Indiana Racks Up Big Ten Weekly Awards, Nebraska’s Filipic Earns Second Straight
Defending NCAA Champion Brooklynn Snodgrass leads the nation in the 200 backstroke again in the 2014-2015 season.
Billingsley, Malachowski, McCoy & Lane Garner Atlantic 10’s Weekly Swimming Honors
Saint Louis’ Zach Billingsley and Davidson’s Lauren Malachowski were named the Atlantic 10 Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Performers of the Week, respectively, the league announced on Tuesday.
SEC Week 3 Highlight Reel: Tennessee’s Busy Week, Dressel Impresses
Matt Kredich and the Tennessee Volunteers had a busy week, and that doesn’t even include the addition of Alex Meyer to their post-grad training group.
Freeman, Pavel, Zhang win Missouri Valley Conference weekly awards
Danielle Freeman of Evansville, Lauren Pavel of Missouri State and Sherry Zhang of Southern Illinois have been named MVC Swimmers and Diver of the Week, respectively.
UMBC men sweep weekly CCSA awards, Liberty’s Kendall Hough wins women’s award
UMBC teammates Gregor Sporlein and Ryan Green were named CCSA swimmer and diver of the week, respectively, while Liberty’s Kendall Hough earned women’s swimmer of the week honors.
Junior Nationals Silver Medalist Matt Anderson Commits to Stanford
Matt Anderson (right) has verbally committed to the Stanford Cardinal.
Miami University Women to Race Purdue Friday, Xavier Saturday
OXFORD, Ohio—Opening the 2014-15 campaign this weekend, the Miami University women’s swimming and diving team hits the road for the…
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Freshman come up big to begin new fully funded era for Duke
Duke’s freshmen put up four wins against Pitt, and freshmen and sophomores were the team’s highest finishers in every single event in the season opener.
Southern California’s Mandy Schatz Makes Verbal Commitment to Wyoming
FAST Swim Team’s Mandy Schatz has made a verbal commitment to the University of Wyoming for 2015-16.
Arizona Sprint Champion Victoria Toris Verbally Commits to USC
Victoria Toris has verbally committed to USC, giving the Trojans another very good sprint threat.
Glute Activation for Greater Stability in Swimming
Because swimmers over-develop and preferentially activate their quadriceps during lower body exercises, the posterior leg does not respond to resistance as quickly. Over time, this movement pattern becomes habit, and the glutes and hamstrings fail to “turn on” since the quads will automatically absorb the load.
2012 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Lauren Perdue Retires After Battling Back, Elbow Injuries
2012 U.S. Olympic gold medalist Lauren Perdue is expected to announce her retirement from competitive swimming on Tuesday, citing…
How Can Learning to Swim Positively Impact Children?
USA Swimming Foundation and The Redwoods Group Foundation Partner for Learn-to-Swim Research Study.
Coutts Considers Career Coming to an End
Australian superstar Alicia Coutts talks about how she has had thoughts of retiring from the sport…
NAG Record-Holder Michael Thomas Headed to University of California, Berkeley
Michael Thomas of Horsham, Pennsylvania has given a verbal commitment to Coach Dave Durden and the California Golden Bears. Thomas…
