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7 of the Biggest Swimming 'Ughs'; Stop Touching My Feet! Swimming every day with the same people can be fun, but can also be a little frustrating. In the sport of swimming, you create friendships with people that will last a lifetime, but sometimes their etiquette will drive you crazy. Here are seve...

Boston College Released Hazing Investigation Statement in 'Negligent, Harmful' Way, Lawyers Say The Boston College swimmers and divers have refuted claims of hazing among the program and sources have told Swimming World that the cause of the investigation is based on rumors, while the program has be...

Legendary Texas Coach Eddie Reese to Retire After 2024 Olympic Trials Long-time Texas coach Eddie Reese announced on Friday his intent to retire following the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. He will serve his 46th and final season at Texas in 2023-24, at which point a national search for his successor wil...

As the Boston College men's and women's swimming and diving program has been suspended indefinitely for hazing, more details are unfolding. According to a letter sent to the team by the Office of the Dean of Students, obtained by The Heights, the Boston College student newspaper, freshmen in the pro...

Boston College Swimming Program Suspended Indefinitely for Hazing The Boston College Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving program has been placed on indefinite suspension by the university. The university administrators determined that hazing had occurred within the program in an internal investiga...

Auburn Swimmer Reid Mikuta Arrested on Allegations of Rape Auburn swimmer Reid Mikuta was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of rape, according to reports out of Alabama. Mikuta was booked in Lee County, which contains Auburn’s campus, under the name Christopher Reid Mikuta. He was indicted in August ...

Virginia's Kate Douglass and Tennessee's Jordan Crooks were among were among six finalists for the annual Sullivan Award, the top amateur athletic award in the country. Iowa female basketball player Caitlin Clark was named the recipient on Tuesday night. LSU baseball player Dylan Crews, UCLA female ...

10 Ways to Increase the Life of Your Racing Suit By Bri Groves Suits are a necessity for water sports, but they can be expensive. Racing suits are sold at an even higher price, eventually wear out, and are relied on by swimmers during peak performance. Suit life can be extended if properly maintaine...

Steve Potsklan Swaps Fordham for SUNY Maritime as Head Coach Former Fordham University head coach Steve Potsklan has switched his addresses in the Bronx, hired Monday as the head coach of SUNY Maritime College. Potsklan stepped down from Fordham with little fanfare on Aug. 22. (Fordham has not, as o...

Army Brings Hannah Saiz to West Point as Assistant Coach The United Sates Military Academy at West Point last week announced the hiring of Hannah Saiz as an assistant coach. Saiz spent the 2022-23 season at Boston University, under the leadership of the now retired Bill Smyth. She ran the program fo...

Gretchen Walsh Begins Junior Season With 20.84 Freestyle Split in Virginia Relay Exhibition An impressive performance at this year's NCAA Championships saw Gretchen Walsh win the second and third individual national titles of her career, with the fastest time ever in the 100-yard backstroke and the ...

Tyler Coffing Hired by East Carolina as Assistant Coach East Carolina on Thursday named Tyler Coffing as an assistant coach to the women’s swimming and diving team. Coffing was most recently at the University of Miami of Ohio, where he was hired in 2019 and worked through the 2021-22 season. The Red...

Harvard Adds Alumna Geordie Enoch to Staff as Assistant Coach Harvard has promoted alumna Geordie Enoch to a full-time assistant coaching role after two seasons as a volunteer coach, the school announced Wednesday. Enoch joins the staff of head coach Amanda Kulik. She helped the Crimson capture the ...

Washington State Hires National Teamer Kaersten Meitz as Assistant Coach Washington State on Thursday announced the hiring of Kaersten Meitz as an assistant coach. The former distance standout at Purdue will work with the Cougars’ distance group. Meitz was a four-time All-American at Purdue. She won...

For the first time in conference history, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will hold a one-day Open Water Swimming Championship to be contested on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California. The collegiate championship meet will consist of four events, beginn...

Claire Weinstein, Alex Shackell Set to Lift Cal Women Back to National Title Mix The last time the California women were even on the outskirts of the national-title race in women's swimming was at the end of the 2021 season, the Golden Bears' first following the departure of Olympic medalist Abbey W...

Drexel Hires Erik Ripley as Assistant Coach Erik Ripley on Tuesday was hired as an assistant coach for Drexel University’s men’s and women’s swimming programs. Ripley spent a year as the head coach at Chowan University, a Division II school in Tennessee. He served as an assistant coach at Division I...

Sergio Lopez Miro, Tim Murphy, Tom Himes to be Inducted to ISCA Hall of Fame Sergio Lopez Miro, Tim Murphy and Tom Himes comprise the 2023 class to the International Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The trio will be inducted in a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Crowne Plaza Valley Forge ...

37 Thoughts Swim Fans Have from the Stands (Archive) By Chandler Brandes This past weekend I did something I have never done before: I watched my first swim meet. Technically, I have watched hundreds of swim meets before, but always from the deck as either a swimmer racing or as a coach. Last weeken...

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...