Texas A&M To Swim Louisville, Texas in Fall Season Showdowns
The Texas A&M women have released their schedule for the 2018-2019 NCAA season, highlighted by road battles against top-10 programs Louisville and Texas.
College Swimming Previews: Soaring Ceiling For #8 Tennessee Women
Tennessee has one of the nation’s most loaded sprint groups (complete with dominant relays), but graduated its best backstroker and breaststroker, leaving a roster with a high ceiling but a few key question marks.
USA Swimming To Select SC Worlds Team From 18-19 National Team
USA Swimming has released its selection criteria for the 2018 Short Course World Championships, selecting the team from the current National Team roster as established by the results of this summer’s long course championship meets.
SwimSwam Pulse: 59% Favor Euros As Most Impressive 2018 Meet
A huge majority picked the European Championships as the most impressive of 2018’s major summer meets, while a surprising 19% picked Jr Pan Pacs higher than any other senior-level international meet.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Twin OW Feats From Pugh, Edgley
While the end of August has produced a lull of pool swimming, there has been no shortage of impressive open water feats.
Four Former Water Polo Players Sue High School, USA Water Polo
Four former water polo players have sued their school district and USA Water Polo for abuse they say happened under their former coaches.
Florida State Swimmer McKenna Keith Diagnosed With Cancer
FSU senior McKenna Keith has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and her teammates have set up a GoFundMe account to raise money for her rent payments.
Teen, Parents Sue USA Swimming & Banned Coach Over Sexual Abuse
A teenage girl who was sexually abused by her swim coach has sued USA Swimming, the coach, the swim club and others, alleging that swimming authorities failed to protect her from the abuse.
College Swimming Previews: #11 Tennessee Returns Zeng, Reloads Swimmers
Colin Zeng was the highest-scoring diver in the NCAA last year, and Tennessee returns the bulk of its relays, which combined for 52 points in 2018.
Norwegian Record-Holder Hvas Won’t Swim For UNC Until Post-2020
Norwegian national teamer Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas, the top recruit for UNC this season, won’t join the NCAA until after the 2020 Olympics, the program says.
Ranking the 2018 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4
See also: Women’s classes #9-12 Women’s classes #5-8 Women’s classes #1-4 Men’s classes #9-12 Men’s classes #5-8 Individual recruit rankings…
Ranking the 2018 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8
Cal’s class is very small, but it does feature the #1 swimmer in the class: one Reece Whitley.
Cate Campbell to ‘Keyboard Warriors’: ‘It’s Time We Talked’
Australian world record-holder Cate Campbell penned an open letter this week, addressing “keyboard warriors” – or the fans and internet commenters critical of her swimming performances, specifically her showing at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Ranking the 2018 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12
Patrick Callan is one of the best freestyle prospects in the nation, and he leads a 15-person recruiting class for Michigan.
Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month: Chase Kalisz, Athens Bulldog
Kalisz proved that even without going best times, he can visibly separate himself from the rest of the world’s IMer in a way his predecessors in the American IM group (Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte) have done for the past decade.