Lindenwood-Belleville Swim Team & Undergrad Campus To Shut Down In Spring 2020
Lindenwood University – Belleville has announced that it will be shutting down next spring and consolidating with the main Lindenwood University campus in St. Charles, Missouri. That includes the Lindenwood Belleville swimming & diving teams, which will be discontinued.
Chloe Freeman’s 100 Fly/500 Free Combo Leads Palo Verde Wins At Nevada 4A State
Palo Verde won girls and boys titles in Nevada’s 2019 class 4A state meet, with Chloe Freeman winning two individual titles for the girls and Tyler Edlefsen two for the boys.
Crews, Pouch Smash Records In Back-And-Forth Thriller at Nevada 3A HS Champs
The boys meet was a high-stakes duel between Truckee sophomore Kaikea Crews and Boulder City senior AJ Pouch. Each set two individual state records in a series of back-and-forth blows, but it was Crews’ Truckee team that came through with an 8-point victory.
Eckerman Splits 19.8 As Cherry Creek Wins Colorado 5A Boys Title
Cherry Creek High School won its first Colorado 5A state title since 1994, sweeping all three relays in an impressive sprint showing.
Beisel Bunch Wins Bloomington SwimSquads, Moves Up To 3rd in Points
Elizabeth Beisel’s Beisel Bunch won the Bloomington stop of the Pro Swim Series in SwimSquad points, earning 89 and passing up Maya DiRado’s DiRadSquad for third. Cammile Adams’ Adams Family struggled in Bloomington, but still holds a strong lead over Connor Jaeger’s Jaeg-Train in the series with one stop to go.
Cody Miller Takes Over PSS Lead; Regan Smith Wins Big In Bloomington
Cody Miller used a huge Bloomington showing to take over the top swim on the 2019 Pro Swim Series, putting him in line for a $10,000 bonus with just one meet to go.
USA Swimming: MAAPP Violations To Be Mostly Handled By Clubs, LSCs
USA Swimming says that clubs and LSCs should enforce the new Minor Athlete Abuse Protection Policy (MAAPP) like other club and LSC rules, and that “isolated and inadvertent violations” may be treated as “teachable moments.”
2019 Bloomington Pro Swim Series: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap
Olympic icon Katie Ledecky leads the 400 free late in the meet, while Nathan Adrian will hold the top incoming seed in the 100 free in his first swim since surgery and a testicular cancer diagnosis earlier this season.
Healthy Cody Miller Surges Back, Betters 2018 Best In Prelims at Bloomington
2018 was a rough season for Cody Miller, who talked pretty openly in his vlog series about dealing with injuries for much of the year. But he seems to be back on track in 2019, hitting a time in prelims of the Bloomington Pro Swim Series this morning that is better than anything he swam last season – Nationals included.
Kelsia Dahlia Scratches Both Events On Day 2 of Bloomington Pro Swim
Olympian Kelsi Dahlia has scratched both the 100 free and 200 fly the first full day of the 2019 Pro Swim Series in Bloomington, suggesting that she may not be attending the meet at all.
2019 Bloomington Pro Swim Series: Day 1 Distance Timed Final Live Recap
Hannah Moore is the top seed on the women’s side, looking to win her second-straight PSS meet in this event. Moore beat Chile’s Kristel Kobrich by seven seconds in Richmond.
UNC Hires Olympian Mark Gangloff to Lead Swim & Dive Programs
The University of North Carolina has hired Mark Gangloff to lead its men’s and women’s swim & dive programs, replacing the resigned Rich DeSelm.
All U.S. National Championships Meets & Info For The Remainder of 2019
After yesterday’s news that the former Winter Nationals will be re-branded as “U.S. Open,” we’re taking a look at the remaining schedule of national championship-level meets for the remainder of 2019.
New Bloomington Psychs: Margalis To Swim Atlanta Instead, Conger Scratches
An updated set of psych sheets have dropped for this week’s Bloomington Pro Swim Series, with Olympian Melanie Margalis dropping off the ticket. Margalis was entered both in Bloomington and at the Atlanta Classic happening the same weekend, so her absence on the new psychs all but confirms she’ll be swimming Atlanta instead.
Wisconsin Realigns Boys High School Sections; State Meet Hosts Still TBD
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) has realigned its section meet assignments for boys swimming, while the 2020 state meet hosts are still up in the air, pending construction on the new facility at the University of Wisconsin.