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• LSU Adds Brazilian Freestyle Specialist Joao Bodemeier to 2027 Men’s Recruiting Class

  05-11-2026 23:24 via SwimSwam
  
  By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Freestyle specialist Joao Bodemeier has announced his verbal commitment to swim for Louisiana State University beginning in the fall of 2027. The Brazi
  
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• 2026 College Swimming League Wild Card Match (Indiana, Cal, Stanford, Louisville): Live Recap

  05-11-2026 23:00 via SwimSwam
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  College Swimming League Wild Card MatchNovember 5, 2026
  Indianapolis, IN
  Heat Sheet
  Live Stream
  How to Watch
  Rules
  Starts at 5:30 PM ET
  Teams: #4 Indiana, #5 Cal, #6  Stanford, #7 Louisville
  PreviewWe have made it to the wild card match of the first College Swimming League post season.
  The last six matches have been fast and fun, and tonight does not seem like it will be any different There is a lot on the line tonight including a spot in the championship match to
  
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• Age Groupers Robert Legg, Iris Liu Among Shine Big In San Ramon at C/B/BB+ Meet

  05-11-2026 22:00 via SwimSwam
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  SRVA SC C/B/BB+ MeetOctober 10-11, 2026
  San Ramon, CA
  SCY (25 yards)
  “SRVA SC C/B/BB+ Meet” on Meet MobileSeveral age-group talents took part in the C/B/BB+ meet in San Ramon; among the top performers were 10-year-old Robert Legg and 9-year-old Iris Liu.
  Legg delivered a slew of lifetime bests in his young career, earning seven wins in his eight events. Legg notched four best times on the meet, including the 100 free (55.97), 50 breast (35.83), 100 fly (1:01.86),
  
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• Junior Nationals Qualifier Josh Pendleton Becomes First Commit In BYU’s Class Of 2032

  05-11-2026 21:12 via SwimSwam
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey. 
  Junior Nationals qualifier Josh Pendleton has announced his verbal commitment to swim and study at Brigham Young University, becoming the first commit in
  
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• 2026 College Swim League Wild Card Match (Indiana, Cal, Stanford, Louisville): Heat Sheet and Preview

  05-11-2026 19:45 via SwimSwam
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  College Swimming League Wild Card MatchNovember 5, 2026
  Indianapolis, IN
  Heat Sheet
  Live Stream
  How to Watch
  Rules
  Starts at 5:30 PM ET
  Teams: #4 Indiana, #5 Cal, #6  Stanford, #7 LouisvilleWelcome swimming fans to the first College Swimming League post-season! Tonight will see the wild card match between Indiana, Cal, Stanford, and Louisville, and the winner will move on to the Championship match against Virginia, Tennessee, and NC State tomorrow.
  Indiana is the
  
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• Team winners, Individual Standouts For Florida 1A District Meets

  05-11-2026 19:21 via SwimSwam
  
  By Keith Dunlap on SwimSwam
  State meet season continues in Florida, with district meets taking place for all 1A schools last week. Here are the highlights and results for all 12 district meets in 1A. Winning teams advanced to regional meets this week.
  District 1
  Team winnersGirls — Alfred Maclay, 436
  Boys — Alfred Maclay, 412Individual standouts
  GirlsOlivia Holt (Maclay), won the 200 IM (2:18.13) and 100 fly (1:00.59).
  Emmie Sutton (Maclay, 7th grader), won the 200 free (personal best 2:10.8
  
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• International Federations Push for Greater Share of Olympic Revenue Through 2032

  05-11-2026 19:15 via SwimSwam
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  Earlier this calendar year, the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) outlined its strategic direction to support its member federations.
  ASOIF represents the International Federations (IFs) that govern the sports that are included in the Summer Olympic Games; in the case of swimming, that body is World Aquatics. Their role is to represent the collective interests of those member federations within the Olympic Movement.
  This new strategy cen
  
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• Teenage Prodigy Yu Zidi, Seven-Time Asian Games Champion Zhang Zhanshuo Headline Chinese SC Worlds Roster

  05-11-2026 17:35 via SwimSwam
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  The Chinese Swimming Federation has revealed its hefty 49-strong lineup set to represent the nation at this year’s Short Course World Championships heading to Beijing next month.
  23 women and 26 men have been named, following up on the country’s impressive hardware haul at this year’s Asian Games in Tokyo.
  14-year-old Yu Zidi is among the women, with the versatile prodigy having won a trio of golds across the women’s 200m fly, 200m IM and 400m IM at the Games.
  
