Articles by Lauren Neidigh

Women’s Senior National Team Arrives in Rio for Exhibition Tournament

The USA Women’s Senior National Team has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, site of the 2016 Olympic Games, for an exhibition tournament alongside many of the top teams in the world.

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Odds and Ends on Early Signing

After you sign an NLI a school can upgrade your scholarship before you start school, but they cannot downgrade your scholarship before you start school.

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CSCAA Releases Division III Swim & Dive Polls

The College Swimming Coaches Association of America announces the first CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Poll for Divisions II and III. The defending NCAA Champions are the early favorites among NCAA Division II & III Swimming & Diving Teams.

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Golden Goggles Voting Update: Jaeger Leads Phelps By 1% For Race of the Year

Men’s race of the year continues to be the tightest battle, with Connor Jaeger and Michael Phelps separated by just 1 percent. Interestingly, Phelps has 2 nominations for race of the year, which may be spreading his votes.

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CSCAA Releases Division II Swim & Dive Polls

The College Swimming Coaches Association of America announces the first CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Poll for Divisions II and III. The defending NCAA Champions are the early favorites among NCAA Division II & III Swimming & Diving Teams.

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CWPA Releases Men’s Varsity Week 10 Polls

The University of California-Los Angeles, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges and Brown University retain the No. 1 positions.

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St. Bonaventure Women Host Canisius on Senior Day

The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team is set host the Canisius Golden Griffins Saturdayafternoon at the Reilly Center Pool for a 1:00 P.M. start.

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Dalesandro, Davis named Big Ten Female Co-Swimmers of the Week

Indiana’s Gia Dalesandro and Purdue’s Allie Davis share this week’s Big Ten Swimmer of the Week honors. D’Alesandro brought home triple wins in Indiana’s dual meet with Auburn.

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Khalafalla, Amaltdinov Named Big Ten Co-Swimmers of the Week

The big Ten conference awarded Swimmer of the Week to both Ali Khalafalla of Indiana and Marat Amaltdinov of Purdue. Khalafalla posted a 19.70 to win the 50 free against Auburn, landing him 5th in the NCAA this season.

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The Good Swimmer

If we were given the chance to build a perfect swimmer, I am sure we would all know exactly which characteristics to endow them with: talent, discipline, strength of mind, competitive spirit and the ability to win important events.

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Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines to Announce Army-Navy Swim Meet

The Naval Academy announced today that three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines will serve as the analyst on the video stream of the Army-Navy swimming and diving meet.

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Florida’s Switowski, Auburn’s Vitarius Named SEC Swimmers of the Week

Florida’s Jan Switowski and Auburn’s Jill Vitarius were named the male and female SEC swimmers of the week, respectively. Switowski rose to 1st in the nation after posting a 1:34.81 in the 200 freestyle against South Carolina for the Gators.

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Tickets Now On Sale For USA Winter Nationals In Federal Way

Many of the nation’s top swimmers will compete for national titles Dec. 3-5 at USA Swimming’s 2015 AT&T Winter National Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.

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Huskies to Compete in Tri-Meet with Penn State and Princeton

The University of Connecticut men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams return to action for a tri-meet against Penn State and Princeton. The two-day event kicks off on Friday in State College, Pa. at 5 p.m.

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RedHawks Split Between Pro Swim, Ohio State This Weekend

Miami University’s women’s swimming & diving team will be representing in two different meets this weekend, as junior Stephanie LeMire will go to Minneapolis, Minn., to race in the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series.

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