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Junior National Finalist Ellie Wiesen Gives 2028 Verbal Commitment to Georgia  NEW COMMIT: The University of Georgia has added a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Ellie Wiesen of Lone Tree, Colo. Wiesen is a Junior National qualifier who excels in butterfly and IM. She will join Madalyn Petty...

Indiana Secures 2028 Verbal From YMCA National Champion Adam Barlow NEW COMMIT: Indiana University has scored another verbal commitment for its growing Class of 2032 from breaststroker Adam Barlow of Bethlehem, Pa. He will join Josiah Collins and Sawyer Wilson in Bloomington in Fall 2028. Regarding ...

Irish Former Swim Coach George Gibney Jailed for 15 and a Half Years for Sexual Abuse Irish former coach George Gibney has been sentenced to 15 and a half years for sexually abusing girls in the 1970s and 1980s. In July, a jury found him guilty of 39 counts of indecent assault and one count of attem...

Texas 5A State Champion Aiden Tokarski Pledges 2028 Verbal to Louisville NEW COMMIT: The University of Louisville has secured another verbal commitment for Fall 2028, this time from Aiden Tokarski of Colleyville, Texas. Tokarski is a versatile Junior National qualifier. He will join Robbie Rosenbaum...

Shin Ohashi Pops Asian Record in the Short-Course 200 Breaststroke; Tomoyuki Matsushita Also Breaks Continental Mark Fresh off a world record in the long-course version of the 200-meter breaststroke, 17-year-old Japanese star Shin Ohashi notched the second-fastest time in history in the short-course...

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’...