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Claire Curzan Continuing Backstroke Dominance, Returning to Butterfly Roots in Final College Season Almost six years after bursting onto the scene as a teenager with Olympic hopes, Claire Curzan is approaching the end of a college career best described as dynamic. Curzan has experienced significant ...

South Carolina Starts 2028 Recruiting With Verbal From Freestyler Ella Hafner NEW COMMIT: The University of South Carolina has received its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Gabrielle "Ella" Hafner of Farmington Hills, Mich. Hafner is a Summer Nationals qualifier who excels in distan...

Army Sets Four Relay Pool Records at Rutgers Invitational The Army men’s team set pool records in all four relays at the Rutgers Invitational, which saw Rutgers set a women’s relay record and Boston College snag a program record. Rutgers set the pool record with its women’s 200 freestyle relay, and ...

Minna Abraham Wins Six Times as USC Tops TCU Minna Abraham won two individual races and was on four winning relays as USC topped TCU in a two-day invite Thursday and Friday. The USC women’s team scored a 228-86 win at Uytengsu Aquatics Center over three sessions in an extended meet program that didn...

World Aquatics Announces 2027 High Diving World Cup Schedule World Aquatics last week announced the schedule for the 2027 High Diving World Cup circuit, which builds to the World Championships in Budapest. The tour will feature stops in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 10-11 and Porto Flavia, Italy, ...

Marquette’s First Home Meet is One-Point Loss to Northern Iowa The first home meet for Marquette’s new women’s swimming and diving program was a dramatic one-point loss Friday to Northern Iowa. The Golden Eagles dropped a 103-102 decision at the Wellness + Helfaer Recreation Facility. It’s the secon...

Louisville Lands 2028 Verbal From Junior National 50 Fly Runner-Up Peyton McDaniel NEW COMMIT: The University of Louisville has picked up another verbal commitment for Fall 2028, this time from Peyton McDaniel of Mount Vernon, Ind. McDaniel is a Junior National qualifier who excels in butterfly and ...

Texas A&M Aggies Add Kaylee Dietrich, Eloise Pattison to Class of 2032 NEW COMMITS: Texas A&M University has added two new verbal commitments for the 2028-29 season and beyond from Cary, N.C. native Kaylee Dietrich and Australian international Eloise Pattison of Brisbane, Queensland. Both swimmers w...

Mid-Distance Freestyler Ries Joos Hands Princeton First 2028 Verbal Commitment  NEW COMMIT: Princeton University has scored its first public verbal commitment* for Fall 2028 from Ries Joo of Singapore. Joo excels in mid-distance freestyle. Joos represents Belgium on the international stage. He raced...

Tomoyuki Matsushita Fires Off World Record in 400 IM; Breaks Daiya Seto Standard Nearly seven years after Daiya Seto took the world record in the short-course version of the 400-meter individual medley to 3:54.81, another Japanese star has established a global standard in the event. Racing at the Ja...

Pieter Coetze Riding World Record Wave into Final Stop of World Cup; Pleased to Have Remained Home for Training Two months ago, Pieter Coetze made a pair of runs at the long-course world record in the 100-meter backstroke. Behind times of 51.77 and 51.71 at the Commonwealth Games, Coetze notched the...

Coach Bob Bowman Enhancing Social Media Presence to Provide Insights and Guidance Hall of Fame coach Bob Bowman, who has guided his athletes to 40-plus Olympic medals through the years, has enhanced his social-media presence in recent days with posts that provide insights to his coaching methodologi...

Distance Ace Madalyn Petty Pledges 2028 Verbal to Georgia Bulldogs  NEW COMMIT: Tyler, Texas native Madalyn Petty has pledged her verbal commitment to continue her academic and swimming career at the University of Georgia beginning in the 2028-29 season. Petty is one of the top distance swimmers in ...

As swimmers, we can look for quick fixes. We know that we can adjust a flip turn here, tweak a breath there, and throw in a few extra dolphin kicks off of our start—and that could shave time off of even the shortest of races. However, we are not always eager to reach for the more long-term aids to o...

Purdue Men, Florida State Women Win Seminole Fall Classic Purdue’s men’s team and Florida State’s women won a scaled-back Seminole Fall Classic, culminating on Saturday. The meet was moved up due to the threat of Hurricane Isaias, which led to Georgia Tech being unable to travel. Purdue won the men’...

Navy Men Score Milestone Win over LSU; Tigers Women Sweep The United States Naval Academy’s men’s swimming and diving team scored a historic win over LSU on Friday at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis. The Midshipmen knocked off the 14th-ranked Tigers, 165.5-132.5. It’s the program’s first win against a cur...

NCSA 200 Breast Gold Medalist Odette Brown Verbally Commits to USC for 2028 NEW COMMIT: Greer, S.C. native Odette Brown has pledged her verbal commitment to the University of Southern California for Fall 2028. Brown is a member of the 2026-27 U.S. National Junior Team in the 200 breast. She will joi...

UCLA Snags First 2028 Verbal From Georgia 5A State Champion Heba Fouitah NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Los Angeles has scored its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Augusta, Ga. native Heba Fouitah. Fouitah, who is among the top recruits in this class, is a versatile Summe...

Tritons Invite: Cal Men, UC San Diego Women Earn Overall Titles The Cal Golden Bears won the 2026 Tritons Invite on Friday-Saturday at UC San Diego, while the host Tritons won the women's meet. In the men's meet, the Bears scored 993 points to finish ahead of Hawaii (678.5), UC San Diego (599.5) and...

Minnesota Women Take Down Iowa in Home Dual Meet The University of Minnesota women's swim and dive teams welcomed Big Ten rival Iowa for a dual meet Saturday and finished first in 11 out of 16 events on the way to a 178-122 victory. Minnesota's Kamdyn Periat, Ava Goodno, Morgan Thomas and Livi Wanne...