Cal Men Add Roman Willets As Volunteer Assistant Coach
The Cal men have added Roman Willets to their coaching staff, bringing on the area club coach and Michigan alum as a volunteer assistant.
Worlds Silver Medalist Andrei Minakov Won’t Travel to Stanford This Year
Andrei Minakov, the defending World Championships silver medalist in the 100 fly, will defer the start of his training at Stanford University.
SwimSwam Podcast: Zach Yeadon Explains Transfer to Cal
Yeadon explains that without COVID, he would have stayed at Notre Dame. However, increasing uncertainty around pool time is a reality now
Last Top-20 Recruit from Class of 2021, Hayden Zheng Chooses Stanford
Hayden Zheng has verbally committed to Stanford men’s swimming and diving for 2021-22. His 100/200 breast times are already A final-ready for Pac-12s.
Summer Juniors Qualifier Reed Broaders Sends Verbal Commitment to Cal
Reed Broaders told News-Gazette, “I want to show other African-American females and African-Americans as a whole that you can do this.”
Washington State Swimming Adds Former ECU Coach Kate Moore to Coaching Staff
During Moore’s decade as an ECU coach, the Pirates won 4 American Athletic Conference team titles.
NCAA Division I Council Formally Recommends Delaying Fall Sports Championships
The Division I Council reiterated that their priority was championships in winter and spring sports, where teams lost their 2020 championships.
Texas UIL 6A Finalist Taylor Schababerle Verbally Commits to Washington State
Taylor Schababerle from Houston’s Taylor High School and Katy Aquatics has announced her intention to swim at Washington State in 2021-22.
Stanford Nabs #10 Matt Fenlon, 2019 Winter Jrs East 200 FL Champ, for Fall 2021
Fenlon is the #2 200 butterflier in the class, and his fly speed adds even more strength to a Stanford team with a huge class of flyers incoming.
Taylor Ruck Will Remain in Toronto for Fall 2020 Semester
Taylor Ruck, who scored 50 points at the 2019 NCAA Championship meet, will stay in Canada for the fall semester, and is taking things “month to month” she says.
Futures Runner-Up Jack Donovan Verbally Commits to Arizona (2021)
Donovan, a sprint freestyler and backstroker, finished 2nd at the 2019 Mount Hood Futures Championships in the 100 meter backstroke.
ASUN Conference Postpones Fall Sports
The ASUN Conference joins 15 other Division I swimming conferences in postponing fall sports. ASUN plans on holding a spring season for their fall athletes.
Futures Qualifier, Sprinter Noelle Marsh Commits to Washington State
Noelle Marsh, from suburban Houston, has verbally committed to Washington State University as a member of the class of 2021.
Quiz: Can You Name Every School To Win An NCAA Relay Title?
Just 25 schools have ever won an NCAA women’s or men’s relay title at the Division I level – and only 13 have won a relay in the past decade.
Stanford Swimmers Still Hoping to Train On Campus After School Goes Remote
The 3-time defending NCAA Champions from Stanford are still expecting to train on campus this fall, even as instruction at the school goes mostly remote for the first quarter.
