Never Do a Swimming Drill Again!
“Doing” drills doesn’t improve stroke technique and doesn’t foster faster swimming. You need to “train” your drills.
Over 1000 College Swimming Commits in 2015, see the list here
Between the more-than-850 commit stories we have written and press releases sent to us by colleges, SwimSwam has compiled a list of over 1000 members of the high school class of 2015. See where they come from and where we will find them next year.
Virginia Men’s Swimming and Diving Adds Two to Signing Class
Virginia swimming and diving head coach Augie Busch announced Tuesday (June 2) that Alex Albracht (Mission Hills, Kansas) and Murat Yildirim (Istanbul, Turkey) have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Cavalier men for the 2015-16 season.
Georgia Tech Announces Spring Signees, Including 2012 Chinese Olympian Iris Wang
“Iris will be a game changer and catalyst for our women’s team. Her current times will make her presence known immediately at the ACC and NCAA level.”
53-Second Butterflier Anna Quinn Transferring from UCLA to Duke
Anna Quinn (file photo dated: December 14th, 2013) will give the Duke Blue Devils another sub-54 second butterflier in 2015.
Duke Women Land Another Huge 2016 Commit, Suzanne Dolan from Machine Aquatics
Suzanne Dolan is the second 2016 commit to Duke before the open contact period has even begun.
UNC hires former Rutgers head coach Phil Spiniello as new Tar Heel assistant
The University of North Carolina Tar Heels have filled their assistant coach opening with one of the bigger names on the market, former Rutgers head coach Phil Spiniello.
800 College Swimming Commits so far in 2015, see the list here
SwimSwam has covered 800-and-counting commit stories, which when taken together tell a story about the high school class of 2015 and where we will find them next year.
NCAP’s Kylie Jordan Verbally Commites to Duke Class of 2016
Virginian Kylie Jordan has verbally committed to the Duke Blue Devils, but won’t arrive until the fall of 2016.
43 Division I Swim & Dive programs earn perfect APR scores from the NCAA for 2013-2014
20 women’s teams and 13 men’s teams earned perfect scores of 1000 for the 2013-2014 season, including women’s NCAA runners-up Georgia.
Esposto, Johnston Named to U.S. Worlds Roster
Abby Johnston and Nunzio Esposto from Duke will be heading to the FINA World Championships.
The Final Race: Don’t you swammers see what you’ve done?
“The harsh reality and underappreciated beauty of this sport is that we can never be satisfied. If we were, this sport would not advance.”
Former All-American Kameron Chastain re-joining Louisville as new assistant coach
All-American Louisville breaststroker Kameron Chastain will be rejoining the Cardinal program as the team’s new assistant coach.
Kentucky State Record-holder Grace Oglesby to stay home, commits to Louisville Cardinals
Kentucky’s state record-holding butterflyer Grace Oglesby, one of the top recruits in the class of 2016, has made an early verbal commitment to stay in-state and join the Louisville Cardinals in the fall of 2016.
Emma Reaney Reflects On Her Experience At Notre Dame And Looks Ahead Towards Rio
Emma was unable to compete in Charlotte over the weekend because she was still in South Bend, IN, for Notre Dame’s Commencement weekend.
