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Riley Gaines: "I Left There With No Trophy" After Tie With Lia Thomas University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines continues to speak out about the effects of transgender participation in collegiate sports, specifically Lia Thomas' appearance at the recent NCAA Championships. Here is what she said pr...

Paige Madden seemingly does not get tired. Once the Virginia senior grabbed the lead in the 200 freestyle final, it was all over for the rest of the field as she showed no signs of slowing down or letting up as she won her second title of the meet with a 1:42.35. Madden flipped first at the 100 at 4...

2022 SEC Championships, Day 4 Finals: Riley Gaines Nips Into 200 Fly win Something about the SEC Championships seems to bring out the best in Kentucky’s Riley Gaines. Even when things don’t go perfectly for the senior, as you could argue her long finish into the wall in the women’s 200 butterfly Thu...

Riley Gaines Confronted By Protesters After Speech Against Trans Participation in Women's Sports Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, who was an NCAA finalist in the 200 freestyle in 2021 and 2022, was confronted by protesters after giving a speech at San Francisco State University Th...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls' or women's sports teams. The bill passed 219-203 by the Republican-led House, bu...

The 2021 SEC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship continued with Saturday’s Day 4 finals and the meet capped in historic fashion. Kentucky won its first ever SEC team championship with a combination of strong top-level point-scorers and depth that placed a multitude of swimmers in the finals. Th...

Missouri’s Jack Dahlgren, Kentucky’s Riley Gaines Named 2022 SEC Scholar-Athletes of the Year Missouri’s Jack Dahlgren and Riley Gaines of Kentucky were named the 2022 SEC Scholar Athletes of the Year on Friday, the conference announced. Dahlgren, a senior from Victoria, Minn., has a 3.878 in Missou...

The No. 10 ranked Kentucky women’s swimming and diving team used a pair of individual wins by Caitlin Brooks Friday night to edge No. 11 Alabama, 206.5-182.5. On the men’s side, No. 14 Alabama pulled away from the Wildcats on Day 2, 202-187. Brooks led the charge Friday, the second day of a two-day ...

2022 SEC Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Rhyan White, Mona McSharry in Position to Double Up A day after claiming wins in their 100-yard strokes, Rhyan White and Mona McSharry are in position to add a second win at the final day of the 2022 SEC Championships. The Alabama senior and Tennessee sophomore...

2022 SEC Championships: Alabama Women, Florida Men Set Relay Records It took all of one event for the 2022 SEC Championships to live up to their hype Tuesday afternoon. A meet and conference record went by the wayside in the first event of the day, courtesy of the Alabama women’s 200 medley relay. T...

The SEC announced its weekly awards for swimming and diving. SEC: Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Derek Maas, Alabama Alabama’s Derek Maas, a junior from Holland, Mich., won three individual events against No. 19 Auburn. Maas swept the breaststroke events, finishing the 100 with a time of 53.44 and the 2...

After competing in short course this morning, finals of the 2016 NCSA Junior Nationals switched gears to give the athletes opportunities to participate in the long course version of their events. Magnolia's Lucie Nordmann maintained her first-place spot in the women's 200 back with a final time of 2...

RESULTS COLUMBIA, Mo. – Taking full advantage of its two-day meet on the road, the Kentucky swimming and diving program accounted for each win possible on the tri-meet ballot in Columbia, Missouri, leaving the men and women with three-meet winning streaks ahead of an all-important Ohio State Invitat...

The Ohio State swimming and diving teams defeated the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday afternoon in a head-head dual to open the New Year. The women won a total of eight events in addition to two wins by Mackenzie Crawford on the 3-meter springboard and the platform. The Buckeye men took first in seven ev...

Florida’s Kieran Smith and Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas split the men’s swimmer of the week honors in the SEC Weekly Honors, released Tuesday. Smith’s teammate Cecilia Porter was named freshman of the week. Kentucky’s Riley Gaines earned women’s swimmer of the week, while Aimee Wilson of Texas A&M and L...

10 Events to Watch at the Men’s & Women’s NCAA Swimming Championships Looking back at the fall, it seemed far-fetched to believe the NCAA Swimming Championships would take place this season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Fast forward to today, and every Power Five conference has navigated - relativ...

Louisville Dominates Kentucky With Albiero Siblings Leading the Way The University of Louisville hosted in-state rival Kentucky in a dual meet Saturday, and the Louisville women came out on top by a score of 174 to 126, while Louisville's men dominated (208.5-88.5). For Louisville, the children of h...

By Kate Walter, Swimming World Intern. After two days of nonstop excitement and competitive racing, the swimmers on night three of the Greensboro Speedo Sectionals delivered another heightened evening of competition. Kentucky Aquatics kicked off the finals by winning the first three events. Multiple...

By Kate Walter, Swimming World Intern. The first night of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals in Greensboro was full of nail-biter races, personal bests and victors of all ages. From Zachary Brown's dominant performance in the 200 fly, to Lakeside Swim Team's impressive relay standings, there was certainly n...

Alabama and Kentucky scored wins in the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay, respectively, on the opening night of the 2021 SEC Women’s Championships Wednesday. Alabama was left standing for its first 200 medley relay triumph since 1985 after two of the top five seeds were DQed, helping Alabama...