Early Signing Day: 450 Verbal Commitments from the Class of 2023
Today is the first day that high school seniors can sign their NLIs. See where the class of 2023 has committed to swim and dive in college next fall.
The Week That Was In College Swimming (Week 5)
Welcome to The Week That Was In College Swimming, where every week we’ll take a look at some of the highlights from around the NCAA.
WATCH: More Race Videos From Virginia-Texas Dual Meet
Watch more race videos from this weekend’s dual meet between Virginia and Texas, courtesy of UVA swimming’s YouTube channel.
Freshman Catherine Meisner 1:49.1 200 FR Helps Lead Penn State to Sweep of WVU
Penn State hosted West Virginia for their home opener, with the women’s meet taking place on Friday and the men’s meet on Saturday.
Noah Nichols Looking to Fine Tune Details After UT-UVA Dual
Noah Nichols continued his fall momentum at the UT-UVA dual this weekend. Although he didn’t touch first, he did post a 51.73 100 breast
Carson Foster Transitioning More to Sprints with 100 Fly, 100 Back Wins
Foster led off Texas’ winning 200 medley relay and taking wins in the 100 fly (46.57) and 100 back (45.82).
Texas A&M Routs TCU in Combined Dual Meet
Texas A&M hosted in-state TCU for a combined dual meet on Friday, emerging victorious in convincing fashion in both the men’s and women’s meets.
Anna Elendt on 58.1 100 Breast: “I was just…. pretending it was a 50”
Breaststroker Anna Elendt posted the #1 time in the country in the women’s 100 breast, touching at 58.14 to top US Olympians Alex Walsh and Lydia Jacoby.
Kansas’ Ellie Wehrmann Helps Lead Jayhawks Over Huskers 157-143 in Tight Dual Meet
Ellie Wehrmann was another Kansas double event winner, taking the 200 free and 100 free.
Caspar Corbeau on Swimming 50 Fly in Medley: “I thought it was a joke at first”
Caspar Corbeau knew he could swim a good 50 fly. But he didn’t think that would mean he’d be Texas’ #1 option on Friday for the 200 medley relay
Carol Capitani on UT-UVA Dual Energy: “I wish every meet were like that”
Captani thinks more meets should be like this, not only to have fun with her athletes but to help grow swimming to a broader fan base.
Todd DeSorbo on G. Walsh 100 IM: “I knew she could do a 25 breaststroke”
DeSorbo notes that all of the sprinters in his group train to swim all 4 50s of stroke, and therefore are sharpened to swim a pretty good 100 IM
Eddie Reese: “We’re into Slovember… And we weren’t that slow”
After the UT-UVA dual, it seemed like Texas men’s head coach Eddie Reese was pleasantly surprised with how his longhorns looked at the beginning of November
Texas vs. Virginia Dual Meet — Day Two Live Recap
Follow along here at SwimSwam for a live recap of the second day of competition at the Texas-Virginia dual meet, which includes more longer-distance events.
G. Walsh on Fastest 100 IM Ever: “I do stuff like that all the time in practice”
Walsh actually almost missed the 100 IM, thinking that there would be the women’s and men’s 500 free before her race.