Podcast: Inside Mercersburg’s Easterns Win: Depth, Relays, and a Program Built to Win
Mercersburg Academy Head Coach Matt Hurst breaks down his team’s success at the 2026 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming & Diving Championships.
Podcast: Inside Mercersburg’s Easterns Win: Depth, Relays, and a Program Built to Win (TRANSCRIPT)
Read the full transcript of Gold Medal Mel’s podcast with Mercersburg’s Matt Hurst
Coach Hurst on Mercersburg’s Storied Legacy And Why He Chose the Prep Path Over Division I
Mercersburg has produced 32 Olympians, who’ve earned 11 Olympic medals, including five golds, representing the U.S. and 12 other nations.
Cal Commit Caiden Bowers Breaks Mel Stewart’s Mercersburg Academy 100 Fly Record From 1988
Competing in the 100-yard butterfly at the Mercersburg November Invitational, Bowers clocked a time of 47.36, surpassing Stewart’s record of 48.00 from 1988.
American Swimming Coaches Association Announces Board of Directors Candidates
All U.S. members will be able to vote electronically September 5-6.
Hasty Awards Team of the Month: Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club
At last week’s World Junior Championships, 16-year-old CPAC standout Annam Olasewere blazed a personal-best 24.95 in the 50-meter freestyle to earn silver.
Matt Hurst Hired As New Head Coach Of Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club
Hurst, who was promoted to associate head coach at Penn State in January, will be leaving the school to take on the head coaching position at Chelsea Piers.
Matt Hurst Promoted To Associate Head Coach At Penn State
Hurst is in the middle of his seventh season with the Nittany Lions, his first as associate head coach after joining the program in 2015.
Penn State Hires SVSU Coach Austin Pillado As Assistant Coach
Following 1 year as an assistant coach at Saginaw Valley State University, Austin Pillado has been hired as an assistant coach at Penn State University.
SSPC: Penn State Coaches Explain Importance of Team Book Club on Culture
Penn State swim & dive has a book club and most recently the women read Untamed by Glennon Doyle, while the men “read” (watched) Netflix’s The Last Dance
