2019-20 Men's Swimming News

Feature Friday: head swimming and diving coach Tom Caccia
Feature Friday: head swimming and diving coach Tom Caccia

June 05, 2020

Get to know Simpson head swimming and diving coach, Tom Caccia, in our latest edition of Feature Friday. Caccia enters his eighth season leading the Storm in 2020-21.

Danny Turner
Turner clips own record on day three for Storm

February 14, 2020

Freshman Danny Turner broke his own school record and several season-bests were recorded on Friday for the Simpson swimming and diving teams on the third day of the Liberal Arts Championships.

Men end day two of Liberal Arts Championships
Men end day two of Liberal Arts Championships

February 13, 2020

On the second night of the Liberal Arts Championships hosted by Principia College, the Simpson swimming and diving teams compiled three top-10 performances on Thursday.

L-R: Christina Eglich, Austin Andes and head coach Tom Caccia.
Andes honored on senior day for Storm

January 25, 2020

Austin Andes was honored on senior day as the Simpson swimming and diving teams competed at the Indianola YMCA against Morningside on Saturday.

Swimming and diving changes weekend schedule
Swimming and diving changes weekend schedule

January 18, 2020

The Simpson swimming and diving teams will not compete on day two of the Grinnell Invitational on Saturday due to the weather. The Storm women were ninth and the men were sixth after the first day.

Danny Turner
Turner ends second in 100 IM for Simpson men

January 17, 2020

Alyssa Harris captured the 100-yard individual medley school record on Friday in the first day of the Grinnell Invitational to lead the Simpson men's and women's swimming and diving teams.

Danny Turner
Turner receives two top-five results in Texas

January 11, 2020

The Simpson swimming and diving teams wrapped up their trip through Texas on Saturday in the Austin College Invitational. The women ended sixth and the men in seventh, highlighted by a second-place performance from Danny Turner.

Blake Kakacek
Storm men compete at McMurry University

January 09, 2020

Simpson swimming and diving traveled to McMurry University on Thursday as the women highlighted the afternoon with four wins, but fell to McMurry, 100-57. The men's side came up short as well, 96-27.

Danny Turner and Sarah Prendergast
Turner, Prendergast sweep A-R-C swimming and diving awards

December 09, 2019

After competing in the Pioneer Classic over the weekend, Danny Turner and Sarah Prendergast were both selected as the American Rivers Conference Swimming and Diving Performers of the Week, becoming the first Storm duo to receive the award in the same week.

Danny Turner
Turner grabs program record to lead Storm at Pioneer Classic

December 07, 2019

Freshman Danny Turner broke the school record in the 100-yard breaststroke on Saturday and ended the last day of the Pioneer Classic with three top-10 performances to lead the Simpson swimming and diving squads. The women finished seventh and the men ended 12th overall.

Blake Kakacek
Men compete on day one of Pioneer Classic

December 06, 2019

Alyssa Harris grabbed the best finish for the Simpson swimming and diving teams on the first night of the Grinnell Pioneer Classic on Friday as the women's team sits in seventh out of 12 teams and the men do not have a team score.

Austin Andes
Andes guides men against Loras at home

November 22, 2019

A trio of Simpson swimmers garnered first-place results as the Storm swimming and diving teams took on the Loras Duhawks on Friday night. The Simpson women were upended 113-64 and the men fell 125-10 at the Indianola YMCA.

Danny Turner
Turner selected as A-R-C Performer of the Week

November 18, 2019

Simpson freshman Danny Turner was selected as the American Rivers Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week for his performance this past weekend in Leavenworth, Kan., the league announced on Monday.

Danny Turner
Turner collects three first-place results for men

November 16, 2019

The Simpson men's and women's swimming and diving teams turned in five first-place finishes as the Storm competed against Tabor College, Saint Mary (Kan.) and Saint Mary's of Omaha on Saturday.

Austin Andes
Storm swimmers compete against Coe in home debut

November 08, 2019

Danny Turner’s win in the 50-yard breaststroke led the way for the Simpson swimming and diving teams at the Indianola YMCA against Coe on Friday in the team’s home opener.