Denver’s Cronin, Sanes, Walker, South Dakota’s O’Dea Earn Summit League Nods
Denver’s Kylie Cronin and Adriel Sanes swept the Summit League swimming awards, while South Dakota’s Seth O’Dea and Denver’s Sammy Walker earned diving nods.
Bryant’s Wong, Ritzer, Doruska Sweep NEC Weekly Awards
Bryant University’s Heather Wong, Gabrielle Ritzer and Erin Doruska swept the Northeast Conference swimmer, diver and rookie of the week awards.
Big Ten Finalist Federica Greco (ITA) Taking Olympic Redshirt For Rutgers
Three-time Big Ten scorer Federica Greco will sit out the coming NCAA season in order to focus on qualifying for Italy’s Olympic team in 2020.
Davidson, St. Bonaventure, UMass Pick Up Atlantic 10 Nods
Davidson’s Daniel Valmassei and St. Bonaventure’s Katrina Wardner and Elias Petri and UMass’ Bella Snyder were honored by the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Anderson University Tabs Andra Pavich as Assistant Diving Coach
Anderson University selected Andra Pavich as the first assistant diving coach. Anderson will begin its first-ever season with diving in 2019-20.
Marshall Gains Verbal From Tennessee’s Avery Wilson For 20-21
Tennessee native and butterfly specialist, Avery Wilson, verbally committed to compete at Marshall University for the 2020-2021 season.
2x IHSA Runner-Up Aayush Deshpande Joins Harvard Class of 2024
At the 2019 IHSA Championships, Aayush Deshpande finished in the runner-up position in both the 100 butterfly and the 200 IM.
Academy Bullets’ Will Raidt Sends Verbal to Harvard for 2020
Raidt, who placed third in the 200 free at the 2019 IHSA Boys HS Champs, brings in a 45.5/1:37.9/4:30.9 freestyle combo to Harvard.
Trials Qualifier Izabella Adame (2021) Verbally Commits to Arizona State
Canyons Aquatic Club’s Izabella Adame has verbally committed to Arizona State for 2021-22.
Notre Dame Transfer Eksteen Sets 500 Free Mark, Among 2 Rhodes School Records
Transfer Sinead Eksteen broke the 1000 free record, while freshman Mia Harris broke the 200 fly mark as Division III Rhodes defeated Birmingham Southern.
Laticia Transom Posts 1:47.4 200 Free in USC Win Over Utah
Transom won the 50 free, too, while fellow sophomore Isabelle Odgers won all three of her individual events on Saturday in Los Angeles.
Stanford Launches its Class of 2025 with Verbal from Diver Lauren Burch
Lauren Burch, a diver from The Woodlands High School, has verbally committed to Stanford University for 2021-22.
West Chester Removes Interim Tag, Names Steve Mazurek Head Coach
West Chester University officials removed the interim tag from Steve Mazurek’s title and made him the new head coach of Swimming & Diving/Aquatics Director.
College Swimming Weekly Preview: Oct. 14 – Oct. 20, 2019
The headliner of the weekend is the Michigan Triangular, featuring a total of five ranked programs: #7/#4 Michigan, #3/#11 Virginia and #6 Tennessee.
Saint Francis (PA) Women, NJIT Men Lead Highlander Invitational
The NJIT men posted a clean sweep of its dual meet matchups at the Highlander Invitational, while Saint Francis (PA) did so on the women’s side.
