﻿{"id":586294,"date":"2024-05-31T13:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=586294"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:46:01","slug":"evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The University of Evansville on Thursday hired <strong>Toby Wilcox<\/strong> as the head coach of its men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming programs.<\/p>\n<p>A 1985 graduate of Evansville, Wilcox coached the Aces from 1988-97, a three-time Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extremely grateful to the administration of President Pietruszkiewicz and Athletics Director Ziggy Siegfried for the chance to come back and guide the Swim and Dive program,\u201d Wilcox said <a href=\"https:\/\/gopurpleaces.com\/news\/2024\/5\/30\/mens-swimming-diving-ue-alum-former-head-coach-wilcox-returns-to-lead-ue-swimming-diving.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a university statement<\/a>. \u201cUE is home to me and I\u2019m excited about working with this group of outstanding young men and women, Plus, seeing where this program can go to new heights. Go Aces!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilcox is a native of Rensselaer, Indiana. He was an MCC and Heartland Collegiate Conference MVP for Evansville, a two-time team MVP and the team captain. He began his coaching career with University of Evansville Aquatic Club, for which he was the head coach from 1984-93. He became an assistant for the varsity program in 1986 and took over as the head coach two years later.<\/p>\n<p>As the head coach, he guided three Purple Aces to MCC Swimmer of the Year awards and coached 24 athletes to conference titles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToby Wilcox is an exceptional coach, and we are thrilled to welcome him back to the University of Evansville,\u201d director of athletics <strong>Dr. Ziggy Siegfried<\/strong> said. \u201cCoach Wilcox has achieved great success throughout his career by promoting academic excellence, providing an outstanding student-athlete experience, achieving competitive success, and engaging with the community and alumni. We are excited to see how his high-energy and transformative leadership will impact our student-athletes and much more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilcox has spent the last 13 years at Birmingham Southern College, where he helped found the program. A five-time Coach of the Year in the Southern Athletic Association, he\u2019s helped BSC win 16 team titles. He\u2019s mentored 121 individual conference champions, 57 relay winners, 35 NCAA Division III Championships qualifiers, 13 SAA Swimmers of the Year and seven Divers of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Wilcox replaces Stuart Wilson, who stepped down in April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stu-wilson-named-head-swimming-diving-coach-at-university-of-evansville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after five years at the helm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs The University of Evansville on Thursday hired Toby Wilcox as the head coach of its men\u2019s and women\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":586296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[134463,3203,71334,134462,14351],"class_list":["post-586294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-birmingham-southern-college","tag-evansville","tag-ncaa-division-iii-coverage","tag-toby-wilcox","tag-university-of-evansville"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs The University of Evansville on Thursday hired Toby Wilcox as the head coach of its men\u2019s and women\u2019s\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdoctormd\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\"},\"headline\":\"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/\"},\"wordCount\":363,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Birmingham Southern College\",\"Evansville\",\"NCAA Division III Coverage\",\"Toby Wilcox\",\"University of Evansville\"],\"articleSection\":[\"College\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/\",\"name\":\"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: University of Evansville\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\",\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs - Swimming World","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs","og_description":"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs The University of Evansville on Thursday hired Toby Wilcox as the head coach of its men\u2019s and women\u2019s","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdoctormd","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3"},"headline":"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs","datePublished":"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/"},"wordCount":363,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg","keywords":["Birmingham Southern College","Evansville","NCAA Division III Coverage","Toby Wilcox","University of Evansville"],"articleSection":["College"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/","name":"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-31T20:46:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: University of Evansville"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evansville-turns-to-alum-toby-wilcox-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-programs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Evansville Turns to Alum Toby Wilcox to Lead Swimming and Diving Programs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3","name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer"},"description":"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com","https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TobyWilcoxEvansville.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2swm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}