Competitor Coach of the Month: Lea Maurer
Led by Maurer, the Trojans had impressive performances across the board at the Texas Invite, including the women earning NCAA ‘A’ cuts in all five relays.
Rumors Of These Teams’ Demises Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Several teams that struggled last year are seeing newfound success and big time drops during the early stages of the 2023-24 NCAA season.
‘The Melting Pot’: USC Women Have Pac-12 Title Hopes in 2nd Year Under Lea Maurer
So far in their second season under head coach Lea Maurer, USC is proving doubters wrong thanks to an influx of new talent.
2023-24 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: November Edition
Gretchen Walsh has been nothing short of sensational so far this season, leading the Virginia Cavaliers to the top spot in our power rankings (as usual).
USA Swimming Announces Roster for the Inaugural LEN European U23 Championships
USA Swimming has announced the roster for this year’s LEN European U23 Championships, which are set to take place August 11-13 in Dublin, Ireland.
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.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Lea Maurer
In her first full season as the team’s full-time head coach, Laurer has led the USC Trojans to an impressive first half of the 2022-23 NCAA season.
#2 Rex Maurer Extends the Family Legacy, Makes Verbal Commitment to Stanford
#2 recruit Rex Maurer, a 2022 Junior Pan Pac medalist and the last of SwimSwam’s top 20 recruits in the boys’ class of 2023, is headed to Stanford.
Diggory Dillingham, The Fastest 50 Freestyler In The Class of 2023, Commits to USC
Dillingham will be a major boost to the USC men, who have lost several of their top swimmers to the transfer portal this past year.
2022-2023 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: Pre-Season Edition
It should come as no surprise—the Virginia women rank #1 in our pre-season NCAA power rankings.
USC’s Lea Maurer Previews the Upcoming 2022-23 Season for the Trojans
Lea Maurer joins the SwimSwam podcast a couple weeks into her first year as the “Peter Daland Endowed Swimming Coach Chair,” aka Head Coach, at USC.
USC Rounds Out Swimming Coaching Staff With 11x All-American Brooks Fail
Arizona alum Brooks Fail stays in the PAC-12 for his first coaching job, joining the USC staff as an assistant swim coach.
After Semester at USC, Pac-12 Champion Caroline Pennington Enters Transfer Portal
Pennington only competed for USC for a semester, and ended up dropping 15 seconds in the 1650 free and winning a Pac-12 title in her time with the Trojans.
Arizona Associate Coach Peter Richardson Leaving to Join USC
The move marks a return to California for Peter Richardson, who previously spent eight seasons at University of Pacific and six seasons at Fresno Pacific.
Longtime USC Assistant Chase Bloch Moving On From Coaching
Bloch has been a member of the USC coaching staff for the last eight seasons, but says it is now time for him to transition to something new.
