SARASOTA, Florida, May 21. U.S. Masters Swimming has joined the fray to lower the drowning rate in the United States by offering grants to programs that teach adults to swim the length of a pool.

Through the USMS Swimming Saves Lives Foundation, more than $20,000 was given to five organizations in 2012. Organizations can receive grants of up to $5,000. The deadline to submit applications f

REDDING, California, May 20. YESTERDAY, at a meet hosted by his home club the Redding Swim Team, 10-year-old Winn Aung knocked a second off an 18-year-old U.S. National Age Group record previously held by NBA basketball player Kris Humphries.

Aung clocked a time of 1:01.21 to become the fastest 10 year old in U.S. history in the boys 10-and-under 100-meter freestyle event. That swim wh

NAPLES, Florida, May 19. AT the T2 Norris Foundation Meet this weekend, T2's own Matthew Limbacher, just 12 years old, took down the U.S. National Age Group record in the boys 11-12 50-meter breaststroke event.

Limbacher clocked a scorching 31.63, nearly a full eight seconds ahead of his closest competitor, to top the sprint breaststroke event. That swim broke a record set well befo

CASTAIC, California, May 17. ALEX Meyer appeared to bide his time through 9900 meters of swimming in the men's 10K race at the USA Swimming open water nationals, then produced an explosive kick to win his second 10K title and place himself on the world championship roster.

Sean Ryan will line up in the world championship 10K in July with Meyer, hitting the finish pad in second place a

CASTAIC, California, May 17. CHRISTINE Jennings won what will be regarded as one of the closest 10K races in USA Swimming history, earning the first spot on the American world championship swimming roster this morning against some marathon swimming heavyweights.

Jennings, who turned 26 on May 7, lurked inside the lead pack for the two-hour-plus swim, using a strong kick to pull away from a

NEW YORK, New York, May 16-18. SWIMMING World's own Shoshanna Rutemiller is currently embedded in the USA Swimming Foundation's Make a Splash media tour this weekend taking place in the Big Apple. Follow along with the fun as Rutemiller gets social via Twitter on the tour that includes stars Cullen Jones and Rowdy Gaines!

Keep up with the exciting news from the three-day

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16. THE USA Swimming House of Delegates could see some drastic changes to its meeting schedule and delegate appointment soon, with three new proposals on their way to a vote at this September's United States Aquatic Sports Convention.

The proposals were created by members of the USA Swimming Governance Committee, which oversees the practices of the House of Deleg

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 14. LONGHORN Michael McBroom talks to Swimming World about his epic race against Connor Jaeger in the mile on the last night of finals at the Arena Grand Prix, Charlotte, also known as the Charlotte UltraSwim. McBroom posted a personal best in the event and took second.

McBroom also rewinds to NCAA Championships and placing second behind Jaeger in t

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 14. MACHINE Aquatics' Jack Conger talks to Swimming World about his best in-season 200 backstroke swim at the Arena Grand Prix Charlotte, also known as the Charlotte UltraSwim. He placed second in the event, at a 2:00.25.

Conger looks six weeks into the future at the World Championships Trials. He hopes to make the Barcelona team, but if that d

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13. PHOENIX Swim Club, which has been mired in controversy the past few months, has decided it needed a leadership change.

Phoenix Swim Club notified its membership today that former Swimming World producer Garrett McCaffrey has been named the interim head coach with

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 13. SWIMMAC head coach Dave Marsh talks to Swimming World about everything that went into making the Arena Grand Prix Charlotte, also known as the Charlotte UltraSwim, a success. The meet saw sell-out crowds during the finals sessions on Friday and Saturday night.

The meet took 6,000 volunteer hours and four months of planning to ensure that athlete

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13. SWIMMING World is proud to announce its seventh annual Sports Information Director of the Year award. Southern California's Paul Goldberg and Tennessee's Amanda Pruitt are the 2013 honorees for the distinction. The Swimming World SID of the Year is an editor's award chosen solely by General Manager of Media Properties Jason Marsteller, a

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 13. ANTHONY Ervin swept the men's sprint events this past weekend at the Arena Grand Prix, Charlotte, also known at the Charlotte UltraSwim.

He talked to Swimming World about his 100 freestyle on the last night of finals, and his regular habit of taking the first 50 out fast and hanging on down the home stretch on the second 50.

