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• Vic Riggs Resigns As WVU Head Coach After 17 Seasons

  18-04-2024 22:36 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Vic Riggs has resigned as the head coach of the West Virginia Swimming & Diving programs after 17 years.
  Riggs took over as WVU head coach in 2007 and has led the program to plenty of success during his tenure, including coaching 37 swimmers to the NCAA Championships and 15 to All-American status.
  “I want to thank Ed Pastilong and Terri Howes for hiring me 17 years ago and giving me the opportunity to be the head coach of WVU Swimming and Diving,”
  
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• Iowa State Hires Former Washington State Head Coach Matt Leach As Next Head Coach

  02-05-2024 05:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Iowa State has filled its head coaching position as Matt Leach was announced as the program’s next head coach on May 1.
  “I am honored to be the next Head Swimming and Diving Coach at Iowa State University,” Leach said. “Coach (Duane) Sorenson has been an absolute pillar of this program and I am thrilled to be named his successor. I want to sincerely wish him well in his retirement and hope to see him on the pool deck.
  “I would like t
  
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• How Fast Will Katie Ledecky Swim At U.S. Olympic Trials?

  02-05-2024 02:46 via swimswam.com
  
  By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwam
  7-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky is in her third year at Florida under Coach Anthony Nesty, and she feels she’s grown in his training group.  I raced Nesty back in the early 1990s, and he was a sprinter. I never thought Nesty would be a distance swim coach, but Ledecky says her conversations with Florida alums about the kinds of  workouts Nesty did paints a different story. Ledecky thinks Nesty was a distance swimmer at heart.
  In this in
  
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• US anti-doping agency attacks Wada’s ‘half-truths’ over Chinese swimmers

  01-05-2024 23:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Swimmers were cleared of doping after positive testsUsada says Wada guilty of ‘failing all clean athletes’The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) on Wednesday for “doubling down on half-truths” after the global body published a document outlining its handling of a case involving Chinese swimmers.Wada has been under fire since the New York Times reported last month that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine before th
  
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• Luke Miller Swims 52.32 100 Fly At 2024 TAC Titans Spring Sprint Meet

  01-05-2024 22:05 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  2024 TAC Titans Long Course Spring Sprint MeetApril 19-21, 2024
  Cary, North Carolina
  LCM (50 meters)
  Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 TAC Titans LC Spring Sprint Meet”The 2024 TAC Titans Long Course Sprint meet was held from April 19th through the 21st in Cary, North Carolina. The meet featured collegiate and professional swimmers from NC State as well as multiple club teams.
  NC State’s Luke Miller won the 100 butterfly in 52.32, which puts him just a f
  
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• NCAA Relay Champion Coby Carrozza Returning To Texas For Fifth Year

  01-05-2024 20:56 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Coby Carrozza has announced on Instagram that he will stay at Texas to use his COVID-19 fifth year during the 2024-2025 season.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Coby Carrozza (@cobycarrozza)Carrozza spent the last four years at Texas. As a freshman, Carrozza won the Big 12 title in the 500 freestyle. He went on to swim at NCAAs and swam a best time in the 200 freestyle in prelims with a 1:32.70 to finish 9th in prelims. In finals, he swam a 1:33.30 for 14th.
  
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• International Swimmers Offered Financial Incentives To Compete In China In World Cup Series

  01-05-2024 20:39 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  As reported by the Herald Sun, international swimmers who win medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics could be offered appearance money to compete in the three stops at the World Cup. One of the stops of the 2024 World Cup series is in Shanghai, China.
  The proposed money was originally an idea to give more money to swimmers after it was announced that Paris Gold Medalists in track and field would win $50,000 (USD).
  The plan for swimmers includes that some of the biggest sta
  
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• Futures Qualifier Brady Farren Commits To Tampa For 2024-2025

  01-05-2024 20:31 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sidney Zacharias 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.
  Brady Farren has announced his commitment to further his academic and athletic career at the University of Tampa. Farren is from Westerville, Ohio,
  
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• Winter Juniors Qualifier Abigail Perry Hands Verbal To OSU (2025)

  01-05-2024 20:26 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sidney Zacharias 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.
  Abigail Perry has announced her verbal commitment to further her academic and athletic career at the Ohio State University. Perry hails from Monume
  
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• Aidan Kreiley Transferring to St Bonaventure For 5th Year With Conference Leading Times

  01-05-2024 20:04 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Aidan Kreiley has announced his transfer to St. Bonaventure to use his 5th year of eligibility. Kreiley spent her undergrad career at Louisville.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Aidan Kreiley (@aidan.kreiley)As a freshman, Kreiley swam best times at ACCs in both breaststroke events. He made the ‘C’ final in the 200 breast and finished 17th in a 1:55.95. He also was 25th in the 100 brest in a 54.32 and 47th in the 200 IM in a 1:52.08. The summer
  
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• 2020 US Tokyo Olympian Jake Mitchell Returning to Florida For Fifth Year

