Shout From The Stands: SwimAtlanta is Growing the Sport of Swimming with AAU

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam This is an editorial from SwimAtlanta, a swimming club that has remained among the top-three in the United States in terms of size and registration for decades.  SwimAtlanta, among other swimming clubs in the U.S., registered many of its members with AAU in 2023 – rather than, or in addition to,…

Carmel, Indiana Temporarily Renames Streets After Its Olympic Swimmers

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam Carmel, Indiana has taken a page out of the playbook of Olympic Trials host city Indianapolis and given a handful of the town’s main streets honorary names reflecting their Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers. Carmel, which has dubbed itself “Swim City, USA,” qualified three swimmers for the US Olympic Swimming Team…

UC-Santa Barbara Assistant Zach Lebovic Joining Princeton Men’s Staff As Assistant Coach

By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam Zach Lebovic will join the men’s swimming and diving program at Princeton as an assistant coach for the upcoming season. Lebovic most recently coached at UC-Santa Barbara. “It’s a pleasure and a privilege to join the staff at Princeton,” Lebovic said. “I’m very excited to work with such high achieving…

Carmel’s Kayla Barr sends verbal to University of Minnesota (2025)

By Claire Wong 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…

USA Paralympic National Team Member, Aaron Thomas, signs with DIII Hope College (2024)

By Claire Wong 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…

Nate Oppenheim (2024) to attend Bates College with multiple school-leading times.

By Claire Wong 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…

CSCAA Announces 2024 Individual Scholar All-Americans

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: CSCAA July 3, 2024 — The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has named over 2,000 swimmers and divers to its Scholar All-American Team for the 2023-24 season. To qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher and participated in…

Michael Brinegar Shares Perspective on 4-Year Suspension for Blood Doping

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam On June 22, 2024, SwimSwam reported that 2020 Olympian Michael Brinegar would not be competing in the 1500m Free prelims of the 2024 US Olympic Trials after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favor of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)’s allegations of blood doping during a…

16-Year-Old Marathon Swimmer Maya Merhige to Tackle English Channel

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: Swim Across America Maya Merhige is just 16 years old, but she has spent more than half of her life conquering open water marathon swims to raise funds and awareness for cancer research with the nonprofit Swim Across America. This year, she’s taking on one of the most iconic and…