Two Disqualifications Give Uruguay Water Polo Development Trophy
A chippy gold medal match saw both teams disqualified at the FINA World Men’s Water Polo Development Trophy tournament, giving bronze medal match winner Uruguay the gold.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Ledecky Regains The Throne
The 200 free is really the only event where anyone can challenge Katie Ledecky at this point. So it’s no surprise the ultra-competitive Stanford Cardinal found a way to take over the top time in the NCAA this season with a 1:41.60 at the U.S. College Challenge.
NCAA Swimming Transfers Down Significantly Over Last Decade
The NCAA has published a large set of data on student-athlete transfers, with total swimming & diving transfers dropping by about a third since the year 2004 for both men and women.
UK, Canada Universities To Compete In Virtual Dual Meet Nov. 25
In what could be the premiere international collegiate dual meet of the year, Great Britain’s Loughborough University will compete in a virtual dual meet with Canada’s University of Toronto, with plans for an in-person dual next year.
Katie Ledecky Named WSF Sportswoman of the Year
Katie Ledecky has been named Sportswoman of the Year for 2017 by the Women’s Sports Federation. She becomes the fifth swimmer to win the award since 1993.
College Swimming Preview: 10/16/17 – 10/22/17
The college swim season really heats up this week with the highly-anticipated Texas-Florida-Indiana triangular meet on Friday and Saturday. That could give us a rematch in the ongoing Caeleb Dressel-Joseph Schooling rivalry, as well as pit 200 free stars Townley Haas and Blake Pieroni against each other.
College Swimming Roundup: 10/9/17 – 10/15/17
The SMU Classic came through with some shockingly-fast early-season swims on the women’s side, with USC taking the crown by a half-point over Louisville.
Blueseventy Swim(s) of the Week: 8 Big Winners From SMU Classic
Disclaimer: BlueSeventy Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of…
SwimSwam Pulse: 66% Pick Texas As Preseason NCAA Favorites
Two thirds of voters selected the Texas Longhorns as their preseason favorites to win the men’s NCAA title in 2018.
PASA Adopts Swim Team In Hurricane-Torn Puerto Rico
The sport of swimming is often said to foster tight-knit communities, and sometimes those communities stretch around the globe.
Fratus, Medeiros, Gomes Win As Brazil Wins Fourth-Straight Raia Rapida
Bruno Fratus, Etiene Medeiros and Joao Gomes, Jr each won their respective strokes as Brazil earned the Raia Rapida title for the fourth-consecutive year.
CSCAA: Wright State Cut ‘Shortsighted’, Shows ‘Lack of Understanding’
College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Executive Director Joel Shinofield called the decision “shortsighted,” emphasizing that Wright State’s financial goals as a school have been closely tied to “enrollment and retention,” an area where swimming & diving have actually helped the university.
Two More Arrests, Three Not Guilty Pleas For Former Bridgeport Coach
Former Bridgeport University swim coach Sean Raffile incurred two more arrests over the last month or so in the midst of several more ongoing criminal charges.
SwimSwam Pulse: 41% Pick Sanders To Florida As Biggest NCAA Transfer
41% of voters selected Arizona-to-Florida IMer Grant Sanders as the most impactful transfer of the upcoming NCAA season, besting Auburn-to-NC State sprinter Jacob Molacek and Ohio State-to-Tennessee diver Colin Zeng.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Dolan, Comerford & The Circle Of Life
The NCAA circle of life continued over the weekend, as last year’s upset specialist Mallory Comerford got her first taste of swimming with a target on her back – and upstart Notre Dame sophomore Abbie Dolan became the next young hotshot to make a name for herself.