2022 European Junior Champion Michal Piela Commits to Pitt For 2023
Piela’s best converted 400 IM time would have made the ACC ‘A’ final this past season, an event Pitt scored 0 points in.
2023 World Championships Back and Flyer Athena Kovacs Commits To Virginia Tech
Kovacs competed for Mexico at 2023 Worlds in Japan, swimming in prelims of the 100 fly and 200 back, also swimming on three relays.
Latest Report on Women in NCAA Coaching Again Gives Swimming, Diving Low Marks
Swimming has a very low percentage of women’s teams led by women head coaches, due in part to many programs being co-ed. Carol Capitani (above) is a rare exception.
Winter Juniors Qualifier Drew Henry To Stay In State With Commitment to Pitt
Henry primarily swims backstroke and IM and has dropped in numerous events over the last year. He arrives on campus this fall.
Pitt Adds Alabama Assistant Roman Willets to Swimming & Diving Coaching Staff
Roman Willets, who spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Alabama, is moving north to Pittsburgh, where he’s been given an associate head coach title.
Duke Completes Coaching Staff With Addition Of Kate Moore As Assistant Coach
Moore most recently was an associate head coach at Washington State. She graduated from East Carolina in 2007.
Discussing the Context and Implications of Claire Curzan Transferring to Virginia
We wanted to have a conversation to both provide context on Curzan’s transfer as well as look ahead to what this might mean for the NCAA and world champion
NCAA Champion Claire Curzan Transferring from Stanford to Virginia
NCAA champion Claire Curzan is transferring to Virginia, where she’ll be eligible for the 3-time defending champs next fall after an Olympic redshirt year.
D1 Swimming & Diving Committee Approves Long Course Qualifying for 2024 NCAA Champs
The NCAA D1 Swimming & Diving Committee made the 2023-2024 college season decision a bit easier for swimmers like the new top US sprinter, Jack Alexy (above).
David Curtiss Training with Renewed Confidence After ‘Mental Health Reset’
Rising NC State junior David Curtiss offered an intimate glimpse into the “much-needed mental health reset” he took after the NCAA Championships in March.
Chris Guiliano on 400 Free Relay: “I felt like I was Flying”
Notre Dame Sophomore and surprise sprint stud Chris Guiliano shares his thoughts on his first-ever day of racing at a world championships
Matt King Taking Olympic Redshirt, Staying in Texas to Train with Coley Stickels
Matt King (pictured right) has already dropped four-tenths of a second off his best time in the 100 free after just a few months of training with Stickels.
SCM Worlds Swimmer Jakub Poliacik Commits to Virginia Tech For 2024
Poliacik competes internationally for Slovakia where he swam at World Juniors last summer and SCM Worlds last December.
Sprinter Anna Wiechertjes Commits To Pitt For Swimming (2024)
Anna Wiechertjes, a Michigan native, will join Pitt’s sprint squad when she arrives in Pittsburgh for the 2024-2025 season.
Virginia Adds John Carroll (UNCW), Joe Bonk (Wilton Wahoos) to Coaching Staff
New Virginia assistants John Carroll (left) and Joe Bonk (right) have ties to head coach Todd DeSorbo’s former NC State colleagues.
