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By Dan D'Addona. The Big Ten Conference dual meet season is winding down with just a handful of meets on this final week before teams begin to prepare for the Big Ten Championships. The biggest meet is one of the best rivalries in sports — Michigan vs. Michigan State. Now, in all honesty, it has not...

By Abigail Sheridan, Swimming World College Intern. Gabe Castano - accomplished Pennsylvania State University sophomore and Monterrey, Mexico native - completes his fifth year as a competitive swimmer, adding the prestigious title of Mexican national champion to his accolades. He left Mexico’s Long ...

By Daniela Navarrete, Swimming World College Intern. As swimmers, we have all experienced a moment in our careers when we missed a personal best, a medal, or the opportunity to qualify for a big meet by merely hundredths of a second. But what if that big meet is the Olympic Games? Melissa Rodriguez,...

Penn State swimming took down Emory in a pair of dual meets on Saturday.  The men won 184-107 with the women taking a 184-115 triumph. Penn State Press Release: The Penn State men’s and women’s swimming teams swept Emory by scores of 184-107 and 184-115, respectively, Saturday in the Woodruff Physic...

Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft announced the hiring of Hollie Bonewit-Cron as next men's and women's swimming and diving head coach. The 24-year coaching veteran brings a plethora of experience to the Nittany Lion swim and dive team as she becomes the sixth...

Penn State Swimming & Diving concluded their first day of competition against Michigan State Friday evening at McCoy Natatorium. The swimmers will resume tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. for the women's meet followed by the men at 2:30 p.m. Both Senior Day contests will be streamed live on BTN+. Top Swim...

COVID-19 Cancels College Competitions This Weekend: Florida State-Texas A&M and More Several college meets have been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic this weekend. Thursday’s meet between No. 18/RV Florida State and No. 22/24 Texas A&M has been canceled out of caution, due to the recent spi...

The Ohio State men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept Penn State in Big Ten battle on Friday. The Ohio State women defeated Penn State 243-57. The Buckeyes won the men's meet 173-127. The Ohio State women started with a win in the 200-yard medley relay as Delia Lloyd, Maria Ramos, Katheri...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, October 2. Coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history, the Penn State swimming and diving teams host Georgia Tech in the 2014-15 season opener at McCoy Natatorium on Friday at 5 p.m. The Nittany Lions return after the men’s team finished in 17th p...

Penn State Swimming defeated West Virginia 167-125 in the men's meet Friday evening in McCoy Natatorium. Tallying 11 first-place finishes, the men are now 26-15 against the Mountaineers all-time. It was Penn State's "Pink Meet" as the team wore pink suits to raise cancer awareness. The Penn State wo...

Ed Bartsch, coach to many teams across the country and 1963 NCAA Champion in the 200 Backstroke, passed away on June 18 after a multi-year battle with heart complications. After winning NCAA and Pan-American Gold while swimming for the University of Michigan, Bartsch earned an MBA at SMU in 1968. He...

Penn State swimming & diving head coach Tim Murphy announced Wednesday the addition of Pennsylvania native Matt Hurst to the Nittany Lions’ staff as an assistant coach for the 2015-2016 season.  Hurst arrives at Penn State University after a 12-year tenure at Southern Connecticut State, first as a s...

The University of Iowa swimming and diving team closed out the dual portion of its schedule, sweeping Western Illinois at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on Friday night. The Hawkeyes won all 24 events en route to the victory. The Iowa men won, 127-75, while the women finished ahead of We....

There was plenty of action in the Big Ten Conference this week. The No 10. men and No. 15 women’s Ohio State swimming & diving team finished the two-day meet versus Virginia Tech and Penn State with three dual wins, including a sweep of conference foe Penn State, on Saturday afternoon. The women won...

Penn State Athletics has announced its Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year, with NCAA champions Ally McHugh (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower Catholic) and Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas/Allen) earning the honors for the highly successful 2018-19 academic year. McHugh is the second member of the wo...

By Dan D’Addona. Most of the top teams in the nation have had a challenging dual meet early in the season, many have already had a rivalry meet. But the competition will reach a new level this week at the Ohio State Invitational, which runs Friday-Sunday at McCorkie Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus, Ohi...

The Big Ten Conference continues its swimming & diving season with a handful of meets this week. There is not one headliner meet in the Big Ten this week, but there are several strong matchups that could lead to an interesting weekend. Penn State and Ohio State will travel to Virginia Tech for a two...

The Ohio State swimming and diving programs finished victorious in three of the four competitions in a three-team, double dual meet against Penn State and Virginia Tech. The women went 2-0 on the weekend while the men dropped the meet versus the Hokies. Ohio State men 193.50; Penn State men 158.50 O...

The Penn State Swimming and Diving teams opened their long-awaited 2025-26 season with a dominant victory over St. Bonaventure. The men took home a win with a final score of 228-72, while the women posted a 211-81 victory. This marks the first win in head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron's second season. T...

The final night of the Women's Big Ten Conference Championships featured five new meet records as Ally McHugh, Beata Nelson, Liz Li, Lilly King and Vanessa Krause won individual titles in the pool on Saturday night in Columbus. Nelson won swimmer of the meet while Ohio State's Kristen Romano won fre...