Competitor Coach of the Month: Chuck Batchelor, Bluefish
Bluefish’s Chuck Batchelor helped star pupil Elizabeth Beisel explode for a five-second drop in May of 2008, setting up the 15-year-old for an Olympic berth.
East Carolina Cuts Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving, Effective Immediately
East Carolina University has cut four of its 20 intercollegiate sports, including men’s and women’s swimming & diving, as part of a plan to save $4.9 million.
Ranking the 2020 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4
Our top four classes are unbelievably loaded, including a World Champs silver medalist and a World Junior champ, among many others.
Dolfin Swim of the Week: Weitzeil & McLaughlin Combine For 3 Nat’l HS Records
This week in history: future Cal teammates Abbey Weitzeil and Katie McLaughlin set 3 national high school records at the 2014 CIF-SS Division 1 Championships.
SwimSwam Pulse: 46% Pick Men’s 200 Back As Next Super-Suited WR In Danger
Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers to pick between five of the tougher remaining world records from the super-suit era.
Ranking the 2020 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8
When you recruit a butterflyer and a miler, and still add immediate upgrades to your 200 free relay. How did Georgia do it? Range, range, and more range.
High School Swimmers Appear On Fox & Friends For Petition To Reopen NJ Pools
Two New Jersey high school swimmers appeared on the Fox & Friends TV show to talk about their petition asking New Jersey’s governor to reopen pools.
ONEflow Aquatics Launches Altitude Training Center in Erzurum, Turkey
Germany’s ONEflow Aquatics has connected with a local hotel to open a high-altitude training center in the city of Erzurum, Turkey.
Ranking the 2020 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12
Speedsters are the name of the game in our next set of NCAA swimming & diving recruiting class ranks, which includes two 19-second freestylers.
Division I NCAA ‘A’ & ‘B’ Cuts Remain the Same For 2020-2021 Season
The NCAA has released its qualifying standards for Division I swimming & diving next year – and they’ll look awfully familiar.
With 3-5 Months To Live, Swimmer Chase Smith Marries Girlfriend Sadie
Swimmer Chase Smith was given three to five months to live after a six-year battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma. He married diver Sadie (Mills) Smith in April.
Australian News Footage Shows Cate Campbell & Australia’s Return To Training
Australia’s Cate Campbell is back in the water, sharing some inside footage of what she said was a light and relatively low-volume return to training.
Ranking the 2020 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #13-16
It’s an SEC-heavy start to our men’s NCAA swimming recruiting class ranks, including some deep sprint classes and one elite international butterflyer.
Texas Men Add Two National Team Divers: Gosselin-Paradis (CAN) & Duperre (USA)
The Texas Longhorns add Canadian national teamer Laurent Gosselin-Paradis and 2018 high school national diving champion Noah Duperre to their incoming class.
Trump Administration Publishes Title IX Campus Sexual Assault Regulations
The new guidelines give schools a choice as to how tough their standard of evidence is in sexual abuse investigations between students.
