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Path to Excellence: The Rise of Division II Star Jacob Hamlin of Tampa University of Tampa sophomore Jacob Hamlin has ascended to the college swimming mountaintop. The 2025 CSCAA Swimmer of the Year at the Division II level, Hamlin picked up five national titles, one relay and four individual, at th...

Social Kick Podcast Provides Unique Wrap Up on NCAA Men's Championships (Video) The guys from the Social Kick Podcast have continued to deliver sensational interviews and analysis via their YouTube channel, and the latest content is unique in nature. Hosts Luke Paddington, Dr. John Mullen and Bryan ...

Fast and Furious: Predict the Winners of LA28's 50m Sprints! Participate and Get a Free Trial of Swimming World!!! Exciting news hit the sport last week when it was announced that the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028 will feature 50-meter events in all of the strokes. Since 1988, only the 50 fre...

Baylor Nelson Transferring to Texas for Senior Season The Texas men's swim team will be losing many key pieces from the squad that recently captured an NCAA title, with Luke Hobson and Chris Guiliano among those now out of eligibility. But the push for a second consecutive title in 2025-26 received ...

Accepting the Challenge: How Zalan Sarkany Takes On a Brutal Event Schedule 2550 yards of individual racing. For many collegiate distance swimmers, this total is often the reality of a championship meet; the 400 IM, 500 Free, and of course the brutal 1650 packed into three short days. That schedule ...

Rooming with a College Swimmer 101 By Kristy Kinzer Many college athletes elect to room with another athlete, particularly a teammate, for the big transition to college life and sports. But those who room with non-athletic regular people (NARPs for short) must inform their new co room-dweller of the...

5 Helpful Tips to Expertly Balance School and Swimming By Caitlin Daday One often over-looked difficulty of any sport at the college level is the need for student-athletes to be just that--STUDENT-athletes. From the outside, most of our non-athlete peers only see the glamours but tend to forget that...

Greg Meehan Named USA Swimming National Team Managing Director; Leaves Rich Legacy at Stanford USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced the appointment of Greg Meehan as their new National Team  Managing Director. Meehan has served in ...

Lessons From Hockey Career Helped McKenzie Siroky Excel at First NCAA Championships At the beginning of her senior year of high school, McKenzie Siroky was focused on her future as a collegiate hockey player at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. But in the ensuing months, Siroky made the tough deci...

Lucas Henveaux, Gretchen Walsh Named ACC Swimmers of the Year California’s Lucas Henveaux and Gretchen Walsh of Virginia were named ACC Swimmers of the Year on Thursday. California, in its first year in the conference, had the lion’s share of the awards, with men’s freshman of the year Yamato Okadom...

Pitt-Johnstown Adds Men’s and Women’s Swimming Pitt-Johnstown announced on Monday that it is adding men’s and women’s swimming as varsity sports. The NCAA Division II program is also adding women’s wrestling, as it sits in one of the hotbeds of that sport in Pennsylvania. The programs will be added,...

Led By Ilya Kharun, Arizona State Dominates Big 12 Awards In its first year in the Big 12, Ilya Kharun and Arizona State dominated the Big 12 Awards, with five individuals taking home honors on Wednesday. Kharun was named men’s swimmer of the year. Herbie Behm was recognized as both men’s and women’...

College Sports Overhaul: Timeline of the Transition to New Era The 2025-26 season in college sports will mark a first, with universities allowed to directly pay athletes for the first time after the settlement in the House v. NCAA federal case. For Division I conferences that adopt the settlement — ...

Indiana Sweeps Big Ten Swimmer of the Year Honors via Owen McDonald, Anna Peplowski Indiana earned both Big Ten Swimmer of the Year honors via Owen McDonald on the men’s side and Anna Peplowski on the women’s. Indiana also earned both divers of the year via Carson Tyler and Skyler Liu and coaches of...

Second Stellar NCAAs Backs Jonny Marshall’s Great Britain Decision Jonny Marshall was only 17, but he had a consequential decision to make. In retrospect, it doesn’t seem that difficult of a choice. Marshall was then a promising swimmer at Ohio’s Firestone High School. The Akron native was perhaps n...

International Divide in NCAA Swimming Growing More Pronounce on Men’s Side You had to keep scrolling, keep scrolling down the results to find the capital “A” next to NC State’s name last Friday. The Wolfpack had just set the American record in the men’s 400 medley relay at the NCAA Championships. Yo...

Making the Shift: From Short Course to Long Course As the short course season wraps up, it’s time to shift gears and get ready for long course season. While it’s a change in pace, this is a great opportunity to improve your swimming, build endurance, and hit new goals. If you’re ready for the long c...

Patrick Sammon, Aurora Roghair Lead Aquatics NCAA Elite 90 Recipients Arizona State’s Patrick Sammon and Aurora Roghair of Stanford were named the Division I swimming recipients of the NCAA Elite 90 awards. The awards were handed out at the NCAA championships at all levels this winter. Asger Hartvig...

Rex Maurer's Dream NCAAs Cause of Celebration for USC coach Lea Maurer There were no USC swimmers in the fastest heat of the 1,650 freestyle at the NCAA Men’s Championships Saturday night. You wouldn’t know that if your eyes were fixed on coach Lea Maurer and Trojans fifth-year Luke Maurer. Planted ...

In Panel Discussion, Lia Thomas Expresses ‘Grief Over Losing Access to My Sport’ Former Penn swimmer Lia Thomas described feeling “devastated” over the inability to compete in swimming in rare public remarks this weekend. Thomas, who has generally kept a low public profile in the media relative to t...