Articles by Braden Keith

Days After NCAA Platform Title, Texas A&M Diving Coach Jay Lerew Is Out

One of his athletes won an NCAA title in platform diving on Saturday. By Monday, Jay Lerew was no longer the program’s head diving coach.

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Virginia, Michigan, Florida Men All Climb At Least 100 Points From Last Year (All 41 Teams Data)

Led by its highly-touted freshman class, the Virginia men did 178 points better at the 2026 NCAA Championships than they did in 2025.

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Olympic Silver Medal Winning Diver Jessica Parratto Announces Her Retirement

Jessica Parratto, raised by an All-American diver and a Hall of Fame swim coach, has retired from competitive diving at 31.

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Planet Swim and Sporting Jax, Caeleb Dressel’s Club, End Their Merger in NE Florida Swimming

Steve Jungbluth and Caeleb Dressel are part of the Sporting Jax program in NE Florida. The program is unwinding an earlier merger with Planet Swim.

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Pitt Women Record Best Finish in Women’s NCAA Swim & Dive History (FULL 48 TEAM SCORING MOVES)

The Pitt women (above) had their best NCAA finish in program history, while the Cal and Michigan both added over 100 points from last year.

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Alright, Alright, Alright: Famous Actor Recognizes Texas’ Men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Title

Academy Award winning actor Matthew McConaughey celebrated the Longhorns’ 17th NCAA Championship in men’s swimming & diving on Saturday evening.

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D3 Hanover College Cuts Men’s and Women’s Swimming

Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana has cut its men’s and women’s swimming programs. Swimmers and their families were informed on…

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The NCAA May Have Secured a Commitment for Linear Television for Swimming & Diving Next Season

In spite of the uproar about the new NCAA Championship format the over the last 10 days, college swimming &…

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Sarah Sjostrom Sets Dates For Her Return at the Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2026

Swedish swimming superstar Sarah Sjostrom has set her return to competition for the Stockholm Open in April in front of a home crowd.

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Diving Could Use a Revamp – But I Think We Chose The Wrong One

I know what you’re already saying. But just hear me out. I think we can rebuild diving, even better, and make it good enough for even swim fans to enjoy it.

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“Bored Out of My Mind” – Collegiate Swim Coaches Unify Around Fixing NCAA Championship Format

The new NCAA Championship format was almost universally reviled – and swim coaches are now unified in what they want changed.

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Gretchen Walsh Swims 25.21 to Lead 50 Fly Heats on Final Day of 2026 China Open

Gretchen Walsh swam 25.21 ahead of her training partner Kate Douglass to lead the preliminaries of the women’s 50 fly on Sunday.

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NYU Women’s Swimming & Diving Wins Their First Ever National Championship

Head coach Trevor Miele, 11-time individual NCAA Champion Kaley McIntyre, and the NYU Violets roared their way to a program first NCAA team title.

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Gretchen Walsh Swims 55.7 in China Open Prelims, Jack Alexy Takes Top Seed Again

American Gretchen Walsh swam the 13th sub-56 second time of her career on Saturday morning in prelims of the 100 fly at the China Open.

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Four California High School Powerhouses Will Race Saturday at USC

Andrew Maksymoswki and the Northwood High Timberwolves will take on some of the best high school teams in California this weekend.

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