Courtney Harnish

How Does The Girls Class of 2025 Stack Up Against The Star-Studded 2015 Class?

The girls’ high school class of 2025 appears to be the best in recent memory, and perhaps rivals the class of 2015 that was spearheaded by Katie Ledecky.

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Long Island Aquatic Club Girls 4×200 Free Relay Swim 8:09.06 Meet Record

After breaking the 200 fly meet record on night 1, Tess Howley swam a 1:59.94 flying start 200 free helping Long Island Aquatic Club break another record.

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Postponed Sr Worlds Gives US a Crack at Full-Blown Junior Worlds Roster

Sandpipers Olympian Katie Grimes is one of three American girls on the US national team who will be eligible to compete in Kazan in August.

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2021-2022 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: First Edition

Alex Walsh and the defending NCAA champion Virginia Cavaliers are the clear-cut #1 ranking women’s team as we stand here in October.

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College Swimming Previews: #8 Georgia Women to Rely on Upperclassmen

While bringing in 16 newcomers, the Georgia women will have to rely on a small group of key upperclassmen to take over the majority of NCAA scoring.

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Meaghan Harnish Decommits from Missouri; Announces Verbal to South Carolina

York YMCA breast/IM specialist Meaghan Harnish has changed her verbal commitment from Missouri to South Carolina for 2022-23.

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YMCA Nationals Finalist Meaghan Harnish Commits to Missouri’s Class of 2026

Meaghan Harnish, the younger sister of SEC Champion Courtney Harnish, has committed to the University of Missouri as a member of their class of 2026.

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Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2017-2021

In 2017, Stanford hauled in five of our top 20 recruits. They backed that up over four years, leading the nation in scoring including the #1 overall scorer.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2017

Brooke Forde was the #4 recruit as a junior, but very likely would have been the #1 in a senior re-rank. She outscored anyone in the class of 2017.

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Women’s NCAA Day 2 Finals Preview: Can Virginia Go 5-For-5 In The Pool?

Cavalier Alex Walsh is the big favorite in the 200 IM as we head into Day 2 finals at the Women’s NCAA Championships.

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2021 NCAA Women’s Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The 2021 NCAA Women’s Championships are off in less than an hour, with the only event of the night the 800 free relay timed finals.

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: Depending on Ivey, Cal or Virginia Favored in 800 Relay

With Ivey, Cal looks incredibly strong for the 800 free relay crown. Without Ivey, though, Virginia could run away with this.

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: Can Top Seed Madden Deny Forde A Repeat Victory In The 500?

Having gone 1-2 in the event two years ago, Brooke Forde and Paige Madden will be back next week to battle it out in their last-ever NCAA 500 freestyles.

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: 200 Free Will Go to the Best Closer

None of the top swimmers in this event are pure sprinters, which is a contrast to 2020, when Erika Brown, Abbey Weitzeil and Veronica Burchill led the NCAA.

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2021 W. NCAAs Previews: UVA and Alabama Seeded Just .14 Apart in 400 Free Relay

Virginia enters the meet as the top seed in all 5 relays, although it’s tight in the 400 free relay.

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