Later in t

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 13. MOUNT Pleasant's Megan Kingsley talks to Swimming World about her perfect morning swim in the 200 butterfly at the Arena Grand Prix, Charlotte, also known as the Charlotte UltraSwim.

Kingsley qualified first for finals in the event, but struggled on the back half and fell to fourth. She also talks about trying for the World Junior team thi

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 13. LAKE Forest's Conor Dwyer talks racing at the Arena Grand Prix Charlotte, also known as the Charlotte UtraSwim, while still in heavy training.

Dwyer's current training regime includes heavy days topping 16,000 in the pool. He's heading into some attitude training and is excited to see what a longer taper will do for him at World Champion

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. CULLEN Jones and Ryan Lochte banter back and forth on the last night of finals at the Arena Grand Prix, Charlotte, also known as the Charlotte UltraSwim.

Lochte calls Cullen his best friend before talking about how much the two enjoy this meet in particular. Lochte also gives insight into the reason he was caught on the back half of both of his races t

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. LONGHORN Ricky Berens talks to Swimming World about his last day of racing at the Arena Grand Prix, Charlotte, also known at the Charlotte UltraSwim.

Berens reveals that he spent the majority of the day teaching a clinic, which is reasoning behind his slower than prelims swim in the 100 freestyle, an event he took second in behind Anthony Ervin

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. BOLLES' Ryan Murphy talks about training under Sergio Lopez and the four-year process of attaining the goals he set when he first joined Lopez's group.

Murphy also talks about what it would mean to him to make a World Championship team and the dynamics of the US National Team.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. MICHIGAN's CONNOR Jaeger talks about his 400 freestyle win on the second to last night of finals at the Arena Grand Prix Charlotte, also known as the Charlotte UltraSwim.

Jaeger has made his mark in the distance events, but he talks to Swimming World about recently improving in the shorter distances. It just came down to figuring out how to

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. THE final day of the Arena Grand Prix in Charlotte is complete as plenty of scorching times went up on the score

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. RYAN Lochte talks to Swimming World about the events he is planning on racing this season, and comments on potentially racing the 100 backstroke internationally.

Swimming World correspondent David Rieder informs Lochte that it's been five years since he raced the event internationally, to which Lochte responds, Well, you know better

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. MISSION Viejo's Chloe Sutton talks to Swimming World about her 400 freestyle win at the Arena Grand Prix Charlotte, also known as the Charlotte UltraSwim.

Sutton talks about travelling to the meet without her coach and missing check-in for the mile on the first night. She also comments on USA Swimming's dynamic distance team, which inc

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. THE final day of the Arena Grand Prix in Charlotte is complete with plenty of amazing storylines being set up fo

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 12. THE Arena Grand Prix stop in Charlotte is complete, and with just one more stop left $124,200 of Arena's promised $150,000 in race winnings has been earned.

While Missy Franklin, the overall race-winning leader at $8,600 is at the Warrior Games celebrating her 18th-birthday weekend, Mike Alexandrov made a major move to vault into a second-place tie w

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 11. ON today's Race Day Swimming World correspondent David Rieder analyzes the races on the third night of finals at the Arena Grand Prix in Charlotte, North Carolina, known as the Charlotte UltraSwim.

The race of the night for Rieder was the men's 50 meter freestyle. Ervin took the win with a 22.01, matching the 22.01 he clocked at the Mediterranean

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. 50 freestyle winner Anthony Ervin, representing Imagine Swim, talks about tonight's race and the pleasure of beating SwimMAC's Cullen Jones. Jones and Ervin placed one-two, respectively, in the 50 freestyle at the 2012 US Olympic Trials.

He also talks about racing against and training with Nathan Adrian and competing against Adrian and Jones

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. 100 backstroke winner Andrew Teduits breaks down his race at the Arena Grand Prix Charlotte. He's preparing for his 200 backstroke tomorrow, but won't be able to swim in finals because he has to head back to Wisconsin for exams.

Teduits pulled off a shocker this evening with a sizzling time of 54.43 in the 100 backstroke. He just touched out

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. NEW York Athletic Club's Kim Vandenberg talks about finding the motivation to train by herself, and how she manages to balance training with a heavy travel schedule.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. CALIFORNIA's Dana Vollmer talks about her 100 butterfly win at the Arena Grand Prix Charlotte. Although there were a number of things that she feels she can improve upon, her 58 in finals is the fastest she's been this season. Vollmer also talks about her expectations for World Champs this summer and the trials beforehand.

