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The Sweet Sounds of Sam Kendricks: The Voice of Swimming With the NCAA Championships concluded, Swimming World reaches into the archive for this feature on Sam Kendricks, the longtime announcer whose voice is synonymous with the sport. If you watched any of the streaming coverage of the NCAA Champio...

7 Reasons You Should Get Back Into the Pool As A Masters Swimmer By Alec Scott There is nothing quite like swimming. Once you are done racing competitively it can be hard to fill that void. Masters is a great way to get back into it and have some fun along the way. Here are seven reasons to consider...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern In just three years of collegiate swimming Caeleb Dressel has completely redefined short course sprinting. It is obvious that he has completely redefined the parameters of what we see as fast, when Ryan Held swims an 18.58 50 freestyle and Michael Chadwic...

By Alec Scott Swimming World College Intern The women’s NCAA Division I championships this week feature some of the biggest stars in our sport. I’m only 24 years old, but I can’t remember a year where the meet was so deep and loaded with top-end talent that some of the best swimmers in the country h...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern Over the last two years, Clark Smith has established himself as one of the premier distance freestylers in the country, but it didn’t start out that way for the 6-foot-9 University of Texas senior from Colorado. “When I was being recruited, most coaches t...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern “When people think of the word taper, they think of everything under the sun,” Arizona State Associate Head Coach Ryan Mallam said. Think about it, how many unnecessary superstitions and external factors athletes worry about when “tapering.” Athletes star...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern The rise of Katie Ledecky into possibly the most dominant female swimmer of all time has redefined distance swimming. During which time Leah Smith has somewhat quietly become one of the best middle-distance freestylers of all time. Smith’s 4:00.65 400 met...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern Erik Vendt is one of the most underrated stars in the history of swimming. Known for his cool demeanor and relentless work ethic, Vendt dominated distance freestlye and the 400 individual medley in the United States during the late 90s and early 2000s. Ve...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern. I have been fortunate enough to swim for some great coaches with years of experience in the sport. But even with all of their technical knowledge acquired over a long and successful career, the trait I valued most in all of them was that they believed in...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern In light of Katie Ledecky’s recent jaw-dropping performances, I decided to write about the last athlete to have that kind of success and swim times that transcend their era in the sport. Mary T. Meagher exuded a level of dominance and untouchable record-b...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern. Adam Peaty burst onto the international swimming scene with a stunning 57.82 world record at the British championships in April 2015. He backed that performance up with world titles in the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke at the 2015 World Championships in ...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. Nine state records fell at Saturday night’s Mississippi high sc...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern The Mississippi High School State Championships start tomorrow morning with both the class one and class two championships being contested. Prelims begin at 9 a.m and finals will begin three hours after the completion of the morning heats. Class 2 (5-6A) ...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern Adam Epstein is a first-time head coach at Keiser University and is learning that there's much more to starting a collegiate program than creating a seasonal plan and giving feedback during practice. “The biggest challenge is just the unknown, there’s no ...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern. A recent trend in sprint backstroke has seen more and more top level athletes utilizing a flatter technique. Coaches and athletes are turning to flatter technique to get stroke rates up and increase speed. I asked Arizona State associate head coach Ryan ...