Olympic Sports
Utah college coverage of Olympic-discipline programs that have no lane of their own, led by swimming and diving, plus the department-level stories (conference moves, leadership changes, broadcast launches) that belong to every program at a school rather than one of them.
published stories
athlete profiles
program pages
Why this lane matters in Utah
Swimming and diving lead the lane
Five swimming and diving team pages sit here: BYU's men's and women's teams, Utah's men's and women's teams and Utah Tech women's swimming, each with its official roster and schedule links.
Gymnastics moved to its own section in October 2026, with team pages for Utah, BYU, Utah State and Southern Utah.
And the stories that belong to a whole department
Not every athletics story has a sport attached. An athletic-director appointment, a conference realignment that moves 14 programs on the same day, a weekly all-sports podcast: these shape every team at a school without belonging to any one of them.
This hub is where that coverage lives, alongside the Olympic-discipline programs that do not yet have a dedicated lane of their own.
Current schools and teams
Published stories
Latest olympic sports coverage
The reporting here keeps the athlete pages, team pages, and school pages connected through the same sport.
Utah Tech Women's Swimming Opens 2026-27 With a Strong Showing at Pepperdine
Utah Tech women's swimming won 12 of 17 swimming events at the Pepperdine Rodionoff Invitational on Oct. 9-10, led by Cera Mallory and Alyssa Gordon, after opening at the CMU Shootout.
Utah Swimming and Diving Opens 2026-27 With Diving Wins in Colorado
Utah's men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened the 2026-27 season at the CMU Intermountain Shootout on Oct. 2-3, with Marti Llop Riera, Cierra Cole and Sarah Kauffman winning on the boards.
BYU Swimming and Diving Opens 2026-27 With School Records and a Road Win
BYU's swimming and diving teams set two school records at the CMU Intermountain Shootout and beat UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 16, the men 170-54 and the women 122-102.
The 2027 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Utah: Dates, Venues, Schedule and How Skaters Qualify
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships return to Utah for the first time since 1999, Jan. 5-10, 2027, at the Maverik Center, the 2034 Olympic figure skating venue. Juvenile through junior events follow Jan. 10-14 at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex.
Utah College Athletes of the Week: Weber State Wins Four Big Sky Honors (Oct. 12-15, 2026)
Weber State won four Big Sky weekly awards in one week, Utah State's Asher Cunningham and Ivy Nystrom took Pac-12 honors, BYU's Bear Bachmeier won Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and UVU's Martin Montealegre earned a Big West award. Every Utah conference honor we found from Oct. 12 to 15, with the reason each conference gave.
Westminster's Olympic Legacy: The 2026 Griffins and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Classroom Deal
Six Team USA Olympians who attended Westminster University raced at Milano Cortina 2026, and two won medals. Here is who they are, the two Paralympians, and what the renewed U.S. Ski & Snowboard partnership offers U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes through 2034.
Weber State Dance Brings Pan American Gold Home From Mexico City, the Latest Medal in a Decade of Titles
Wearing Team USA colors, the Weber State dance team won Hip Hop gold and Jazz silver at the 2026 ICU Pan American Championships in Mexico City. Here is the result, the record behind it and the Utah people who built it.
SLCC's Beyond the Podium Explained: How 15 Current and Former SLCC Students Reached the 2026 Olympics
Salt Lake Community College's Beyond the Podium program gives elite winter athletes tuition support, flexible classes and career help. At Milan Cortina 2026, 15 current and former SLCC students competed and won five medals.
Utah Skiing's 18 National Championships, Counted Year by Year
Utah's ski team won its 18th national title on March 14, 2026, on home snow at Soldier Hollow. Here is the full title timeline, how the AIAW and NCAA eras add up, and the races that decided the latest one.
Utah 2034 Is Putting Olympic Values in 72 Elementary Schools. It Has Not Said Which 72.
Champion Schools launched at a Salt Lake City elementary school, and the committee's published ceremony schedule put five of its seven stops outside the Salt Lake valley. The committee has not published the list of participating schools, which makes the program's actual reach impossible to measure.
Utah's first Youth Sports Giving Day passed its $3 million goal in hours
Organizers set a $3 million target and gave themselves two weeks. The Deseret News reported the goal was met within a couple of hours of Saturday's launch — and matching money is still on the table through September 26.
Snow College Launched a Podcast, With a Different Host Than It Announced
'From the Badger Den' debuted August 12 as promised. The July announcement named Joe Williams and Drayson Ball; the show's own page now lists Ball alongside Tanner Wilkinson, the 'Voice of the Badgers.'
Southern Utah Names Myndee Kay Larsen as the Big Sky Era Begins
Southern Utah named Myndee Kay Larsen its athletic director in May, with a July start — bringing 17 years of Summit League experience back to Cedar City in the same month the Thunderbirds returned to the Big Sky.