Outside of the poo

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. REBECCA Soni talks to Swimming World about what she's been up to since the Olympics. She talks about her promotional events for Arena USA and building up her image outside of the pool.

What's next for Soni? She's loves with the sport of swimming, but isn't committing herself to training for Rio 2016. However, she's still

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. THE third night of finals at the Arena Grand Prix stop known as the Charlotte UltraSwim produced more cash for T

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. SWIMMAC's Cullen Jones talks about getting back into racing at his first big meet since the London Olympics. He's received a warm welcome back, and is swimmer faster than he expected considering that he's been inconsistent with his training. What are his goals for the rest of the meet?

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. TROJAN's Jessica Hardy talks about her current training under longtime coach Dave Salo and her expectations for the rest of the season.

Read Hardy's whole story in the upcoming June issue Swimming World Magazine. She's

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. NORTH Baltimore's Chase Kalisz breaks down his incredible 400 IM at the Arena Grand Prix, Charlotte. He also tells Swimming World what it would mean to represent the United State on a National scale, especially since he has already been a staple at the Junior National level.

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 11. THE Charlotte UltraSwim stop of the Arena Grand Prix series continued to march on with Saturday's prelimina

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 10. VIRGINIA'S Matt McLean talks about his 200 freestyle win on the first night of finals at the Arena Grand Prix Charlotte, with a 1:49.02.

It is the second Grand Prix McLean has competed in (the first being Mesa), so he says that he is still fine-tuning his races. McLean also details the expectations for his 400 freestyle tomorrow and his strategy g

CLEARWATER, Florida, May 10. At the Clearwater World Championship Trials Qualifier/Age Group Invitational tonight, Georgia Coastal Aquatics' Grace Van Brunt took down the 10-and-under U.S. National Age Group record in the 50-meter back.

Van Brunt raced to a 32.85 in the finale as the 10-year-old trumped the previous record of 32.87 set by newly-minted high school national independent

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 10. THE breaststroke events were certainly set up for doubles, and Trojan teammates Jessica Hardy and Mike Alexandrov

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 10. ARENA announced via Twitter today that their exchange program for the non-compliant Powerskin Carbon Pro suits will include customers who have lost any proof of purchase of their suits.

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 10. THE first day of full preliminary, finals coverage at the Arena Grand Prix in Charlotte is complete. Jessica Hardy

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 9. THE USA Swimming Foundation, in partnership with Phillips 66, is hosting its fifth annual Make a Splash Tour in New York City on May 16-18. Swimming World Magazine will be on site throughout the three-day tour, which will feature appearances by 2012 Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones, swimming legend and voice of the sport Rowdy Gaines, and Na

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 9. THE penultimate stop of the Arena Grand Prix series this year began with a day of timed finals distance as part of t

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 9. THIS weekend, the Arena Grand Prix series visits Charlotte, N.C., where Olympians and national champions are getting set to race in one of the most prestigious in-season meets in the United States.

Olympian Micah Lawrence trains with SwimMAC Carolina in Charlotte and took time from her preparations to get you excited as well for the four-day meet. Also joi

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 9. TODAY, the United States Olympic Committee announced that Navy Lt. Bradley Snyder will be the honorary torchbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte in Colorado Springs, Colo. Approximately 260 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans will compete in the fourth annual Warrior Games utilizing facilities at b

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 8. EXPANDING swimming is one of Arena USA's primary goals as the title sponsor of USA Swimming's Grand Prix Series. To do this, Arena targets young fans at each of the stops in the series, introducing the Shark Tank in Orlando, the Arena Grand PrixView in Mesa, and now the Arena Swim Experience in Charlotte.

It's an evolution, we&#

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, May 7. KEITH Carter, who won a medal as a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic swimming team, passed away last Friday at age 88.

Carter received the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1948 Olympics in London and also was NCAA champion in the event as a member of the Purdue swim team in 1949. His time at Purdue was preceded by a stint in the Air Force, w

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 7. THE Arena Grand Prix Series head to Charlotte, NC this Thursday after it made a mid-April stop in the Valley of the Sun -- Mesa, AZ.

