Aspden, Smith, Abrahams, and Austin Named US Swimming Captains For Paralympics
21 women and 12 men will swim at the Paralympics for the US beginning later this month. All four captains have previous Paralympic experience.
NCAA Qualifier Max Berg Returning To Kentucky For COVID Fifth Year
Berg swam at NCAAs as a sophomore (relay only) and junior (individual invite) and holds 3 individual SCY school records at Kentucky.
Ranking The 2024 Women’s Recruiting Classes: #1-4
Leah Hayes is the #4 ranked recruit in the class and Virginia brings in a large class of 8 ranked recruits (plus Claire Curzan).
Shannon Sharpe Awards Bobby Finke $50,000 Bonus After 1500 Freestyle World Record
Finke was the highest man with $145,000 from the USOPC and USA Swimming earnings but earned another $50,000 from Shannon Sharpe for breaking the World Record.
Paltrinieri (Italy), McSharry and Wiffen (Ireland) Named Closing Ceremony Flag Bearers
Wiffen won Ireland its first gold in men’s swimming last week as he won the 800 free. At least 6 swimmers will be flag bearers for the closing ceremony.
China Completes Diving Sweep As Cao Yuan Wins Men’s 10m Platform
China is now the first country to sweep all 8 diving events at the same Olympics since diving was expanded from 4 to 8 events in 2000.
Torri Huske, Katie Ledecky Lead US “Operation Gold” Earnings At 2024 Paris Olympics
Huske leads all swimmers from the US with $261,875 earned at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Bobby Finke is the highest male with $145,000.
SCAD Hires Former TCU Assistant Rob Zamorano As Next Head Coach
Zamorano spent two seasons at TCU as an assistant coach and becomes the 3rd head coach for SCAD in three seasons.
WADA Study Finds Low Prevalence Of TUEs Among Olympic And Paralympic Athletes
Results found that across 4 Olympic Games, TUEs were present in 0.90% of athletes while the 4 Paralympic Games had a total TUE prevalence of 2.76%.
What Are Team USA’s Swimming Superstitions?
Paige Madden does not do her nails before her races while Nic Fink always warms up a second time before his race.
Open Water Swimmer Leonie Beck Experiencing GI Symptoms After Women’s 10km In Seine
Beck swam in the women’s open water race on Thursday, finishing 9th out of 24 women. She won gold in the open water race at the 2023 World Championships.
Leon Marchand (France) & Kaylee McKeown (Australia) Selected As Closing Ceremony Flag Bearers
Marchand won four golds and five total medals in Paris while McKeown won two golds and five total medals. The closing ceremony is scheduled for Sunday.
Ranking The 2024 Women’s Recruiting Classes: #5-8
Stanford brings in 4 top 20 ranked recruits for this fall, all from the US to hold the #5 ranked recruiting class this fall.
Chen Yiwen Wins Women’s 3m Springboard, China Now One Gold Away From Diving Sweep
China is only one event away from winning all eight diving events at the 2024 Paris Olympics and will look for the sweep tomorrow.
The Current, Not Water Quality, Dominates Post-Race Comments From Olympic Open Water Race
“That was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, ever, I think, with just the current,” said American Katie Grimes who finished 15th in the women’s race.
