By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the 2024 European Jr Championships, which male is most likely to defend his gold medal in Paris, and what Sarah Sjostrom would go in a 50y free. 0:00 SwimSwam Breakdown Introduction 1:05 2024 European Jr Championships 13:16 Which MALE has the best…
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam USC has added Keith Dawley to its coaching staff for the 2024-2025 season as an associate head coach, head coach Lea Maurer announced on Monday. “We are excited to have Keith joining the USC family. He has experience that will certainly elevate our team in every area, but we are…
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam Miami-Ohio has announced that Samantha Pitter will be the program’s next head coach. Former head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron departed the program in May to become the next head coach at Penn State. Pitter arrives at Miami after most recently spending two seasons as associate head coach with the University of…
By Retta Race on SwimSwam 2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, July 2nd – Sunday, July 7th Prelims at 9:30am local/Finals at 6pm local Lazdynai Pool, Vilnius, Lithuania LCM (50m) Meet Central Entries Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap Day 3 Finals Recap Day 4 Prelims Recap/Day 4…
By Riley Overend on SwimSwam Quah Ting Wen will not represent Singapore at the Paris Olympics later this month despite being confirmed last week as a member of the nation’s 4×100 medley relay. Quah split 55.00 swimming freestyle on the anchor leg of Singapore’s 4×100 medley relay at the 2024 World Championships, where the team…
By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam Florida Gulf Coast swimmer Ella Smith is following in her mom’s footsteps as she gets ready to head to Paris as part of an Olympic broadcast program. The Melbourne, Australia native is the daughter of Nicole Livingstone, a three-time Australian Olympian in swimming. Livingston brought home three Olympic medals between…
By Riley Overend on SwimSwam Australian Olympian, world champion, and former world record holder Kiah Melverton has announced her retirement from competitive swimming at 27 years old. The decision came a few weeks after last month’s Australian Olympic Trials, where she placed 3rd in the 400 IM (4:42.82), 4th in the 400 freestyle (4:06.17), and…
By Braden Keith on SwimSwam UNLV will pay its new head swimming & diving coach Pat Ota a base salary of $105,000 in the 2024-2025 season, which will grow annually across his three year contract. Ota’s Year-by-Year Base Salary 2024-2025: $105,000 2025-2026: $107,500 2026-2027: $111,000 That puts him in a similar range to outgoing head…
By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam Looking for a job in swimming! Go here to see 902 Swim Jobs. HEAD SWIMMING COACH BEND SWIM CLUB A bring a proven track-record of building successful swim programs, as a head coach and/or age group coach, that performs at a high level competitively. You can successfully balance the needs…
By James Sutherland on SwimSwam A former Michigan-based swim coach has been suspended by USA Swimming and added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport Disciplinary Database. Jeff Russell, officially entered in the database as Jeffrey “Jeff” Russell, was suspended for three years by USA Swimming and is listed in the SafeSport database as suspended for…