USA Swimming Unveils 2019 Golden Goggles Awards Nominees
Spoiler alert: there’s only one nominee for Male Swimmer of the Year.
2019-2020 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: First Edition
There’s a lot of agreement among rankers with the top four teams. After that… not so much. Stanford chases four straight NCAA titles this spring.
Former Stanford Assistant Jeff Kostoff Named Associate Head Coach at Minnesota
After three years at Indiana and three at his alma mater Stanford, Kostoff is headed to Minneapolis to join the Gopher staff.
2019 U.S. Nationals: Day 1 Photo Vault
SwimSwam’s Jack Spitser was on deck to capture all of the intensity and excitement of Day 1 at the 2019 US National Championships.
Lilly King, Andrew Gutman Tabbed as Indiana University’s Athletes of the Year
Indiana University Athletics announced that women’s swimming’s Lilly King and men’s soccer’s Andrew Gutman have been named IU’s 2018-19 Athletes of the Year.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Ray Looze, Indiana
Though May has been marked by major staff turnover in Bloomington (with assistant coaches Coley Stickels and Caitlin Hamilton both leaving for head coaching gigs and Kirk Grand moving to a different state), the month was also a banner one for IU-trained athletes, particularly the breaststroke group.
Ray Looze Explains How Cory Chitwood Will Integrate into IU Coaching (Video)
While in Bloomington, SwimSwam sat down with IU head coach Ray Looze to ask about how IU would integrate their new coaches into the already successful culture.
Indiana’s Paul Gabhart Enters NCAA Transfer Portal
Gabhart is the second Indiana freshman from Bloomington South High School to seek a transfer.
Practice + Pancakes: IU Breaststroke Clinic
We went to go film IU’s practice the day after the meet, expecting to get more of a recovery type of practice. Indiana doesn’t really “do that”
Indiana to Add Former Arizona Assistant Cory Chitwood to Coaching Staff
Chitwood, best known for his success with Olympic distance swimmer Leah Smith, will join Ray Looze’s staff in Bloomington.
Veteran Jonty Skinner Expected to be Named New Indiana Sprint Coach
Skinner, current Alabama senior associate head coach, will take the new Alabama head coach Stickel’s old job at Indiana University.
Illinois State Hires IU’s Caitlin Hamilton As New Head Coach
Another coaching domino has fallen with even more ripple effects elsewhere in the NCAA: Illinois State has hired Indiana University assistant Caitlin Hamilton as the new head coach of their women’s swimming & diving program. That move also leaves Indiana down three assistants from last year’s staff.
NCAA Championship Participant Julia Wolf of Indiana Enters Transfer Portal
Three days after Morgan Scott entered the NCAA transfer portal, freshman teammate Julia Wolf has followed suit.
Meehan and Durden Named 2019 US World Championship Head Coaches
Greg Meehan and Dave Durden have been tabbed as the head’s women’s and men’s coaches for the 2019 USA World Championships team.
Arizona Parts Ways with Coaches Cory Chitwood and Beth Botsford
Both Chitwood (center) and Botsford (right) joined Augie Busch’s staff when he was appointed head coach in August 2017.
