Illinois Swim & Dive Announces 2024-25 Schedule
The Fighting Illini’s campaign begins in Tallahassee, Fla., with the Seminole Invite on Sept. 27-28, and their first home date is Oct. 10 versus Kansas.
Winter Juniors Qualifier Kennedy Rainwater Hands Commitment To Illinois (2024)
Rainwater, a Wisconsin native, has announced her commitment to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the 2024-2025 season.
Notre Dame Scores Best Finish Ever at NCAAs Under New Coach (1st Year Head Coach Review)
Lindauer’s Fighting Irish totaled 62 points en route to an 18th-place finish at last week’s NCAA Championships — their best team result in program history.
Maggie Love Wins Three Events as Purdue Beats Illinois 158.5-141.5 in Champaign
Illinois hosted Purdue for a Big Ten women’s dual meet on Saturday, falling to the Boilermakers in a 158.5-141.5 decision on their senior night.
Illinois Swim & Dive Announces 2023 Signing Class
The Fighting Illini swimming and diving program announced a class of 11 new swim signees for the 2023-24 season.
Sprint Freestyler Jasmine Nocentini Splits 26.82 50 BR In Northwestern Tri-Meet
Nocentini, the Northwestern record holder in the 50 free, experimented with breaststroke events in her team’s season opener and had some formidable results.
Illinois Receives Verbal From Futures Qualifier Kylee Sessions (2023)
Futures qualifier Kylee Sessions has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the 2023-204 season.
Illinois Adds Head Diving Coach Tricia Grant to Coaching Staff
Grant spent the last five seasons at Bowling Green State University. She spent her collegiate career at Oakland University.
Kyle Patnode Added to Illinois Coaching Staff as Assistant
Patnode most recently spent time as an assistant coach at South Carolina along with newly announced Illinois head coach Jeana Kempe.
South Carolina Adds NCAA All-American Kelly Fertel as Assistant Coach
Fertel was a three time All-American at Florida under Jeff Poppell who has since moved to be the head coach at South Carolina.
Illinois Names South Carolina Assistant Jeana Kempe as New Head Swim Coach
Kempe is an Illinois native, who grew up in Lebanon, a town approximately 2.5 hours Southwest of Champaign/Urbana.
South Carolina Expected to Name Arkansas’ Dale Schultz as New Head Diving Coach
Dale Schultz, who has been at Arkansas since 2016 in his third stint with the Razorbacks, is expected to make the jump to South Carolina.
Former Auburn Coach Jeana Kempe To Round Out New South Carolina Staff
Jeana Kempe will join the new coaching staff at South Carolina, making the jump after Auburn cleared out its coaching staff this offseason.
Auburn Finalizes New Staff With LSU’s Jeana Kempe
Gary Taylor has filled out his new-look staff at Auburn University, as he’ll officially hire LSU assistant Jeane Kempe, a source tells SwimSwam.
