Articles by Madeline Folsom

College Swim Meets You Can Watch This Week: January 28- February 4

Luca Urlando broke an NCAA record last week, and this week you can watch him and the rest of Georgia race Emory on Saturday.

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Florida Picks Up British Paris Olympian Alexander Cohoon

The University of Florida is adding Paris Olympian Alexander Cohoon to their roster, gaining more sprint freestyle depth.

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Australian Water Sports Come Together to Pitch World-Leading Aquatic Center in Brisbane

The heads of all four major water sports in Australia came together to pitch a new aquatics facility ahead of Brisbane 2032.

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Team Captain and Florida All-American Starts Specialty Coffee Company From Family Farm

Florida Team Captain and All-AmericanAmerican Joaquin González Piňero creates specialty coffee company using beans from family farm in Colombia

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Florida State Wins Both Dual Meets vs Tampa, Tampa Swimmer Breaks Division II NCAA Record

FSU dominated Tampa on Senior Day, winning 23 of 28 events. Tampa’s Jacob Hamlin broke the DII 1000 freestyle record, highlighting the meet.

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Gretchen Walsh Swims 45.68 100 Freestyle, Fastest In-Season Time Ever

Gretchen Walsh picks up yet another top 10 time in the women’s 100 freestyle, swimming 45.68 at the Eddie Reese Showdown.

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NC State Picks up Ukrainian National Record Holder Oleksandr Zheltiakov Midseason

Oleksander Zheltiakov, the Ukrainian National Record Holder in every backstroke event, has joined NC State’s roster a month before conference meets.

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As Many As Seven Undefeated Teams Could Fall This Weekend.

Eight DI swim teams entered the weekend with an undefeated record for the season, and, come Monday morning, potentially only one will remain.

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A&M Earns Hard Fought Victory Over LSU

Texas A&M and LSU swam a close dual meet over the weekend, ending with both Aggie teams coming out victorious over the Tigers.

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Georgia Wins Decisive Victories Over UNCW In First Dual of 2025

Luca Urlando and Jake Magahey both set new personal bests in their off events at Georgia’s dual meet wins against UNCW.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2025: Women’s #80-71

Airi Mitsui tops this portion of the list, coming in at #71 on our Top 100 rankings for 2025 for her 200 fly speed and world ranking.

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Michigan Sweeps Ohio State for First Wins In Four Years

Senior Letitia Sim helped lead the women with three event wins in Michigan’s first dual meet wins over Ohio State since 2019-2020.

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College Meets You Can Watch This Week: January 22-29

Gretchen Walsh and other swimming stars will be racing at the Eddie Reese Showdown streaming live on the SEC+ Network at 5:30 pm EST on Friday.

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Caroline Bricker Goes 2nd Fastest 200 Fly In the Country at UCLA vs Stanford Dual

Sophomore Caroline Bricker won three events and set the 2nd fastest 200 fly time in the country at the Stanford vs UCLA dual meet.

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NC State and UNC Set School and Pool Records At Dual Meet

NC State took both the men’s and women’s dual meets vs North Carolina. Both teams saw new school records set, and NC State had a new pool record.

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