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The NCAA has revised its policy on participation for transgender athletes. One day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to ban trans athletes from women's sports, the NCAA changed its policy to limit competition in women's sports to female-born athletes. The policy is effect...

Florida Star Julian Smith Discusses Intentionality and Training With Liendo/Dressel Over the past few years, Julian Smith has been a valuable contributor for the University of Florida, flourishing as a breaststroker and sprint-freestyler for the Gators. As a junior, Smith was a member of two NCAA-ch...

Three Former Penn Swimmers Sue over Lia Thomas; NCAA Offers Transgender Guidance Three former Penn swimmers have brought a lawsuit over the participation of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas three years ago. The litigation comes in the shadow of a looming executive order on transgender participation in...

The SEC announced its weekly swimming and diving awards. SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Luca Urlando, Georgia Georgia’s Luca Urlando, a fifth-year senior from Sacramento, Calif., closed out the dual season with four wins in the victory over Emory. In the 200 back, Urlando earned an NCAA A-cut with ....

The Big Ten announced its weekly swimming and diving honors. Big Ten Women's Swimmer of the Week Anna Peplowski, Indiana Sr. – Germantown Hills, Ill. – Metamora – Major: Sport Marketing and Management Swept individual events at No. 10 Louisville Won 200-yard freestyle in NCAA A Cut time of 1:42.41, ...

Underrated Tennessee Women’s Swim Team in Hunt For Return to National Top-Five The Tennessee women’s swim and dive team has been overshadowed both by the powerhouse women’s programs against whom they battle at the NCAA Championships as well as their male counterparts, with a sprint group led by Jord...

Rex Maurer Leading Veteran 500 Freestyle Field Toward NCAA Championships Showdown Last March, Leon Marchand made an unexpected appearance in the 500 freestyle at the NCAA Championships, opting for that event instead of the 200 IM because of Arizona State's belief that he could win the race while cle...

NCAA Swimming Has a Chance to Emerge From Turbulent Waters in Stronger Position [caption id="attachment_604195" align="alignright" width="450"] Rose is All Smiles[/caption] BERKELEY, Calif. — The sky hung heavy with gray clouds over Spieker Aquatics Complex, a fitting backdrop for the Cal Men’s Swim...

Legendary Bentley Coach Mary Kay Samko Announces Retirement Legendary Bentley University head coach Mary Kay Samko announced her retirement Tuesday, effective at the end of the academic year. Samko is in her 29th year coaching the Falcons and her 43rd as a head coach in college. She has won exactly ...

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) is pleased to announce the selection of 781 teams from 459 institutions for the Scholar All-America Team for the Fall 2024 semester. These teams, comprising 19,209 student-athletes, were recognized for their outstanding academic...

TCU’s Claire Chahbandour Sets School Record at Texas’ Sterkel Classic Claire Chahbandour became the first TCU female swimmer to break a minute in the 100 breaststroke  with her time of 59.91 seconds to win the event at the Sterkel Classic Saturday. The event, hosted at Austin’s Lee & Joe Jamail Texa...

Red-Hot Luca Urlando Adds Pool Record in 200 Back as Georgia Tops Emory A week removed from his 200 butterfly NCAA record, Luca Urlando downed a Ryan Murphy pool record in the 200 backstroke Saturday in a dual meet with Emory. The Bulldogs pulled out a pair of wins on Senior Day at Bauerle Pool at G...

Lucy Bell Swims Nation's Fastest 200 Breaststroke as Stanford Women Defeat Cal The Stanford women have Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske returning to the roster this championship season, but they will head to Federal Way, Wash., for the NCAA Championships with multiple contenders for individual titl...

The Louisville swimming and diving team swept Cincinnati on senior day. The No. 11 men won 209.5-84.5 and the No. 10 women won 210-87 on Saturday. Diving in exhibition, Louisville's Rayce Winn posted a 359.48 on the 1-meter to rank third all-time before setting a school record with a 388.43 on the p...

The No. 7-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team recognized six seniors and topped Miami (Ohio) 161-125 on Saturday (Feb. 1) at Canham Natatorium. The quartet of Stephanie Balduccini, Casey Chung, Brady Kendall and Letitia Sim started the final dual meet of the season with a ...

The No. 13 Ohio State women's swimming and diving team (6-1) and No. 14 men's swimming and diving team (5-1) earned dominant victories over Pitt on Saturday. The OSU women defeated the Panthers, 161.5-131.5 and the men topped Pitt, 181-114. In the women's meet, Michelle Mazzara won the 3-meter dive ...

Nebraska Women Earn Convincing Victories Over Iowa and Rutgers The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Iowa Hawkeyes were in East Piscataway, N.J., this weekend to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Nebraska was the dominant team over the two-day meet, winning 223-130 against Iowa and 210-143 against Rutgets...

Minnesota Takes Down Northwestern and Purdue in Two-Day Meet Three Big Ten schools met in Minneapolis for their final regular season competitions, and the hosting Golden Gophers came out on top. The Minnesota women beat Northwestern and Purdue by identical scores of 241-112, and Northwestern's women...

West Virginia Transfer Mackenzie Pagett Leads Penn State Sweep of Mountaineers West Virginia transfer Mackenzie Pagett won a pair of events Saturday to lead Penn State to a sweep over the Mountaineers. The margin was similar in both meets, with the women scoring a 189-91 victory and the men prevaili...

Tennessee Sweeps Duke in Dual Meet With Unusual Multi-Day Format The Tennessee Volunteers wrapped up their dual-meet schedule with a two-day trip to Durham, N.C., to face the Duke Blue Devils in a two-day meet following the usual event lineup Friday before a sprint-focused meet Saturday. The Tenness...