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Fairfield Hires Jake Lichter as New Head Swimming & Diving Coach

Jake Litchter has been named the new head swimming & diving coach at Fairfield University, where he’ll take over a program that returns a ton of talent.

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UChicago Adds U.S. Open Qualifier Alex Schwartz For 2024-2025 Season

Schwartz’s current best times in the 200 free, 500 free, 1650 free, and 400 IM are already well within the UAA A-final range.

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Nevada HS State Champion Valentino Montegrande Commits To Rollins College (2024)

Montegrande hails from Henderson, Nevada, where he attended Bishop Gorman High School and trains with the Sandpipers of Nevada.

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Here Come the Irish: The Rise of Notre Dame Swimming

The Fighting Irish have been riding a wave of momentum that goes beyond breakout star Chris Guiliano, and it’s powered by a community of family and alumni.

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McSharry Slashes 2 Seconds from her own Irish Record at Mel Zajac – 7th in World this Season

Tennessee Volunteer and Irishwoman Mona McSharry, dropped a massive new personal and Irish national record in the prelims of the 200 Breast in Vancouver.

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2024 US Olympic Trials Day 7 Roster Update: Bacon and Casas Make the Team

Phoebe Bacon and Shaine Casas punched their tickets to Paris tonight, and the men now have enough doubles to take all 2nd-place finishers.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Torri Huske Scratches 200 IM Final, Will Focus on 50 Free

After placing 3rd in the 200 IM semifinals tonight, Huske will not contest the event tomorrow night. She is the 4th seed in the 50 freestyle.

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Penn State Continues To Build Staff With Addition of Ethan Curl As Assistant Coach

Curl’s hiring comes one day after head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron added Sean Schimmel to the staff as an associate head coach.

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Short Course Worlds Gold Medalist Dakota Luther Announces Retirement

Luther has been one of the U.S.’s top 200 fly specialists since 2017 when she earned her first Worlds berth.

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Penn State Names Sean Schimmel Associate Head Coach

Sean Schimmel will take on the role of associate head coach at Penn State after spending the past season as an assistant coach at Miami University (Ohio).

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Jake Foster Announces Retirement from Swimming; Starts Med School on Monday

Less than a week after wrapping up competition at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, Jake Foster will start classes at Dell Medical School.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Swims You Might Have Missed (Day 5)

Lucy Bell dropped over a second and a half in her 200 fly over the course of a day, and more swims you might have missed.

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Olympic Silver Medalist Erica Sullivan Announces Retirement

Sullivan announced her retirement after finishing 7th in the final of the 1500 freestyle at U.S. Trials. She still has one year left of school at Texas.

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Erika Connolly (Brown) Wins Swim-Off, Another Chance at Olympic Berth in 100 Free

The Tokyo Olympian won the 100 free swim-off and will swim in lane 8 tomorrow night, the same position she was in at 2021 Trials.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: ACC Swimmers Are Going Beast Mode

Headlined by Gretchen Walsh’s world record in the 100 butterfly, swimmers from the Atlantic Coast Conference are showing up big time at this meet.

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