Some dynasties just never really end.
For the 47th time, the men's swim and dive team has won the Horizon League championship, and for the 31st time, the women's team has done the same. It is an unbelievable...
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's and women's swim and dive team wrapped up their regular season with prevailing wins over the Cleveland State Vikings on their senior day this past Friday at the Oakland...
Reagan Reetz elevates the spirit of Oakland University swimming, electrifying the atmosphere whenever she takes the pool.
Reetz started swimming at the age of five and is part of a family legacy. Both...
"I only got into swimming as a therapy for my sinuses as a child," Karel Subagyo, the senior swimmer from Jakarta, Indonesia, said. It's just an example of the myriad ways that our lives get sent down...
When great sports dynasties come to mind, people think of Michael Jordan’s Bulls in the ‘90s, Brady’s Patriots, Mickey Mantle’s Yankees in the ‘50s, or Wayne Gretzky’s Oilers in the ‘80s.
But...
On Friday, Jan. 19, the Oakland Swim and Dive team impressed against the Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) Cardinals and the Hope College Flying Dutchmen at the Oakland Aquatics Center.
The men’s...
At the Oakland Aquatics Center, the Oakland women’s swim and dive team lost a tough match to the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) Eagles on Thursday, Nov. 16.
In a meet featuring multiple lead changes...
On Friday, Oct. 13, the Oakland swim and dive women's team lost to the University of Toledo (UT) Rockets at the Oakland Aquatics Center with a final score of 167-133.
"We have to learn from this," assistant...
The Oakland swim and dive team held their 40th Annual "Oakland Ray" Alumni Meet at the Oakland Aquatic Center on Saturday, Sept. 30.
Notably, this is the third year the alumni meet has been known as...
A typical career lasts about 40 years.
Oakland University Swimming and Diving Head Coach Pete Hovland’s career lasted just about that long — 44 years, to be exact — but it was anything but typical....
In 1979, a 24-year-old Pete Hovland joined the Oakland University men’s swimming and diving team as a mentor. Forty-four years ago, when Hovland first joined the program, Oakland was a small Division...
Three-time Horizon Athlete of the Year and two-time Swimmer of the Meet winner, senior swimmer Susan LaGrand qualified for the NCAA Championships and competed this week and during the weekend in her trials...
