Articles by Sophie Kaufman

2025-26 NCAA Digest: Midseason Additions Get The Second Semester Off To A Hot Start

Indiana’s Alex Shackell is one of the midseason additions to the NCAA set to make a big impact during the 2026 championship season.

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: Where Is The League At With Midseason Invitationals Finished?

Yamato Okadome swam the third-fastest 100 breaststroke in the NCAA this season during the Minnesota Invite, one of the last midseason invites of the year.

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: The Swims You Definitely Did Not Miss During Midseason Invites Week One

Will Modglin was one of the standout swimmers during the first week of midseason invites, turning in memorable performances in the 50/100 back and 400 MR.

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World Para Swimming Announces 2026 Para Swimming World Series Schedule

The Gold Coast Aquatic Center debuts at the Para World Swimming Series as the opening stop of the nine-stop 2026 World Series schedule.

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2025 Wolfpack Elite Invite: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

The Wolfpack Elite Invitational continues this evening with finals of the 100 back, 200 breast, 500 free, 50 free, and 800 free relay.

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2025 Georgia Invitational: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

NCAA ‘A’ finalist Tomas Koski sits third heading into a 500 freestyle final where the top three are separated by less than a second.

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2025 Georgia Invitational: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Josh Liendo, newly minted SCM 100 butterfly world record holder, takes on the yards version of the event this evening at the Georgia Fall Invite.

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: It’s Time For Midseason Invites

Midseason invite action got underway last week in the NCAA, as a major settlement was announced and new CSCAA polls dropped for all three divisions.

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: Stars Shine Before Midseason Invites Begin

Ilya Kharun was just .01 second off his all-time 50 fly split mark during the Sun Devils’ dual meet against USC, splitting 18.79 on the 200 medley relay.

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: Liendo Keeps His Momentum In Yards

After an incredible performance at the Toronto stop of the 2025 Swimming World Cup, Josh Liendo kept the fast times coming…

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: Is The Women’s 200 Freestyle Renaissance Here?

Seven women have already broken 1:43 in the 200 freestyle this season and it isn’t even November yet. Is this going to be a renaissance year for the event?

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2025 Swimming World Cup — Toronto: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

After breaking the 100 free world record in Westmont, Kate Douglass aims at the event’s Triple Crown (and another world mark) on the final day in Toronto.

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: Dual Meet Tournament Recap, Pool Records, and Dual Meet Sweeps

The NC State women powered the Wolfpack’s win over Georgia in the championship meet of the Georgia Tech Dual Meet Tournament, winning the inaugural crown.

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2025 Swimming World Cup – Westmont: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

World record holder Gretchen Walsh is back in the water in the 50 butterfly, one of her signature events, on Day 2 of the Westmont Swimming World Cup.

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: What You Missed While Watching The World Cup

The main focus of this past week was the Swimming World Cup, but there was plenty of fast racing in the college swimming world as well.

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