Katharine Berkoff Finishes HS Career with 16 Montana State Titles
2019 Montana High School State Championship Meet Girls February 8th-9th, 2019 Bozeman Swim Center, Bozeman, Montana 25y, prelims/finals; A/B finals…
Practice + Pancakes: Alabama Uses Sponges, “Doritos” for Resistance
We dropped in on a Friday morning in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to the University of Alabama. On Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings, the tide go long course.
2019 Vic Open Doubles As Para Swimming World Series
Unique to the 2019 edition of the Victorian Open Championships is the fact that it is incorporating the Melbourne 2019 World Para Swimming World Series. This is the first World Series event ever held in the Oceania region.
Japanese Swimmers Race For Ikee At This Weekend’s 2019 Konami Open
A ‘who’s who’ within the Japanese swimming ranks is set to descend upon the Tatsumi International Swimming Center this weekend to compete at the annual Konami Open. However, this year will have a different meaning, as the nation’s star female athlete, Rikako Ikee, will no longer be taking part, instead addressing her recently-disclosed illness of leukemia.
Big Guns Prepare For BUCS Long Course Championships
Duncan Scott will try to work his magic alongside University of Stirling teammates and stop another Loughborough BUCS long course team title.
Banned Ohio Coach Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge
John ‘Jay’ Smith has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of child endangering after originally being charged with sexual imposition, disorderly conduct and phone threats. He remains banned by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
Adams State To Reinstate Division II Men’s Swimming Program
Less than three years after announcing that men’s swimming was cut, Adams State University is reinstating the program for the 2019-2020 school year, sources tell SwimSwam.
View the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Pre-Selection Psych Sheets
The psych sheets offer little in the way of useful information about teams’ plans at this year’s ACC Championships.
Hellgate Boys Win 6th-Straight Montana High School State Championship
Matching their girls, the Missoula – Hellgate boys won their 6th-straight state title on Saturday, relying almost exclusively on seniors.
Former MN Club/High School Coach Removed From SafeSport Ban Database
Peter Buecher, a former club and high school coach in St. Louis Park, MN, has been removed from the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s banned database after receiving an interim ban last spring.
Augustana Announces Plans for New Aquatic Center
Division III Augustana College will have a new home for its swimming and diving teams after announcing an $8 million challenge grant from the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation. They’re also going to begin exploring the addition of women’s varsity water polo.
Olympic Silver Medalist Steele Johnson Undergoes Another Foot Surgery
Johnson scored 44 of Purdue’s 54 points at last year’s NCAAs
Asian Games Champion Kim Seoyeong Selected For FINA Champions Series
One of South Korea’s most successful swimmers of all-time, Kim Seoyeong has announced she will also be participating in the inaugural FINA Champions Series.
Shout from the Stands: Pursuit of a Paralympic Dream
I don’t let Hydrocephalus or anything get in my way in or out of the water. I believe that the only limits in life are those that we impose on ourselves.
Ikee Thanks Swimming Community And Says “I Will Definitely Come Back”
After her shocking leukemia diagnosis announcement, 18-year-old Asian Games MVP Rikako Ikee posted a follow-up message on social media thanking the swimming community for their kind words and reassurance.
