2026 Patriot League Fan Guide: Army/Navy Men Battle, Mids Women Eye 14th Straight Title
The Army men made history last year by winning their first Patriot League Championship title since 2001 by 16 points. But Navy won’t let them repeat easily.
Ranking The 2025 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #13-16
Will Mulgrew highlights a Harvard class that strengthens some key areas, but Princeton still look favorites to defend the Ivy League title with the #13 class
YMCA National Sprint Champion Preston Kessler to Swim for Navy in Class of 2029
“Best of the Rest” sprinter Preston Kessler will bring firepower to Navy’s sprint events and all five relays when he suits up for the Midshipmen this fall.
Navy Adds “Best of the Rest” Distance Freestyler Chase Maier to Class of 2029
Fox Valley Swim Team’s Chase Maier enters Navy with times in the 500 free and 1650 free that would already win Patriot League titles.
Thomas Heilman and Alana Berlin Headline the 2025 YMCA Short Course Nationals (Psych Sheets)
After a two year hiatus from YMCA Nationals, Thomas Heilman is set to make a return. Berlin, the #12 recruit in 2025, will also look to make a splash
Upper Dublin Girls, North Allegheny Boys Reign Supreme At PIAA 3A Meet
The Upper Dublin girls swim team won the outright title at the PIAA 3A state meet. Upper Dublin won co-championships in 2020 and 1994.
Multiple Swimmers Go Under Pennsylvania State Records at WPIAL Championships
Lily King (above), a senior at Mt. Pleasant High School, broke two state records in the 200 free and 100 free at the 2A WPIAL Championships
“Go Navy, Beat Army” Gets a Little Louder as FHSAA Champ Xavier Sohovich to Join Navy in 2025
Xavier Sohovich of Bolles School and a recent Florida State Champion has committed to swim for the U.S. Naval Academy in the fall of 2025. Happy 4th of July!!!
Todd Slobodnyak Named Head Coach At Westminster College
Slobodnyak returns to his alma mater after spending the last eight years as the head swimming coach at Cranberry Township’s Rose E. Schneider Family YMCA.
Leah Shackley Crushes PIAA Record in 100 Fly (50.29) at 2A Champs, 5th in 17-18 NAG Rankings
Bedford senior Leah Shackley broke two PIAA meet records en route to three-peats in the 100 butterfly (50.29) and 100 backstroke (50.76) last weekend.
Lily King Swims 48.2 in the 100 Free at WPIAL District 7 Championships
Mount Pleasant High School junior Lily King just climbed the all-time 17-18 girls’ rankings in the 100 yard free last weekend at a high school meet.
