Jeff Poppell

Winter Juniors Qualifier William Alexander Sends Verbal To South Carolina For Fall 2026

In 2025, Alexander demolished his 50, 100, and 200 freestyle times, going from 21.71, 46.82, and 1:43.89 to 20.89, 45.52, and 1:38.56.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Riley Richards Commits To South Carolina’s Class Of 2030

Richards most recently competed at Winter Juniors – East, finishing 34th in the 50 free (20.50) and 44th in the 100 free (45.28).

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Sprint Freestyle & Butterfly Specialist Sophie Oldham Commits To South Carolina For 2027-28

Sophie Oldham has announced her commitment to swim and study at the University of South Carolina, starting in the fall of 2027.

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Multi-Event Talent Emily Schneider Announces Commitment To South Carolina’s Class Of 2031

Multi-event talent Emily Schneider has announced her commitment to swim and study at the University of South Carolina.

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Canadian Distance Freestyler Paige Stepanoff Commits To South Carolina For Fall 2027

Paige Stepanoff, a freestyler from Toronto, Canada, has announced her commitment to swim and study at the University of South Carolina.

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South Carolina Lands Commitment From Breaststroker Owen Harmon For Fall 2026

Owen Harmon, a 55.7/2:01.3 breaststroker, has announced his commitment to swim and study at the University of South Carolina.

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Juan Estevez Named New Head Diving Coach At South Carolina

A Cuban Olympic diver, Estevez comes to South Carolina after serving as the assistant diving coach at UNC for the 2024-25 season.

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South Carolina Adds Tylor Mathieu As Assistant Coach

Mathieu reunites with head coach Jeff Poppell who was the head coach at Florida during Mathieu’s freshman and sophomore seasons.

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South Carolina Adds Icelandic Breastroker Einar Agustsson to Incoming Class (2025)

Agustsson will add some much-needed depth to the Gamecocks’ breaststroke group, currently led by a pair of seniors.

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South Carolina Head Coach Jeff Poppell Announces 2024-25 Meet Schedule

“I’m very excited about the meet schedule that we’ve put together for the 2024 season,” said Poppell. “It will be highly competitive…”

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Speculation: Who Will Take Over for Mike Stephens at Hawaii?

During her five seasons at Wisconsin, Kristy King has seen three of her swimmers (Paige McKenna, Beata Nelson, and Phoebe Bacon) combine for five NCAA titles.

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South Carolina Hires Jason Calanog As Men’s Associate Head Coach

Calanog and Poppell (right side of the picture) both spent time at The Bolles School earlier in their coaching careers.

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South Carolina Picks Up Sprinter Anthony Whittall For 2024-25

Whittall would be the South Carolina’s 3rd-fastest 50 and 100 freestyler so far this season with his current best times.

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No. 3 Florida Returns to Action with Senior Day Sweep of South Carolina

Florida junior Emma Weyant notched a pair of personal bests in the 200 fly (1:58.87) and 200 breast (2:14.64) on Friday after a lengthy break from racing.

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: January 3 – 9

The Florida Gators will take on South Carolina this week. See the full schedule for the first full week of the new year here.

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