Pac-12

2024 College Swimming Previews: Stadden Remains The Star For #11 Cal Women

Where Isabelle Stadden goes, Cal goes this season as the Golden Bears bring back a much similar squad to the team that finished 11th last year.

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2x World Junior Champion Nikolett Pádár Announces Verbal Commitment to ASU for 2025-26

Hungarian national record-holder Nikolett Padar has made a verbal commitment to Arizona State for 2025-26, with a 200 free time that would win NCAAs.

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Arizona’s Delaney Schnell Named 2022-23 Pac-12 Woman of the Year

Schnell and Oregon State track & field/cross country’s Grace Fetherstonhaugh will progress as the Conference’s candidates for the 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year.

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2024 College Swimming Previews: Kozan A Linchpin To Success For #12 USC Women

Coming off an impressive long course season, Justina Kozan will play a pivotal role if the USC women are to match their top-12 finish from last season.

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World Champion Hubi Kos Breaks Down “the Bowman Effect”

Kos describes how training in the training environment that Bowman has created in Tempe helped him get to the top of the podium in Fukuoka, Japan.

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New Year, Same Administration: Former Cal Swimmers Still ‘Waiting for Accountability’

Cal still has no updates on athletic director Jim Knowlton and associate athletic Jennifer Simon-O’Neill five months after their investigation began.

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Wesley Foltz Announced as Addition to UCLA Coaching Staff as Assistant Coach

Wesley Foltz most recently spent five seasons at Virginia from 2017-2022 primarily coaching the sprint group.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 51% Think SEC Will Be Swimming’s Most Competitive Conference

With Texas set to join Florida and other elite programs in the SEC, SwimSwam readers believe the conference will be the best swimming has to offer.

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Pierce O’Grady To Join Older Brother Chris At USC For 2024-2025

California native Pierce O’Grady has announced his decision to remain in-state and join his older brother at USC for the 2024-2025 season.

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ACC Considering SMU as Expansion Candidate; Notre Dame ‘Pushing Hard’ for Stanford, Cal

ACC school presidents reportedly met Tuesday to weigh their options between adding just Stanford and Cal versus including SMU in the package as well.

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NCAA Releases 2024 Championship Standards, Long Course Conversion Formula

The majority of men’s events have seen the ‘A’ cut get faster, while only a handful of women’s races got quicker and one got significantly slower.

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ACC Looking Into Adding Cal, Stanford Following Pac-12’s Collapse

ACC athletic directors and university presidents are expected to meet within the next day to discuss the potential addition of the Bay Area pair. 

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Washington State Picks Up In-State Commitment from Hannah Huarte

Hannah Huarte of Sammamish, Washington, will join the Pac-12 Conference this fall as a member of the Washington State Swim & Dive team.

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Distance Specialist Owen Carlsen Commits To Utah For 2024-2025

USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Owen Carlsen has announced his verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of Utah.

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Arizona State, Arizona, Utah Leaving Pac-12 for Big 12; Oregon, Washington Join Big Ten

Arizona, ASU, and Utah are expected to be approved as Big 12 members within the next day, which would leave the Pac-12 with just four schools remaining.

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