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Save Cal Poly Poster at NCAAs; Program Seeking Support from Swimming Community At both the NCAA Women's Championships last week and the men's meet this week, the topic of non-revenue sports like swimming have been brought to the forefront of a national conversation. On March 7, the announcement was ...

Swims That Flew Under the Radar at the NCAA Women's Championships The NCAA Women's Championships were electric. The Virginia Cavaliers picked up their fifth straight team title on Saturday night, prevailing by more than 100 points. Alongside the historically fast swims that highlighted the four-day ...

Livermore Aquacowboys Seniors Gabby Kleman & Gabe Benitez Announce Class of 2025 Commitments The Livermore Aquacowboys recently announced two college commitments for senior Gabe Benitez and junior Gabby Kleman. Both athletes are lifelong friends and attend Granada High School in Livermore, CA. When ...

Cal Poly Athletes Evan Yoo and Alex Seybold Join Big Friendly Swim Podcast to Discuss Team Cut (Video) The Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo athletic department announced Friday the discontinuation of both swimming and diving programs, effective immediately. For a team that has had historic success this sea...

Battling Cancer, High School Inspiration Jack Punswick Finishes Second at Kansas State Champs In 2024, as a junior, Jack Punswick won the Kansas 6A swimming state title in the 100-yard breaststroke. His time of 57.94 was massive personal best, over a second and a half faster than his prelims swim. A...

Miami University (Ohio) Men and Indiana State Women Claim Missouri Valley Conference Team Titles The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Championships wrapped up for both men and women over the last two weeks. Miami University (Ohio) took the men's championship while Indiana State won the women's team t...

Northern Arizona Women, UNLV Men Claim Western Athletic Conference Titles The Western Athletic Conference wrapped up last weekend with decisive wins for the Northern Arizona women and UNLV men. It was Cal Baptist that picked up the first win of the meet in the women's 200 medley relay. Sofia Maksimo...

One Year After Heartbreaking DQ, Breaking Down the Redemption of Owen Lloyd At last year's ACC Championships, North Carolina State standout Owen Lloyd was disqualified in the 1650 freestyle after initially appearing to pick up his first individual conference title. Minutes after finishing his race, ...

 Atlantic 10 Conference: George Washington University Sweeps Team Titles George Washington University made it a clean sweep at the 2025 Atlantic 10 Conference Championships, as its men's and women's teams won their fifth and fourth straight titles, respectively. The first relay of the meet went to t...

Mountain West Conference: San Diego State Wins Fourth Straight Team Title The San Diego State Aztec women notched a fourth straight Mountain West Conference title over the weekend (and sixth in seven years), holding off a challenge from the UNLV Rebels. The Aztecs recorded several NCAA B-cuts throug...

Do Olympic Gold Medal Winning Times Matter? It's More About the Moment Winning an Olympic gold medal is the ultimate dream of athletes across sports worldwide, especially in the sport of swimming. It is often a lifelong pursuit, with the possibility offered just once every four years. At last summer...

An Appreciation of the Resilience and Longevity of British Stalwart and Relay Stud James Guy A Timeline and Appreciation of James Guy's Consistency James Guy, now 29, has been a player on the international stage for the better part of the last decade. The three-time British Olympian broke out in 201...

Marcus Titus Remains a Beacon of Inspiration with 2025 Deaflympics on Horizon The 2025 Deaflympics, a multi-sport event with deaf and hard of hearing athletes, will head to Tokyo in November 2025. USA Deaf Swimming announced a star studded roster earlier this month: Sammi Fujii Brooke Thompson Carli...

Electric Weekend of Swimming Highlights Bay Area College Excellence A whopping six NCAA collegiate swimming programs exist within a 100-mile radius of each other in California's Bay Area. An additional 11 swimming programs at community colleges call the Bay Area home. So, on any given weekend, a loc...

ASCA Pacific Coaches Clinic Brings West Coast Coaching to Forefront 2025 kicked off to a fantastic start for the American Swim Coaches Association, as some titans of the coaching world touched down in Napa, California recently for a weekend filled with knowledge. Day one saw Russell Mark take coache...

The Men's 200 Backstroke World Records Have Stood the Test of Time Backstroke events have seen generational talents take center stage year after year. In 2024, it was Thomas Ceccon and Hubert Kos who swept the available men's Olympic gold medals, while the women's events were swept by Kaylee McKeown...

Swims That Flew Under the Radar at the Budapest World Championships The World Short Course Championships in Budapest were incredible. Thirty world records were broken during the six-day meet, and it seemed every race saw some sort of historically fast swim. Flying under the radar, however, were hund...

A Look at the Oldest SCM World Records: Who Can Challenge In Budapest? With the Budapest-hosted Short Course World Championships just days away, the stage is set for the conclusion of one of the fastest years of swimming in history. Let's break down the history of the longest-standing, short-course ...

Lana Pudar Serving as an Inspiration for a Country with a Limited History in the Pool In 2021, a 15-year-old Lana Pudar made her senior international debut. Competing at the Tokyo Olympics, she finished 19th in the 100-meter butterfly. Her time of 58.32 was just .24 shy of earning a semifinals berth...

The 2024 Purdue Invite has officially wrapped up competition, putting an end to a weekend of midseason racing. The Boilermakers women won by nearly 600 points ahead of second-place Florida International. Grand Canyon took third in a tightly contested race with Southern Illinois. Purdue's dominance w...