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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 marked the 32nd anniversary of the University of Notre Dame bus crash that killed two members of the Notre Dame Swimming & Diving team - Meghan Beeler and Colleen Hipp. They were both freshmen at the time of the accident. The accident occurred around midnight on January 2...

Moms at Meets with Robyn Afrik Sponsored By Tabahn Afrik of Holland, Mich. was a four-time state high school champion. Back in 2015, he was the highest-ranked recruit to sign with Notre Dame, where he would go on to become a relay Honorable Mention All-American. As a sophomore with the Fighting...

In the midst of winter training, a time generally spent with hours of grueling work in the pool, there is often one highlight that helps pull a tired swimmer into the holiday spirit: training trips. For college swimmers, winter break is rarely a true vacation. Instead, it’s one of the more demanding...

Michael Norment and His Journey to Notre Dame: 'The People Make This Place Special' Michael Norment was happy at the University of Georgia. After swimming for the Bulldogs and spending the past two seasons as the program's Associate Head Coach, Norment enjoyed being part of what Neil Versfeld was bu...

Notre Dame Men's Swimming Suspended At Least One Year After Gambling Investigation It was supposed to be the best year for the Notre Dame men's swimming program. With the program's first Olympian, things were looking up. They came crashing down on Thursday as the university announced it was suspendi...

ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Sprints to 200 Free Conference Record Wednesday is the sprinters’ day at the ACC Championships, with the 50 freestyle and the 200 free relay. NC State is taking full advantage. Quintin McCarty set the meet record in prelims in the 50, then split 18.19 to lea...

Notre Dame Adds Olympian Joao De Lucca To Coaching Staff Notre Dame on Saturday announced the hiring of Joao De Lucca to its swimming and diving coaching staff. The two-time Olympian from Brazil swam for his new boss, Chris Lindauer, at Louisville. De Lucca swam in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, the la...

Kameron Chastain Named Interim Coach at Notre Dame as Irish Repopulate Roster Kameron Chastain has been named the interim head coach of Notre Dame after Chris Lindauer this month left to take over the Stanford women’s program. Chastain followed Lindauer from Louisville, his alma mater, where he was ...

What Chris Guiliano Qualifying for the World Champs Means for Notre Dame At the recent USA Swimming Nationals in Indianapolis, a full roster of 26 men were named to the squad for the upcoming World Championships in Japan. For the most part, the names are recognizable. From Nic Fink to Ryan Murphy, t...

Notre Dame swimming and diving was back at the Rolfs Aquatic Center on Friday night, and both squads earned a victory over Big Ten foe Northwestern. The No. 25 men’s team topped the Wildcats, 158.5-141.5, while the women eked out a 151-149 win on their side. On the women’s side, sophomore Hollie Wid...

Georgia Tech to Reprise Dual Meet Tournament for Second Season Georgia Tech on Tuesday announced that it will return its dual meet tournament for a second season, hosting seven other teams. Auburn, Florida State, Kentucky, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Penn State, and George Washington will join the Yellow...

ACC Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Eneli Jefimova, Anastasia Gorbenko Set Up International Showdown There’s a lot of depth across the board at the 2026 ACC Championships. But the women’s 100 breaststroke might offer one of the most intriguing of matchups. Friday’s preliminaries at Georgia Tech’s McAu...

Notre Dame to Reinstate Men’s Swimming in 2025-26 Notre Dame on Wednesday announced it will reinstate its men’s swimming and diving team in 2025 after a year-long suspension. The program was under investigation for what it had termed “culture issues” in the summer before a one-year suspension handed...

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, September 2. BRIAN Barnes, head coach of the University of Notre Dame women’s swimming and diving program for the last six seasons, resigned Tuesday afternoon for personal and family reasons. “I’ve loved every minute that I’ve been involved with women’s swimming and diving at No...

NEW YORK, N.Y., April 20. THE honors keep on pouring in for Kim Black. Today the Georgia senior was named the Verizon Academic All-America Fall/Winter Women¹s At-Large Team Member of the Year, as announced by Verizon and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She was also name...

ACC Men’s Championships, Day 4 Finals: Louisville Grabs Title By Two Points Over NC State After each team scored more than 1,000 points, Louisville and North Carolina State were separated by just two in the final team standings, with the Cardinals claiming the conference title. The Woldpack won the ...

Louisville Swimmers Sweep ACC Weekly Honors Louisville took home four of the six spots on offer at the second ACC Weekly Honors on Tuesday afternoon. Denis Petrashov and Gabi Albiero were named men’s and women’s swimmer of the week. Louisville’s Che Stephens and Else Praasterink shared Diver of the ...

It was a night for familiar faces and streaks at the ACC Men's Swimming Championships Friday. For the third straight year, Evgenii Somov and Coleman Stewart won their signature events. Ted Schubert made it two straight IM wins. Louisville rose to third in the team standings by winning four of six ev...

After a stunning performance at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials last week, the Notre Dame swimming and diving program got some stunning news. Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua informed the athletic staff via email that an external review of potential "culture issues" within the men's swimm...

The Sweeney family car would pull up to the pool for the afternoon, and the carousel would start spinning. Out went the older kids, Allyson and Conor and Aidan, to practice. While they swam, the younger kids sat in the car with mom Patty, doing homework or eating dinner, until it was their turn to p...