Pickrem, Castillo Pick Up Wins on Night 3 of Austin Sectionals
Mauro Castillo, a swimmer for the Texas A&M men’s squad, swam the 100 breast/100 fly double tonight. He won the 100 breast with a 1:03.39 over Tristen Disibio (1:04.46), giving him a successful sweep of the breaststroke events after his 200 breast win last night.
Electricity & Creativity: Molly Hannis’s Outside The Box Path To Rio
Molly Hannis is electric. The rangy speed breaststroker and her coach talk pacing, explain skipped underwater pullouts and respond to legality criticism in the lead-up to the Rio Olympics.
Big 5 Conferences Propose Changes to NCAA Sport Hours Requirements
The Big 5 conferences in the NCAA’s Division I – the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC – have proposed some changes to rules regarding how much time college athletes are required to invest in their sports.
Bethany Galat Enjoying The Race En Route To Big Summer of ’16
In our post-Olympic Trials analysis, Texas A&M’s Bethany Galat stood out as one of the meet’s most dramatic improvers – she put up two of the four biggest time drops of all female swimmers in the meet. So we caught up with the rising Aggie junior to talk Trials.
Legendary Alabama Diving Coach Pat Greenwell Retires
After serving on The University of Alabama swimming and diving coaching staff for 29 seasons and leading Crimson Tide divers to two individual NCAA championships, 69 All-America honors and 21 Southeastern Conference titles, Pat Greenwell announced this week that he is retiring from the University and coaching.
Wrap-Up on the College Commitments of SwimSwam’s Class of 2016
July 1, 2016 begins the new recruiting season for the class of 2017. Take a look at where we are so far with class of 2016 commitments.
Melissa Steele Promoted to Full-Time Assistant at Arkansas
New Arkansas head coach Neil Harper has surrounded himself with those familiar with the Arkansas program.
Ranking the 2016 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4
This was an easy choice: Katie Ledecky and company are the NCAA’s #1 women’s class
Julia Wilkinson Selected for Texas A&M Athletic Hall-of-Fame
Julia Wilkinson was the first NCAA swimming champion in Texas A&M program history.
All-American Katie Armitage Transferring to Tennessee
Junior-to-be Katie Armitage will transfer from Florida Gulf Coast to the University of Tennessee this fall. Armitage has one first-team All-American…
Texas A&M’s Claire Brandt Nominated for 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year
Texas A&M All-American swimmer Claire Brandt has been nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Brandt recently graduated…
Ranking the 2016 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8
Junior World Record holder Claire Adams headlines a small but mighty class for the Texas Longhorns
Tennessee’s Faith Johnson Nominated for 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year
Tennessee sprint freestyler Faith Johnson has been nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Johnson’s academic accolades include being…
Jacob Molacek Leaving Auburn Program, Still Weighing Future Options
Jacob Molacek will leave the Auburn swimming program after two seasons, sources close to the family have confirmed. Molacek has…
Missouri adds Jack Brown, Christine Mable to Coaching Staff
After 4 years as a volunteer assistant, NCAA All-American Jack Brown (above) will join the Missouri coaching staff on a full-time basis next season.