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North Penn Girls, North Allegheny Boys Defend Titles at PIAA 3A State

The North Penn girls won their second straight PIAA Class 3A State Championship; meanwhile, the North Allegheny won their third straight amidst a record-breaking boys meet.

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JPN Olympic Committee Leader Stepping Down Amidst Bribery Scandal

The corruption charges related to Tokyo’s winning 2020 Olympic bid have led Japanese Olympic Committee leader Tsunekazu Takeda’s announcement he will be stepping down from his post at the JOC as well as from his role as member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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2019 M. NCAA Previews: Four-Way Platform Showdown In Men’s Diving

Miami’s David Dinsmore won the 2017 NCAA platform dive title, but lost last year to Colin Zeng and two freshman phenoms. All four return this year in what could be the most explosive diving event in recent NCAA memory.

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2019 W. NCAA Previews: Cal Looks For Double-20s In 200 Free Relay

Cal was within .07 of winning this relay last year and returns all four legs, including two potential 20-point splits.

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Manaudou Returns To Pool As Member Of Energy Standard

28-year-old Olympic champion Florent Manaudou is back, returning to the pool after an over 2-year hiatus, joining the ranks of the International Swimming League (ISL) Energy Standard squad. 

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USA Swimming Announces 2019 Diversity Select Camp Roster/Coaches

48 swimmers from 36 clubs and 21 states have been chosen as participants in the 2019 USA Swimming Diversity Select…

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Up & Down Efforts for San Jose State Lead Week 8 Water Polo Action

In a week that featured 21 matches between ranked teams and four Top 10 affairs, there were just three upsets. San Jose State was involved in all three upsets, topping Princeton, but falling to Marist and Bucknell.

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Swiss World Championships Trials Almost Here

Swiss swimmers such as Jérémy Desplanches, Roman Mityukov and Nina Kost will be vying for slots on the Swiss squad headed to Gwangju for the World Championships this week in Uster.

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2019 M. NCAA Previews: Texas Takes Aim At NC State Run in 800 Free Relay

Over the last two years, Texas has brought in the #2 and #1-ranked recruiting classes, both centered around one event: the 200 free.

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2019 W. NCAA Previews: Eastin Aims for 200 IM Title No.3

In the 200 IM, Stanford’s Ella Eastin looks to have the clear advantage in defending her 2018 title and records.

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Texas Scratches Collins and Larson to Finalize 2019 Men’s NCAA Roster

The University of Texas, who had 18 swimmers invited to the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships, has scratched two athletes to lower its combined swimming and diving NCAA roster size to 18.

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Akron Women, IU Men Take Home CSCAA National Invite Team Titles

Eric Tolman was CBU’s other individual event winner, blasting a lifetime best, meet record, pool record, and CBU school record of 1:53.96 in the 200 breast.

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3-Time East German Olympic Gold Medalist Andrea Pollack Dies at 57

Pollack was one of a number of swimmers who testified against former East German coaches and sports officials in the late 1990s, saying that they believe they were doped against their wills.

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Texas’s Kaitlin Harty Will Transfer To Tennessee Vols

Former Texas Longhorn Kaitlin Harty will transfer to Tennessee with two years of NCAA eligibility remaining.

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Natalie Mannion Wins 200 Fly/200 Back Double to Finish Rochester Sects

2019 SPEEDO SECTIONALS – ROCHESTER, MN Thurs. March 14 – Sun. March 17, 2019 Rochester Rec Center, Rochester, MN Long…

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