SwimSwam Pulse: 90% Predict Stanford as NCAA Champs
90% of SwimSwam voters proved their sanity this week, selecting Stanford to win the 2018 women’s NCAA title.
Athletes Connected: Q&A With Michigan Diving Coach Hilde
Michigan’s Athletes Connected program focused on mental health is producing a Q&A series with various Wolverine athletic department staff talking about issues of mental wellness. The series kicked off this week with an interview of Michigan diving coach Mike Hilde.
UPDATE: Sjostrom & Dressel To Win FINA Swimmer of the Year Awards
An update to the scoring format suggests that Sarah Sjostrom and Caeleb Dressel will win FINA’s Swimmer of the Year awards, not Sjostrom and Adam Peaty as previously reported.
WSA Update: ‘Ring of Fire’ Tour in the Works
The World Swimming Association, conceived as an alternative governing body for international swimming, is working on ensuring its constitution is compliant with various legal bodies and has plans for a Ring of Fire tour in Asia, with more information to come early next year.
Brazil Olympic Committee Still Suspended But NOC Rights Returned
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has voted to lift one small part of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB)’s suspension, allowing it to participate in several important organizational meetings this week.
SwimSwam Swimmer of the Month: Louise Hansson, USC
Hailed as a bit of a surprising choice to be our near-unanimous pick to win the NCAA 100 fly title, USC’s Louise Hansson is backing up that status early in the season. Her month of October has been stellar, and a key reason why the Trojans are 4-0 and one of the NCAA’s hottest teams heading into winter invites.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Ipsen Goes 8:52
Swimming on the road in the frigid north this weekend, NC State senior Anton Ipsen brought the heat.
College Swimming Roundup: 10/23/17-10/29/17
Another big triangular meet saw the Indiana men stay red-hot as the Tennessee women topped all comers in the Indiana-Tennessee-Kentucky tri meet. That comes a week after Indiana’s men beat top-3 programs Texas and Florida on the road.
Sjostrom Clear Choice, Peaty To Clip Dressel for FINA Swimmer of Year
We did the math: Sarah Sjostrom appears set to run away with the title on the women’s side under FINA’s evaluation formula, while a tight men’s battle should go to Adam Peaty over Caeleb Dressel by virtue of Peaty’s two world record swims in the 50 breast, barring a few uncertainties in the scoring formula.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Ray Looze, Indiana
Coach Ray Looze’s Indiana Hoosiers were all but unstoppable at the biggest meet of the 2017 fall NCAA season thus far.
Updated Quad Plan Shows 4-Day PSS Meets, Jr Pan Pacs Dates & Host
USA Swimming updated its national team Quad Plan this week, showing 4-day meets for all Pro Swim Series Stops outside of Columbus, as well as Junior Pan Pacs on August 23-27, 2018.
Brazilian Pan Am Champ Henrique Rodrigues Suspended 1 Year For Doping
Brazilian IMer Henrique Rodrigues has tested positive for banned substance Clostebol, per BestSwim.br, and will be suspended for one year dating back to March 2017.
World Junior Champ Rebecca Smith To Join University of Toronto
17-year-old World Junior relay champ and World Champs relay medalist Rebecca Smith will join the University of Toronto’s program next year, the school announced today.
SwimSwam Pulse: Voters Split On Ervin Kneeling During Anthem
35% of voters found Anthony Ervin’s decision to kneel during the U.S. national anthem at the Raia Rapida meet “unpatriotic,” but 38% said it was neither patriotic nor unpatriotic.
2017 College Challenge Highlight Reel
Missed out on our live recaps of the 2017 College Challenge? Fear not, for we’ve dug through results to put together a rapid-fire ‘highlight reel’ of top swims and swimmers from the meet, along with a quick look at what makes these swims significant.