  01-05-2024 19:48 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  2020 Tokyo Olympian for the United States Jake Mitchell has announced he will return to Florida to use his COVID-19 fifth year. Mitchell split his time as an undergrad spending two years at Michigan and two at Florida.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jake Mitchell (@jake.mitchell1)As a freshman, Mitchell won the Big Ten title in the 500 free swimming a 4:12.92. He went on to swim at NCAAs but missed finals as he swam a 4:17.57 in the 500 free for 28th. His
  
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• Thomas Heilman’s Four Wins Among Highlights At 2024 Helen Wang Sunflower Classic

  01-05-2024 19:19 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  2024 Helen Wang Sunflower ClassicApril 25-28, 2024
  Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport CenterStafford, Virginia
  LCM (50 meters)
  Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 Helen Wang Sunflower Classic”The 2024 Helen Wang Sunflower Classic was held at the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center this past weekend. The three day competition served as an opportunity to get some long course racing in, while some used it as a chance to target qualifying times for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
  Amon
  
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• Swimming Roster Index For The 2024 Olympic Games

  01-05-2024 17:51 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  Around the world, nations are setting and finalizing their rosters for the Paris Summer Olympics. We’re keeping track of every roster we can find in this handy index.
  We’ll continue updating this index throughout the coming weeks, adding in rosters as they are set and/or finalized. We’ll do our best to keep up with additional qualifiers and to add in rosters as they become available. If you have a link to an official roster not linked below, let us kno
  
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• Technical Entry Error Locks Acalanes High School Swimmers Out of CIF North Coast Section Meet

  01-05-2024 17:41 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Acalanes High School swimmers won’t have the opportunity to compete at this weekend’s California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) North Coast Section meet after the team’s entries weren’t submitted due to a technical error.
  According to a family member of one of the team members, Acalanes head coach Brett Usinger believed he had submitted entries for the 13 swimmers who qualified for the meet prior to the Sunday deadline.
  He followed up twi
  
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• Clareburt & Fairweather Joined By Speedy Newcomers On New Zealand’s Olympic Roster

  01-05-2024 17:41 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  New Zealand’s roster is set for the 2024 Olympic Games taking place July 27th to August 4th at the Paris La Defense Arena, the largest indoor events venue in Europe.
  The roster includes 9 swimmers, 5 women and 4 men, poised to improve upon the nation’s medal-less performance in Tokyo 3 years ago.
  Reigning world champions Lewis Clareburt and Erika Fairweather lead the charge, with the former having won the 400m IM in Doha while the latter toppe
  
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• Daily Swim Coach Workout #957

  01-05-2024 17:39 via swimswam.com
  
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam
  SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily swimming workouts have been written using Commit Swimming. The workouts themselves are not indicative of SwimSwam’s or Commit’s views on training. They strictly reflect the opinions of the author swim coach.Workout ContextPurpose:  Capacity (Base) Building
  Target age group:  15-18 years old, 19-22 years old
  Target
  
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• Did Summer McIntosh’s New Sponsor Just Leak Her Olympic Trials Schedule?

  01-05-2024 17:32 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Summer McIntosh has potentially revealed her event lineup for 2024 Canadian Trials that will take place from May 13-19. The event lineup was revealed in a release with one of McIntosh’s sponsors, Ninepoint Partners, who announced their sponsorship in January.
  If the published schedule holds up, then her biggest event choice would be opting for the 200 IM over the 800 freestyle.
  While her coaches declined to confirm the lineup, the listing seems like a plausible
  
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• Asheville Girls Post Back-to-Back Wins, Forsyth Boys Snag Victory at NCISAA Division II Champs

  01-05-2024 17:06 via swimswam.com
  
  By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
  2024 NCISAA Division II State ChampsFebruary 12, 2024
  Greensboro, NC
  25 yards (SCY)
  Meet Central
  ResultsThe North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) hosted its Division II Swimming State Championships back in February, bringing together the fastest swimmers from each of the division’s 20 member schools.
  Girls Recap
  For the second straight year, Asheville School’s girls team took home the state championship title, emerging victori
  
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• Maine Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame Announces its Class of 2024

  01-05-2024 16:42 via swimswam.com
  
  By Casey Murphy on SwimSwam
  The Maine Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2024, including the hall’s first-ever Masters swimmer, David Vail. Other inductees include swim official Marie Wederling as well as former competitive swimmers Bill McCalmon, Marci Barrows-Scharf, and Emma Waddell. 
  The hall’s first Masters swimmer inductee swam for Princeton University. Vail currently trains with the Polar Bears Masters at Bowdoin College. He started his Masters
  
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• Former AAC Board President Mark Black Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

  01-05-2024 15:48 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Mark Black, the former board president of the Arlington Aquatic Club (AAC), has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting numerous children.
  The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday Black’s sentencing after the 50-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography and one count of coercion and enticement in January.
  Between January 2018 and October 2021, Black was a member of two online groups ded
  
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• Blast To The Past: When Two Swimmers Surfaced In One Lane At The 1982 U.S. Nationals

