Chris O’Grady

Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2021

Luke Hobson emerged as the top point scorer (146) among domestic recruits in the high school class of 2021, while Leon Marchand led all swimmers with 177.

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2025 NCAA Men’s Champs: Day 3 Relay Analysis – Gators Dominate Short-Axis in 400 Medley

Julian Smith swam the #2 100 breaststroke split in history (48.85) to help Florida dominate the 400 medley relay on Friday night.

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2025 NCAA Men’s Champs: Day 1 Relay Analysis – Kharun Lowers Record in 50 fly, Smith drops .01

Perhaps lost in the drama of the DQ, ASU’s Ilya Kharun blasted his way to a new fastest 50 fly split ever, going 18.78 as the Sun Devils finished 4th.

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Cal’s Frank Applebaum Posts Lifetime Best With 1:40.39 200 Fly At SMU Last Chance

Applebaum is in his fifth year at Cal and swam his undergrad career at D3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. His time this weekend sits at #14 in the NCAA.

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2025 Men’s Big Ten Fan Guide: Stacked Indiana Squad Set to Win 4th-Straight Title

The Indiana Hoosiers won their 3rd-straight Men’s Big Ten title last year, winning the meet by a very comfortable margin.

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2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

After five sessions of fast racing, the Texas Invite concludes tonight with the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, and 400 free relay.

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2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

All eyes will be on Emma Sticklen in the women’s 200 fly on Day 3 of the Texas Invite after she clocked 1:49.77 to move to #4 all-time last month.

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2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Texas sophomore Will Modglin will be looking to follow up on a breakout swim this morning in the 100 back, becoming just the 11th man sub-44 in history.

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2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Olympic champion and Stanford redshirt junior Torri Huske is entered to race another double on Day 2 of the Texas Invite.

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Junhao Chan Swims 52.76 to Win the 100 Breaststroke In His USC Debut

Junhao Chan put up a fast 100 breaststroke to lead a strong USC breaststroke group through a three-session dual meet against Hawaii over the weekend.

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NCAA Division III ‘A’ Finalist Anthony Fitzgerald To Use Fifth Year At USC

Fitzgerald spent his undergraduate career at the Division III level at Wheaton College (IL). He made the D3 ‘A’ final of the 200 breast the last 2 years.

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2024 Speedo Summer Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Ohio State’s Charlie Clark is the only sub-15:00 entrant in the men’s 1500 free final on Day 1 in Irvine.

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2024 Men’s Pac-12 Champs Fan Guide: Arizona State Poised to Conclude Pac-12 Era With Title

The Arizona State Sun Devils snapped a Cal 5-year win streak at last year’s Pac-12 Championships, beating the Golden Bears by 78.5 points.

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Jaek Horner & Evan VanBrocklin Lead Utah Men To 156-142 Victory Over USC In Salt Lake City

The USC Trojans traveled to Salt Lake City on Saturday for a dual meet with Utah, and the Utes walked away victorious (156-142).

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Chmielewski Twins Combine for 5 Individual Wins as USC Dominates UCSD, Utah (Women)

Krzysztof Chmielewski (above) picked up at least two individual event wins for the 6th time in 7 collegiate meets, while his twin brother Michal won three.

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