UNC Promotes Kirk Kumbier To Associate Head Coach
Kumbier, who leads the Tar Heels’ sprint group and designs the team’s speed and power development program, has been at UNC since May 2022.
ACC Champion Noah Bowers Announces Retirement From Swimming
Bowers qualified for 2024 US Olympic Trials but has not competed since NCAAs this past March. He won the 2024 ACC title in the 200 fly.
Keelan Cotter To Stay At NC State After Entering Transfer Portal This Spring
Cotter arrived at NC State last January and was one of numerous members of the women’s team to enter the portal this offseason.
Stanford Men’s & Women’s Swimming Teams Looking for New Assistant Coaches
Stanford head coach Dan Schemmel (above) is looking for a new associate head coach with assistant Neil Caskey leaving the program.
Brazilian Worlds Relay Finalist Giovana Reis Medeiros Commits to Georgia Tech
Medeiros is headed to Georgia Tech this the fall where she has the opportunity to swim some of the fastest times in program history.
Loughborough’s Rachel Anderson Commits to SMU Women For Graduate Season
After a large drop in the roster size, Anderson will be a huge addition to the SMU women this fall as they enter the ACC.
Futures Finalist Sydney Holfelder To Stay In-State With Commitment To NC State
Holfelder, a sprint freestyler and IMer, swam best times in all of her primary events this past season. She arrives next fall.
Virginia Tech Announces 2024 Sports Hall of Fame Inductees
The eight-member class includes Heather Savage, a two-time ACC champion in the 100 fly, and Logan Shinholser, Virginia Tech’s most decorated diver.
Florida State Swimmer Sydney Cole Earns Fulbright Scholarship to Study in Belgium
Florida State swimmer Sydney Cole has been named a Fulbright Scholar, affording her the opportunity to study sociology in Belgium.
Notre Dame Swimming Captain Sarah Bender Earns Fulbright Scholarship
Bender, who ranks 5th all-time in the 200 breast (2:12.80) in Notre Dame program history, is the first student-athlete from Notre Dame to earn the Fulbright Scholarship.
2024 NCAA Champion Zalan Sarkany Verbally Commits To Transfer To NC State
The reigning NCAA champion in the 1650 freestyle will join the impressive distance culture developed at NC State, led by coach Mark Bernardino.
Virginia Hires Margaret Zagrobelny From Johns Hopkins As Assistant Coach
Zagrobelny has been with Johns Hopkins since 2018 and was promoted to associate head in 2022. The team’s coaching staff is now the same size as last year.
NCAA Runner-Up Isabelle Stadden Returning to Cal For 5th Year
Stadden has been Cal’s highest individual scorer at NCAAs for the last two years and finished 2nd in the 100 backstroke this past season.
Former Auburn Head Coach Gary Taylor Joins Virginia Staff As Associate Head Coach
Gary Taylor, a former coach at Auburn, NC State, and Florida State, will join the University of Virginia staff after three years coaching a local club team.
Best of the Rest Sprinter Ryan Henderson (2025) Sends Verbal Commitment to Louisville
Summer Nationals qualifier Ryan Henderson has committed to swim and study at Louisville beginning in the fall of 2025.
