SwimSwam Pulse: 47% Support Postponing 2020 Olympics
Our poll ran both before and after the IOC postponed the 2020 Olympics. Nearly half of voters supported postponement over cancellation or ‘wait-and-see’.
Revisiting Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2016
There were a lot of top-20 misses in the class of 2015, though the top of the class was set to produce big at 2020 NCAAs.
2020 Men’s NCAA Season: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?
8 of our top 10 recruits swam fast enough to earn NCAA invites in 2020. But our top two projected scorers were unranked recruits.
Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019
This Stanford class went 3-for-3 in NCAA titles over their collegiate career, but Tennessee’s seniors put up the most points over their three seasons.
Notre Dame Dive Coach Caiming Xie To Retire After 25 Years In South Bend
Notre Dame’s longtime diving coach Caiming Xie is retiring, the school announced today. Caiming was the first full-time dive coach in program history.
IOC Targeting July-August 2021 For Rescheduled Olympics
Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reports that the International Olympic Committee is working to set up the postponed Tokyo Olympics for July and August of 2021.
Projected Women’s 2020 NCAA Points By Class – All Classes
It was a senior-heavy NCAA, with five seniors projected among the top 8 individual scorers. We look back at the past 4 years to evaluate recruiting ranks.
2020 Women’s NCAA Season: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?
It was shaping up to be a banner year for freshmen, led by #1 recruit Kate Douglass – who was on the cusp of a historic freshman scoring effort.
Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2016
Way back in 2015, we ranked Beata Nelson as the #2 recruit in her class. She’ll actually finish #3 in NCAA scoring – but could she have caught #1 in 2020?
Good Questions – What We Still Want To Know About Coronavirus Cancellations
The 2020 Olympic Games are now the 2021 Olympic Games, but many questions remain about how the calendar of the next two years will be structured.
Redshirt Rewind: The 2020 NCAA Gap Years & Where They Go From Here
In Olympic anticipation, the 2020 NCAA season was loaded with top talent taking gap years. But Olympic postponement will throw a wrench into those plans.
USA Swimming Issues Update On Dryland Insurance Coverage For Clubs
In short, USA Swimming’s release emphasized that activities not directly supervised by a member coach are not covered under USA Swimming insurance.
USA Swimming: ‘We Will Work Closely With USOPC To Reschedule Olympic Trials’
USA Swimming has released a statement about the postponed ’20 Olympics, promising to reschedule Olympic Trials “to best align with Olympic Games preparation.”
USOPC Reaches Out to Athletes In Wake of Olympic Postponement
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee head Sarah Hirshland sent a message to Team USA athletes after this morning’s postponement of the 2020 Olympics.
FINA Will ‘Determine Flexibility’ of 2021 Worlds Dates After Olympic News
FINA has issued a statement promising to determine the flexibility of 2021 World Championships dates to accommodate a rescheduled 2020 Olympics.