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NEW COMMIT: Billings, Montana native Liam Kerns has announced his verbal commitment to the University of South Carolina beginning in the fall of 2021. He will join sprint freestyler Mac Ratzlaff in Columbia as a member of the Gamecocks' class of 2025. He told Swimming World: "I’m so excited to annou...

10 Reasons Why You Should Consider Dating A Swimmer In this lull in competition, we revisit this piece from the past for a bit of levity. It's hard to escape dating a swimmer when your primary interests include swimming, swimming, and more swimming. Luckily for you, swimmers are an incredibly appeal...

NEW COMMITS: The University of California, San Diego has recently scored a pair of verbal commitments for the Tritons' class of 2025 from Ethan Hildesheim and Aidan Simpson, both of San Marcos, Calif. ETHAN HILDESHEIM [caption id="attachment_434140" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Photo Courtesy: E...

NEW COMMITS: Indiana State University has picked up a pair of verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Indianapolis, Ind. native Olivia DiRuzza and Alexa Szadorski of Aurora, Ill. OLIVIA DIRUZZA [caption id="attachment_434130" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Photo Courtesy: Olivia ...

NEW COMMIT: NC State has earned a new verbal commitment for their growing class of 2025 from Nathan Kempiak of Gilbert, Az. He will join Alexander Noergaard, Aiden Hayes, David Curtiss, Garrett Boone, Arsenio Bustos and Sam Hoover in Raleigh at the start of the 2021-22 season. Regarding his commitme...

Swimmers are renowned for their dedication to their sport. We train long hours at ridiculous times and spend all day at meets only to spend a few minutes actually racing in the pool. However, all swimmers reach a point in their careers when they question why they're still doing it. Although many rel...

NEW COMMIT: Purdue University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Cecilie Wiuff of Albertslund, Denmark. She’ll join Audrey Crowel and Mahala Erlandson in West Lafayette as a member of the Boilermakers' class of 2025. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I’m i...

NEW COMMIT: Tavistock, Great Britain native Macy Lawrence has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Arkansas and will arrive in Fayetteville in the fall of 2021. She will join Becca Simpson in the Razorback's class of 2025. Lawrence most recently competed Camille Muffat International ...

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When Torri Huske found out she would have to be out of the water for a while, there were mixed emotions. The high school junior — and defending Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year — had been training for the 2020 Olympic trials, aiming for a spot on the U.S. team. That is a lot of pressur...

High School Team Swimming In regard to the current state of the Covid-19 pandemic, high school team swimming has been placed in the "moderate risk" group of sport activities by the National Federation of State High School Associations, while individual swimming is in the 'lower risk' category. T...

These past two months have been difficult, to say the least. The world has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with hundreds of thousands of lives lost around the world. Meanwhile, financial strains have hit families and the normalcy of life has been disturbed, including at-home schooling becomi...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Texas has gained a new addition for their growing class of 2025 from local standout Sadie Runeman. Runeman recently moved to Austin from Milford, Mass. She will suit up for the Longhorns at the start of the 2021-22 season along with Riley Courtney, Channing Hanley, Ava ...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Richmond has secured a new verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Charlotte, N.C. native Laura Davis. She will join Carstyn Klosterman as a member of the Spiders' class of 2025. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am so excited to announce my verbal...

NEW COMMIT: Audubon, Penn. native Jack Christian has elected to attend Duke University and will suit up for the Blue Devils as a member of the class of 2025. Regarding his commitment, he said: "Beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at Duke University! So incredibly gratef...

NEW COMMIT: Bloomfield Hills, Mich. backstroker Justine Murdock has verbally committed to Northwestern University beginning at the start of the 2021-22 season. She will join Kenisha Gupta, Emily Trieschmann, and Ashley Strouse in Evanston, Ill. as members of the Wildcats' class of 2025. Regarding he...

NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has received a new verbal commitment for the fall of 2021 from Israel's Lea Polonsky. She will join Alicia Henry, Stephanie Akakabota, Elizabeth Cook, Melanie Julia, Shelby Suppiger, Ella Mazurek, Annika McEnroe, Jessica Davis, Mia Kragh and McKenna...

NEW COMMITS: The Ohio State University has picked up a pair of in-state verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Karl Helmuth of North Canton and Fairfield native Luke Paxton. Both swimmers will suit up for the Buckeyes as members of the class of 2025. KARL HELMUTH [caption id="atta...

NEW COMMITS: The University of Texas has scored a pair of verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Riley Courtney of Scottsdale, Az. and Orinda, Calif. native Channing Hanley. Both swimmers will arrive in Austin as members of the Longhorns' class of 2025 along with Ava Collinge, Jor...

NEW COMMIT: Bishop, Ga. breaststroker Jackson Bates and backstroker/freestyler Sam Parker of Savannah, Ga. have handed their in-state verbal commitments to the University of Georgia and will arrive in Athens at the start of the 2021-22 season. Both swimmers will join Mitchell Norton, Henré Louw, Zac...