UMBC Moving to CCSA for 2013-2014 Season
The UMBC Retrievers will join the CCSA next year, which leaves sparce competition in the American East Conference.
Swime$sha SwimJam Video: Northwestern Men’s Swim Team
The Northwestern Men’s Swimming Team competes in a 2013 Student-Athlete talent show. (Image courtesy of Northwestern Men’s Swimming video capture)
Libby Trickett to Compete on Australia’s Dancing with the Stars
Olympic champion and world record holder Libby Trickett will be competing in the upcoming season of Australia’s “Dancing with the Stars”
Why Join a Masters Swim Team? Video Feature
Video is courtesy of swimswam contributor and US Masters Swimmer Christina Wright. Featured USMS Swimmer: Cynthia Lewis. (Photo Credit: Mike Lewis, olavistaphotograpy.com)
Harvard Men Hire Samantha Pitter from MIT As New Assistant
The new assistant coach of the Harvard men won’t have to move for her new position. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Australia Remains Atop Medals Table as Americans Slip to 3rd
The Australian Junior team is having an impressive run of success at this year’s World Junior Championships. (Photo: Colin Blair/SwimSwam.com)
How Competitive Swimming Races Should Start (GoPro Hero3 Video)
Image courtesy of Mad Froggies video capture.
So Stacked – 2013 RCP Tiburon Mile Deep with Talent
RCP Tiburon Mile Race Director Bob Placak (center) with 2012 winners Kane Radford and Melissa Gorman. (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Caeleb Dressel Breaks First 17-18 National Age Group Record
Caeleb Dressel has broken his first National Age Group Record as a 17-18. (Photo: Colin Blair/SwimSwam.com)
Meilutyte Takes Two; Percy Wins Sprint Showdown on Day 4 from World Juniors
In the men’s 800 free relay final, Australia’s Mack Horton will be looking for his 6th gold medal of the meet in four days. (Photo: Colin Blair/SwimSwam.com)
Meilutyte Scratches 50 Fly Final; Americans Get a Breakthrough
Ruta Meilutyte had barely a moment to spare in a triple on Wednesday; with the 200 IM involved, she’s avoided four finals on Thursday. (Photo: Colin Blair/SwimSwam.com)
In Briefs: Tahiti Considering Change of Status; Egerszegi Honored; Chinese Swimmers Come Up Clean
There were 8 positive doping tests in China in the 2nd quarter of 2013, some very significant, but none were swimmers. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPIctures.com)
Doak Finch, UVA Legend, Hired as New Penn State Assistant
The Tim Murphy era is underway in State College, Pennsylvania, and he has made his first assistant coaching hire as…
Cincinnati Hires Matt Ense as New Assistant
Matt Ense (left) takes his first Division I NCAA coaching job with Cincinnati for the 2013-2014 season. (Photo Courtesy: Denison Athletics Department)
Haughey 100 Freestyle Junior World Championships – Post Race Video Interview
The title went to Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey in 54.47, which broke the Meet Record set by American Lia Neal in 2011 at 54.90. That also re-broke the Hong Kong National Age Group Record for 15-17′s that she set in prelims, and came within a tenth of former NCAA standout Hannah Wilson’s overall National Record.
