Today in Swimming History: November 9 – the ISHOF
On November 9th, 1962, the City Commission of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida unanimously approved the following, which gave berth to the…
Thorpe Touches 13th in 100 Fly; Blair Evans Cracks All-Time Top-10
We’ll start the wrapup of day 2 in Beijing with the obligatory Ian Thorpe report, as he finished 13th in prelims…
Daughter of ESPN Personality Golic to Swim for Notre Dame
Sydney Golic comes from a family of athletes. You may have heard of her father, Mike Golic, who spent 9…
Wednesday Begins NCAA Swimming Early Signing Period
Recruits, if you have a picture of yourself signing your National Letter of Intent, email it to [email protected], and you…
Michigan Men, Georgia Women Top First CSCAA Poll
The first CSCAA Poll of the 2011-2012 collegiate season has been released. As we reported last week, the CSCAA poll…
BREAKING: Maryland Swimming Recommended To Be Cut in Budget Crisis
A source who has asked to remain anonymous because of their connection to the University has told us that the…
Thorpe Fails to Final in Two Tries on Day 1 in Beijing
The next evolution of the Ian Thorpe comeback, as he swam a freestyle race for the first time since retiring…
Today in Swimming History: November 8th
On November 8th, 1939, Brazil’s Maria Lenk cemented herself as a local legend when she becamse the first Brazilian to…
USC Women Get Verbal from Improving Breaststroker Weinstein
According to OCVarsity.com, Dave Salo and USC have added another verbal commitment to a class that is easily one of…
Beijing World Cup Start Lists See Thorpedo in the 100 Free
And the moment we’ve all been waiting for – the big reveal of the Thorpedo in his new digs –…
In Briefs: Greensboro Aquatic Center Lands ACC Champs in '13, '14, and '16
There are a lot of impressive swimming facilities across this country. Colleges use them to lure in recruits, and School Districts…
Arizona Men Land Three More Verbals
Just as we were declaring that Eric Hansen and the Arizona men had some work to do in their recruiting…
Hansen, Arizona Land Verbals From Big Male, Female Recruits
In year 1 at the helm of Arizona, new coach Eric Hansen’s first recruiting classes have been night-and-day between the women…
USC Gets Verbal from Canadian Swanston; Transfer from Army's Redondo
Dave Salo and USC are on a roll this recruiting season. Not only have they landed a lot of top…
#2 Distance Swimmer in Class Wolf Changes Verbal from Iowa to Michigan
In the third-such major instance we’ve seen of a changed verbal commitment this season, Wisconsin distance-freestyler Jessica Wolf has changed her…