Sophia McAfee

How Did We Do? Reviewing SwimSwam’s Final Women’s NCAA Power Rankings

Anna Peplowski’s standout NCAA performance resulted in the Indiana women outperforming SwimSwam’s Power Rankings and placing 7th overall.

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2024 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Indiana and Michigan are within striking distance on Saturday thanks in large part to the Ohio State’s 200 freestyle relay disqualification on Friday night.

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2024 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Friday night’s Big Ten schedule is a busy one featuring finals of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 3-meter diving, and 200 free relay.

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2024 Women’s Big Ten Fan Guide: Veteran Stars Have Ohio State Primed for 5th-Straight Title

The Buckeyes essentially return the entirety of last year’s championship squad, putting them in the driver’s seat as they eye a five-peat.

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New Coach, No Problem: Minnesota’s Bar Soloveychik Cracks Program Record with 8:52.95 1000

Purdue is hosting a Big Ten quad meet featuring Minnesota, Northwestern, and Iowa this weekend at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.

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Southern Illinois’ Celia Pulido Swims 51.8 100 Back, Books Return Ticket to NCAAs at Purdue

Southern Illinois will send a backstroker to the NCAA Championships for the third-straight season after Celia Pulido’s school record on Friday.

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Purdue Cruises Past Defending DII National Champions UIndy in Dual Meet

Purdue came away victorious against a pair of University of Indianapolis programs both ranked with the top three in Division II.

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2023-24 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: Pre-Season Edition

Fourth last season, the Louisville Cardinals kick off the 2023-24 campaign as SwimSwam’s #3 ranked team in the NCAA.

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How Did We Do? Reviewing SwimSwam’s Final Women’s NCAA Power Rankings

The Louisville Cardinals moved up one spot from SwimSwam’s predictions into fourth to earn a trophy at the Women’s NCAA Championships.

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BuckEYEing a Four Peat: 2023 Women’s Big Ten Championship Preview

The Buckeye women will look to win their fourth straight Big Ten Championship. See the highlights of what to watch for here.

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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.

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Ruslan Gaziev Earns Second Straight Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Week Honor

Gaziev helped the Buckeyes to victory at the OSU Invite, finishing second in both the 100 free (42.45) and 200 free (1:33.82).

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2022 Purdue Invite: Gabi Albiero Posts 51.1 in the 100 BF, Two Other Cardinals Go 51

Louisville had probably their strongest showing of the night in the women’s 100 fly final, where the Cardinals had the top four finishers.

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2022 Purdue Invite: Louisville Women Break Pool Record with 1:27.03 200FR Relay (Day 1)

The Cardinals got out to a fast start, breaking the pool record in the women’s 200 free relay, and clearing the NCAA ‘A’ standard by a wide margin.

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Herrera/Reedy, Cooper/Rosendale Win Mixed Synchro Titles at USA Championships

Briadam Herrera (Miami, Fla.) and Lauren Reedy (Rochester Hills, Mich./Columbia, Mo.) won mixed synchronized 3-meter, and Zach Cooper (Greenwood, Ind./Miami, Fla.) and Olivia Rosendahl (Los Angeles/Evanston, Ill.) won mixed synchronized 10-meter to earn the opportunity to represent the United States at the FINA World Championships this summer.

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