Multi-Time Illinois Senior State Finalist Ryan Vender Commits To Babson College For 2026-27
Vender’s lifetime best in the 200 backstroke would have won the 2026 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference title.
Mattew McKenney Named Head Coach of Men’s and Women Swimming Programs at Hood College
Hood College has named Matthew McKenney its new head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs, bringing in a five-year American University staff member.
Distance Freestyle Specialist Quinn Putchinski Commits To Coast Guard Academy For 2026-27
Putchinski’s personal bests would have won the 1650 free and placed fourth in the 500 free and fifth in the 200 free at the 2026 NEWMAC Championships.
Virginia High School State Finalist Ryan Moore To Swim For Coast Guard Academy Starting Fall 2026
Moore’s PBs would have qualified him for the ‘A’ final in the 50 free and ‘B’ finals in the 100 free, 200 free, and 100 fly at the 2026 NEWMAC Championships.
Summer Juniors Qualifier Quinn Heis To Swim For Kenyon Starting Fall 2026
Heis’ lifetime best in the 50 free would have made the ‘A’ final at the 2026 NCAC meet, while his times in three other events would have made ‘B’ finals.
Wide-Ranging Freestyler Oliver Van Peteghem Commits To MIT With NCAA D3 ‘A’ Final Times
Van Peteghem’s PBs would have won the 100, 200, and 500 free at the 2026 NEWMAC conference meet, and taken fourth in the 200 and fifth in the 500 at D3 NCAAs.
NCAA Announces 42 Winter Awardees for 2025-26 Postgraduate Scholarship Program
More than half of the recipients (23) are swimmers or divers, including Louisville sprinter Julia Dennis (pictured).
Ten-Time Wyoming HS State Champion Maren Tattersall To Swim For Pomona-Pitzer Beginning Fall 2026
Tattersall brings career bests that would have scored in five individual ‘A’ finals at the 2026 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet.
Winter Juniors Qualifier Elliott Drottar Commits To UC-Santa Cruz For 2026-27 & Beyond
Drottar’s personal bests would have placed him in the ‘A’ final in the 50 and 200 free and the ‘B’ final in the 100 free at the 2026 PCSC Championships.
Eric Skelly Takes Over as Lake Forest College Head Swimming & Diving Coach
Skelly has served as the head swimming and diving coach at the University of Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky, for the past 15 years.
Stevens Point Native, UWSP Alum Sam Davy Returns To Pointers As Assistant Swimming Coach
Davy returns to UWSP after nine years at Swarthmore College (2017-26) where he served as associate head coach.
Ithaca, RIT Claim Liberty League Men’s Swim & Dive Awards
Ithaca’s Matthew Mitros earning the Swimmer of the Year honors after playing a key role in leading the Bombers to their first Liberty League title.
Liberty League Announces 2025-26 Women’s Swimming & Diving Award Recipients
Ithaca College junior Kathleen Papiernik becomes the first woman in program history to be named Liberty League Swimmer of the Year.
D3 Hanover College Cuts Men’s and Women’s Swimming
Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana has cut its men’s and women’s swimming programs. Swimmers and their families were informed on…
To B Or Not To B: Division III and the Case for Big Beautiful ‘B’ Finals
Four of last year’s ‘B’ finalists are now NCAA Division III national champions.