Check out the Swimming World Event La

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 6. USA Swimming has released the psyche sheets for the fifth stop of the 2013 Arena Grand Prix Series, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The meet runs May 9-12 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, the primary training facility of elite swim program SwimMAC Carolina.

For full coverage of the event, including written and race-day recaps, visit the Swimming World

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 3. USA Boxing has added coaching veteran John Dussliere to the organization's staff in the newly created position of Sport Director. A former member of USA Swimming's Olympic staff, Dussliere brings over two decades in elite coaching experience and success to USA Boxing. He will work closely with International Teaching Coach Pedro Roque to develop and

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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 1. WHEN Jason Collins made news Monday as the first openly gay professional athlete in the Big Four sports in the United States, I was elated. My emotions surfaced not only because Collins decided to come out and make his sexuality public, but because the most popular basketball player in the world, Kobe Bryant, tweeted full support.

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 30. FEELING Olympic withdrawal? A special one-night theatrical event could be the cure for those looking for a cure to their post-Olympic blues, with the official U.S. release of the film First.

The film, which has been a big hit in Europe in theaters and on DVD since November, follows the stories of 12 first-time Olympians in the journey they took to win Olympic go

By Shoshanna Rutemiller

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 29. WHEN Ryan Lochte missed his flight to Raleigh, North Carolina for a swim clinic he was hosting on April 20, Marlins of Raleigh head coach Paul Silver dreading having to break the sad news to the hundreds of people that came to see the Olympic star.

I was driving back and wondering what I was going to do, Silver told Swimmin

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 26. OMAHA will host the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials for a third consecutive time, as the largest city in Nebraska was announced as the host of the 2016 edition in a live webcast by USA Swimming and the United States Olympic Committee today.

Omaha was one of three cities in the running for the honor of hosting the largest swim meet in the United States, wi

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 26. AT 4 p.m. MDT tomorrow, USA Swimming, in collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee, will announce via live webcast the host city for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

Representatives from the final three bid cities -- San Antonio, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; and St. Louis Missouri -- have all

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 25. RYAN Lochte's week of raising swimming awareness outside the pool continued today with the release of his new video on the comedy website Funny or Die.

On LochTV, the Olympian introduced his new frangrance, called Pool Water, which consists of the water from the pool Lochte swims in allowing anyone to smell the chlorinated way I smell.

Backed by a sultry

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 24. ALTHOUGH Anthony Ervin's Swim For Love movie trailer was released as an April Fools Day prank, the Olympian ended up receiving some attention for his acting skills in the video clip.



Battling sharks, waves and distance in an attempt to swim across the Atlantic to be reunited with his true love, Ervin receives a nasty shock when he finally crawls exhau

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 23. FORMER Tennessee Lady Volunteer swimmer Nicole Gross was caught in the blasts that rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15. Now, the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center is hosting a Swim

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 23. USA Swimming, in collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee, will announce the host city for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials -- Swimming via an exclusive, live webcast Saturday, April 27 at 4 p.m. MDT via usaswimming.org/trials.

Three cities remain in contention as the potential

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 23. RYAN Lochte made a guest appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman last night. Even though Lochte was there to promote his new E! reality show, the talk was heavy on the swimming, lighter on the What Would Ryan Lochte Do? (WWRLD)

Letterman spent the first few minutes listing Lochte's Olympic accomplishments, peppering the list with clarificati

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 23. JOE Pascale, who turned heads during his preparation for the 2012 Olympic Trials with his thick facial hair and large frame, announced his retirement from competitive swimming today, turning his full attention to mixed martial arts.

Pascale didn't start taking swimming seriously until late in high school, but he was impressive enough to earn a place on Aubu

LONG BEACH, California, April 22. WE all know Jessica Hardy as an Olympic Gold medalist and world record holder. But, this past weekend, the Southern California native set out to prove that she could handle the wheel at the Celeb/Pro Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach.

They were teaching us to actually drive for real. It was still scary, you never get used to going 140 MPH in a car, Hardy to

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 22. LAST night, the long-awaited debut of the reality show What Would Ryan Lochte Do? aired on the E! Network in the United States. Watching the premiere were Swimming World correspondents Shoshanna Rutemiller and Jeff Commings, who offer their thoughts on the Olympian's portrayal on the half-hour show.


