Three-Year All-American True Sweetser Sitting Out Olympic Year For Stanford
True Sweetser, a three-year NCAA scorer in the mile, is sitting out the current college season to prepare for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Practice + Pancakes: Louisville Throws Down on VO-Tuesday
After going to practice with Indiana, SwimSwam drove down the road to Louisville, where we filmed the cardinals Tuesday PM workout.
Grassi Swims Nation-Leading 19.86; Auburn Tigers Defeat Louisiana State Tigers
Auburn senior Santiago Grassi currently has the top 50 free in the NCAA so far in the season after going 19.86 at the Auburn-LSU dual meet this weekend.
Northwestern Lands Game-Changing 2021 Verbal From #5 Ashley Strouse
On Northwestern’s all-time list, Strouse ranks #2 in the mile, 100 free, and 200 free, #3 in the 500 free, and #5 in the 100 free.
SMU Women Hire Naya Higashijima as Associate Head Coach
SMU has hired former UCLA associate head coach Naya Hiashijima for the same position with their women’s team.
College Swimming Weekly Preview: Oct. 21 – Oct. 27, 2019
The red-hot Kentucky Wildcat women have beaten Indiana & three other teams in the past two weeks. Now they head to Texas for a battle of top-10 programs.
Florida State Freshman Peter Varjasi Goes 44.5 In 100 FR As FSU Beats Minnesota
The rookie Peter Varjasi went 44.5, while on the women’s side, Nina Kucheran (pictured) split the breaststrokes with Minnesota’s Lindsey Kozelsky.
Junior Nationals Bronze Medalist Kendall Ewing Commits to UNC for 2020
Ewing’s 100-yard breaststroke is within striking distance of scoring at the ACC level when he arrives in Chapel Hill in 2020.
Mestre, Shoults, Levant All Return For Stanford Men In Pacific Invite Win
The Stanford men cruised to an easy win at the Pacific Invite, but the big news is less about times and more about key names returning for the Cardinal.
Chesterton IM Specialist Andrew Alders Stays In State With Purdue Verbal 2020
Alders is right on the cusp of qualifying for scoring finals in the IMs at the conference level and still has another year of high school and club swimming.
Utah Gains Verbal From Backstroker Amber Gardner For Fall of 2020
Gardner is a middle distance finalist in the California CIF North Coast Section and will look to improve on her times in Salt Lake City.
Shaine Casas Breaks Aaron Peirsol’s Pool Record as A&M Sweeps Ohio State
In unscored long course competition on Friday, Texas A&M sophomore Shaine Casas broke Aaron Peirsol’s 12-year old pool record in the 100 meter backstroke.
Division II UIndy Breaks 5 Records in Wins over Missouri State, Indiana State
In a two-day meet the UIndy women came out 2-0 with five broken records, beating Missouri State 187.5-179.5 and Indiana State 195-173.
Metzler Wins 3 Events as New Hampshire Tops Vermont in America East Opener
Anna Metzler won three individual events and was a member of the winning 400 free relay team as the Wildcats took 14 of 16 events vs Vermont.
UVA Gets Started on Class of 2025 with Verbal from #18 Jack Aikins
He’s the first commit for Virginia, which is big considering that ACC rival NC State has already reeled in a whopping five of the top 20.
