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San Diego State Agrees To Pay Female Athletes $300,000 In Landmark Title IX Settlement

The first-of-its-kind settlement requires SDSU to pay $300,000 in class-wide damages to female athletes who competed between 2018-19 and 2024-25.

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Associate Head Coach Jake Shrum Leaves Virginia

The University of Virginia confirmed to SwimSwam today that Associate Head Coach Jake Shrum would be leaving the program.

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Saint Mary’s Swim Program Adds Carter Walles to Coaching Staff

Walles was formerly a three-year assistant coach at Division II Minnesota State Mankato, where he also completed his masters degree in Sports Management.

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Sean Schimmel Out As Associate Head Coach At Penn State

The Nittany Lions have also parted ways with assistant diving coach Bill Williams, and former assistant Ethan Curl has been hired at Ohio University.

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Mitch Dalton Explains Leaving Texas, Lays Out Vision for Brown Swimming & Diving

During his tenure with the Longhorns, they finished in the top-3 at the NCAA Championships every season.

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NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Luka Mladenovic Announces Transfer From Michigan To Texas

Mladenovic was 3rd in the 200 breast an 5th in the 100 breast at the 2026 NCAA Championships. He scored 32 individual points.

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Brown Hires Texas Associate Head Coach Mitch Dalton As Next Head Coach Of Women’s Program

Dalton will return to the Ivy League after he spent five seasons with Princeton men’s swimming before his time at USA Swimming and Texas.

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Texas High School State Runner-Up Kate Govin Sends Commitment To TCU For 2026-27

Govin entered the 2025-26 season with bests of 24.06/52.95 in the 50 and 100 free, and has since dropped to 23.40/51.60.

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Did College Swimming Just Get the Drama it Always Needed?

Matt King’s Instagram story may have just started the drama that college swimming has long lacked, after a message questioned his development at Indiana.

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NCAA Championships: Who Are The Takeover Kings & Queens?

Jonny Kulow has had seven relay takeovers at NCAAs faster than 0.10 seconds, the most of anyone so far this decade, although only one came this year

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#18 Colin Jacobs, a U.S. Senior National Team Member, Chooses Cal Bears (2027)

Jacobs, who trains in France for CN Antibes but represents the United States, is one of the final ranked recruits to announce his commitment

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Cal State Bakersfield Names Shane Pelton New Director of Swimming & Diving

Pelton returns to the Roadrunners after serving as the team’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2015-16 campaign.

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The top uncommitted recruits in the girls’ high school class of 2027

SwimSwam’s #17 ranked recruit, Ava Jochims of Racer X Aquatics, remains the sole top-20 swimmer that has yet to announce her verbal commitment

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North Florida Parts Ways With Head Swim Coach Ian Coffey After 12 Seasons

Ian Coffey (left) led the Ospreys for 12 seasons and received a three year contract extension in 2014.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Elliott Drottar Commits To UC-Santa Cruz For 2026-27 & Beyond

Drottar’s personal bests would have placed him in the ‘A’ final in the 50 and 200 free and the ‘B’ final in the 100 free at the 2026 PCSC Championships.

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