NCAA Champ Leah Smith Swims Personal Best, World Ranked 800 Free in Virginia
Virginia junior-to-be Leah Smith swam her lifetime best in the 800 free by more than three seconds.
Ranking the 2015 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12
Megan Moroney is the top recruit in University of Virginia’s top ten class
Missy Franklin Named NCAA DI Academic All-American Of The Year By CoSIDA
he College Sports Information Directors of America, CoSIDA, recently published their 2015 Capital One Academic All-America team, naming Franklin the Academic All-American of the Year.
Former Swimming Captain Brian Goldman Passes Away
Former Blue Devil captain Brian Goldman passed away May 10 in Raleigh, N.C., following a battle with colon cancer. He was 50 years old.
Kelsi Worrell Named to Capital One Academic All-American Team
University of Louisville junior swimmer and two-time NCAA champion Kelsi Worrell was named to the 2015 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Women’s At-Large Second Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Eireni Moshos Verbally Commits To UNC For 2016-2017 Season
NCAP’s Eireni Moshos gave her verbal commitment to swim with the University of North Carolina Tar Heels for the 2016-2017 season.
Duncan Sherrard Joins Tar Heel Staff As Assistant Swimming Coach
Duncan Sherrard, former head swimming coach at Florida Southern College and an All-America swimmer at the University of Florida, has joined head coach Rich DeSelm’s staff as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina, it was announced Monday.
Greensboro to host ACC Swimming & Diving Championships for next 7 seasons, through 2022
The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced a seven-year deal with the Greensboro Aquatic Center that will bring the men’s and women’s ACC Championships to Greensboro for the next 7 seasons.
ACC, Polish Champion Jan Switkowski Transferring from Virginia Tech to Florida
Jan Switkowski emerged from a deep and impressive field as the 2015 Polish National Champion in the 200 fly, and will now continue his college career at the University of Florida.
Never Do a Swimming Drill Again!
“Doing” drills doesn’t improve stroke technique and doesn’t foster faster swimming. You need to “train” your drills.
Over 1000 College Swimming Commits in 2015, see the list here
Between the more-than-850 commit stories we have written and press releases sent to us by colleges, SwimSwam has compiled a list of over 1000 members of the high school class of 2015. See where they come from and where we will find them next year.
Virginia Men’s Swimming and Diving Adds Two to Signing Class
Virginia swimming and diving head coach Augie Busch announced Tuesday (June 2) that Alex Albracht (Mission Hills, Kansas) and Murat Yildirim (Istanbul, Turkey) have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Cavalier men for the 2015-16 season.
Georgia Tech Announces Spring Signees, Including 2012 Chinese Olympian Iris Wang
“Iris will be a game changer and catalyst for our women’s team. Her current times will make her presence known immediately at the ACC and NCAA level.”
53-Second Butterflier Anna Quinn Transferring from UCLA to Duke
Anna Quinn (file photo dated: December 14th, 2013) will give the Duke Blue Devils another sub-54 second butterflier in 2015.
Duke Women Land Another Huge 2016 Commit, Suzanne Dolan from Machine Aquatics
Suzanne Dolan is the second 2016 commit to Duke before the open contact period has even begun.