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Jack Alexy Honored As Swimming World Americas Male Swimmer of the Year These days, something in sub-47 territory is required to grab attention in the 100-meter freestyle. It's a realm that defines the premier athletes in the event, and a time of that sort is now required to contend for gold in major...

Cal Freshman Ryan Erisman Deserving of Attention as Mid-Distance Freestyle Upstart When the surname Erisman arises in conversation, there is a tendency to assume the focus of the chat is Rylee Erisman. As a multi-time gold medalist at last summer's World Junior Championships, the 16-year-old is rega...

USA Swimming Pro Series Action for 2026 Just Around the Corner at University of Texas Less than a week remains in 2025, so let's look ahead to the first major competition of the next year. Just two weeks into the New Year, the USA Swimming Pro Series will get underway, with action slated for Jan. 14...

What Was the Year? An Event-By-Event Look at the Last Time the USA Won Olympic Gold (Men's Edition) No country has won as many gold medals at the Olympic Games as the United States. The American arsenal has always been stacked, from the early days of Johnny Weissmuller to the greatness of Mark Spitz...

USA Swimming Announces 2024-25 Scholastic All-American Honorees USA Swimming has announced the complete list of 2024-25 Scholastic All-America recipients. The list consists of 1,741 athletes in grades 9-12 who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and met any of the competition criteria...

How Long Has It Been? Event-By-Event Look at Last Time the USA Won Olympic Gold (Women's Edition) Given its century-long dominance in the pool, it's rare for the United States to go too long without capturing Olympic gold in a specific event. Sure, some events yield greater production than others, b...

Luka Mijatovic Downs One Final NAG Record in 2025, Clipping Own 1000 Free Mark A sensational year of competition for 16-year-old Luka Mijatovic came to a close Monday at the Sectionals meet in Walnut, Calif., as he downed more more National Age Group record. Mijatovic swam a time of 8:36.74 in the 1...

College Swimming League CEO Robert Kent Discusses Innovative New Venture On a normal December afternoon, the sport of college swimming may have changed forever. The Collegiate Swimming League (CSL) announced itself to the world on December 9, offering 12 of college swimming’s top programs the chance...

Luka Mijatovic Blasts Latest NAG Record with Sizzling Mark in 1650 Freestyle The record-breaking ways of Luka Mijatovic continued on Friday night as the 16-year-old star hacked a sizable chunk off his National Age Group (NAG) record in the 1650-yard freestyle for the 15-16 classification. Racing at ...

Kate Douglass Continued to Demonstrate Range in 2025; Emerged as Major Player in 100 Breaststroke Coming off a spectacular 2024 season, which was highlighted by a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Paris, Kate Douglass entered 2025 riding a wave of momentum. And over th...

U.S. Women's Water Polo Celebrates 25 Years of Olympic Inclusion (Plus: Where Are They Now?) By Aimee Berg In 2000, women’s water polo finally made its official Olympic debut – a century after the men’s game. “We thought for sure (the International Olympic Committee) would add it to the Olympics in ...

A Half-Century Apart, Katie Ledecky and Casey Converse Are Now Linked By Their Distance Greatness The Site: Cleveland, Ohio. The Meet: The 1977 NCAA Championships. The Event: The 1650-yard freestyle. On March 26, 1977, Casey Converse made history in the pool. Less than a year removed from representi...

Katie Ledecky Goes Sub-15:00 in 1650-Yard Freestyle at Namesake Meet A few months ago, organizers announced that the Nation's Capital Invitational was being renamed the Katie Ledecky Invitational, in honor of the distance-freestyle legend who emerged as a future star in Potomac Valley Swimming. Well...

Cody Miller Joining the Enhanced Games, According to New York Times Report According to a report by The New York Times/Athletic, United States Olympic medalist Cody Miller has joined the Enhanced Games. The multi-sport platform will hold competition next May in swimming, track and field and weightli...

Fueled by Katie Ledecky, the 800 Freestyle Has Risen to Special Heights As 2025 ticks down, we'll occasionally assess the past 11-plus months and select highlights from the year to showcase. Unquestionably, the women's 800-meter freestyle offered a number of fireworks. There was Katie Ledecky's worl...

Speedo Juniors West: Mikayla Tan Downs Lydia Jacoby 200 Breast Meet Record Mikayla Tan downed a meet record belonging to Lydia Jacoby on the way to winning the race Saturday night in Austin, Texas. Tan, a 15-year-old for San Ramon Valley Aquatics, was head and shoulders above the field in prelims by...

USA's Rising Stars Shine Again at Winter Juniors East; Rylee Erisman, Audrey Derivaux and Charlotte Crush All Win Like the first few days of the competition, the final night of Winter Juniors-East was packed with fast performances, including the latest sensational swim from Rylee Erisman. Additional...

Speedo West Juniors: Gabi Brito Wins Two More, Quicksilver Boys Set Record Gabi Brito won two races for the second straight night at Speedo West Juniors, and the Quicksilver Swimming boys set a meet record in the 200 free relay on the third night of finals in Austin. Brito was outstanding again, aft...

Charlotte Crush, Collin Holgerson Take Two 100-Yard Wins Each at Junior Nationals East Three of the top teenage swimmers in the country notched signature performances in girls' competition Friday evening at USA Swimming's Junior Nationals East in Indianapolis. Rylee Erisman set a National Age Group ...

Rylee Erisman Blasts NAG (15-16) Record in 200 Freestyle; Takes Down Iconic Katie Ledecky Standard Rising American star Rylee Erisman took down an iconic National Age Group (NAG) record while racing at the East site of the United States Winter Juniors on Friday night. Competing at the historic India...