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• Former Australian Swim Coach Mark Sendecky Admits to Downloading Child Abuse Material After being Released on Parole

  05-11-2026 17:10 via SwimSwam
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  Former Australian swim coach Mark Sendecky has admitted to downloading more child abuse material, less than a month after being released on parole.
  Sendecky, 42, was one of four men charged with involvement in the distribution of child sexual abuse material that was linked to a satanic international child sex abuse ring late last year.
  The investigation found a Sydney-based alleged pedophile network that possessed, distributed, and facilitated child abuse material wi
  
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• Japan’s Tomoru Honda Banned Through 2028 Olympic Games For Traffic Incident

  05-11-2026 17:09 via SwimSwam
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  The Japanese Swimming Federation (JASF) announced today that Olympic silver medalist Tomoru Honda will be banned from competition for a period of 21 months as a result of the serious driving offense with which he was involved last year.
  With the ban extending until August of 2028, Honda will be unable to compete at the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
  As we reported, Honda received a one-year prison sentence, which was suspended for three years, stemming from a ‘da
  
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• Japan’s Iori Miyazaki Follows In Olympic Father’s Footsteps While Winning Gold in Dakar

  05-11-2026 15:51 via SwimSwam
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 SUMMER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMESSunday, November 1st – Friday, November 6th (pool swimming)
  Dakar, Senegal
  LCM (50m)
  Meet Central
  Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap | Day 3 Recap
  Results
  LivestreamDay four of the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games brought the speed, with multiple swimmers adding more hardware to their already impressive campaigns here in Dakar, Senegal.
  Ana Bobanovic of Croatia already won the girls’ 100m freestyle earlier in the Games but was able to add 50m
  
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• Nova Southeastern Women, Tampa Men Lead October CSCAA Division II Polls

  05-11-2026 15:48 via SwimSwam
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: CSCAA
  October 30, 2026 — The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced its October Division II Top 25 rankings, with Nova Southeastern University maintaining the No. 1 position in the women’s poll and the University of Tampa moving into the top spot in the men’s rankings.
  The October rankings mark the first update to the 2026–27 Division II polls following the preseason release. Both polls reflect voting by the CSCAA’
  
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• Gabor Zombori Puts Up Lifetime Best In SCM 200 IM At Hungarian Nationals

  05-11-2026 15:01 via SwimSwam
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 HUNGARIAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday, November 4th – Saturday, November 7th
  Prelims at 9am local (3am ET), Finals at 5pm local (11am ET)
  Csik Ferenc Swimming Pool, Kaposvár, Hungary
  SCM (25m)
  SwimSwam Preview
  Meet Central
  Entries/Live ResultsThe 2026 Hungarian Short Course Championships kicked off from Kaposvár with a large domestic contingent set to compete at the Csik Ferenc Swimming Pool over the next several days.
  As a reminder, the nation of Hunga
  
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• Swimming Canada Reports $799K Surplus For 2025-26, More Than Doubling Previous Year

  05-11-2026 14:56 via SwimSwam
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Swimming Canada nearly doubled its surplus from the previous year and reported a significant increase in spending on competition and competition support, according to its 2025-26 financials.
  Swimming Canada recently released its 2025-26 Impact Report, which includes financial and operations statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.See the full Impact Report here.The most notable takeaway from the Statement of Operations was the significant increase in
  
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• Do You Love Swimming? Look at 195 Swim Jobs You Might Love

