Virginia Hires Margaret Zagrobelny From Johns Hopkins As Assistant Coach
Zagrobelny has been with Johns Hopkins since 2018 and was promoted to associate head in 2022. The team’s coaching staff is now the same size as last year.
Alex Walsh Enters Trials Lineup For NCAP Elite Qualifier, Gemmell & Heilman Also On Psychs
Alex Walsh recently announced her event lineup for US Trials and will swim the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM this weekend.
Georgia Southern Graduate Assistant Emily Hetzer Joins Cincinnati As Assistant Coach
Hetzer swam at Auburn for five years and graduated in 2022 and 2023. She spent this past season with Georgia Southern as a graduate assistant.
NCAA Runner-Up Isabelle Stadden Returning to Cal For 5th Year
Stadden has been Cal’s highest individual scorer at NCAAs for the last two years and finished 2nd in the 100 backstroke this past season.
NAIA Bethel University (TN) Cuts Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Programs
The Bethel men finished 19th at the 2024 NAIA Championships scoring 14 points. The school’s pool is set to close due to maintenance.
Pac-12 Finalist Tia Lindsay Transferring to Ohio State for 5th Year
Lindsay spent her undergraduate career with Arizona. She primarily swims IM, backstroke, and mid-distance freestyle.
NCAA Qualifier Ava DeAngelis Transferring to Ohio State After 3 Years With George Washington
DeAngelis helps re-boost the team’s breaststroke group that graduated Hannah Bach and Josie Panitz. DeAngelis has a best time of a 59.75 in the 100.
Simone Manuel Swims Fastest 100 Freestyle Since 2019 Worlds With 53.10
Manuel now sits as the 3rd fastest US woman so far this season in the event, only trailing Kate Douglass and Torri Huske.
Regan Smith Breaks Own American Record With 57.51 100 Backstroke
Smith broke her own record that she swam back at the 2019 World Championships leading off the US women’s 4×100 medley relay.
Barbora Seemanova Sets Another Czech National Record With 1:55.12 200 Freestyle
Seemanova sits at #6 in the World so far this year in the 200 freestyle and was 6th in the event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Anastasia Gorbenko Sets Another Israeli Record With 4:36.95 400 IM
Gorbenko improved upon her old National Record that she swam to win silver in the event at the 2024 World Championships.
Shaine Casas Swims 52.11 100 Butterfly In Austin, Foster Entered In 200 IM Today
Casas’ fastest time at the 2024 World Championships was a 52.21 in prelims. He went on to finish 16th in semifinals.
Regan Smith Blasts Best Times In 100 Butterfly (56.26) And 200 Freestyle (1:57.23) In Irvine
Smith now sits at #3 in the US in the 100 fly and #5 in the 200 freestyle so far this year. She dropped .1 in the 100 fly and almost a second in the 200 free.
Barbora Seemanova Breaks Own Czech National Record With 4:03.41 400 Freestyle
Seemenova dropped over two and a half seconds off her own previous national record and now is #10 in the world this season in the event.
Owen Chiles, Hayden Hakes, Joe Polyak All Earn US Olympic Trials Cuts In Iowa
Chiles earned the cut in the 200 IM, Hakes in the 200 back, and Polyak earned his 200 breast cut during a time trial.
