Articles by Sean Griffin

#15 Class Of 2026 Recruit Elizabeth Eichbrecht Clocks 16:06.54 1650 Free At Michigan Open

Eichbrecht, SwimSwam’s 15th-ranked recruit in the high school class of 2026, dropped 41.33 seconds off her lifetime best in the mile.

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Greg Arkhurst Named 2026 Canadian Swimming Coach of the Year

For the second straight year, Greg Arkhurst has been named Swimming Canada’s Coach of the Year after guiding Mary-Sophie Harvey to 200 IM bronze at Worlds.

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Former Swim and Water Polo Coach in Utah Pleads No Contest to Object Rape, Sexual Battery

Meyer pled no contest to rape and sexual battery charges this week and received a plea-in-abeyance term of 36 months.

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Swimming Dates and Venue Announced for 2026 Youth Olympics in Senegal

The swimming competition will run from November 1-6 at the Egg Tower Complex in Dakar, a facility being rebuilt specifically for the Games.

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WATCH: Sara Curtis’ 50.68 100 Butterfly & Other Day 2 Cavalier Invite Race Videos

SwimSwam has compiled all available race videos from day two of the 2026 Cavalier Invite, courtesy of UVA Swimming’s YouTube channel.

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World Juniors Qualifier Leah Chin Verbals To Florida State For 2027-28

Chin represented Team Jamaica at the 2025 World Junior Championships, swimming five events and placing as high as 40th in the 50 free.

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Sexual Assault Case Against Former Swim Coach Ronald Hehn Dropped

Assistant State Attorney Jason Van Horn filed a motion to dismiss the charge after the victim’s family indicated they would not participate in the trial.

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WATCH: Bryn Greenwaldt’s 21.51 50 Free Personal Best & Other Day 1 Cavalier Invite Race Videos

SwimSwam has compiled all available race videos from day one of the 2026 Cavalier Invite, courtesy of UVA Swimming’s YouTube channel.

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After Big Drops in 2025, Molly McCorriston Verbally Commits to Dartmouth for 2026-27

At the 2025 Ivy League meet, McCorriston’s PBs would’ve made the ‘B’ final in the 200 free and 200 fly, plus the ‘C’ final in the 100 fly and 500 free.

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Junior Nationals Qualifier Lincoln Hoffmann Commits To TCU For Fall 2026

Hoffmann’s career bests would have earned him a spot in the C-finals of both fly events at the 2025 Big 12 Championships.

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WATCH: Gorbenko’s 1:43.27/1:52.53 200 FR/BK Double & All Louisville vs. Cincinnati Race Videos

SwimSwam has compiled all of the race videos from the Louisville vs. Cincinnati dual meet, courtesy of Louisville Swimming on YouTube.

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WATCH: All Available Women’s Race Videos From the 2026 Sterkel Classic

SwimSwam has compiled all available women’s race videos from this weekend’s Sterkel Classic, courtesy of Texas Women’s Swimming on YouTube.

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WATCH: Urlando’s 1:33.29 200 Free, 1:40.40 200 Back, & All Other UGA vs. Emory Race Videos

SwimSwam has compiled a list of all the race videos from the UGA vs. Emory dual meet, including Luca Urlando’s 1:33.29 200 free and 1:40.40 200 back.

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Distance Freestyler Avi Stahl Sends Verbal To Brown University For 2026-27

Stahl’s lifetime bests would have placed 18th in the mile and 24th in the 200 free at the 2025 Ivy League Championships.

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Lucy Bell’s 200 Breast Rise Continues With 2:03.72, Now #8 All-Time Performer

The swim moves Bell from the 11th-fastest performer to the 8th-fastest performer in the event’s history, with her time checking in as #24 all-time.

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