After Recentering Her Mental Health as a HS Senior, Adriana Smith Is Back to Best Times at Cal
Cal freshman Adriana Smith swam her first best time in the 100 backstroke in over two years on Thursday at the ACC Championships.
WATCH: Day 2 Race Videos at the 2025 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships
Among the highlights of the day was a new ACC Record in the 500 free from Cal’s Lucas Henveaux.
Virginia Women Shatter NCAA Record in the 800 Free Relay, Now Hold All 5 NCAA Relay Marks
Gretchen Walsh led off Virginia’s 800 free relay with the second-fastest 200 free in history; from there the Cavaliers never looked back to the record line.
Florida State, Led by “Michael the Archangel,” Turns Heads with ACC 2nd-Place Relay Finish
Michel Arkhangilskiy very-nearly led Florida State to the upset of the week at the ACC Championships in the men’s 200 medley relay.
Jordan Crooks Splits 17.4 Freestyle; Julian Smith Goes Fastest-Ever 50 Breast in SEC Medleys
The top three finishers from the SEC Championship meet all went under the old Meet Record, led by two all-time great splits, including Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks (above).
Texas Women Break SEC Championship Record in Their First SEC Swimming Race
Emma Sticklen is most-often seen in butterfly races, where she’s the defending NCAA Champion in the 200 fly. On Tuesday, a field-leading backstroke split launched the Longhorns to a new SEC Record, though.
Shane Tusup Returns to the Elite Pool Deck as the Coach of European Champion Vivien Jackl
Coach Shane Tusup (above, right) and 16-year-old European Champion Vivien Jackl (above, left) with Honved club president Istvan Gergely.
Final 2025 SEC Championship Psych Sheets Drop; 2024 SEC 3rd Place Finisher Out of Meet
Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero was 3rd at last year’s SEC Championship meet in the 200 IM, but this year will be left off Florida’s conference roster.
Stanford Women Will Stay for the Entire ACC Swimming Championships, Afterall
After catching wind of a Stanford plan to pull its NCAA Championship qualifying swimmers from the meet earlier, the ACC office reportedly stepped in.
Which Swimmers Is Texas Taking to the Men’s SEC Championships (Roster Cuts Editorial)
NCAA and Olympic Champion Hubert Kos will definitely have a spot on next year’s Texas roster; some other highly-credentialed swimmers will not.
Suspended U.S. Olympian Michael Brinegar Competes at Collegiate Club Meet for Indiana
Olympian Brinegar, currently serving a four year suspension, competed at a collegiate club meet last weekend – an organization not governed by WADA.
IOC Announces Inaugural Olympic Esports Games for 2027 in Saudi Arabia
IOC President Thomas Bach (left) was in Saudi Arabia to discuss the organizing of the first Olympic Esports Games in 2027 with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right)
Liberty Women, Queens Men are Favorites in the ASUN After SMU Men’s Team’s Departure
The Liberty women are seeking a sixth-straight conference title before departing the ASUN for the American Athletic Conference next season.
World Aquatics Bureau Member Romani Katoa Arrested On Charges of Willful Damage
Ramoni Katoa, a prominent businessman and sporting official in the Cook Islands, has been arrested and released on bail after CCTV video showed him intruding on a property at 2AM.
Karina Plaza Breaks 200 Breaststroke NAG Record, 1 Night After Taking Down 100 Yard Mark
SwimMAC Carolina’s Karina Plaza has broken her second National Age Group Record in as many nights as the North Carolina Age Group Championships.
