College

NCAA Men's Championships: Day 2 Finals Showdowns Loom (Heat Sheets and Up-Downs) The individual events are heating up at the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Federal Way, Washington. The Day 2 finals will be pivotal with several teams hoping to stay in title contention...

NCAA Men's Division I Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Rex Maurer Leads Deep 500 Free Field  Rex Maurer’s American record in the fall labeled him the swimmer to beat in the 500 free come NCAAs. There will be many swimmers who have something to say about that Thursday night. Maurer led the way in prelim...

The 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships continues from Federal Way, Washington, with the Day 2 Prelims. The Day 2 morning events are the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle, before moving into 1-meter diving. Check out the full heat sheets here. Swimming World Meet Page L...

NCAA Men's Championships: Cal Edges Texas in First Sub-6-Minute 800 Freestyle Relay Jack Alexy grew fond of the reminder inside the locker room in Berkeley. Every day, the Cal senior would walk by the board displaying last year’s NCAA title and the NCAA record of 6:02.26 that he was part of and “giv...

NCAA Men's Championships: Florida Disqualified After Touching in Record Time; Texas Wins 200 Medley Relay The 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships kicked off with the 200-yard medley relay. Florida entered the meet with strong success in the event the past few years, includin...

The Cal Poly swimming and diving team isn't gone yet. The college program that was cut on March 7 by the athletic department is looking to raise enough money to keep the program going. The program has earned a second chance, but it amounts to a tall order as the group must raise $25 million. “People...

Before the Beep: How Cal's Jack Alexy Prepares for Big Races Success in swimming is sculpted long before the starting signal. For Jack Alexy, a standout at the University of California, Berkeley, meticulous preparation is a cornerstone of his performance. As the Golden Bears prepare for the NCAA Cha...

Doctor of Success: How Doc Counsilman Built a Legendary Coaching Career (USOPC Hall of Fame Candidate) The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced its finalists for the USOPC Hall of Fame earlier this week and legendary Indiana coach James "Doc" Counsilman is a candidate in ...

A Busy and Highly Successful 2024 Has Fueled Luke Hobson in Quest for Greater 2025 In so many ways, February 2025 was much different for Luke Hobson than February 2024. For one, it was spent entirely in the United States, without a side quest to Doha for a World Aquatics Championships like last year...

The Man Behind Nova Southeastern's NCAA Three-Peat: The Journey of Coach Ben Hewitt Ben Hewitt has seen the sport of swimming from every angle. From a swimmer, to an assistant coach and now as the head coach at Nova Southeastern University, Hewitt’s experiences have shaped him into a championship-wi...

NCAA Men's Championships Preview: You Can Count on Cal Amid all the changes that have happened since last year’s NCAAs — jumpstarted by Arizona State’s national championship coach, Bob Bowman, replacing legendary Eddie Reese at Texas as head coach — some things remain the same: In March, the Cal men...

Justin Finkel, Kaley McIntyre Repeat As Division III Swimmers of the Year Connecticut College’s Justin Finkel and Kaley McIntyre of NYU each repeated as Division III Swimmers of the Years, as voted by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America on Monday. The state of New York sup...

Gretchen Walsh, Chiara Pellacani Win CSCAA Division I Awards Gretchen Walsh and Chiara Pellacani were recognized by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America as the swimmer and diver of the year on Monday. Virginia’s Todd DeSorbo was named swim coach of the year, while Texas’ Ma...

NCAA Men's Championships: Olympic Medalists and Short Course World Champs Set to Shine Eight years ago, Caeleb Dressel turned his first Olympic appearance, in which he qualified for one individual final and captured two relay gold medals, into college swimming stardom. He had won NCAA titles as a fr...

Indiana Diving Power Will Have Major Influence on NCAA Men's Championship Picture With such a tight race expected at this year’s men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships among Cal, Texas, Indiana and Florida, divers could easily play a major role in determining the team champion. This...

When Auburn's Fred Bousquet Took the 50-Yard Freestyle to Uncharted Territory For years, the sport waited. Through multiple challenges, the 19-second barrier in the 50-yard freestyle featured an impenetrable force field. Multiple sprint legends made a run at an 18-point performance during their coll...

NCAA Men's Championships: 5 Races to Watch as Multiple Records Are in Danger The bright lights are finally ready to shine for the second straight week at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, with the NCAA Men's Division I Championships slated for Wednesday through Saturday. Previusly, we cov...

The 2025 NCAA Women’s Division I Championships wrapped up on Saturday night, with Virginia claiming a fifth straight team title. Swimming World was on deck from Federal Way, Washington. Here are some of the Day 4 moments captured by Swimming World Chief Photographer Peter H. Bick. [gallery type="sli...

Swims That Flew Under the Radar at the NCAA Women's Championships The NCAA Women's Championships were electric. The Virginia Cavaliers picked up their fifth straight team title on Saturday night, prevailing by more than 100 points. Alongside the historically fast swims that highlighted the four-day ...

A Look at the NCAA Men's Division I Psych Sheets (View List of Invitees) With the NCAA Men's Championships scheduled for Wednesday-Saturday in Federal Way, Washington, here is another look at the psych sheets for the competition. Arizona State is the defending champion and a tight battle is expected...