Articles by Madeline Folsom

USA Swimming Releases Coach and Athlete Selection Procedure for 2025 World University Games

USA Swimming released the athlete selection criteria and coaching selection framework for the 2025 World University Games.

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Olivia Covey and Ben Yang Each Win 11 Golds at MVN AAPI Lunar Festival

13-year-old Ben Yang and 9-year-old Olivia Covey each won eleven events at the 2025 Mission Viejo Lunar Festival swim meet.

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Campbell McKean Shines in Last Oregon High School State Meet

Campbell McKean won two events at the Oregon High School State meet in February, breaking the State Record in the 100 fly.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Champs: Relay Analysis — Tennessee Breaks NCAA Record in 400 Free Relay

Tennessee won the last event of NCAAs, the men’s 400 freestyle relay in new NCAA Record fashion with Jordan Crooks splitting 39.36 on the anchor leg.

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2025 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day Four Swims You Might’ve Missed

Carson Hick, a sophomore from Kentucky, won the prelims heats of the mile, dropping almost 15 seconds from his previous best time.

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In Bowman Year #1, Texas Men’s Swimming & Diving Retakes Throne as 2025 NCAA Champions

The Texas men are your 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Champions, scoring 490 points to officially earn their 16th NCAA Title, and their first under Bob Bowman

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Jordan Crooks Breaks Caeleb Dressel’s 100 Free NCAA Record in PRELIMS

Jordan Crooks blasted the 100 freestyle prelims, touching in 39.83 to break Caeleb Dressel’s 2018 NCAA Record in the event.

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What Happened in Heat Four of the 200 Fly?

Dare Rose was one of the eight athletes in heat four of the men’s 200 fly, which was stopped and is being reswum after the 200 backstroke swim-off.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 3 Pick’em Standings

607 people correctly predicted Florida would win the 400 medley relay. Congrats to Day 3 winner ROBERTSRT1996 who scored 84 points.

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New Coach, Same Tradition: Luke Hobson Continues Texas 200 Free Legacy with NCAA Record

Luke Hobson won his third straight NCAA title in the men’s 200 freestyle in record-breaking fashion, continuing a long-standing Longhorn Legacy.

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Swims You Might’ve Missed From Day Three of the 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships

NC State’s Kyle Ponsler won the ‘B’ final of the 400 IM tonight, finishing in 3:37.42 which was almost three seconds faster than his previous best time.

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NC State Breaks American Record with 9th Place Finish.

NC State might have finished 9th in the 400 medley relay, but they were the highest finishing team eligible for the American Record, which they broke.

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Canadian Swimmers Have a Strong Day Three Finals

Canadian swimmer Tristan Jankovics, from Ohio State, finished 2nd in the 400 IM breaking the Big Ten record in the event.

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The 200 Freestyle and Jordan Crooks’ Four Year Improvement

Jordan Crooks qualified 5th for the ‘A’ final of the 200 freestyle this evening in 1:30.38, more than six seconds faster than his freshman year.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 1&2 Pick’ems Scores

Pick’ems scores for days 1&2 are here, and ****BRIAN**** tops the leaderboard with 77 points after correctly picking Cal to win the 800 free relay.

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