SwimSwam Pulse: 77% Pick NC State Men To Win ACC Title
It’s a blowout in our men’s ACC Champions poll: 77.3% of voters picked the NC State Wolfpack to win a sixth consecutive conference title.
Training Blocks: A Week With Todd Desorbo & Kate Douglass At Virginia
We connected with University of Virginia head coach Todd Desorbo, who provided workouts from UVA’s training plan with star freshman Kate Douglass.
2020 BUCS Championships: Day 1 Live Recap
Tonight’s opening session of the British Universities & Colleges Sport Championships (BUCS) swim meet features three relays and two distance events.
2020 NCAA Invite Cut-Line: Mathematical Estimates Pre-Conference Meets
Comparing the 30th-ranked time in the NCAA right now to the 30th-ranked time from exactly one year ago, 20 of 26 events are actually slower.
Dolfin Swim of the Week: Utah State Meet Comes Down To 3 Teams In Final Relay
It doesn’t get much better than this. Utah’s 3A High School State Championships came down to a single point, with three teams in play on the final relay.
SwimSwam Pulse: 72% Pick Michigan To Win Big Ten Women’s Title
71.9% of voters picked Michigan to win the women’s Big Ten swimming & diving title, a huge landslide of votes over defending champs Indiana.
EIU Swimmer Mistakenly Taken Down By Police in 2019; ACLU Files Suit
Illinois police mistakenly took down college swimmer Jaylan Butler at gunpoint on a team trip home from a 2019 conference meet, a local newspaper reports.
Sticklen & Nordmann Renew 100 Fly Showdown At Texas High School State
Emma Sticklen and Lillie Nordmann will go head-to-head in class 6A with the state title and state records on the line in the 100 fly.
UPDATE: Lake Catholic High School Swim Coach Cleared of Wrongdoing
A swim coach at Lake Catholic High School in Mentor, Ohio has been placed on leave after an allegation of sexual activity with a student.
Police Find Hidden Camera In Changing Room, Wisconsin Swim Instructor Fired
A 21-year-old swimming instructor in Waukesha, Wisconsin was fired after police found a camera that had been hidden inside an employee changing area.
2019-2020 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Power Rankings: February Edition
IU is rising, Florida is falling. Who else is on the move in our latest edition of NCAA Power Rankings heading into Conference Championship season?
Vladimir Salnikov: Olympic Ban Criteria Should Apply To Everyone
Russian Swim Federation President Vladimir Salnikov said last week that all nations should face the same criteria when it comes to Olympic anti-doping bans.
Dolfin Swim of the Week: Venema’s 22.3 Powers Princeton Over Yale in HYP
Venema cut more than half a second in her 100 free, and about four tenths in the 50 free, putting herself in the mix for NCAA invites in her rookie campaign.
SwimSwam Pulse: 66% Pick UVA To Win Women’s ACCs, 23% Pick NC State
Our latest poll: two-thirds of voters picked the Virginia Cavaliers to knock off NC State for this year’s ACC Women’s title.
2019-2020 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Power Rankings: February Edition
Michigan keeps climbing. Maggie MacNeil and the Wolverines move up another spot and crack the top 5 in our pre-Conference Power Rankings