Mecklenburg Swim Association Hires Former UNC Coach Quinn, LSU Coach Geyer
The Mecklenburg Swim Association in Charlotte has beefed up its senior coaching staff with two big hires announced this week.
Mack Horton Makes Another COVID-19 Lockdown Mad Dash
Another day, another coronavirus-related lockdown dash out of dodge for Australian Olympic freestyle champion Mack Horton.
Tokyo 2020 Chief Says Spectators May Still Be Banned from Olympics
The remarks came after a small delegation from Uganda yielded two positive Coronavirus tests, one of which was for the highly-contagious Delta variant.
Santo Condorelli Appears To Have Qualified For Italian Olympic Team
The ‘most international, international swimmer’ that is Santo Condorelli looks to be headed to the Olympic Games in Tokyo next month.
Swimmers Belmonte, Torres to Serve as Flagbearers for Their Countries in Tokyo
Both Mireia Belmonte and Karren Torrez will carry their country’s flags during the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Bella Sims Becomes Lowest Seed Since At Least 2000 to Make Olympic Team
Making the team after entering the meet seeded 39th, Sims is one of this years youngest Olympians that will represent the United States in Tokyo.
Princeton Secures Verbal from Brazilian NAG Record-holder Lucas Tudoras (2022)
Brazilian national age group record-holder and polyglot Lucas Tudoras has verbally committed to the Princeton men’s swimming and diving class of 2026.
Todd DeSorbo Reflects on Trials That Saw 4 UVA Swimmers Make 2021 Olympic Team
No matter how you look at it, UVA swimmers were on a roll at the 2021 Olympic Trials as 4 athletes that train in Charlottesville made the US Olympic team
Lindsey Wilson Adds Freestyler Avery Herring for 2021-22
Distance freestyler Avery Herring has announced her intention to swim for NAIA’s Lindsey Wilson College beginning in the fall of 2021.
2021 NJCAA 50/100/200 Back Champion Alejandro Robles Ruiz Transfers to SVSU
Alejandro Robles Ruiz, the Southwestern Oregon Community College record-holder in 4 individual events, will join SVSU’s men’s team in the fall.
Breast/IM Specialist Zach Toothman (2021) Commits to Case Western Reserve
Zach Toothman will join CWRU in the fall with times that would have scored in both the breaststroke and IM events at 2020 UAA Championships.
Cal Volunteer Assistant Roman Willets Will Join Alabama Swimming Staff
Roman Willets, a 2014 graduate of the University of Michigan, spent last season as a volunteer assistant with the NCAA runners-up at Cal.
Alex Walsh on the Lessons She Learned in Omaha and Hopes to Take to Tokyo
Alex Walsh qualified for her first U.S. Olympic Team in Omaha by winning the women’s 200 IM. Watch her discuss what lessons she learned.
Tokyo 2020 Qualification Period Is Officially Closed
The qualification period for the Tokyo Olympics began on March 1, 2019. For individual events it closed June 27, 2021 and for relays it closed May 31, 2021.
Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry Sparks Activism At U.S. Olympic Trials
Gwen Berry turned away from the flag while the national anthem played during the U.S. Olympic Trials medal ceremony. This falls within USOPC guidelines.
