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Andrew Shackell (2025) Flips Verbal Commitment from Cal to Texas

Andrew Shackell, who qualified for 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the 200m free, has flipped his verbal commitment to Texas.

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UNLV Hires 8-Year Assistant Pat Ota as New Head Swimming & Diving Coach

Pat Ota, who has been serving as UNLV’s interim head coach since Ben Loorz departed for Arizona, has been given the job on a full-time basis.

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SMU Announces Roric Fink as New Associate Head Coach of Men’s Swimming

Roric Fink will return to SMU for his second stint, where he will work for head coach Greg Rhodenbaugh for the third time.

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SEC ‘B’ Finalist Sam Brown Transferring From Missouri To South Carolina

Brown spent two seasons with Missouri and made the SEC ‘B’ final of the 100 backstroke this past season.

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Butterflyer Davina Huang Verbally Commits to Harvard for 2025-26

Santa Clara Swim Club’s Davina Huang is set to swim for the Harvard Crimson beginning in the 2025-26 school year.

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Adriana Owen Named Head Swim & Dive Coach At Wheaton College

Owen is already familiar with coaching in the NEWMAC conference after spending the last five years on the coaching staff at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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NCAA Qualifier Kyra Sommerstad Transferring to Duke For COVID-19 Fifth Year

Sommerstad made NCAAs as a junior and senior and will join a Duke program that is coming off its highest finish at NCAAs.

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Ben Loorz Receives 5-Year, $845,000 Base Contract as Head Swim Coach at Arizona

Ben Loorz will make a base salary that starts at $165,000 and rise to $175,000 by the end of his five year contract, plus significant incentive opportunities.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Andrew Rucker Commits To Boston College For 2024-25

Rucker trains and competes year-round with the Upper Arlington Aquatic Club, and is a recent graduate of Upper Arlington High School.

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Northwestern Gains Commitment From Distance Specialist Alexander Rousseau (2024)

Rousseau will arrive at Northwestern this fall as a sophomore academically, but still has four years of NCAA eligibility remaining.

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Ella Nelson on Racing at Olympic Trials: “This is it for me”

Nelson made 2 finals at the trials, the 100 and 200 breast, and will leave UVA as one of the most decorated Hoos in history with 20 All-American honors.

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Texas Swimming and Diving Adds Trevor Maida as Assistant Coach

Maida will lead the sprint program in Austin after spending the 2023-24 season with the University of Louisville. He is Bob Bowman’s second hire.

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Notre Dame Launching External Review of “Culture” Issues In Men’s Swim & Dive Program

The law firm Ropes & Gray LLP will conduct the review, which is expected to be finished around the end of August.

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Brian Hansbury Named Next Head Coach Of Division I Manhattan College

Hansbury has most recently been associate head coach with Empire Swimming. He swam collegiately with Florida and graduated in 1999.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Scarlett McGlinchey Sends Verbal To Duke (2025)

With over a year to go before arriving on campus, McGlinchey’s best 200 breast time (2:15.22) already puts her within ACC scoring range.

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