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Skins Races Take Over College Swimming: Coaches, Athletes Share Their Thoughts White water flew through the air, soaking the cheering spectators on the pool deck. The athletes' hands crashed into the wall, praying they had done enough to produce their best race. A raucous crowd cheered, as their tea...

Liberty Clark Continuing to Build Momentum Through Start of Sophomore Season with Hoosiers From the very beginning of her career at Indiana University, Liberty Clark has excelled at every opportunity. The former high school volleyball player and daughter of Olympic medalist Haley Cope came into coll...

Swimming Because You Want To: Finding New Reasons to Love the Sport As swimmers, saying “I have practice” and “I get to practice” could be differentiated by a good night's sleep. Other times, it takes a little more reflection. Swimming tests a lot of us, in terms of time, energy, discipline and the ...

College Swimming Recruiting Questions: Top 18 to Ask Committing to a college swimming program is one of the most significant and exciting decisions athletes will make in their careers. Although swimmers are expected to begin the college recruiting process at a young age, the upside is that they have...

Caroline Bricker Hoping for Bounceback Year as Stanford's New Headliner At her second NCAA Championships, Caroline Bricker emerged from relative obscurity to become an NCAA champion. In the 400 IM final at the NCAA Women's Championships, Bricker took over the lead with a commanding performance on br...

Freshmen Make Instant Impact in West Virginia Win over Marshall West Virginia’s freshmen made an instant impact in a win Friday over Marshall for the women’s team. Rowan Baglole and Evey Quick each won individual events and posted a top-10 program time in helping the Mountaineers to a 214-61 win in ...

Reigning Champs Denison, NYU Atop Preseason Division III Poll Reigning NCAA Division III champions Denison on the men’s side and the NYU women are atop the preseason CSCAA Division III Poll, released on Friday. Denison tallied 373 points in the inaugural poll of the season after the Big Red lifted t...

Anastasia Gorbenko Pool Record Starts Louisville to Sweep of Xavier A pool record by Anastasia Gorbenko was one of three by the Louisville women in a sweep of Xavier on Friday. Gorbenko set the Ralph Wright Natatorium record in the women’s 200 backstroke. Two swimmers got under the pool mark in the ...

Caroline Mallard’s Stellar Debut Helps Purdue Top Illinois Freshman Caroline Mallard started her college career with a pair of wins as Purdue bested Illinois, 167.5-132.5, on Friday. The Big Ten victory is the 11th straight fall-semester dual meet won by the Boilermakers, dating back to October 2023...

Catie Choate, Maddie Moreth Lead Florida Sweep of Kentucky Catie Choate and Maddie Moreth picked up two individual wins apiece as Florida opened up with a pair of SEC victories over Kentucky on Friday. The No. 3 ranked men’s team claimed a 194-103 decision, while the No. 10 ranked women won by a 183...

Miami Picks Up Dual Meet Wins Over Ohio and North Florida The Miami Hurricanes took down Ohio and North Florida in dual meet action Friday, winning 193-106 against the Bobcats and 232-54 against the Ospreys. Ohio also finished ahead of North Florida by a 221-72 margin. Miami's Leah Evans, Kaelia Hug...

The Alabama swimming and diving teams swept Delta State on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Crimson Tide won the women's meet 253-33 and the men's meet 248-41. In the women's meet, Alabama's Victoria Raymond, Sydney Blackhurst, Gaby Van Brunt and Zara Zallen won the 200 medley relay in 1:41.66. Van Brunt won t...

Arkansas Earns Wins Against TCU, Drury The University of Arkansas women have gotten off to a strong start in the 2026-27 season. The Razorbacks previously defeated four in-state opponents at the All-Arkansas Invitational, and they triumphed over two more teams Saturday, beating TCU 196-987 and Drury...

Duke Cruises to Wins in Season Opener at Davidson The Duke Blue Devils opened their season with a visit to in-state opponent Davidson. The Blue Devil women won every event on the way to a 246.5-53.5 victory, while the men's score was a bit closer, with Duke coming out on top 193-106. Duke's women do...

CSL Match 3: Caroline Bricker Wins Three Individual Events, Leads Stanford to Win; Ryan Erisman Crushes 4:08 500 Free Amid Huge Day A week after its debut in Westmont, Ill., the College Swimming League moved to the west coast, allowing home team Stanford and Bay Area rival California to take center ...

The Arizona State swimming and diving teams swept UNLV on Friday, Oct. 2. The ASU men won 245-55 and the women won 231-68. In the women's meet, ASU started with Miriam Sheehan, Lucie Vasquez, Julia Ullmann and Albane Cachot winning the 200 medley relay in 1:36.22. Sheehan won the 100 back in 51.89 f...

SMU Men's Swimming & Diving had a dominant win in the home opener against Oklahoma Christian and Incarnate Word on Friday at Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center on Friday. The No. 21 Mustangs beat Oklahoma Christian 194-78 and Incarnate Word 186-91. The Mustangs took a clean sweep of first place in all...

When Are Swimmers 'Sick Enough' to Rest Swimmers are trained to be uncomfortable. We wake up before sunrise, dive into cold pools, train through soreness and finish sets when our bodies beg us to stop. Learning to push through discomfort is part of becoming a successful athlete. But that mentality.....

Nova Southeastern Women, Drury Men Lead CSCAA Division II Rankings The Nova Southeastern women’s team and Drury’s men’s squad lead the preseason CSCAA Division II swimming and diving dual meet pool, released this week. Nova Southeastern is no surprise, having won the last four NCAA Division II Champ...

College Swimming League Heads to Stanford for Match Three; Cal Makes Debut After an opening weekend in which Indiana and Virginia captured victories, the College Swimming League will host its third match on Friday. The competition will feature Cal, Stanford and Auburn making their CSL debuts, while ...