Ryan Korthals

University of Nebraska-Omaha Swim

[Ryan Korthals @ryankorthals]

@sadhawkeyefan Other teams aside, how is the offense rated higher than the defense? Phil Parker alone should keep the defense above an 80 overall.

[Ben McCollum is my hero @MountMcKeever]

Who misses walking by the old Iowa Field House swimming pool on the way to Iowa Football games?

I do. Gone but not forgotten.

[Ben McCollum is my hero @MountMcKeever]

100 days until Iowa Hawkeye Football is back.

[The Summit League @TheSummitLeague]

THOSE MAVERICKS‼️

#reachthesummit x #summitsd x @OmahaSWM x @omavs

[The Yard @TheYard]

Dungeons & Dragons

[Omaha Swimming and Diving @OmahaSWM]

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

#GoMavs

[Omaha Mavericks @omavs]

🎓 | Celebrating the #Omaha Mavericks Class of 2025!

Congratulations, Mavs!

#GoMavs | @UNOAlumni | @UNOmaha

[Buttstroke Swimming @ButtstrokeSwim]

FROM WALK-ON TO NATIONAL CHAMPION🥇😤

Jassen Yep of @IndianaSwimDive LIGHTS UP the field to win the NCAA Title in the Men's 200y Breaststroke in a time of 1:48.30 🤯🤯🤯

He's now the 3rd fastest performer EVER in this event ⏱️😎

#NCAASwimDive | #Hoosiers

[Kyle Sockwell @kylesockwell]

Jassen Yep, a former walk-on for Indiana, just won the National Championship in the 200 Breaststroke in a 1:48.30.

Where our sport is currently headed, stories like this might not exist, and they're some of the best ones in the sport.

[Omaha Swimming and Diving @OmahaSWM]

Getting it done in the water and the classroom💪📚

Your 2024-25 Omaha Academic All-League Team members!

Release: https://t.co/cMmjZmY8Hy

#GoMavs

[Kyle Sockwell @kylesockwell]

Dear Swammers,

Among all the excitement and record-breaking performances at SECs, ACCs, and beyond, many of you just swam in your last race. Some of you even went a best time, and now you're left with EVEN MORE mixed emotions as you look ahead to the next chapter of your life.

Well, as someone who went through this and found his way back to the sport in an incredibly turbulent way, I figured I'd try to offer some advice and maybe even a little bit of hope.

Some of you are FIRED UP to be done with the sport, and I'll be the first to tell you that’s okay.

It’s a hard sport, it demands a lot, and you don’t leave it, even at the highest level, with your pockets full of cash. Others of you, however, might be terrified of what life looks like without swimming.

Spoiler Alert: Life after swimming is incredibly strange.

You go from having hyper-specific goals and a plan to accomplish them to trying to figure out how to just go to the gym and "work out" instead.

You go from having teammates and coaches relentlessly pushing you to be better every day to having to push yourself, sometimes to even just get out of bed.

The road ahead is rocky, and there’s no clear path, but if you take one piece of advice out of this, let it be this:

Don’t expect to do things perfectly or have it all figured out right away.

You don’t need to love swimming again right away.

You don’t need to be super motivated to go to the gym right away.

You don’t need to know how to live a life you've never lived right away.

Give yourself time to figure it out.

I’ve probably gone on too long at this point and could’ve kept it shorter (shocking, right?), so I’ll leave you with some quick hits of advice:

Turn off the clock. We’ve lived and died by the clock our entire lives. It’s time to ignore it for a bit and just pretend to be a fish.

Don’t force yourself back into the water. Swimming has a weird way of drawing you back when the time is right. Let it pull you back in.

Stay competitive in SOMETHING. Mine is intramural volleyball. New season starts in April, and there's a 62% chance I’ll get into a fight with someone.

Stay connected to swimming. There have never been more opportunities to stay connected to this sport, and it has never needed you more than it does right now.

If you're hanging up the cap and goggles, make sure they're hung up in an easy-to-reach place. There's a good chance you'll take them off that hook again sooner than you think.

See you on the pool deck.

Oh god.

What a dorky way to end that.

What is wrong with me?

"SeE yOu ON tHe pOol dECk."

Too late.

Bye.

[Omaha Swimming and Diving @OmahaSWM]

Our men's and women's programs have been given the CSCAA Scholar All-America Award!🏆

The award honors programs that achieve the highest standards in the classroom while representing their institution in the pool📚🏊‍♀️

Release: https://t.co/Y5NZzERkQ8

#GoMavs

[Omaha Swimming and Diving @OmahaSWM]

M400 Freestyle Relay
1, Grant Waszak, Aidin Kolb, Kyle Kulow, Ryan Korthals, 3:03.04
2, Will McCabe, Jace Walker, Michael Johnson, Grant Schaeffer, 3:03.18

[Kyle Sockwell @kylesockwell]

30 world records. At one swim meet.

[Omaha Swimming and Diving @OmahaSWM]

M200 Yard Breaststroke
3, Ryan Korthals, 2:03.16

[Michael Burns @MichaelBurns229]

It’s a dynasty now. Get them new uniforms, new warm ups, and all of the above. It is so cool to say I used to run for them

[Michael Burns @MichaelBurns229]

It’s a running school. Always has been

[Kyle Sockwell @kylesockwell]

Dear new swimming fans,

Thank you for tuning in during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. If you don’t stick around, we’ll see you in 2028, but if you wanna stick around and help grow this sport with us, we’d love to have you.

It’s got a lot of potential.

- Kyle

[RYAN MONEY MURPHY💰💰 @pfizer4andrew]

USA first loss in men’s medley and Lezak relay split erasure to top it off

[Kyle Sockwell @kylesockwell]

Leon Marchand.

200 IM 🥇
400 IM 🥇
200 FL 🥇
200 BR 🥇

Absolutely incredible.