Swimming and Diving
    Recent and archived stories about the University of Richmond’s swimming and diving teams.
    Feb 24, 2010, 11:30 am
    Swimming finishes second, ends streak of A-10 titles

    The University of Richmond women’s swim team came back from 10th place after day one to finish second at the Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships last week.

    Feb 16, 2010, 10:15 am
    Swimming
    Blog: 2010 A-10 Swimming Championships
    »By Matt Barany

    Richmond swimming coach Matt Barany blogs from Buffalo, N.Y., while at the Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships, where the team looks to seize its ninth consecutive title.

    Jan 27, 2010, 11:30 pm
    Swimming embraces underdog role

    The Richmond swimming team embraces the perception that it will not win the Atlantic 10 Championship in February.

    Oct 21, 2009, 11:30 pm
    Swimming
    Women’s swimming tries to earn ninth-straight A-10 crown

    The University of Richmond’s women’s swimming team opens its season tomorrow night at LaSalle University – the first time the Spiders have swum against an Atlantic-10 team during the regular season in five years.

    Mar 26, 2009, 6:11 pm
    Lauren Beaudreau
    Beaudreau’s career ends at the NCAA Championships
    »By Dan Petty

    Senior Lauren Beaudreau ended her record-breaking Richmond swimming career at the NCAA championships in College Station, Texas.

    Mar 20, 2009, 3:01 pm
    Lauren Beaudreau
    Blog: 2009 NCAA Swimming Championships
    »By Matt Barany

    Richmond swimming coach Matt Barany blogs from College Station, Texas, while at the NCAA Swimming Championships with senior Lauren Beaudreau, an East Bay, Calif., native.

    Feb 26, 2009, 1:51 am
    Swimming and diving wins 8th straight A-10 title

    The University of Richmond women’s swimming and diving team won its eighth-consecutive Atlantic 10 championship Saturday after beating seven A-10 records during four days of competition at the Flickinger Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

    Feb 12, 2009, 1:25 am
    Sisters stick together in the pool and on the hardwood

    The University of Richmond’s swimming and diving team and women’s basketball team don’t usually share many similarities, but this year they share something rare.

    Feb 2, 2009, 2:26 pm
    Spiders capture win over JMU in season’s only home meet

    The Richmond swimming and diving team trumped James Madison 167-127 Saturday in front of a raucous crowd at the Natatorium.

    Jan 29, 2009, 4:00 pm
    Swimming and diving prepares for lone home meet

    The seven-time defending Atlantic 10 Champions have two more trump cards to play as they look forward to hosting their first home meet of the season against the James Madison Dukes Jan. 31.

    Nov 20, 2008, 4:00 pm
    Swimming and diving to face ranked teams at Maryland

    Head coach Matt Barany has ensured the women’s swimming and diving team won’t be competing against any Atlantic-10 Conference teams until the championship.

    Oct 23, 2008, 3:00 pm
    Swimming and diving team begins quest for eighth-straight Atlantic-10 title at Penn State

    The team has had seven consecutive A-10 titles, and has won an A-10 title each year since it entered the conference. The team has also sent swimmers to compete in the NCAA Championship meet during each of the last five seasons.

    Aug 28, 2008, 6:04 pm
    An encounter with Phelps

    There actually was an Olympian in that pool, it just wasn’t me. His name? Michael Phelps.

    Mar 6, 2008, 12:00 am
    Swimmers land 7th-straight A-10 title

    The University of Richmond women’s swim team continued its streak of excellence, winning its seventh straight Atlantic 10 Conference Championship.

    Swimming
    Beaudreau
    Lauren Beaudreau
    Women's Swimming A-10 Championships in Buffalo
    Women's Swimming
    Junior Alex Helland