After Big Junior Year Drops, Will Koeppen Commits to Virginia Tech
Koeppen had huge time drops in both long course and short course as a high school junior.
Florida State Hires Nick Zorn as New Assistant Coach
Zorn spent last season as a volunteer assistant at Alabama.
Texas Men’s Swimming & Diving Hangs 14th NCAA Championship Banner
Texas has won the last 4 consecutive NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
Miami (FL) Gives Diving Coach Randy Ableman 5-Year Extension
The University of Miami has announced that 2018 ACC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year Randy Ableman has been given…
GQ Russia Names Evgeny Rylov Sportsman of the Year
21-year old Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov has been named the GQ Russia Sportsman of the Year. GQ is a men’s fashion,…
IOC Athletes’ Committee Supports Alterations of RUSADA Plan; USADA Opposed
The athletes’ commission includes double pole vault Olympic gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva, who was forced out as the head of RUSADA in 2017 for criticizing WADA’s original punishment of the organization.
Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving Release 2018-2019 Schedule
The Texas men’s swimming & diving team will be battle-tested in the regular season before attempting a 5th-straight NCAA title in March.
Sarah Sjostrom Didn’t Start Swimming Until She Was 10
And by 15, she was a World Champion.
2-Time U Sports Swimmer of the Year Yuri Kisil Turns Pro Early
Kisil will move east to Toronto to train under Ben Titley at the High Performance Center.
Brazil Drops Lanza, Costa from Short Course World Championships Squad
Vini Lanza won 3 events at the Jose Finkel Trophy, but has pulled out of the 2018 World Short Course Championships.
Are We Sure that Morning Finals at the Olympics is Bad for Athletes?
There’s something poetic about morning racing in the Land of the Rising Sun (above, Mt. Fuji above the clouds).
Taiwan Set for Referendum over Use of “Chinese Taipei” at the Olympics
The 5-petaled plum flower adorns the flag used by Chinese Taipei at the Olympics, which is not the same as the flag of Taiwan.
Bob Benson, Coach at Colgate for 3+ Decades, Dies at 78
Colgate Athletics lost one of its legendary coaches this week with the death Monday of Bob Benson. He was 78….
Andriy Govorov’s 4 Stages of World Record Preparation
2018 FINA WORLD CUP – DOHA Thursday, September 13th – Saturday, September 15th Hamad Aquatic Centre (HAC), Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar Heats…
Former Princeton, Michigan, Fairfield Coach Bill Farley Dies at 73
Farley spent 9 years as the head coach of the Princeton men’s swim team, and was the first-ever coach of the women’s team.