Rutemiller: Instead of What Would Ryan Lochte Do?

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 22. THE swimming documentary Touch the Wall has reached its goal of raising $110,000 to continue postproduction on the film, and will now look ahead to a world theatrical debut.

Through the popular Kickstarter website, co-directors Christo Brock and Grant Barbeito set out to raise enough money to continue work on the film, which follows Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 19. BOSTON is on lockdown today as authorities search for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three on Monday and wounded hundreds others.

News reports are indicating today that one of the suspects, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, worked as a lifeguard at Harvard University's Blodgett Pool, where all of the university's aquatic sports at

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 17. THE 2013 Far Western Short Course Championships was an incredible meet. Consistently one of the fastest age group events in the nation, this year the California meet saw countless meet records fall in every age group, a new

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 17. RECENTLY at the men's NCAA Division I swimming and diving championships, Marcia and Harold Smith talked with Swimming World's Jeff Commings about their son Giles, and how they have supported him through the tough times in his swimming career to success as an American record holder and national champion.

Though the two do not swim, Marcia and Harol

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 16. THIS evening, Olympic superstar Missy Franklin became the first swimmer since 2006 to capture the prestigious Amateur Athletic Union Sullivan Award.

Franklin, who collected four golds and one bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, was the only aquatic sports athlete to make it to the finalist round, and earned the award as the top amateur athlete of the year.

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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 15. BOTH the city of Mesa and Mesa Aquatics Club deserve a pat on the back for the Grand Prix they hosted this past weekend at the

MESA, Arizona, April 14. SHE may have swum nine times, but if Katinka Hosszu was fatigued, it didn't show in her finals times. She talked to Swimming World TV on the final night of the Mesa Arena Grand Prix, even expressing her wish to swim the 800 freestyle. Unfortunately, the queen of endurance was limited to entering only three events a day.

MESA, Arizona, April 14. EVEN though Mike Alexandrov couldn't see much in the first 50 of his 100 breaststroke at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix because of the glare from the sunlight, he still pulled out an incredible 1:00.63 for the event win. He talked with Swimming World TV after the race about using Kevin Cordes' incredible breaststroke times at NCAAs to learn about the stroke.

MESA, Arizona, April 14. FRESH off her 100 backstroke race at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix, California's Rachel Bootsma chatted with Swimming World TV's Tiffany Elisa. She talked about her illness after women's NCAA Championships and how she was shocked and excited about her 1:00.54 final time in the event.

100 backstroke recap: The California Golden Bears must be excited af

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MESA, Arizona, April 13. THE final session is complete at the Arena Grand Prix -- Mesa, and a new world-leader in the women's 800-meter free is on the

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MESA, Arizona, April 13. IT's getaway day at the Arena Grand Prix being held in Mesa, Ariz., at the Skyline Aquatic Center by Mesa Aquatics Club. Thi

MESA, Arizona, April 12. RICKY Berens' came from behind to take the win in the men's 200 freestyle at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix. So when Swimming World TV's Jeff Commings asked (jokingly) if he used the first 150 as a warm up, Berens admitted that the race was rather rocky.

200 freestyle recap: In a finale that featured 16 Olympic medals, Longhorn's Ricky Berens pull

MESA, Arizona, April 12. WOMEN's 50 freestyle winner Natalie Coughlin is obviously doing something right by training at California's post-grad program with sprint sensations Anthony Ervin and Nathan Adrian. Coughlin posted her first best time in 5 years in the race at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix. She talked to Swimming World TV's Jeff Commings after the race.

50 freestyle r

MESA, Arizona, April 12. ALTHOUGH Anthony Ervin never asked for autographs when he was a young swimmer, he took time out after his 50 freestyle at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix to sign a few for the young fans in attendance. Ervin then talked to Swimming World TV's Jeff Commings about his own experiences as a young swimmer.

50 freestyle recap: Adrian blitzed star-studded finale with a

MESA, Arizona, April 12. ELIZABETH Pelton may have placed second to Missy Franklin in the women's 200 backstroke at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix, but she's all smiles talking to Swimming World TV's Jeff Commings post-race. The new American Record holder talks about coming off of NCAA Championships, preparing for World Championship trials and growing as a backstroker under Teri M

MESA, Arizona, April 12. LEAH Smith and Olivia Smoliga are putting a lot of effort into making sure their friend Denver goes to prom with his dream date Stephanie.

