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By David Rieder. Katrina Konopka never expected to wind up at the University of Arizona. Having grown up in Wisconsin and then moved to South Carolina in middle school, she figured she’d stay within the eastern half of the country for college—even when she got that first email from the Wildcats. “I ...

By David Rieder. First came the drawn-out chants of “ZO-NA! ZO-NA!” from the team clad in red and blue on the side of the pool. After barely a second of silence, a quick-paced “A-S-U! A-S-U!” cheer emanated from the young men and women in maroon and gold lined up along the upstairs railing inside th...

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 16. THE National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association All-American lists in the 100-yard back featured to strong swimmers at the top of the mountain. Hatboro Horsham's Michael Thomas led the boys, while Ally Howe of Sacred Heart paced the girls. Thomas turned in a 15-16 Na...

Arizona All-American Breaststroker Blair Bish announced he would transfer to Missouri State for his remaining two years of eligibility. Bish was 15th at the 2017 NCAA Championships in the 100 breaststroke with a 52.51. Bish's best times (52.13) and (1:56.23) would have won the Mid-American Conferenc...

Editorial coverage for U.S. Junior Nationals proudly sponsored by Q Swimwear! IRVINE, California, August 2. PLEASANTON's Maxime Rooney had the swim of the morning as he put a hurting on his personal record with the top seed in the men's 200-meter free.  Plenty of other fast swims also happened durin...

Editorial coverage for U.S. Junior Nationals proudly sponsored by Q Swimwear! IRVINE, California, August 2. MICHAEL Andrew, the much-talked-about 15-year-old professional swimmer, had a breakthrough tonight with his first junior national title at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals in Irvine. Schedule...

Arizona junior-to-be Taylor Garcia announced that she would transfer to Michigan. Garcia announced her decision on Facebook and Instagram. "In March, after NCAA's, I had to make a very difficult decision to leave the University of Arizona. It has been an arduous journey to say the least. However, I ...

The No. 2-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team got seven wins from members from its senior class, leading the way in a dominating 196-104 win over No. 22 Ohio State on Saturday (Jan. 19) at Canham Natatorium. "Our seniors have been fantastic for four years and they were rea...

By Dan D’Addona. There is a rivalry unlike many others in the nation, especially in the Pac-12 — especially in the pool. On Wednesday, the Cal-Stanford rivalry gets a much-anticipated reboot at Stanford for the annual men's triple-distance meet. Cal’s Ryan Murphy will bring his experience as defendi...

By Dan D’Addona. ANN ARBOR — The Michigan swimming program has big plans for the end of the season. The Wolverines are ranked in the top 10 in the country in both the men’s and women’s polls and looking to keep the momentum going into the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships. Michigan capped...

By Dan D'Addona. The University of Michigan women’s swim team used its mid-distance freestyle dominance to continue to lead at the Georgia Fall Invitational. After Saturday’s second day, the Wolverines have 670.5 points to lead Cal (601.5), Georgia (552), Virginia (389.5), UCLA (85), Harvard (81.5) ...

By Rebecca Noblett INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 29. KINGFISH Aquatic Club of Waterford's Madison Wright broke her own meet record in the 200 fly on the third night of finals at the Speedo Indianapolis Sectionals. Wright set the previous record as a fourteen-year old in 2011 and finally broke it afte...

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website Agonswim.com. HOLLAND – The Bloomfield Hills Marian High School girls’ swimming and diving team captured the Michigan Lowe...

By Dan D'Addona. The Big Ten had some fireworks last week and will have another stacked weekend of competition. The biggest meet is a two-day meet in Minnesota. The Golden Gophers will host Michigan, Wisconsin and Penn State in a talent-heavy quad meet on Friday and Saturday. The women’s showdown wi...

By Dan.D'Addona. The first week of the new year is a chance to get back to racing. Many college swimming & diving teams have several weeks, even a month, without lining up on the blocks against an opponent. Some teams have training trips that conclude with meets in warm climates. The Pac-12 saw seve...

By Dan D’Addona. After a restful winter break for most college teams, the competition in the pool heats up again this week in the Pac-12. Here is a look at what is happening this week: Arizona hosts invite The Arizona women will look to build on a strong finish to 2016 at the Texas Invitational with...

By David Rieder. The first weekend of December always brings quick short course yards performances from around the country, and so far, this one has been no different, with AT&T Winter Nationals in Atlanta and college invitationals in Austin, Texas, and Athens, Ga., all producing some nice results. ...

By Dan D’Addona. Four years ago, the Michigan women’s swim program was at a crossroads. The women had just watched the Michigan men win the national championship the previous season, but in their meet, finished an unimpressive 22nd. It was actually an improvement from the 36th place two years prior ...

Michigan was hoping for a fast start to the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships — some momentum that could build toward their goal of reaching third place. But when their best swimmer was disqualified in the 200 IM, they had to rally. The result was more powerful than the points Siobhan Haugh...

Swimming coach Don Kimble has died, following a battle with cancer. He was 60. Kimble died on Monday, May 25, in hospice care, his family confirmed. Kimble was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma last year. He had a spot removed on his chest in August, before having four lymph nodes removed. In March...