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The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced the 2025 Top 50 Age Group Teams for extra-large, large, medium and small size teams.  Working collaboratively with USA Swimming, who provided the data, ASCA updated the criteria this year to recognize more teams and more coaches who are ...

Ohio State Director of Swimming and Diving Bill Dorenkott has announced updates to the coaching staff for the 2026-27 season. Emily Hetzer has been hired as an assistant coach and Michael Butler has been promoted into a full-time hybrid role where he will serve as both the director of operations and...

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) has completed the 2025-26 academic year with six national championships, a new single-year all-time record for the 34-year-old conference. The MPSF had previously turned in a high of five national championships during the 2007-08, 2008-09, 2015-16, and 2...

Ian Walsh has been named the University of Pittsburgh's head swimming coach, Director of Swimming & Diving Katie Kasprzak announced today. Walsh joins Pitt after spending the last eight seasons as Marshall's head swimming and diving coach. "After carefully evaluating what our program, current studen...

Texas A&M Director of Swimming & Diving Blaire Anderson has added 2020 Olympian and two-time Aggie Heart Award winner Munzy Kabbara to her staff as External Relations & Recruiting Assistant. In this role, Kabbara, who finished his standout collegiate swimming career earlier this year, supports exte....

The USA Swimming 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Sacramento continued on Thursday, May 21. A plethora of Olympians both foreign and domestic are on the slate for a fast meet, hosted by DART Swimming. The Day 2 events are the 100 butterfly, 200 breaststroke, 50 backstroke and 400 IM. Here is a look ...

Claire Weinstein Pulls out of Sacramento Pro Series After Migraine Lands Her in ER U.S. Olympian Claire Weinstein will not compete in the 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series in Sacramento this week. Weinstein pulled out of the event after experiencing a severe migraine headache that landed her in the emergency...

The USA Swimming 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Sacramento kicked off on Wednesday, May 20. A plethora of Olympians both foreign and domestic are on the slate for what looks to be a fast meet, hosted by DART Swimming. The Day 1 events are the 200 IM, 50 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 200 free. H...

The seventh edition of the Madeira Island Ultra Swim (MIUS) is ready to kick off in the Atlantic shores of the Porto Santo in the Madeira Archipelago. The Madeira Island Ultra Swim is one of the most prestigious open-water swimming events in the Atlantic. It combines elite sport with the unique natu...

The field has been announced for the 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Sacramento. The long-course meet, hosted by DART swimming, takes place from May 20-23. Ryan Murphy will make his return to competitive swimming for the first time since the 2024 Paris Olympics where he won the bronze medal in the ...

Ryan Murphy Slated to Return to Competition at Pro Swim Series in Sacramento Olympic champion Ryan Murphy will be back in the pool for his first competition since the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. DART Swimming, the host of next week's Pro Swim Series stop in Sacramento announced Murphy's return on soci...

Ryan Lochte Joins Missouri State as Assistant Swimming Coach Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte was hired as an assistant swimming coach at Missouri State. Missouri State swimming made the announcement on social media on Sunday, May 10, and Lochte did as well. "After spending half of my life staring ...

ISHOF Set to Induct Stellar Class; Led by Nathan Adrian, Laszlo Cseh, Ranomi Kromowidjojo ISHOF is thrilled to announce that it will be hosting its 61st Annual Honoree Induction Ceremony back in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is p...

Olivia Smoliga isn't done swimming - but has found some added ways to stay involved in the sport. The Olympic medalist started the In Depth Swim Academy and the In Deep With Olivia Smoliga podcast, which had its first guest last week. While Smoliga is doing all of this outside the pool, she has star...

Olympian Bella Sims to Return Home to Sandpipers to Train for Summer Bella Sims has been away from home for a long time. After finishing up her time at the University of Florida, Sims moved to Ann Arbor when she transferred to Michigan. That hasn't left a lot of time to get back to Las Vegas and the...

Tyler Ray had a huge finish to his collegiate career. The University of Michigan senior swept both Big Ten titles in the butterfly events and was named 2026 Big Ten Swimmer of the Meet. He went on to finish third at the NCAA Championships in the 200 fly (1:38.47). But Ray wasn't done. As he continue...

USMS Spring Nationals: Larry Day, Cecelia McCloskey Set Multiple Records; Ally Howe, Anton Ipsen Shine The 2026 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship took place at the Greensboro Aquatic Center April 30-May 3. There were2,015 swimmers from seven countries competing (including the U.S.)....

Michael Phelps, Jalen Rose Awarded Honorary Degrees From University of Michigan Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Michigan on Saturday, May 2. Phelps and former Fab Five basketball player Jalen Rose were part of a group that got Michigan to...

Allison Schmitt on Gaining Body Awareness: 'We Need to Use Hormones as our Superpower' Body image and awareness has been a major issue in the sport of swimming for decades, but as athletes are staying in the sport longer, there is another layer - especially for female swimmers. With professionals sw...

Four standouts headline a group of outstanding student-athletes named to the 2025-26 Academic All-America men’s swimming & diving teams as selected by College Sports Communicators. Josh Liendo from the University of Florida, Alvaro Zornoza from Drury University, Cooper Costello from the University....