The duo took their camera around the Mesa Arena Grand Prix meet, getting video clips of Katie Ledecky, Jessica Hardy, Missy Franklin, Tyler Clary, Conor Dwyer, Katinka Hosszu, Matt McLean, and Ryan Lochte. All of the star swimm

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MESA, Arizona, April 12. THE second day of finals action is complete at the Arena Grand Prix -- Mesa as Club Wolverine's Tyler Clary turned in an exci

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MESA, Arizona, April 12. AFTER the first night of action at the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa produced a near world-leader in the women's 400-meter free, s

MESA, Arizona, April 11. IT'S Katie Ledecky's first time in Arizona! She marked her first visit with a win in the 400 freestyle at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix. She talks to Swimming World TV's Jeff Commings about her thoughts going into the race, and what she may need to improve on in the future.

400 freestyle re-cap: NCAP's Katie Ledecky put on a show for the fans in

MESA, Arizona, April 11. MATT McLean talks to SwimmingWorld.TV's Jeff Commings about how painful his 400 freestyle win at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix was. Even though he says the splits were deceiving, a win is a win, and spectators can expect more from the 2012 Olympian over the course of the weekend.

400 Freestyle Recap: Virginia's Matt McLean, an Olympic gold medalist from la

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MESA, Arizona, April 11. ALTHOUGH Claire Donahue got her appendix taken out a mere six weeks ago, she still managed to snag a win in the women's 100 butterfly at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix. She talks to Swimming World TV's Jeff Commings about the dedication it took to

MESA, Arizona, April 11. BJ Johnson and Mike Alexandrov discuss their 1-2 200 breaststroke race at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix. Even though both were off their times from the Austin Grand Prix meet, the duo felt positive about the race.

200 breaststroke re-cap: Palo Alto's BJ Johnson surfaced triumphant from a close call in the men's 200-meter breaststroke as the 25-year-old hel

MESA, Arizona, April 11. GRAND Canyon University's Eetu Karvonen raced to a World Championships automatic standard in the 50 breaststroke. His 27.88 time means he's heading to Barcelona this summer for Finland.

Karyonen won both breaststroke events at the NCAA DII Championships, and admits that it was hard to get back into training after the championship meet. He's also a

MESA, Arizona, March 11. MESA native Breeja Larson got her first individual win tonight in the women's 200 breaststroke at the Mesa Arena Grand Prix. Swimming World TV's Jeff Commings talked to her after the race about how she managed her first long course meet, coming off of NCAA championships.

200 breaststroke re-cap: Hometown girl Breeja Larson, who trained with meet host M

MESA, Arizona, April 11. NATHAN Adrian talked to Swimming World TV's Jeff Commings about what he focuses on in the 100 freestyle on mid-season. Although Adrian admits to being been here and there with training these past couple of weeks, he managed to pull of a win at the Arena Grand Prix - Mesa in the men's 100 freestyle. Guess all of the fun at Matt Grevers and Annie Chandler�

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MESA, Arizona, April 11. THE first day of finals action is complete at the Arena Grand Prix - Mesa. The most amazing swim of the night definitely belonged

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 9. PLEASANTON Aquatic's Maxime Rooney had an incredible 2013 Far Western Short Course Championship meet. The 14-year-old was the 13-14 boys individual high point award winner, along with earning a collection of individual titles and meet records.

On the first night of finals, Rooney took down the boy's 13-14 200 freestyle meet record (1:39.67) in an excit

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MESA, Arizona, April 11. THE first day of prelims at the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa is complete, and plenty of fast swims occurred this morning. FINA World

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 10. THIS past weekend, the boys from Irvine NovAquatics broke the 11-2 400 freestyle relay National Age Group record.

The quartet, consisting of Owen Kao, Shawn Lou, Kevin Tu and Hunter Hitchens, won the event in a remarkable 3:30.75, a few hundredths faster than the previous record set by Oregon's Tualatin Hill Swim Club last year (3:30.83).

The impressiv

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 9. THE list of finalists in consideration for hosting the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials - Swimming lost one city today, with Greensboro, N.C., withdrawing from contention.

