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University of Olivet Drops Swimming and Diving Programs The University of Olivet announced last week that it is discontinuing its Division III swimming and diving programs. The cuts are effective immediately. They reflect what the Michigan institution called a, “multi-year review of program sustaina...

Recent Grad Mia Cheatwood Starts Coaching Career at Toledo Recent Louisville graduate Mia Cheatwood is starting her coaching career as an assistant coach for the women’s swimming and diving team at Toledo. Cheatwood joins the staff of Jacy Dyer immediately after a career that culminated with a 10th-...

Top Sprint Coaches Reveal Secrets to Success (Part I) How do you make a great sprinter? The answers do not always match. In Brisbane, Australia, where Cam McEvoy trains, the sound of weights clanking is heard more often than the splash of the pool. In Charlottesville, Virginia, home of world-record ...

Olympian Bella Sims to Return Home to Sandpipers to Train for Summer Bella Sims has been away from home for a long time. After finishing up her time at the University of Florida, Sims moved to Ann Arbor when she transferred to Michigan. That hasn't left a lot of time to get back to Las Vegas and the...

Tyler Ray had a huge finish to his collegiate career. The University of Michigan senior swept both Big Ten titles in the butterfly events and was named 2026 Big Ten Swimmer of the Meet. He went on to finish third at the NCAA Championships in the 200 fly (1:38.47). But Ray wasn't done. As he continue...

Swimming World Accepting Applications for Summer Internship Program; Journalism and Social Media Swimming World is seeking a gifted group of writers and content creators for the summer of 2026 who are interested in enhancing their journalism and social-media skills, while building valuable experienc...

Chase Kreitler Resigns as Pitt Head Swim Coach Chase Kreitler on Sunday resigned as the head coach of Pitt’s swimming and diving team following a historic 2025-26 season. Kreitler said in a resignation letter that Pitt “intends to move in a different strategic direction after the 2026-27 season.” Th...

Michael Phelps, Jalen Rose Awarded Honorary Degrees From University of Michigan Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Michigan on Saturday, May 2. Phelps and former Fab Five basketball player Jalen Rose were part of a group that got Michigan to...

Youngstown State Hires Hannah Saiz as Head Coach Youngstown State on Friday announced Hannah Saiz as its new men’s and women’s swimming and diving head coach. Saiz arrives from Army, where she was an assistant coach for three seasons at West Point. She swam collegiately at Kenyon College, where she ...

Cincinnati Promotes Joey Ferreri to Head Swimming and Diving Coach The University of Cincinnati last week promoted Joey Ferreri to the role of swimming and diving head coach. Ferreri was promoted from associate head coach after the retirement of Mandy Commons-DiSalle at the end of March. Ferreri swa...

Four standouts headline a group of outstanding student-athletes named to the 2025-26 Academic All-America men’s swimming & diving teams as selected by College Sports Communicators. Josh Liendo from the University of Florida, Alvaro Zornoza from Drury University, Cooper Costello from the University....

Four standouts in the pool and in the classroom – Claire Curzan of University of Viriginia, Emily Mears-Bentley of University of Findlay, MIT’s Annika Naveen, and SCAD Savannah’s Nikki Hahn – highlight the 2025-26 Academic All- America women’s swimming & diving teams selected by College Sports Commu...

Ninth-Place Finishers from NCAA Championships Weigh in on Absence of B Finals Haakon Naughton still remembers the experience of qualifying for his first B-final at the NCAA Championships in 2025. The crowd, flashing with the bright colors of every school. The tense atmosphere. The fierce competition...

Martin Espernberger Named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Tennessee men's swimmer Martin Espernberger has been named the male recipient of the 2025-26 Southeastern Conference H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced on Wednesday. Espernberger was chosen by a com...

Herbie Behm, Stefanie Williams Moreno Added to CSCAA Board Arizona State head coach Herbie Behm and Georgia’s Stefanie Williams Moreno have been added to the board of directors of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America. Northwestern’s Rachel Stratton-Mills will take over as p...

Kelly Reimert Among Inductees Named for Bloomsburg Athletic Hall of Fame The Bloomsburg athletic department announced today the seven new inductees into the Athletic Hall of Fame, which will take place on Sunday, October 25, as part of the Homecoming and Parents & Supporters Weekend festivities. Thi...

Anna Reed Backstops USC to Women’s Water Polo National Title over Cal Ava Stryker and Emily Ausmus had two goals and an assist each, and Anna Reed made 14 saves as USC edged Cal, 10-9, in Sunday’s NCAA Women’s Water Polo national championship game. USC is the NCAA champion for the seventh time. It h...

Dick Kimball, the legendary University of Michigan and Team USA Diving coach died at age 91. Wolverine Diving posted a tribute to the late coach on social media. "With saddened heart, we lost a diving great today, Dick Kimball. Our coaches at Wolverine Diving have so many fond memories of Kimball, a...

CSCAA Recommends Return of B Finals, Further Adjustments to NCAA Championships Expect to see consolation finals back on the program at next year's Division I NCAA Championships, but the meet will not simply return to the 2025-and-earlier status quo. A working group established by the College Swim Co...

Torri Huske has been named the Honda Sport Award winner for Swimming & Diving for the Class of 2026, as announced today by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA). Huske was selected via a nationwide vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. The...