  05-11-2026 14:42 via SwimSwam
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  Looking for a job in swimming? Go here to see 195 Swim Jobs.
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  Assist the head coach with the evaluation of prospective student athletes following NYU, NCAA and University Athletic Association rules and regulations; contact parents, HS/Club coaches as well as prospective students to evaluate athletic ability, academic aptitude, and interest in NYU.
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• Stanford Women Add “Best of the Rest” IMer Ava Jochims for 2027-28

  05-11-2026 14:30 via SwimSwam
  
  By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Ava Jochims from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, has announced her verbal commitment to Stanford University for 2027-2028. She wrote on Swimcloud:
  “I wanted to
  
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• 3 Years Later, Saint Leo University (D2) Is Bringing Back Its Varsity Swimming Program

  05-11-2026 13:30 via SwimSwam
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida has announced that it will bring back its varsity men’s and women’s swimming teams in coming years. The teams will begin competition as club teams in the 2027-28 academic year before transitioning to NCAA Division II competition for the 2028-2029 season.
  The school previously cut the swimming program in 2023 along with its men’s and women’s track teams and men’s and women’s cross country teams.
  Those other program
  
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• Army West Point Lands Futures Runner-Up Robbie Doolittle (2027)

  05-11-2026 13:21 via SwimSwam
  
  By Casey Murphy on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Versatile swimmer Robbie Doolittle from Granite Bay, Calif., has announced his commitment to compete for Army West Point beginning in the fall of 2027. Sho
  
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• Olympian and Commonwealth Games Champion Sally Hunter Appointed as Inaugural Patron of Masters Swimming Australia

  05-11-2026 12:40 via SwimSwam
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Masters Swimming Australia
  Masters Swimming Australia (MSA) is proud to announce the appointment of Olympian and Commonwealth Games champion Sally Hunter OLY / Dolphin #629 as its inaugural Patron, further strengthening the organization’s connection with the broader Australian swimming community and reinforcing its vision of Swimming for Life.
  A highly respected figure in Australian swimming, Hunter, has enjoyed an outstanding career at the highest level of th
  
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• SMU Men Win 14 of 16 Events In Rout of TCU

  05-11-2026 12:16 via SwimSwam
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  SMU VS TCU (MEN)November 4, 2026
  Dallas, Texas
  SCY (25 yards)
  ResultsCourtesy: SMU Athletics
  DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men’s Swimming and Diving claimed victory over TCU with a final score of 202-92 on Wednesday at Robson and Lindley Aquatics Center.
  The Mustangs had first place finished in 14 out of 16 events to win it’s fifth dual meet of the season.
  Tate Bacon moved up to fifth in the SMU Top Performers list in the 100 fly, with a time of 46.83. The senior beat his prev
  
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• Rhode Island Rolls Past Providence, 180-100

  05-11-2026 12:08 via SwimSwam
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  RHODE ISLAND VS PROVIDENCE (WOMEN)November 4, 2026
  Kingston, R.I.
  SCY (25 yards)
  ResultsCourtesy: Rhode Island Athletics
  How it HappenedRhode Island won 10 events in a dual meet against Providence Wednesday night on their way to the team’s third win of the season.
  The Rams started on a high note when the relay team of Clair Uliasz, Maddy Deeney, Molly Beckwith and Avery Potyrala raced the 200-yard medley relay in 1:48.01. Rhody took the first four places in the 200-yard
  
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• Penn, Villanova Battle In Relay/Diving Exhibition Meet

  05-11-2026 10:03 via SwimSwam
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  PENN VS VILLANOVA (EXHIBITION)November 4, 2026
  Philadelphia, Pa.
  SCY (25 yards)
  ResultsCourtesy: Penn Athletics
  PHILADELPHIA – Penn women’s swimming and diving completed competition against Villanova on Wednesday evening. The exhibition match-up highlighted both team’s relay squads and diving units.
  Although there was no team scoring for this competition, the Quakers six first place finishes out of eleven events.
  Quaker NotemealThe meet began on the boards with Rac
  
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