A story by local Greensboro station Fox8 reported earlier today that the city was no longer in the running, though specifics regarding the reason for Greensboro dropping out were not made clear.

The

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 9. MAKE sure to set your DVRs to record a fabulous swimming-related documentary scheduled to air on the Big Ten Network this Thursday.

Swimming Towards a Cure, an MSUToday-produced documentary, is about six women from Michigan who swam the English Channel as a fundraiser for ALS research. The documentary is set to air at 10 p.m. on April 11 on the Big Ten N

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 9. IF allegations prove to be true, one girl's pinnacle meet of the year, the YMCA Short Course Nationals in Greensboro, turned into a nightmare according to Cincinnati.com.

Patrick Jeanneret, a 30-year-old assistant swimming coach for the Countryside YMCA, was arrested following an incident that was reported early Saturday in Greensboro. Jeanneret,

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SAN JOSE, California, March 7. THE 2013 Speedo Far Western Championships wrapped up in style at the Morgan Hill Aquatic Center. Although the race of the night went to the duel between PEAK's Benjamin Ho and Pleasanton's Maxime Rooney in the boy's 13-14 400 IM, there were highlig

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SAN JOSE, California, March 6. THERE were blowout swims a-plenty on the third night of finals at the 2013 Speedo Far Western Short Course Championships at the Morgan Hill Aquatic Center. The meet started and ended with adrenaline-pumping 200 medley relays, and kept up the adrenaline throughout

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 6. THE final evening of action at the YMCA Short Course Nationals featured three more YMCA records falling by the wayside.

York's Meghan Small kept on keeping on as she clipped another YMCA standard tonight following her part in three last night. She won the women's 200-yard IM in a time of 1:58.85. That swim edged the previous mark of 1:58.9

MESA, Arizona, April 6. OLYMPIC gold medalists Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), Dana Vollmer (Granbury, Texas), Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.) will compete at the Arena Grand Prix at Mesa, which runs from April 11-13 in Mesa, Ariz. The event is the fourth stop of the six-meet 2012-13 Arena Grand Prix Series and will be held at the Skyline Aquatic Cen

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SAN JOSE, California, April 5. ALTHOUGH it was hard to improve from first night of finals at the 2013 Speedo Far Western Championships at the Morgan Hill Aquatic Center, the second night stepped up to the challenge. Seven meet records fell on the first night of finals, and an astounding TEN me

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 5. YORK's girls took down a trio of YMCA records, while Somerset Valley also chipped in a boys mark during the third night of action at the YMCA Short Course National Championships.

York's Courtney Harnish (23.37), Niki Price (23.29), Victoria Griffin (23.07) and Meghan Small (22.32) opened the night with a YMCA record in the women's 200-ya

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 5. THE United States Olympic Committee today unveiled finalists for its 2012 Coach of the Year awards. Finalists were selected in five categories, including National Coach of the Year, Paralympic National Coach of the Year, Developmental Coach of the Year, Volunteer Coach of the Year and the Doc Councilman Science Award.

All five recipients will be announ

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 5. PARALYMPIC champion Ian Silverman was one of three world record breakers on the first day of competition at the spring Can-Am championships, which is serving as the world championship trials for the United States and Canada and a prep meet for other swimmers around the world.

Silverman blasted through the men's 1500 freestyle with a 16:24.63, breaking

SAN JOSE, California, April 4. THE first night of the 2013 Speedo Far Western Short Course Championships saw a handful of meet records fall at the Morgan Hill Aquatic Center.

For the live stream of finals, and to re-watch prelim and final on-demand races, video interviews and daily re-caps, visit the

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 4. THE second night of action at the YMCA Short Course National Championships had just two YMCA records, but the swimming proved to be stellar nonetheless in Greensboro.

York's Meghan Small nearly tracked down a Margo Geer record tonight in the women's 200-yard free with a 1:46.58. That swim fell just short of Geer's 2010 mark of 1:46.20 fo

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, April 4. THE late Michael Lohberg's memory will be enshrined at the pool where he guided Dara Torres and others to national and international success at a ceremony to be held April 13.

The Coral Springs Aquatic Complex will be renamed the Michael Lohberg Pool of Champions. Coral Springs Mayor Vincent Boccard will be on hand for the renaming ceremony.

