College

4 Tips For Swim Parents About Recruiting

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime exciting time—having your swimmers recruited by colleges. At this point in their lives, choosing a college is the biggest decision they’ve ever made.

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Rooney 1:46 Back, Dressel 44.0 Free To Close All-Florida Invite

Florida stars Maxime Rooney and Caeleb Dressel each came up with big swims on the final night of the 2017 All-Florida Invite.

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You Don’t Have To Miss Practice Because Of A Recruiting Visit

I coached at the club level for 30 years and I always struggled with my swimmers missing practices to take official recruiting visits.

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Delaware Announces 2017 Athletics Hall Of Fame Class

A group of six former University of Delaware Athletics standouts who represent 10 different Blue Hens sports and whose prestigious careers include emergency room physician, veterinarian, engineering professor, athletics administrator, teacher, and coach, make up the newest induction class of the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame.

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Sheila & Jody Grant Pledge $1.5 Million To SMU’s Aquatic Center

Former SMU swimmer Joseph M. “Jody” Grant ’60, and his wife, Sheila Peterson Grant, are providing SMU Athletics with a $1.5 million gift to help fund the University’s new Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center.

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Millikin Athletics & YMCA Form Swimming Partnership

Millikin University Athletics and the Decatur Family YMCA have formed a new partnership resulting in a new home for the Big Blue men’s and women’s swimming team.  

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Flyer Sophia Balmaceda Makes Verbal Commitment to Washington State

Sophia Balmaceda of American High School and Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics has verbally committed to swim for Washington State in the fall.

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Back/Fly Specialist Morgan Liberto Verbally Commits to ‘Bama

Retriever Aquatic Club’s Morgan Liberto has announced on social media that she made a verbal commitment to the University of Alabama for the 2018-19 season.

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Kyle Worrell Continues Family’s Louisville Legacy; Gives Verbal to the Cards

Like his two older sisters before him, Kyle Worrell will take his swimming to the NCAA. Worrell gave a verbal commitment to the University of Louisville for the 2018-19 school year.

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Utah Wins 13 Of 15 Events At Relay Meet

Utah won 13 out of 15 events at their relay exhibition against BYU.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: Don’t Sleep on Cullen Jones

We’re back for the weekly installment of SwimSwam’s TopTenTweets.

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TCNJ Set for 2017-18 Season (Promo Video)

The TCNJ swimming and diving team is set and ready to take on the 2017-18 season.

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Virginia 5A Finalist Rebecca Rogers Gives Verbal to William and Mary

Rebecca Rogers has made a verbal commitment to the College of William and Mary and will thus follow her father as a second-generation member of The Tribe.

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Hoosiers Get Verbal Commitment from In-state Backstroker Meri Gray

Anderson, Indiana’s Meri Gray has announced via social media her intention to swim for Indiana University in the fall.

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Wisconsin Reels in Verbal from Maryland 4A3A State Record-holder Eli Fouts

Gaithersburg, Maryland’s Eli Fouts has verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin for 2018-19. Fouts is a two-time USA Swimming…

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