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Irish Swim Coach George Gibney Convicted of Sexual Abuse Irish former swim coach George Gibney was convicted by a court on Monday of sexually abusing young swimmers in the 1970s and 1980s. The 77-year-old was originally charged with 79 counts of assault involving four individual, including the attem...

Duquesne Hires Carolyn Bolden Santee as Assistant Coach Duquesne University of Tuesday announced the hiring of Carolyn Bolden Santee as an assistant coach. Santee joins after serving the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at Division II power University of West Florida. Santee was part of all ...

Arizona State’s Jonny Kulow Wins Big 12’s Bob Bowlsby Award Arizona State men’s swimmer Jonny Kulow was the only male winner of the Big 12’s annual Bob Bowlsby Award, announced on Tuesday. Kulow is the only male winner of the ward this year, joining TCU basketball player Olivia Miles and Cincinnati ...

Swimming Canada Inducts Nancy Garapick, Nigel Kemp to Circle of Excellence Swimming Canada this week has inducted Olympic medalist Nancy Garapick and coach Nigel Kemp into its Circle of Excellence. The announcement is timed with Bell Canadian Trials, which is taking place in Montreal on the 50th ann...

IOC Provisionally Lifts Suspension on Russia The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee. The decision clears the way for unfettered participation of Russian athletes and teams in international competition...

Kelly Lennon Joins Louisville As Assistant Coach On Tuesday, the University of Louisville announced that Kelly Lennon has been hired as an assistant coach. Lennon most recently spent five seasons on the staff at Army West Point from 2021-26, serving as an assistant coach for three seasons before bei...

Summer McIntosh Withdraws from Bell Canadian Trials Due to Illness Swimming Canada announced on Tuesday that Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from Bell Canadian Trials due to illness. The announcement comes two days into the five-day meet. McIntosh opened it with a world record in the 200 butterfly and...

Results Day 1 prelims wrap Amalie Smith wiped out her championship record as she made it back-to-back European junior 400IM titles before returning to anchor the Great Britain 4x100m freestyle relay to victory in a continental junior mark in Munich. The Neutral Individual Athletes (AIN) men's 4x100...

Why NCAA Swimming Championships Switching to Yet Another Event Order in 2027 Another new event order will await swimmers at next season's NCAA Championships, albeit a lineup bearing more resemblance to the traditional one from 2025 and before. For the 2026 season, nine of 13 events ended up on diffe...

Passages: Mike Stamm, 1972 Olympic Champion and World-Record Holder, 73 One of the world's top backstrokers in the 1970s passed away late last month. Mike Stamm died June 24 in Costa Rica following a brief hospitalization. He was 73 years old. Stamm, who swam at Indiana University, held the world re...

Arizona DII State Champion Shea Oenning Chooses Idaho for 2027 NEW COMMIT: The University of Idaho has scored a verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Shea Oenning of Scottsdale, Arizona. Oenning is a Futures qualifier who excels in backstroke and butterfly. Regarding her commitmen...

Individual Neutral Athletes Set WJR in Men's 4x100 Free at European Junior Championships Results The Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) men's relay team set a world junior record in the 4x100m freestyle relay during the opening-day prelims at the European Juniors in Munich. The quartet sped to a time...

NEW COMMIT: Recruiting for the Class of 2032 is officially underway, with the first public verbal commitment going to Arizona State University from Domenico Sotomayor of Lima, Peru. A talented freestyler, Sotomayor will arrive in Tempe in Fall 2028. His older sister, Alexia Sotomayor, is a rising so...

This week at a time that will be chosen by tides, weather and the temperament of the sea, 18-year-old Maya Merhige of Berkeley, California, will dive into the cold waters of the North Channel in Ireland, wearing only a swimsuit, swim cap and goggles. She will be making waves not only for herself, bu...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 2 Finals: Lorne Wigginton Downs Super-Suited Canadian 400 IM Mark On paper, there isn’t much juice in the men’s side of the draw at Bell Canadian Trials. Josh Liendo is not taking part this year. Ilya Kharun is American (again). That leaves a vacuum of stars, certainly in...

Rob Collins Promoted to Associate Head Coach for Club Relations and Athlete Development at Tennessee Thanks to his significant impact on the program and Tennessee's recruiting efforts, Rob Collins has been promoted to Associate Head Coach for Club Relations and Athlete Development for the Tennessee ...

Apostolos Christou and Apostolos Siskos Lead Greek Roster for the European Championships Apostolos Christou is returning to Paris after his silver medal in the 200 backstroke at the 2024 Olympic Games, and this time he will defend two European titles. On the other hand, Apostolos Siskos is targeting...

Summer McIntosh is First Swimmer Since Sarah Sjostrom to Own Four World Records Simultaneously When Summer McIntosh broke the world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the Canadian Trials on Sunday night, the 19-year-old increased her total of global standards to four. McIntosh now owns world recor...

NISCA Announces Academic All-America Honorees for 2025-26 The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) has released its Academic All-America recognition lists for the 2025-26 school year. Athletes from swimming, diving and water polo were eligble for honors if they maintained a ...

What if the Stroke 50s Were in Paris? Another Gold for Sarah Sjostrom? Last year, the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the 50-meter stroke events to the Olympic program for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. For the first time, there will be 43 sets of medals awarded in the pool,...