World Junior Championships Finalist Alex Quach Commits to Ohio State
Australian Alex Quach will bring some sprint butterfly and freestyle firepower to Ohio State’s incoming recruiting class of 2021.
Freestyler Molly Pedersen Announces Verbal Commitment to Penn State
Fishers, Indiana freestyler Molly Pedersen will swim for Penn State University beginning in the 2021-22 school year.
Gavin Moak Transfers to Ohio State After Elimination of UConn Men’s Team
Austin, Texas native Gavin Moak has announced his transfer to The Ohio State University after UConn eliminated its men’s swimming and diving team.
All the Cuts and Cancellations to College Aquatics Programs for 2020-2021
SwimSwam’s running list of all the college swim & dive, synchronized swimming and water polo teams that have been cut or canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
NCAA D1 Council Votes to Allow Stacking of Merit/Need Aid and Athletic Aid
The NCAA passed legislation to allow equivalency sports such as swimming and diving to stack need-based aid and/or merit aid with athletic aid.
Seidt, Hansson, and Marsh Among 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominees
3-time NCAA champion Louise Hansson (above) was among 53 swimmers & divers nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year honor.
Max McHugh Swims First Races Since Big Ten Championships in Brown Deer
Max McHugh swam his first meet in almost 5 months this weekend in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, racing the 50 and 100 meter breaststrokes.
Colorado Sprinter Lyndsey Wehr (2021) Makes Verbal Commitment to Minnesota
The Gophers picked up a verbal commitment from 2021’s Lyndsey Wehr of Highlands Ranch Aquatics in Colorado.
Madesyn Ronquillio Leaves Boise State After Shutdown, Transfers to Nebraska
Ronquillio would’ve been Nebraska’s only sub-2:00 200 backstroker last season, and she would’ve been their #2 100 backstroker.
ESPN: Big Ten Likely To Cut Non-Conference Matchups For All Fall Sports
ESPN reports that the Big Ten Conference is likely to restrict its fall sports to only conference matchups – that includes college football.
OH Backstroker Aiden Neuman Sends Verbal to Penn State for 2021
At the 2020 Ohio HS Division I Champs, Neuman scored in the B-final of the 100 back, going 50.60 for 13th at the meet.
CSCAA Announces 2020 Scholar All-America Team Individual Selections
Louisville and Virginia led all Division I women’s teams with 16 First-Team Selections, while Texas led on the Division I men’s side with 17.
ICE: Foreign Students Cannot Attend Online-Only School From the US This Fall
ICE announced that international students facing entirely online course loads must leave the country or transfer schools.
Penn State Adds to Class of 2025 with Easterns Finalist Jack Deppen
Deppen touched fifth in both the 200 free and 500 free at the 2020 Easterns, one of the top private school championships in the country.
After One Season at Indiana, Katrina Sommer Announces Transfer to UCLA
Sommer competed at the 2020 Big Ten Championships for Indiana, racing the 100 back (55.72), 200 back (1:59.08) and 200 IM (2:03.57).
