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Indiana, Florida, Arizona State Seeking Improved National Standing in 2026 Order was restored at last season’s NCAA Men’s Championships as Texas took the win and Cal claimed second, the 12th time since 2010 that those two teams have occupied the top-two spots in the standings. But Indiana was not fa...

2026 Cutino Award Watch List Released: Nation's Top Water Polo Talent Recognized USA Water Polo, The Olympic Club, and the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches recently released the 2026 Peter J. Cutino Award Watch List, highlighting 20 of the best players in collegiate water polo. The list,...

Claire Curzan, Thomas Heilman Among Standouts at Virginia Intrasquad The Virginia Cavaliers held an intrasquad competition Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., swimming a series of off-distance events in an Orange vs. Blue format. The Orange team came out on top 252-216 while swimmers such as Claire Cu...

Virginia Tech Cruises in Dual Meet Against George Washington The Virginia Tech Hokies traveled to take on George Washington in a Saturday dual meet and had no trouble leaving with a pair of wins. The men's team came out on top 212-87 while the women's score was nearly identical, 211-89. The Hokie me...

SMU Cruises to Home Wins Against Regional Competition Southern Methodist University welcomed a variety of regional opponents to Dallas Friday as the Mustangs begin their second season competing in the ACC. The SMU women beat North Texas 193.5-99.5 while also taking victories over Incarnate Word (204...

Stanford Men Debut at Pacific Invite as UC-Santa Barbara Wins Men's and Women's Competitions The Stanford men opened their season with strong efforts during Friday's morning and evening sessions at the Pacific Invitational, winning every event contested. The Cardinal did not return Saturday, allowin...

Ilya Kharun Lights Up Scoreboard as Arizona State Opens Season Against UNLV The first stunning times of the 2025-26 college swim season came Friday evening in Tempe, Ariz., as the Arizona State Sun Devils welcomed the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in front of a huge crowd at Mona Plummer Aquatic Ce...

NCAA Swimming Championships Overhaul and New Event Lineup Approved The NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships will look drastically different in March 2026. The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced Friday that the NCAA Swimming and Diving Oversight Committee a...

Louisville Dominant in Season-Opening Home Win Over Xavier The Louisville Cardinals opened their 2025-26 season with dominant wins over Xavier in the women's and men's competition. The final scores were quite similar, 192-67 for the Louisville women and 196-61 on the men's side, and the Cardinals di...

Reigning National Champs Virginia, Texas Atop Opening CSCAA Polls Reigning NCAA champions Virginia and Texas are atop the opening CSCAA dual-meet polls released on Thursday. The first poll of the season, as voted on by national Division I committees, ranks teams for head-to-head dual meet championsh...

Missouri Hires Kate McCarville, Mohab Ishak as Assistant Coaches The University of Missouri on Tuesday announced the hiring of Kate McCarville and Mohab Ishak as assistant coaches for swimming and diving, respectively. McCarville will assist head coach Andrew Grevers. The native of Springfield, Miss...

CSCAA Announces 2025-26 Dual Meet Polls Calendar, Committees The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) on Wednesday announced its schedule and selectors for college dual meet polls in 2025-26. Committees in each division of NCAA swimming will select polls monthly for the...

Texas Women Reload Around Jillian Cox, Erin Gemmell, Divers for 2025-26 Season The class of swimmers that began competing for the University of Texas in the fall of 2020 will be remembered as one of the best in program history. That group, allowed five years of NCAA eligibility due to the COVID-19 p...

Beyond the First Second: Mastering the Underwater Start The first second of a race begins on the block, but it does not end there. It may start the race, but the following factors write the story. A clean entry can give a swimmer the lead, yet it is only one piece of the equation. A swimming race is...

Torri Huske Hoping to Lead Stanford to Contention in Final College Season Before Virginia began its current five-year run atop women’s college swimming, Stanford was the powerhouse program. Under head coach Greg Meehan, the Cardinal won national titles in 2017, 2018 and 2019 with Katie Ledecky, Simo...

Virginia Women Kick Off Post-Walsh Era With Loaded Roster Pursuing Another Title On the way to a fifth consecutive national title last March, the University of Virginia women did not have to worry about maximizing every last point at the NCAA Championships. On the contrary, their win was a forgone c...

Women's Dual Meets to Watch During the NCAA Season After six months, the wait is finally over. College swimming has returned for its 43rd season as a women's NCAA sport, sure to be a historic one. For weeks, we’ve eagerly anticipated the 2025-26 campaign, and the high-level performances it will brin...

Men's Dual Meets to Watch During the NCAA Season After 182 days, the wait is finally over. College swimming has returned for its 101st seasons as a men’s NCAA sport, sure to be a historic one. For weeks, we’ve salivated over the nail-biting finishes and stunning performances to come. Now, with the s...

Florida State Cruises to Wins at Home Invitational A variety of swimming and diving programs converged on Tallahassee, Fla., for an early-season invitational this weekend, but the hosting Seminoles were victorious by significant margins. The Florida State "A" team scored 360 points to beat out Rice ...

Maximus Williamson Claims Three Wins in UVA Exhibition Against Navy Virginia opened the 2025-26 swimming & diving season with exhibition swims against Navy on Saturday (Sept. 27) at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis, Maryland. There were no team scores for the event, but individual times are still counted. ...