20-Year-Old Sydney Swim Instructor Charged With Sex Abuse
A 20-year-old swimming instructor in Sydney, Australia is charged with 31 counts of sex offenses. He’s accused of sexually abusing six girls between the ages of six and ten.
Evansville Parts Ways With Coach Brent Noble After Just One Season
Head coach Brent Noble is out at the University of Evansville after just one season on the job. The school says it will begin searching for a replacement immediately.
SwimMAC Signs $5.4 Million Rental Agreement With Huntersville Facility
The Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatics (HFFA) facility has announced a seven-year agreement with North Carolina club SwimMAC. The “sponsorship and facility use agreement” is valued at $5.4 million, per the HFFA.
2018-2019 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Final Edition
Conference Championships brought some major shakeups to our final edition men’s Power Ranks, though our #1 rank continues to be an uneasy split between Texas and Cal.
How To Watch The 2019 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships
Find out how to watch every session of the 2019 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships live with out links collection here.
SwimSwam Pulse: 81% Predict Stanford Repeat At Women’s NCAAs
More than 80% of voters predicted Stanford to win their third-consecutive NCAA title on the women’s side. No other program earned more than 13% of the votes.
Dolfin Swim of the Week: Grgic’s Historic Age Group 1500 Free
Sure, mile times aren’t as eye-popping as 50 frees. For whatever reason, a fast sprint time can be a headline by itself (17.63, 21.11, 46.91), while a distance time requires some more context. Maybe that’s why Franko Grgic’s (left) 14:56.55 in the long course mile was such and under-discussed swim from the past week.
2018 A Finalist Sarah Darcel Out of NCAAs; Teammate In As Next Alternate
Sarah Darcel, who scored 12 points as a freshman last year, is scratched out of the 2019 NCAA Championships. Her teammate Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou is the next alternate, and has been added to the meet, NCAA documents indicate.
Top-Seeded Peter Larson Scratches 200 Free On Day 3 of NCSAs
Peter Larson of Edina Swim Club has scratched out of the 200 free, where he was the top seed. He’s one of three scratches out of the top 8 on day 3 prelims of the NCSA Championships.
W. NCAA Relay Analysis: Weitzeil Skips 800, Hansson Swims It
Cal saved Abbey Weitzeil for the other four relays, and an NC State scratch could speed up their 200 medley relay. Meanwhile USC will have to keep Louise Hansson off a different relay and Tennessee used Erika Brown only to miss scoring entirely.
Bacon Goes 1:51.7 200 BK, Grimm 53.4 BR At Day 2 Prelims of NCSAs
16-year-old Phoebe Bacon moved up to #8 all-time in the U.S. 15-16 age group, putting up a 1:51.79 in the 200 back. She’s liable to move up a little more tonight, just .05 behind Meghan Small for 7th, though the NAG record is way down at 1:48.30 from Regan Smith.
2019 Women’s NCAA Championships: Official SwimSwam Previews Index
As we tick down the days to the 2019 Women’s NCAA Championships, keep track of all our event-by-event previews and winner picks here.
Race Videos From Day 1 of 2019 NCSA Spring Junior Championships
Arlington’s Torri Huske won a very close race in the 100 IM, besting two more junior stars by a few tenths. She was 54.20, beating Nation’s Capital’s Phoebe Bacon (54.34) by a tenth and Aquajet Isabelle Stadden (54.43) by two.
2019 NCSA Spring Juniors: Day 1 Timed Finals Live Recap
The boys 100 IM is a veteran field, with 18-year-old Stanford commit Shane Blinkman of St. Croix Swim Club holding the top seed ahead of Nation’s Capital and UVA commit Sean Conway and Long Island/Cal commit Jason Louser.
2019 W. NCAA Previews: Uncertainty Abounds In 200 Medley Relay
If there’s one relay that feels hard to project, it’s this one.