

NEW COMMIT: Grand Canyon University will be adding Japanese breaststroker Asahi Nagahata to the roster this fall. He's making the move to Phoenix from Doshisha University in Kyoto. Nagahata does not yet have short course yards racing experience, but his best times in meters pools are: 50 Free: 23.04...

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 7. YALE University holds on to its title as the smartest men’s swimming and diving Division I university in the United States, while Alabama claimed that distinction in the women’s rankings of the top teams in the College Swimming Coaches Association of America’s Team Scholar...