Indiana Distance Group Adds 2023 Commitment from Rapidly Improving Leo Pelaez
Pelaez has made huge improvements in recent years, dropping seven seconds in his 500 free during his senior season alone.
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Gets Big Addition for 2023 with Commitment from John Kaleta
Kaleta will be a huge boost to the program, with times already capable of earning podium spots at the conference level for the team.
Ainsley Graf Opts To Stay In-State With The University of Mary Washington (2023)
Graf’s personal best time of 18:15.86 in the 1650 would have finished 8th at this year’s Metropolitan Swimming Conference Championship.
DII Lynn University Adds Sectionals Qualifier Patrick Deevy (2023)
Colorado native Patrick Deevy should help bolster the depth of Lynn’s breaststroke group when he arrives on campus this fall.
Butterflier Praise Okodogbe Announces Commitment To Claremont McKenna College (2023)
Praise Okodogbe has announced her decision to swim and study at Claremont McKenna College as part of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) team.
Former Northwestern Associate Andrew Hodgson Named Associate Head Coach At Alabama
Hodgson will replace Ozzie Quevedo as the associate head coach at Alabama after spending the last five years with Northwestern.
2022 NCAA Division II ‘A’ Finalist Luka Cvetko Transferring to Notre Dame for 5th Year
Cvetko is the fourth fifth year to announce their transfer to Notre Dame on the men’s side for this upcoming season.
Sun Belt Conference May add Swimming & Diving for 2023-2024 Season
With James Madison University joining the Sun Belt Conference, the SBC may be one step closer to adding swim & dive.
Torri Huske Talks Mission Viejo PSS and Balancing Stanford Academics with Swim
SwimSwam sat down with world champion Torri Huske after the Mission Viejo Pro Swim, where she won 2 events (and swam a 3rd) on the last night of the meet.
Mexican National Teamer Santiago Gutierrez Verbally Commits to Princeton for 2024-25
Sandpipers of Nevada’s Santiago Gutierrez, a former elite triathlete from Mexico City, has only focused on swimming for the last 18 months.
Sophia Kudryashova Transfers From Michigan To USC With Time Nearing NCAA Qualification
Kudryashova comes in with a 200 free personal best time of 1:45.67, which would have just missed NCAA championship qualification in both 2022 and 2023.
John Narcy, Michigan State University’s First Diving Coach, Dies at 87
Michigan State University’s first dive coach, John Narcy, died in his sleep in February. He was 87 years old and led Spart divers for 38 years.
Gabe Mastromatteo Bounces Back From Bad COVID Bout to Win U Sports Athlete of the Year
The Varsity Blues’ breaststroker is the first swimmer to win the award since 2020 and the first male swimmer since 2002.
Anna Peplowski Discusses Long Course Freestyle Progression, Indiana Training
Anna Peplowski is on a roll in this long course season, going from a PB of 1:59 to 1:58.4 (then 1:58.0 that night) in April to 1:57.0 in May
Jordan Ash Staying Local with Verbal Commitment to Cal for 2024-25
Jordan Ash will keep swimming close to home in college after the Bay Area native verbally committed to Cal beginning in the 2024-25 season.
