Harvard Picks Up 2nd Top-20 in as Many Days with Verbal from #20 Corban Rawls
For the second time in as many days, Harvard University has received a verbal commitment from one of our top 20 recruits. This time it was Corban Rawls of Nitro Swimming in Texas.
#17 Michael Zarian Verbally Commits to Harvard
Michael Zarian announced via Instagram that he had verbally committed to the admission process at Harvard University.
Harvard Gets A Pair of Verbals from Cassandra Pasadyn and Ingrid Wall
Cassandra Pasadyn (above) and Ingrid Wall have verbally committed to the admission process at Harvard University.
CIF-SS Champion Sean Lee Commits to UPenn
Sean Lee from Loyola High School in California and Swim Pasadena has verbally committed to the University of Pennsylvania. Lee…
Harvard Men Announce 2016/17 Schedule
The season begins with an Ivy League tri-meet clash in Hanover, New Hampshire against Dartmouth and Cornell Friday, Nov. 11.
Penn Quakers Release Men’s and Women’s Schedule for 2016-17
The University of Pennsylvania has announced its men’s and women’s swimming and diving schedule for the 2016-17 season.
The Book That Recounts the 112-Year History of Princeton Swimming, and the Origins of Intercollegiate Swimming
Princeton wasn’t the first American university to field a collegiate swimming team, that honor goes to Penn, but it is…
Swimmers define Dominance in Rio
Counting finals swims only, Katinka Hosszu’s world-record-smashing 400 IM was by far the most dominant swim of night one.
NCAA Releases 2016-2017 Division I Time Standards
The Texas men were dominant at the 2016 NCAA Championships for a second-straight title. With only minimal graduations, they could be in line for a 3-peat.
Comparing the 2017 NCAA Division I Time Standards
Last night the NCAA published its list of qualifying times for the 2017 NCAA Championships, which will be held in Indianapolis at the legendary IUPUI Natatorium.
2017 NCAA Relay Standards: 16 Relays Would Have Been Bumped In 2016
Just how much did the NCAA’s relay qualifying times change for the coming season? We break down the numbers based on 2016’s invites, finding that NCAAs would have featured 16 less relay entries under the new cuts.
Ledecky’s 800m Freestyle–Most Dominant Swim of the US Olympic Trials
If you’re Katie Ledecky, you dominate. It’s what you do. Congratulations Katie on posting the most dominating swim of Trials last week.
U.S. Open Record-Holder Brendan McHugh Wraps Career at Olympic Trials
U.S. national champ and current U.S. Open record-holding breaststroker Brendan McHugh will call it a career following his events at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials – though the Trials finalist stopped short of the word “retirement.”
Wrap-Up on the College Commitments of SwimSwam’s Class of 2016
July 1, 2016 begins the new recruiting season for the class of 2017. Take a look at where we are so far with class of 2016 commitments.
Adrian and Thiago score most dominant races in pre-taper competition
This past weekend (June 4-5th), the last major American swim competitions were held before swimmers begin to taper for both U.S. Trials and the Olympic Games.
