Diving Platform at Liberty University Collapses; No Injuries Reported
A 1-meter diving platform at Liberty’s 3-year old natatorium collapsed last week. The school is still trying to determine what happened.
Virginia Tech Snags World Juniors Semifinalist Luan Grobbelaar
He has been to World Junior Champs in 2017 and 2019, representing South Africa in 2017 and then switching to New Zealand for 2019.
Angus Corbeau Continues Family D1 Swim Tradition; Verbally Commits to SMU
Tualatin Hills Swim Club breast/IM specialist Angus Corbeau will trade Oregon for Texas when he suits up for SMU in the fall of 2021.
Washington St. Asst Coach Bex Freebairn Can No Longer Work in US after Change in Visa Rules
Freebairn was unable to get her work visa renewed after the Trump administration suspended new work visas earlier this week.
NAG Record-Holder and OT Qualifier Meghan Lynch Verbally Commits to Stanford
Lynch’s age group career has been no joke; she holds 110 team records with the Greenwich YWCA Dolphins and 68 Connecticut LSC records.
NCAA Extends Division I Recruiting Dead Period through End of August
The NCAA’s recruiting dead period for Division I schools has been extended through the end of August even as schools resume on-campus workouts.
Khalil Fonder Transfers to Virginia Tech from ASU
Khalil Fonder plans to move back to his home state of Virginia to swim for the H2Okies beginning in the fall of 2020.
US National Teamer Aly Tetzloff Will Join Wolfpack Elite Training Group
Tetzloff, who has spent the last 5 years training at Auburn, will now move to the pro group based at North Carolina State.
MN Freestyler Will Whittington Sends Verbal to Mizzou for Fall 2021
Last summer, Whittington placed top 20 in the 200 free, 400 free, 800 free and 1500 free at the 2019 NCSA Championships.
LSU Picks Up Two-Time NC High School Champion Jenna Bridges for Fall 2021
Bridges has won the 100 fly at the last two North Carolina 1/2A State Championships representing Chase High School. She was 55.84 in 2019 and 54.52 in 2020.
Kamal Muhammad Reclassifies to Class of 2022; Commits to Virginia
Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo has landed the first class of 2022 commitment since the recruiting period opened 11 days ago.
Nelson, Cope Among 106th Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipients
The award is given to one male and one female student from each school’s graduating class who has demonstrated excellence both academically and athletically.
Georgia Southern University Swimmers Release Statement about 2018 Racial Slur
The Georgia Southern swimming & diving team is almost 2 years removed from an incident where a current athlete sent a racial slur to her future roommate.
Athletes From Cut Brown University Sports Hire Lawyer, Push For Reinstatement
Athletes from the eight sports teams cut by Brown University this spring have hired a law firm to fight for reinstatement to the school’s athletic department.
CSCAA Elects Five New Coaches to Board of Directors
In addition to these new faces on the board of directors, Utah head coach Joe Dykstra has officially begun his two-year term as the association’s president.
