2012 Olympic Champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa has announced his intentions to retire from the sport of swimming after this week’s World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, China. Van
By McKenna Ehrmantraut, Swimming World College Intern. The college swimming season is in full swing with many pre-holiday invitationals starting to give a glimpse at conference lineups in February. The
December 12, 2018 – The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) have released their third TYR Top 25 Dual Meet Swimming and Diving Poll of the 2018-19 season.
The United States ended the finals session with another world record in the mixed 4×50 freestyle relay, with the team of Dressel (20.43), Ryan Held (20.60), Comerford (23.44), and Dahlia (23.42) coming
Olivia Smoliga grabbed her second gold medal of the night in the women’s 100 back, narrowly defeating world record holder Katinka Hosszu. Smoliga led the race throughout the entire 100,
American Blake Pieroni led from start to finish in the men’s 200 free, touching the wall in 1:41.49 to take the gold. He was able to hold off a hard-charging Danas Rapsys from Lithuania,
World record holder Alia Atkinson posted a convincing win in the sprint breaststroke event tonight, putting up a 29.05 that was about a half second off her world record but still three-tenths
South African Cameron van der Burgh set a new championship record en route to a gold medal in a tight men’s 100 breast final, touching the wall in 56.01. Van der Burgh
Hungarian Katinka Hosszu won a close race to claim gold in the 200 fly, narrowly beating out American Kelsi Dahlia 2:01.60 to 2:01.73. Both Hosszu and Dahlia were neck and neck from
American Ryan Murphy edged out China’s Xu Jiayu to take home the gold in the first individual event of the evening. Murphy touched first in 49.23, just .03 ahead of Xu who finished in 49.26.
