2021 W. NCAA Picks: Douglass V. MacNeil Part 2 – The 100 Butterfly
After the pandemic cancelled the 2020 NCAAs, Michigan JR Maggie MacNeil and Virginia SO Kate Douglass will finally take their aims at the 100 fly NCAA title.
Men’s SEC Picks Revisited: Trust In Florida’s Taper Once Again Pays Off
Swimulator projections had Florida down 360.5 points to Georgia in the men’s SEC. But our staff wasn’t fooled, and Florida once again showed up at taper time.
Women’s SEC Picks Revisited: Kentucky’s Returning Experience Was Undervalued
Kentucky led the SEC in returning individual points from 2020, but the Swimulator projections in-season were a bit lower. Kentucky showed up at SECs, though.
LSU Tigers Snag Verbal from Kentucky HS State Finalist Lily Jones (2022)
2019 Winter Juniors qualifier Lily Jones has sent her verbal commitment to Louisiana State University for the 2022-2023 season.
Auburn Commit Jacques Rathle Wins Six Events at Tupelo TYR Invite
Jacques Rathle set five best times including a 1:58.74 in the 200 breaststroke as he won six events at the Tupelo TYR Invite.
2021 W. NCAA Previews: Douglass v. MacNeil Part 1 – The 50 Freestyle
The 50 free will be a bloodbath this year with Kate Douglass and Maggie MacNeil leading the charge, seeded only 0.02 seconds apart.
The 2021 Women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championship Pick ‘Em Contest is HERE!
Who will win the NCAA Championship trophy? Pick right and you could be the recipient of a prize pack and the right to call yourself a swim nerd.
McGee Moody Leaving South Carolina After 14 Seasons as Head Coach
A release from the school’s athletics department says the decision was a ‘mutual agreement between Moody and the athletics department.’
2021 Zone B: Florida Women Qualify Two Divers, Down Jenkins Repeats On Day 1
New team, same result: former South Carolina Gamecock Anton Down Jenkins repeated as Zone B 3-meter champ, now with UNC.
2021 Zone C: Ohio State Men Qualify 3 Divers For NCAAs On Day 1
Indiana’s Andrew Capobianco blew out the field, but Ohio State managed to qualify three divers for NCAAs on day 1 of the Zone C Diving Championships.
Texas A&M Picks Up Italian Championships IM Finalist Alice Marini for 2021
At the Italian National Championships in December, which were held in a timed finals format, Marini finished fourth in the 200 IM and fifth in the 400 IM.
Auburn Freshman Mikkel Gadgaard Breaks School Record in 500 Free at Last Chance
Mikkel Gadgaard, a freshman from Denmark, took more than a second off the old Auburn school record in the 500 yard free on Saturday.
North Carolina 3A 200 IM Champion Alison Thome Verbals to Alabama (2022)
Thome went a 2:02.64 to win the 200 IM title at the 2020 North Carolina HS 3A Championships, and she’ll join a strong IM group in Tuscaloosa.
USC’s Anicka Delgado Scratches; Mizzou’s Kayla Jones in to NCAA Championships
Missouri breaststroker Kayla Jones (above) will make her 2nd NCAA Championship appearance after swimming on a prelims relay as a freshman in 2019.
Florida Sprint Coach on The Standard Set by Dressel that Freshman are Chasing
Sprint coach Steve Jungbluth compares his former pupil, Caeleb Dressel, to the 2009 super-suit era where people’s eyes were opened to what was possible