The Ivy League Will Drop the Women’s 1000 Free from Its Conference Meet
Alicia Aemisegger of Princeton won back-to-back Ivy League titles in the 1000 free in 2007 and 2008 as part of a 13-time All-American career.
The 2021 Men’s NCAA Championship Pick ‘Em Contest is Here!
How many NCAA titles will Kieran Smith win at the NCAA Championships? Guess right and you could win big prizes in the SwimSwam Pick ‘Em Contest.
‘Bama’s Liam Bell Scratches from NCAA Championships; Re-Enters Transfer Portal
Alabama sophomore Liam Bell has entered the NCAA transfer portal for a second time and withdrawn from the NCAA Championship meet.
2021 W. NCAA Picks: 200 Free Will Go to the Best Closer
None of the top swimmers in this event are pure sprinters, which is a contrast to 2020, when Erika Brown, Abbey Weitzeil and Veronica Burchill led the NCAA.
2021 Zone A: Virginia Women Add 2nd & 3rd Divers On Day 2
The Virginia women added two more divers to their NCAA qualifiers today, and now sit with 14 swimmers and 3 divers invited.
2021 Zone D: Windle & Bacon Each Win Again On Day 2, A&M Men Add Another Diver
Minnesota’s Sarah Bacon and Texas’s Jordan Windle remained undefeated through two days of the Zone D Championships. Bacon won 3-meter and Windle platform.
Women’s Big Ten Picks Revisited: Nebraska Exceeds Expectations
Nebraska and Iowa were the big outliers, jumping up a full tier from where we expected them to be. Nebraska jumped three, nearly four spots from our picks.
Men’s ACC Picks Revisited: DQs In 2020 & 2021 Threw Wrenches Into Projections
Louisville’s relay DQ in 2020 probably made them a bit underrated by numbers going into 2021. But an NC State DQ this year swung the meet, too.
Mid-Distance Freestyler Maggie Reimer Chooses St. Norbert College
Reimer will be a strong addition to St. Norbert’s freestyle group, with 200 and 500 times ranked 3rd and 5th on their 2019-2020 roster, respectively.
Former Cal Men’s Head Coach Nort Thorton Hospitalized With Heart Issues
Nort Thornton, who was the head coach of the Cal men’s swimming & diving team for 33 years, has been hospitalized in an intensive care unit.
Women’s ACC Picks Revisited: UNC’s Complications The Major Wrinkle
As the ACC has grown in major star power, it’s also become quite a bit more stratified, and our predictions were pretty much dead-on.
FAU Adds Georgia HS 6A Champion Brett Reason for 2021
At the 2021 Georgia HS 6A State Championships, Reason won the 50 free state title (20.71) and touched third in the 100 free (45.82).
NJ Sprinter Alexis Jankovich Commits to Army West Point (2021)
Jankovich is primarily a sprint freestyler, and her lifetime bests in the 50, 100 and 200 free and the 100 back are from the 2019 YMCA SC Nationals.
Carmel Swim Club’s Alani Hightower Sends Verbal to Butler (2021)
Hightower won her IHSAA Sectional 200 IM title all four years of high school, and she’s qualified for IHSAA State all four years, too.
MSU Alumni Ask Appropriations Committee To Seek Transparency In Program Cuts
Two alumni members asked the Committee to call on the university to account for why it’s “making such a poor financial decision against its own interest.”
