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Franklin & Marshall Director of Athletics & Recreation Lauren Packer Webster has announced the appointment of Joe Acquaviva as the next head coach of the men's and women's swimming teams. Acquaviva joins the Diplomats after spending a record-breaking five seasons as the head assistant and associ...

Regan Smith Made the Switch to Bob Bowman in Pursuit of Olympic Gold Three years after her stunning breakthrough performance at the 2019 World Championships, Regan Smith became a world champion again this year as she edged out Kylie Masse for 100 backstroke gold in Budapest. Smith won a second gold ...

With School Facing Court Order, Michigan State Group Calls For Reinstatement of Swim Programs The Battle to Save Michigan State Swim & Dive has responded to a district court judge, who on Tuesday ruled against Michigan State in a Title IX lawsuit brought by former swimmers, but the judge did not sti...

Q&A With MIT Coach Meghan Sisson French As the fifth female head swim and dive coach since 1997, Meghan Sisson French is continuing MIT’s winning aquatic tradition. • Springfield College (Mass.), B.S., applied sociology, 2012; MSW, 2015 • 4x member of Springfield team; NEWMAC champions, 2009, 2010 •...

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...

Judge Rules Against Michigan State, but Reinstatement Not Mandated A district court judge on Tuesday ruled against Michigan State in a Title IX lawsuit brought by former swimmers, but the judge did not stipulate that the university must reinstate the programs. The suit, brought in January 2021 by 11...

Regan Smith Turning Professional; Will Shift Training to Guidance of Bob Bowman Regan Smith, the three-time Olympic medalist and world-record holder in the 200-meter backstroke, has announced she is forgoing her remaining collegiate eligibility at Stanford University and will turn professional. Addi...

How They Train: The Workouts of MIT Standout Adam Janicki A 2019 graduate of George Mason High School in Falls Church, Va., 6-5 Adam Janicki helped lead his Mustangs to the VHSL Class 2 state title. In the process, he set two individual state records in winning the 200 yard IM (1:51.64) and 100 back...

Reece Whitley to Return for Fifth Year at Cal; Big Boost for Defending National Champions Last year's top team from the NCAA Men's Championships will be getting a big piece back for 2022-23 as breaststroker Reece Whitley will compete a fifth year with the California Golden Bears. Whitley completed h...

Michigan State University Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court Over Title IX Lawsuit From Former Swimmers More than a year after Michigan State University discontinued its varsity swimming and diving teams, the school has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in protest of a lawsuit brought by 11 members of t...

Swimming World Accepting Applications For 2022-23 School-Year Internship Program Become a Journalism or Social Media Intern Build your resume and gain valuable skills! Swimming World Magazine, as part of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, is seeking a gifted group of writers and content creato...

NCAA Releases Division I Champs Qualifying Times; Speed For A Cuts is Eye-Popping The NCAA has released its qualifying times for the upcoming 2022-23 Division I season and the speed necessary to nail down an A Standard is eye-popping, and beyond in some events. Take the men's 50-yard freestyle, for ...

West Virginia Adds Lauren Cassano as Associate Head Coach The University of West Virginia announced on Monday that it has hired Lauren Cassano to the staff of head coach Vic Riggs. Cassano was an assistant coach at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania last year. She oversaw the sprint and distan...

By Chandler Brandes, Swimming World College Intern Spoiler alert: It’s not. We can all agree that swimming is not an easy sport. But choosing the easy route has never been the swimmer way. Here are five things which make swimming one of the hardest, yet most rewarding, sports out there... 1. Struggl...

Passages: Lily Ernst, University of Northern Iowa Swimmer, Age 21 Lily Ernst, a swimmer at the University of Northern Iowa, passed away on July 27, the school announced. Ernst was 21 years old. No cause was disclosed. [caption id="attachment_509771" align="alignright" width="250"] Photo Courtesy: UN...

By Emma Foster, Swimming World College Intern Swimmers are a special breed. Even most non-chlorinated people understand that. On college campuses around the country, swimmers are the ones known for bringing that squeaky-clean chlorine smell into the classroom, eating an unprecedented amount of food,...

NCAA Woman of the Year: Brooke Forde, Emma Nordin Lead Swimming Finalists; Ivy League Does Not Nominate Lia Thomas The path for Penn swimmer Lia Thomas to become the NCAA Woman of the Year has ended. Thomas, a transgender swimmer who was nominated by Penn to be the Quakers’ Woman of the Year, was no...

Olympic Silver Medalist Emma Weyant Transferring to University of Florida One of the top 400 IMers in the United States will have a new collegiate home this fall. Emma Weyant, who took silver in the 400 IM at the Tokyo Olympics and bronze in the event at this summer's World Championships, is heading...

The Potential Effects of Conference Realignment on College Swimming On July 1, 2022, the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), two of the most storied athletic programs in the NCAA, shook the college sports world when they announced they would ...

By Chandler Brandes, Swimming World College Intern We all have a love-hate relationship with swimming. Although we sometimes complain about the early mornings and the hard workouts, at the end of the day, we all keep coming back. We can get caught up in the stress of balancing classes, homework, pra...