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Oakland University Hires Molly Hebzynski as Assistant Coach Oakland University on Monday announced the hiring of Molly Hebzynski as an assistant coach. Hebzynski joins the staff of head coach Mitch Alters after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado. “The addit...

This week saw another NCAA team cut, an Olympic head coach split from his long-time program and two Olympians announcing an end to their competitive careers. Catch up on all those stories, including recaps of the Japan Open and U.S. Open Water Nationals, in this edition of The Week That Was! The Wee...

2020 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships Rochester, Michigan 2020 The second day of the 2020 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships brought with it many exciting finishes and hard-won races. The events contested included the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 200 free relay, and the m...

The Horizon League has reversed its decision and will allow the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) athletic teams to compete in winter championships after all. The league had originally banned UIC for not having their intention to leave the conference completed in writing by the proper date. The s...

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 2. PAUL Graham, who has spent the last 14 years as the head swimming and diving coach at Ashland University, has accepted the same position at Cleveland State University. Graham is expected to begin his duties on May 19th. He will replace legendary coach Wally Morton, who is ste...

The Michigan State Spartans swimming and diving teams hosted the Cleveland State Vikings on Friday, January 24th. The home Spartans swept the visiting Vikings, claiming victories at their final home meets of the season. SCORES MSU men - 163.5, CSU men - 135.5 MSU women - 216, CSU women - 78 Results ...

The Horizon League has banned the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) from competing in the winter conference championships because UIC announced its upcoming departure from the conference. UIC will be moving to the Missouri Valley Conference next year, but the conference has barred all UIC teams f...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern In mid-January, teams from around the Horizon League found themselves biting into limes to support one of their own swimmers. Madisen Tretter, a junior breaststroker from Cleveland State University, was diagnosed with Lyme disease in September 2015. “L...

EAST LANGING, Michigan, January 23. IN an all Michigan matchup, the Michigan State Spartans swept Oakland in both the men's and women's meets. The men won 154.5-143.5, while the women picked up a 163-135 victory. Michigan State Press Release EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State swimming and divi...

Oakland head men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach Pete Hovland announced the 2015-16 schedule on Wednesday. The two-time defending league champion Golden Grizzlies will look to successfully defend their titles at home as the 2016 Horizon League Swimming & Diving Championships will be held at ...

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies swept the women's and men's team titles at the Horizon League Swimming Championships for a fourth consecutive season over the weekend in Chicago. The Oakland women finished with 842.5 points, well ahead of runner-up Milwaukee (626.5). Rounding out the top five were Illin...

BROWN DEER - The 2015 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships began Wednesday with seven event finals at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer, Wis. The opening day ended with Green Bay on top of the women’s leaderboard with Milwaukee and Youngstown State tied for second, four p...

The Horizon League on Friday announced that it will shift its league championships back from February to April due to concerns over COVID-19. The Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships were to take place Feb. 17-20. They will not be split between swimming and diving, with the divers compet...

Oakland’s men’s and women’s swimming team each captured their eighth straight titles at the Horizon League Championships this weekend. The Golden Grizzlies were just that, having put the women’s meet away by late in Day 2, the final margin near 400 points. The men’s team race was slightly closer, wi...

By Kaylie Noll, Swimming World Intern It is the end of a prosperous age for the Green Bay Phoenix. After 25 years of coaching the college team along with 10 conference championships, 10 runner-up finishes and 11 Coach of the Year awards, head coach Jim Merner will be shelving his clipboard and time ...

Alexi Kuska has been named assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee swimming & diving team, head coach Kyle Clements announced today. "We're excited to have Alexi joining our athletic department," Clements said. "I first want to thank our search and screening committee. They put in ...

ROCHESTER, Michigan, October 11. Oakland swimming kicked off the season with a a pair of wins against Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  The men won, 173-127, while the women's picked up a 157-141 victory over Milwaukee. Oakland Press Release Sophomore Aleksander Danielewski set a Klotsche Natatorium record in t...

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 2. THE Oakland men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams took home the Horizon League Championship title after an exciting four days of competition at the Busbey Natatorium on the campus of Cleveland State. The Milwaukee women were the conference runner-up while host Clevela...

BROWN DEER - The Oakland men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams set numerous records in the pool on its way to repeating as the Horizon League swimming and diving champions. The Golden Grizzlies ended the meet with 842 points on the women’s side and 813 points on the men’s side to easily outdis...