Bermuda, Kenya, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Cambodia All Announce Olympic Swim Rosters for Paris

By Riley Overend on SwimSwam Bermuda, Kenya, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, and Cambodia have all announced their Olympic rosters for Paris next month. Smaller countries with swimmers who haven’t hit Olympic qualifying times can still send one male and one female swimmer to Paris in accordance with World Aquatics’ universality selection criteria. Bermuda The sibling duo…

Winter Juniors Qualifier Andrew Rucker Commits To Boston College For 2024-25

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Northwestern Gains Commitment From Distance Specialist Alexander Rousseau (2024)

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Newly-Minted Lithuanian National Record Holder Justine Murdock Talks Citizenship Change

By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam In 2020(1), Justine Murdock competed at the US Olympic Trials. In 2024, Murdock was entered in US Olympic Trials but earned Lithuanian citizenship after already entering in US Trials. Instead, Murdock represented Lithuania at the 2024 European Championships.  The 21-year-old first earned her US Olympic Trials cut at age 16,…

Ella Nelson on Racing at Olympic Trials: “This is it for me”

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam 2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS June 15-23, 2024 Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN LCM (50 Meters) Meet Central Live Results SwimSwam Preview Index Ella Nelson recently completed her 5th year in the NCAA at UVA and told the media at Olympic Trials that after the completion of the meet, this…

Daryn Wright Named to U.S. Olympic Diving Team In Women’s 10-Meter

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: USA Diving Daryn Wright (Plainfield, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) is headed to Paris. World Aquatics notified USA Diving on Thursday that it was awarded a second women’s 10-meter quota spot for the Olympic Games. Wright finished second on 10-meter at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday, but a…

Texas Swimming and Diving Adds Trevor Maida as Assistant Coach

By Laura Rosado on SwimSwam Trevor Maida was announced as the newest addition to the Texas swimming and diving staff on Tuesday, marking Bob Bowman‘s second hire after associate head coach Erik Posegay. He will serve as an assistant coach after previously being on staff at Louisville, Wisconsin, and Indiana. “I’m thrilled to join Bob…

Evgenii Somov Gains Neutral Status for 2024 Olympics; Likely Only Russian Swimmer for Paris

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam Russian swimmer Evgenii Somov has been granted neutral status to swim at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, making him likely to be the only Russian swimmer to compete at the quadrennial event. Somov is one of only two Russian swimmers to have been given the special status by World Aquatics allowing…