Reactions and Backlash to Iowa Cutting Swim Programs; 16 Unspoken Swimmer Laws; Passages: Hawaii Swim Club Coach, Scott Sherwood, Dies at 48

Analyzing the Options For a New Site For the 2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships

With the University of Iowa cutting its swimming and diving program on Friday, effective after the 2020-21 season, questions have surrounded the status of the 2021 NCAA men’s swimming and diving championships which are supposed to take place in Iowa City in March, assuming there is still a winter sports season.

“We immediately, one of the things we did was notify the NCAA, so they have our notification and they have not finalized anything so let’s see what their decision is,” Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta said regarding the scheduled 2021 NCAA championships in Iowa City.

Based on Barta’s comments, the 2021 NCAA meet may be moving to a new location. There are a lot of factors that still need to be considered, first and foremost being the status of the 2020-21 winter sports season. The second (and third) outstanding question is which city can host the NCAA meet on such short notice, and is it financially feasible to move the meet at such late notice?

Big Ten Swimming & Diving Coaches React to Iowa Cutting Team, “Our Conference Is Weaker Than When We Started”

Swimming World reached out to the head coaches of the Big Ten Conference to get their thoughts on the devastating news that occurred in their conference yesterday. Their sentiments ring true throughout the rest of the swimming community as a whole, as the sport is feeling the economic impacts brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

16 Unspoken Swimmer Laws

Once, during a meet, I had a revelation. After almost being jumped on by one of my teammates during warmup, I thought to myself, “Wow, he’s really breaking a norm right now.” Then I realized the way swim meets and swim practices run are basically just dependent on a bunch of unspoken swimmer laws that help things flow and prevent fights from breaking out.

Here’s a list of some of the unspoken swimmer laws that most swimmers abide by.

Passages: Scott Sherwood, Hawaii Swim Club Coach of Olympian Christel Simms, Dies at 48

Scott Allen Sherwood, 48, of East Lansing, Michigan, passed away on August 3, 2020, at Waipahu, Hawaii. He was born February 19, 1972, in Lansing, Michigan.

He served and worked at the Hawaii Swim Club, Oahu, coaching kids to the Olympics and National level, earning multiple collegiate scholarships while teaching full-time at the Waipahu Intermediate School. His most notable swimmers are Punahou graduates Christel Simms, 2008 Beijing Olympian and USC NCAA All-American and Brittany Beauchan, USA Olympic Trials Qualifier and UCLA NCAA Honorable Mention Honoree. Sherwood prepared Simms and Beauchan to be top recruits in the nation and to go on to receive full athletic scholarships in college. He also did volunteer work coaching young swimmers in the Philippines in the Summer seasons.