College

Five SEC Scoring Georgia Men Returning to Use COVID-19 Fifth Year

Georgia almost doubles its returning individual points from SECs with the return of five of its seniors from this past season.

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Minnesota Announces Captains For 2023-24 Season

Megan van Berkom will captain the women’s team along with Paula Rodriguez Rivero, while Kaiser Neverman joins Desmon Sachtjen as the men’s captain.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Austin Metzler Commits to Drury for 2023

Metzler would have been 13th in the 1000 freestyle at Division II NCAAs this past season. The Drury men finished second overall.

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Harvard Commit Kiley Wilhelm, SwimSwam’s #2 Class Of 2023 Recruit, Will Take Gap Year

Wilhelm, who has best times faster than four Harvard team records, will put her NCAA enrollment on hold to train for the German Olympic team.

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Dani Korman Returning to Alma-Mater Kenyon Owls as Associate Head Coach

The Kenyon women captured the 2022 NCAA Division III team title and finished third this season. The men were second in 2023.

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Kelly Pash Wanted to “see how painful it can be” on Last 50 of 200 Fly

After swimming in the 100 free final to start the session, Texas’ Kelly Pash was back in the 200 fly, taking the win 2:08.20 over her teammate Dakota Luther

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Backstroker and IMer Ryan Slonac Commits to Minnesota

Summer Juniors qualifier Slonac will be able to make an immediate impact in both backstroke and IM events when he arrives in the fall.

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2023 NCAA Qualifier Claire Tuggle Announces Transfer to USC

Tuggle, originally from California, returns to her home state after spending a year at Virginia. She went best times in numerous events this season.

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Anna Peplowski Swims Another PB in LCM 200 Free with 1:57.02, #2 American this Season

Peplowski’s time of 1:57.02 would have been second at International Team Trials last April as she would have finished only behind Katie Ledecky.

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Proposed California Bill Could Have Dire Ramifications On Olympic Sports

Assembly Bill 252 aims to create a revenue-sharing arrangement between schools and student-athletes that compete in revenue-generating sports.

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Air Force Adds IM’er Jessie McNeil To Class Of 2027

Jessie McNeil, a native of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has announced her commitment to swim and study at the United States Air Force Academy.

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Futures Qualifer Evelyn Buetow Commits To Middlebury College (2023)

Evelyn Buetow of Bellingham, Washington, has announced her commitment to swim and study at Middlebury College this upcoming fall.

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Olympic Trials Qualifier Sofia Plaza Announces Commitment To Florida In Class of 2024

Plaza will be yet another strong medley swimmer to join the Gators in the fall of 2024, with times already fast enough to score at SECs.

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Riley Maher Commits to Pacific Lutheran with Team-Leading Times

Maher has the potential to add many points at the conference level as her best times would have made 4 A finals this past season.

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William Carey University Will Add NAIA Swimming for 2024-2025 Season

WCU, a private college in Mississippi, has hired one of the state’s top swim coaches and will compete in the country’s best NAIA conference.

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