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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 4. LANCE Armstrong will not compete this weekend at the South Central Zone Masters championships, withdrawing from the meet on his own accord today.

Dallas TV station CBS 11 first reported on Armstrong's withdrawal, citing United States Masters Swimming Executive Director Rob Butcher. The news comes shortly after FINA sent a letter to USMS requesting that Armst

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 3. THE first evening of the YMCA Short Course Nationals being held in Greensboro featured a near sweep of the YMCA records on offer as swimmers in attendance brought their A games to North Carolina.

Middle Tyger's Katrina Konopka wound up in some heady territory as she blasted a time of 22.55 to win the women's 50-yard free. The 15-year-old too

CLEARWATER, Florida, April 3. MICHAEL Andrew and Madison Haschemeyer both won a trio of titles to open up competition at the NASA Showcase Classic in Clearwater, Fla.

Cassie Kalisz, the next in line of the Kalisz clan from North Baltimore that includes Courtney, Chase and Connor already who have made noise out of NBAC, topped the 13-year-old 200-yard back finale with a 2:03.18. Regan Barn

AUSTIN, Texas, April 3. LANCE Armstrong, who has been banned from professional cycling, is going to the one place where he can still stoke his competitive fire: the swimming pool.

The Austin American-Statesman first reported the news of Armstrong's participation in this weekend's South Central Zone Masters championships in an article published today. The meet will take place in A

By Elle Meinholz, Swimming World intern

Sergio Lopez, head coach of Bolles School Sharks, is no stranger to fast swimming. Starting his swimming career at the early age of 4, Lopez, a native to Barcelona, Spain, became a 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the 200 meter breaststroke. Swimming plays an important role in his life, and his passion is something he has always wanted to share

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 2. SWIMMING World TV is heading to the Bay area this weekend for the 2013 Speedo Far Western Short Course Championships. The meet runs April 4-7, and is hosted by Quicksilver Swimming and co-sponsored by Pacific Swimming, at the world-class Morgan Hill Aquatic Center.

Swimming World TV will be on-deck, live streaming all final sessions through the

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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 27. WHEN I walked onto the deck of the IU Natatorium earlier this morning, all the memories from almost 30 years of competing in this hallowed facility came rushing back to me almost immediately.

I can understand why any of the c

By Shoshanna Rutemiller

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 27. ACROSS the street from the historic Phoenix Swim Club (PSC) facility, a large group of neighbors gathered at the Mountain View Christian Church to meet the newly formed Preserving Community Aquatics (PCA) board.

Tricia Schafer, a PCA board member and PSC masters swimmer, addressed the crowd, introducing the nonprofit organizat

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 26. USA Swimming added two more people to the Banned for Life list today, as Lorrie John Trites and Joe Weber have been banned for life from the organization.

Trites is on the

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 26. WITH less than a month until the April 21 world premiere of the E! Channel reality show What Would Ryan Lochte Do, a lengthy promo trailer has been released that gives us a better understanding of the show's focus as cameras record the Olympic champion's exploits in and out of the pool.

Since last fall, E! producers have been following Lochte around th

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida, March 27. MISSY Franklin is one of three finalists for the prestigious AAU Sullivan Award, which honors the top amateur athlete of the year.

Franklin, the recipient of five medals (four gold, one bronze) at the 2012 Olympics, is the only aquatic sports athlete among the finalists. If she receives the award, she will be the first aquatic sports athlete to win sinc

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia, March 24. SPEEDO Sectional Championships are wrapping up all around the county, including a particularly fast Southern Section meet in Virginia.

The first session included the women's 1650 yard freestyle and the men's 1000 yard freestyle. Katelyn Sowin

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GENEVA, Ohio, March 24. THIS weekend's Central Section Speedo Champions Series meet in Geneva, Ohio saw several meet records erased from the books. SwimUtopia streamed the meet LIVE and on-demand via SwimmingWorld.TV. Check out the

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BUFFALO, New York, March 24. THE North Region Speedo Sectional Champions Series saw its share of noteworthy races this past weekend. The long-course meet started with a fast distance night, during which

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BUFFALO, New York, March 21. DISTANCE was on the brain as the first night of competition wrapped up at the Northern Speedo Sectional Champions Series in Buffalo, New York. The long course meet showcased some young distance talent, with the women competing in the 1500 freestyle and the men tak