Big East Latest To Postpone Fall Sports; Nebraska Won’t Defy Big Ten
The Big East has postponed fall sports, while Nebraska backed down on its talk of defying the Big Ten’s postponement of football.
Northwestern Adds Former FIU Associate Ignacio Gayo As Assistant Coach
Gayo was officially named Northwestern’s new assistant coach on June 1 after serving with FIU for 10 seasons.
WAC Cancels Fall 2020 Athletics, Swimming Pushed Until at Least November
The Northern Arizona women won the 2020 WAC Swimming & Diving Championship in 2020. The conference decision won’t apply to them as an affiliate member, however.
Texas 5A State Runner-Up Joelle Reddin Commits to Texas A&M
Versatile IM swimmer Joelle Reddin of Texas Ford Aquatics in Frisco has verbally committed to Texas A&M’s class of 2025.
NCAA D1 Council Recommends Extending 5-Year Clock for COVID-Impacted Athletes
The NCAA Division I council recommended that student athletes like Grant House have their 5-year clock extended by a year if COVID-19 cuts their season.
Emma Clifford Sends Verbal Commitment to Northern Michigan for 2021-22
Emma Clifford has announced her verbal commitment to NMU for 2021; she has conference-ready times in fly and back.
FIU Women’s Swimming Hires Brien Moffitt as New Assistant Coach
Brien Moffitt spent last season as a volunteer assistant at Florida State, where he worked primarily on data collection and stroke analysis.
Freestyler Olivia Howard Sends Verbal Commitment to Boston College for 2021
Olivia Howard from Swim Houston Aquatics Center will swim for Boston College beginning in the 2021-22 school year.
GLIAC Suspends All Sports Competition (Including Swimming) Through End of Year
This suspension of competition applies to all sports, including “Winter” sports like basketball and swimming.
Louisville Soccer Dismisses Three Players Over Party, Other Sports Pause
The University of Louisville has dismissed three men’s soccer players who organized a party that caused multiple Louisville sports to pause workouts.
Big 12 To Move Forward With Fall Football, Joining ACC & SEC
The Big 12 Conference is moving forward with its fall football season, joining the ACC and SEC, while the Big Ten and Pac-12 have canceled fall sports.
Turkish IMer Utku Kurtdere Hands FSU Second 2026 Verbal
Kurtdere joins Slovenian freestyler Jaka Pusnik, who announced his verbal commitment to the FSU class of 2026 on Instagram in July.
SwimSwam Podcast: Brooks Curry on Growing into SEC Champion, NCAA Contender
Curry recently swam at the Dynamo intrasquad. Dynamo is Curry’s home club team and where he’s been training during quarantine.
Defending NCAA Champions Stanford Won’t Compete in Fall Water Polo Season
The Pac-12 confirmed on Wednesday that its members’ men’s water polo teams, which compete in the MPSF, won’t participate in the fall 2020 season. That includes the defending NCAA Champions Stanford.
Binghamton Swimming & Diving Announces 2020 Recruiting Class
The class consists of 13 women and 13 men. “We are very excited to bring in a large class to our Bearcat Family,” head coach Jerry Cummiskey said.
