College

Big East Swimmer of the Year Andrew Martin to Take 5th Year at Northwestern

Xavier’s Andrew Martin, a six-time Big East conference champion, will swim for the Northwestern Wildcats next season as a 5th-year grad transfer.

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Sprinting Into 200 Yards Events

Dean Farris has one of the fastest SCY 100 and 200 freestyles ever, but is being fast in the LCM 100 necessary to be fast in the LCM 200? See the data here.

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East Carolina Brings In Eight Swimmers And Three Divers For 2023-2024 Season

Included in the arrivals are two transfers, one coming from NC State and one coming from Pittsburgh. 11 new athletes will arrive this fall.

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Josh Matheny: “One of my ‘superpowers’ is I just love to race”

Coming into the race, Matheny and his coach, Ray Looze, were confident that if he could secure a middle lane for the final, the rest would take care of itself

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Auburn Adds 2020 US Olympian Patrick Callan To Staff As Assistant Coach

Callan recently finished up his fifth year of NCAA eligibility as he swam at Cal for his fifth year. He swam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for the US.

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#4 In SwimSwam’s Class of 2024 Levenia Sim Announces Commitment to Stanford

Sim was ranked the #4 recruit as a sophomore and now as a junior. She was one of only four top 20 recruits not committed yet.

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Michigan D1 High School State Champ Sophia Guo Commits to Stay at Michigan

Guo won the 100 freestyle at the Michigan Division I High School State Championship this past fall, breaking the 50 second mark.

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David Johnston Explains His Ongoing Goal to “Shock the World”

After the race, Johnston explained that the hand signal he and his teammates do before any of his races means “shock the world”.

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SMU Men Add Two Divers To Roster For 2023-2024 Season

SMU adds John Dymond who is trasnferring from Miami (OH) and high school graduate Ethan Hunter to the roster for this fall. Both are divers.

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Colorado State Promotes Lisa Ginder From Assistant to Associate Head Coach

Colorado State promoted assistant Lisa Ginder to associate head coach. Ginder has spent the past four years with the program as the distance coach.

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Florida Adds Alex Dehner to Swim Staff; Adds Paid Diving Assistant Position

Laurent Perez Gillooly (left) and Alex Dehner (right) have filled out Florida’s coaching staff for the 2023-2024 season with the maximum 6 assistants.

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Texas Promotes Volunteer Coach Chad Mylin to Full-Time Assistant

Texas head coach Carol Capitani lauded Chad Mylin’s ability to “inspire and motivate” the team in two years with the Longhorns (above right, pictured with All-American Grace Cooper).

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Destin Lasco on Long Course Breakout: “This has been a long time coming”

Lasco said he had an excellent training year, especially in long course, and after coming up short at the last two US Trials, was due for a big performance

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Chris Guiliano on Making Worlds: “I just believed in myself”

Chris Guiliano surprised many by making the world championships team, perhaps least of all himself.

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Freestyler Chloe Swatts Chooses To Stay In-State With William and Mary (2023)

Chloe Swatts has announced her decision to stay in Virginia with the College of William & Mary, where she’ll join the Tribe’s mid-distance group.

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