Carol Capitani

2025 SEC Swimming & Diving Awards Announced; Sticklen, Kos & Crooks Named Swimmers of the Year

The Southeastern Conference announced the annual men’s and women’s swimming & diving awards to conclude the 2024-25 season.

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Sticklen, Capitani Claim Top Honors As Texas Sweeps Women’s SEC Swim & Dive Awards

Emma Sticklen won her third-consecutive NCAA title in the 200 fly, destroying the NCAA record, as she earns SEC Women’s Swimmer of the Year honors.

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Urlando Earns First Team Honors To Highlight Georgia’s SEC Swim & Dive Accolades

Urlando received his third career All-SEC First Team honor after winning the conference title, and ultimately the national title, in the 200-yard butterfly.

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University of Texas Seeks New Assistant Diving Coach, Manny Pollard Moving On

Manny Pollard, who served as the team’s assistant diving coach last season, is making a career change, opening up the vacancy.

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Texas’ Bob Bowman, Carol Captani Give Thoughts on Fast Dual Meet vs Indiana

The women saw two team records get broken (Emma Sticklen 100 Fly, Jillian Cox 500 Free) while the men posted multiple NCAA-leading times.

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Hungarian Olympian Nikolett Padar Switches Verbal Commitment to University of Texas (2025)

After previously verbally committing to Arizona State, freestyler Padar has announced her intention to swim for the University of Texas Longhorns.

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Carol Capitani Discusses Experience in Paris, Coaching with Bob Bowman at Texas

Texas women’s swimming head coach Carol Capitani is fresh off of her trip to Paris, where she was an assistant coach for Team USA’s Olympic swim team

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Olympic Gold Medalist Lydia Jacoby Opts To Forgo Remaining NCAA Eligibility, Turn Pro

The 20-year-old Jacoby, who has two seasons of college eligibility remaining, will remain at the University of Texas and pursue her degree.

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Who Could Take Over as the Next USA Swimming National Team Director?

Kredich has one of the best coaching situations in the country at Tennessee. But with all of his kids out of college, might a new adventure call?

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Wild Speculation: Okay Actually, There Are a Lot of Good Candidates for the Georgia Tech Job

In spite of the job opening just four days before Georgia Tech starts its fall semester, there are a surprising number of good candidates to take over the swimming program, including former assistant Michael Norment (above).

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Interactive Maps: 2024 U.S. Olympic Team By Training Base, Hometown, and 2023 Focus Meet

Get ready for Paris 2024 by taking a look at these interactive maps which break down the U.S. Olympic roster by training base, hometown, and 2023 focus meet.

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Summer of Conference Realignment Starts With Texas Joining SEC, SMU Jumping to ACC

The Longhorns celebrated their SEC move with thousands of fans at an on-campus party last Sunday featuring “Mr. Worldwide” pop star Pitbull.

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How Will Texas Fare In The SEC? Analyzing Simulated 2024 Results

Texas used to be able to cruise to conference titles with ease in the Big 12, but that won’t be the case anymore as they are now official members of the SEC.

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DeSorbo Breaks Down U.S. Olympic Staff Selection, Three Years in the Making

“It’s a little bit more about managing than it is coaching at this point,” Todd DeSorbo said. “At this level, a lot of these athletes coach themselves.”

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Hear From Bob Bowman, Carson Foster, and Others During Pre-Olympic Press Conference at Texas

“It’s the best staff in the world, in my opinion, collectively,” Bowman said of the U.S. Olympic coaching staff led by Anthony Nesty and Todd DeSorbo.

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