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Dartmouth Hires Allison Henry as Assistant Coach Dartmouth Friday hired Allison Henry as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving staff. Henry arrives after wrapping up her college career at Virginia Tech in 2024. The Philadelphia native was an individual medley, breaststroke...

By Chandler Brandes (From the Archive) Swimmers spend the majority of our time with our faces in the water staring at a black line lap after lap. Although we don’t get the opportunity to speak too often during practice, when we do get the chance to talk, we have a lot to say. In the rare instance wh...

Todd DeSorbo Leads List of ASCA Coach of the Year Winners The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA), holding its World Clinic in Reno, has announced the names of its Coach of the Year recipients. The announcement revealed that the University of Virginia's Todd DeSorbo has been named the 2025 ...

CSCAA Announces Nov. 14 Rankings Will Be Used for Dual Meet Challenge Seeding In a push to generate excitement around the dual-meet season, the CSCAA will hold its first Dual Meet Challenge in November, a competition that will feature four elite programs from the Power 4 conferences. On Thursday, th...

Pros vs. College Kids Brought Attention to New York City Water Polo Last night, Asphalt Green played host for the first of two evenings of high-quality water polo. As hoped, it was an entertaining—if one-sided—extravaganza, as Pro Recco, the world’s most recognizable water polo club, headlined a sla...

Dave Durden: Running Toward the Fire, Building Efficiency and Finding Joy in Coaching Dave Durden, the head coach of the University of California men’s and women's swimming programs and a U.S. Olympic coach, has built his career on resilience, precision, and an unwavering commitment to learning. In ...

A Huge Opportunity for NYC Water Polo as Giants in Sport Unite with College Powers This Thursday, Asphalt Green will host New York City’s most highly anticipated water polo match in decades: the Italian giant Pro Recco vs. reigning Euro League champions Ferencvaros. Not since the beginning of the pr...

5 Reasons to Appreciate Your Coaches A new season is set to dawn for many swimmers around the country. Some have taken a summer break. Others have eased off the pedal over the past couple months. But the time to go full blast is once again on the horizon. A chance to set new goal times. The opportun...

CSCAA Announces Schedule for Dual Meet Challenge; Innovative Competition Will Match Top Programs The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has released the meet schedule for the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge, set for November 21–23, 2025, at The Allan Jones Aquatic Center on t...

Making the Jump: Tips for Student-Athletes Entering College  Starting college can be an overwhelming change. Starting college as a student-athlete can be even more overwhelming. As a freshman swimmer, you are about to juggle harder practices, tougher competition, and a brand-new lifestyle. It can fe...

Defending Champion Virginia Chasing NCAA Women's History During 2025-2026 Campaign The University of Virginia has dominated women's swimming at the NCAA level since 2021, winning five consecutive national championships. While the Cavaliers have benefited from the power of superstars such as Kate Dou...

If Swimming Were Easy....5 Things Swimmers Face to Be Their Best By Chandler Brandes, Swimming World College Intern Spoiler alert: It’s not. We can all agree that swimming is not an easy sport. But choosing the easy route has never been the swimmer way. Here are five things which make swimming one o...

Lyle Yost Bridges Rivalry Divide as New Michigan Assistant Coach Ohio State’s NCAA champion diver Lyle Yost is bridging the classic Big Ten rivalry, hired on Thursday as an assistant diving coach by Michigan. Yost’s college career ended in 2024. He spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at h...

Carolyn Meier Promoted to Associate Head Coach at TCU; Program Also Adds Two Positions Carolyn Meier has been promoted to associate head coach of the TCU swimming and diving program ahead of the 2025-26 campaign, head coach James Winchester announced Friday. Two more individuals have also been added...

The Sites and Dates for the 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships As we inch closer to the start of the collegiate season, Swimming World is providing a look at where the NCAA will conduct its 2025-26 championships. At the Division I level, the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center will serve as the hos...

LSU Hires Pace Clark as Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Coach The LSU Swimming and Diving team has brought in Pace Clark as a recruiting coordinator and assistant coach, LSU Athletics and head coach Rick Bishop announced Thursday. “We are excited to have Pace join the LSU Swimming and Diving pr...

Dallas O'Haver Named Diving Coach at UNLV UNLV swimming and diving head coach Pat Ota announced the hiring of Dallas O'Haver to his coaching staff as the head diving coach on Thursday. Most recently, O'Haver served on the Illinois State coaching staff from 2022-24 as the head diving coach. Overall,....

Saint Louis Hires Hall of Famer Ryan McCoy as New Head Coach Saint Louis University on Tuesday hired Ryan McCoy as its new head coach. McCoy was a standout for the Billikens, inducted to the Billiken Hall of Fame in 2024. McCoy was most recently an assistant coach at Illinois State during the 2024-2...

An Open Letter to My Support System Note: Swimming World is running this article from its archive because many swimmerd will be able to relate with its content. By Ashlee Weingarten Playing any sport at a competitive level is a hard thing to do. Without a support system, it's difficult to continuall...

6 Reasons Your Swim Team Becomes Your Family By Emma Foster, Swimming World College Intern Swimmers are a special breed. Even most non-chlorinated people understand that. On college campuses around the country, swimmers are the ones known for bringing that squeaky-clean chlorine smell into the class...