College

Jake Foster Deferring Med School, Will Continue Career As A Pro: “I’m Not Done Yet”

Despite getting accepted into Dell Medical School, Foster has deferred his enrollment in order to pursue his goals in the pool for the coming year.

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Lydia Jacoby on 50 Breast: “I don’t entirely know how to swim a 50”

Even though she “doesn’t entirely know how to swim a 50” yet and is working on confidence in the 200, the NCAA champ seems to be making great strides

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Summer Juniors Finalist Emily Kitayama Sends Verbal To Notre Dame (2024)

Butterfly specialist Emily Kitayama has announced her decision to continue her academic and athletic career at the University of Notre Dame.

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Jack Alexy: Evolution from NCAA Qualifier to One of the Top Sprinters in the Country

Alexy explains that after last year, he really zeroed in on what his goals were and was able to take his training to a new level because of it.

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Anna Peplowski Likes Freestyle to Backstroke Doubles

She said she actually enjoyed swimming freestyle-to-backstroke doubles, training for the 200 free-100 back double during the NCAA season. 

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Michigan St. Alum Donates $500,000 Toward Reinstatement of Spartans’ Swim & Dive Program

Amanda Mercer made the donation in honor of her late husband, Todd, who she met while swimming at MSU. Todd lost his battle with cancer in 2021.

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McKendree Adds Winter Juniors Qualifier Sam Davey To Class Of 2027

Backstroker Sam Davey has announced his commitment to continue his academic and athletic career at McKendree University this fall.

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Illinois HS State Champion Jeffrey Hou Sends Verbal To Penn (2024)

Hou’s best times in the 200 IM, 100 fly, and 200 fly would have qualified for the B-final at this year’s Ivy League Championships.

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Regan Smith Clocks 57.90 100 Back To Break Her Own Pro Series Record By 0.02 Seconds

Smith’s swim marked her third time getting under the 58-second barrier during the 2022-23 long course season, which is a very impressive feat.

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Katharine Berkoff Looking to Add the 100m Free to her Event Repertoire

She still has the 100 free prelim left tomorrow morning, an event she is excited to test the waters in ahead of World Championship trials in June. 

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NCAA Division I Council Puts End To Restriction On Official Recruiting Visits

Recruits will no longer be restricted to five official visits, but will be limited to one visit per school unless there is a coaching change.

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Lydia Jacoby on Transition to LCM: “I’ve never trained meters before”

Jacoby discusses riding the momentum from NCAAs and switching her focus to long course, noting that she’s never trained LCM before in her career.

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UIndy Picks Up Distance Specialist Casey Gannon (2023)

Iowa native Casey Gannon has announced that she will continue her education and swimming career at the University of Indianapolis this fall.

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NCAA All-American Brian Benzing Enters Transfer Portal For 2024-25 Season

Benzing, who was ranked 15th in the nation in the 100 breast last season, was one out of four male mid-major swimmers to score at 2023 NCAAs.

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Santo Condorelli, British/Japanese Trials, & Diehl to NC State | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

We discuss the upcoming Pro Swim in Westmont, Britain and Japan’s world champ trials, and SwimSwam’s #1 recruit announcing his decision.

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