  01-05-2024 15:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam
  On Monday, we published an article about an incident which occurred in the women’s 200 IM final at the 2024 Polish Championships, where Aleksandra Knop started her race in lane 7 but surfaced in lane 6 after her back-to-breast turn, swimming in the same lane as Marianna Rydynska. After the race, Knop was disqualified.
  However, Polish Nationals wasn’t the first time that two swimmers wound up in the same lane during a women’s 200 IM race. This actually h
  
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• Competitor Coach of the Month: Thad Schultz & Molly McCulloh

  01-05-2024 12:20 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwamCompetitor Coach of the Month is a recurring SwimSwam feature shedding light on a U.S.-based coach who has risen above the competition. As with any item of recognition, Competitor Coach of the Month is a subjective exercise meant to highlight one coach whose work holds noteworthy context – perhaps a coach who was clearly in the limelight, or one whose work fell through the cracks a bit more among other stories. If your favorite coach wasn&rsquo
  
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• IOC-Releases Study on Whether Trans Women Have Athletic Advantages

  30-04-2024 22:44 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  A recent study financed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has brought forward a new data set to the ongoing and often hotly debated discussion about trans women and their place in elite sports.
  The research showed that transgender female athletes had greater handgrip strength—an indicator of overall muscle strength—but lower jumping ability, lung function and relative cardiovascular fitness compared to cisgender women.
  The data contradicts t
  
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• IOC-Funded Study Shows Trans Women At Physical Disadvantage In Certain Athletic Areas

  30-04-2024 22:44 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  A recent study financed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has brought forward a new data set to the ongoing and often hotly debated discussion about trans women and their place in elite sports.
  The research showed that transgender female athletes had greater handgrip strength—an indicator of overall muscle strength—but lower jumping ability, lung function and relative cardiovascular fitness compared to cisgender women.
  The data contradicts t
  
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• St. Peters Western Opening Doors For Olympic Simulation Event

  30-04-2024 22:37 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  The storied Australian swim club that is St. Peters Western will be opening its doors to the public for the first time in 4 years.
  On Saturday, May 11th, head coach Dean Boxall will be coaching a simulated Paris 2024 Olympic competition, complete with a marshaling room, event board and team room for all participants.
  Corridors inside the pool will be set up to give swimmers the feeling, energy and nerves they could experience entering the Paris 2024 Stadium.
  The morning
  
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• 2020 Olympic Medalist Bruno Fratus Drops Paris Bid Due To Injuries

  30-04-2024 22:18 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  The 2024 Brazilian Championships/Olympic Trials begin next week but one Olympic medalist competitor will not be among those vying for a slot on the Paris 2024 roster.
  34-year-old bronze medalist from Tokyo, Bruno Fratus, revealed via social media that he will opt out of the Brazilian Championships and, therefore, not pursue a 2024 Olympic berth.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Bruno Fratus (@brunofratus)“Those who have been following me more closel
  
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• NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Caroline Bentz Transferring to Arizona State As One Of Three Fifth Years

  30-04-2024 21:49 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  NCAA ‘A’ finalist Caroline Bentz, Penn State’s Mary Brinker, and Erin Milligan will all be on the Arizona State roster this fall.
  Bentz spent her undergrad career at Virginia Tech and made NCAAs in all four seasons. She made the NCAA ‘B’ final of the 200 backstroke as a junior finishing 14th in a 1:52.74.
  She had a huge senior season as she made the NCAA ‘A’ final in the 200 back as she swam a 1:51.81 in prelims. She went on t
  
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• NCAA Qualifier Nikki Venema Using Final Year of Eligibility With Northwestern

  30-04-2024 21:27 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  NCAA qualifier Nikki Venema will transfer to Northwestern to use her final year of eligibility during the 2024-2025 season. Venema spent her undergrad career at Princeton and took the last year off of academics spending time with Blue Star Families, a nonprofit that supports military families in their communities.
  Venema swept the sprint freestyle events as a freshman at the 2020 Ivy League Championships. She won the 50 in a 22.41, the 100 in a 48.55, and the 200 in a
  
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• Who Leads the World Rankings With Less Than 90 Days To Paris? (Men’s Edition)

  30-04-2024 21:19 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam
  There are less than a 100 days until the start of the 2024 Olympic Games. There are still plenty of big meets between now and then, including Olympic Trials for the U.S, Australia, Canada, and France. From the season opening World Cup circuit, the 2024 World Championships, and meets like the Australian Open and Berlin Open, athletes have been putting up fast times all season.
  And as the spring rolls on and many countries have already held Olympic Trials or closed th
  
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• Who Leads the World Rankings With Less Than 90 Days To Paris? (Women’s Edition)

  30-04-2024 21:10 via swimswam.com
  
  By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam
  There are less than 90 days until the start of the 2024 Olympic Games. There are still plenty of big meets between now and then, including U.S. and Australian Olympic Trials in mid-June. From the season opening World Cup circuit, the 2024 World Championships, and meets like the Australian Open and Tyr Pro Swim Series, swimmers have been putting up fast times all season.
  And as the spring rolls on and many countries have already held Olympic Trials or closed their qual
  
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