College

SwimSwam Pulse: 51% Think SEC Will Be Swimming’s Most Competitive Conference

With Texas set to join Florida and other elite programs in the SEC, SwimSwam readers believe the conference will be the best swimming has to offer.

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Georgia Tech Picks Up Summer Juniors Qualifier Brodie Johnson (2024)

Butterfly specialist Brodie Johnson from Colorado has announced his verbal commitment to the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Clara Renner Sends Verbal To Bucknell (2024)

Distance swimmer Clara Renner has announced her commitment to swim and study at Bucknell University, beginning in the fall of 2024.

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Colin Faris Added As Assistant Coach to Kentucky Coaching Staff

Faris returns to his alma mater after graduating from Kentucky in 2011 when he was a swimming team captain during his senior season.

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Pierce O’Grady To Join Older Brother Chris At USC For 2024-2025

California native Pierce O’Grady has announced his decision to remain in-state and join his older brother at USC for the 2024-2025 season.

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James Bretscher Joins Purdue Men’s Program As Assistant Coach

Bretscher most recently spent two years at Marshall University as an assistant coach. He graduated from NC State in 2019.

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Drury Forced to Vacate NCAA Runner-Up Finish in Men’s Swimming After NCAA Violations

The Drury men’s swimming & diving team will have to vacate its 2021 GLVC conference championship and its 2021 NCAA runner-up finish after NCAA compliance violations.

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Georgia Announces Busy 2023-24 Schedule, Including Duals With ASU, Florida & NC State

The Bulldogs’ campaign will culminate with the women’s team hosting the 2024 NCAA Championships in March.

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San Jose State Announces Eight Additions For 2023-24 Season

The Spartans will add seven freshmen swimmers in addition to a sophomore diving transfer this season.

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Kentucky Hires Illinois State’s Caitlin Hamilton as Associate Coach, Promotes Lieberman

Caitlin Hamilton’s departure from Illinois State to Kentucky leaves the Redbirds without a head coach less than two weeks before classes start.

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Former Michigan Coach Mike Bottom Joins Fight for Michigan State’s Reinstatement

Ex-Michigan coach Mike Bottom says he’ll “help recruit these athletes and assemble a coaching staff that will move MSU into a conference and national power.”

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Taylor Ruck Will Not Continue Swimming NCAA, Is “Unsure” If She Will Stay At Stanford

Ruck said that she still had remaining NCAA eligibility but was opting not to use it, and that she was “unsure” of whether she would stay at Stanford.

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The 2024 NCAA Division II ‘A’ & ‘B’ Time Standards Have Been Released

10 ‘A’ cut time standards changed on the men’s side while only four on the women’s side got faster for this upcoming season.

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SUNY Cobleskill Becomes 6th NCAA Swimming & Diving Program in New York Cut in 2023

College swimming in the state of New York has been decimated in 2023, with a sixth program pulling the plug, citing pool repairs.

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ACC Considering SMU as Expansion Candidate; Notre Dame ‘Pushing Hard’ for Stanford, Cal

ACC school presidents reportedly met Tuesday to weigh their options between adding just Stanford and Cal versus including SMU in the package as well.

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