Dan D'Addona — Swimming World Managing Editor - (Author)

The Tennessee men's and women's swimming and diving team hosted Kentucky for an SEC dual meet on Thursday, Dec. 11. The Volunteers won the men's meet 171.66-124.33 and the women's meet 205.5-93.5 to sweep the day. In the men's meet, the 50 free had a three-way tie with Tennessee's Pedro Sansone, Nik...

Olympic champion Ryan Lochte announced he is auctioning off three of his gold medals because of financial issues. The swimmer won those gold medals in three different games: 2004, 2008, and 2016. Bidding for each of the medals started at $20,000. According to reports, Lochte and his estranged wife, ...

LA28 Time Standards: A Look at the Qualifying Process Qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is a little different, with direct qualification in the stroke 50s and a reduction of 16 automatically qualified relays to 12. The time standards will also be different. Here is a look at the time s...

The College Swimming League (CSL), a revolutionary sports enterprise, today unveiled its plans to fundamentally reimagine college swimming. Founded by Robert Kent and Kyle Sockwell, with support from the International Swimming League (ISL), the CSL is built on a dual foundation of athletic excellenc...

Speedo Winter Juniors East, West Psych Sheets Released The USA Swimming 2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships take place from Dec. 10-13 in two sites and the psych sheets have been released for both sites (see below). The Speedo Winter Juniors East will be at Indiana University Natatorium in India...

Wisconsin Women Swim Past Illinois Behind Stella Chapman's Trio of Wins The No. 17 Wisconsin women's swim and dive team took down the Illinois Fighting Illini, 184-111, at Soderholm on Saturday afternoon. The Badgers won all but three events. Stella Chapman won all three of her events to lead the Ba...

The European Short Course Swimming Championships continued with the Day 4 finals from Lublin, Poland. The session will include finals of the women's and men's 100 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 100 butterfly and the women's 800 free. Semifinal events will be the women's and men's 200 IM and 100 frees...

The US Open continued from Texas with the third day of competition. The prelims include the men's and women's 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle. Here is a look at what happened during prelims: Results US Open Women's 100 Butterfly Gretchen Walsh sprinted to th...

The US Open continued from Texas with the first full day of competition. The prelims include the men's and women's 50 backstroke, 400 free, 200 IM, 50 breaststroke and 50 freestyle heats. Here is a look at how the morning played out: Results US Open Women's 50 Backstroke As anticipated, the backstro...

In the ninth set of weekly honors for the 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving Season, Notre Dame's Shane Eckler was named the ACC Men's Swimmer of the week, while SMU's Luke Sitz was named the ACC Men's Diver of the Week. Stanford’s Torri Huske and Virginia’s Anna Moesch shared ACC W...

The SEC announced its weekly swimming and diving awards. Here are the honorees: SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Josh Liendo, Florida Florida’s Josh Liendo, a senior from Scarborough, Canada, amassed a meet-high 60 points to help the Gators sweep the Georgia Fall Invitational. Recording NCAA qualifyi....

Penny Oleksiak, Olympic Champion, Accepts Two-Year Ban for Whereabouts Violation Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak has accepted a two-year eligibility ban. The most decorated Canadian Olympian in the pool withdrew from the 2025 World Championships because of an ongoing case about her failure to reveal...

World Junior Champion Rylee Erisman Commits to Cal; Will Graduate Early Rylee Erisman has given her verbal commitment to Cal, and she will graduate early to join the Golden Bears. Erisman announced her commitment and her reclassification to the class of 2026 on social media. "I’m honored and excited...

Notre Dame Sweeps Miami Invitational Championships The Miami (Ohio) Invitational concluded on Saturday as fast swims turned into titles, both individual and team. Notre Dame won the men's meet with 1,778 points, holding off Indianapolis (1,684), Miami (1,501), Ouachita Baptist (934) and Valparaiso (...

The University of Nebraska claimed victory at the 2024 Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City on Friday, Nov. 21. The Cornhuskers scored 1,281.5 points to hold off Washington State (1,263.5). Iowa was third (1,059), followed by Illinois (934), Kansas (928), Miami (743), UConn (725), Iowa State (703) and ...

The Miami (Ohio) University swimming and diving team kicked off the four-day Miami University Invitational on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center against seven other teams. After day three the Miami women's team is in first place with 1117 points. Other placements include the Unive...

The Hawkeye Invitational continued from Iowa City on Thursday, Nov. 20, with a full slate of events. Washington State won four events to close in, but Nebraska still held the lead after the third day. Nebraska has 853.5 points, followed by Washington State (798.5), Iowa (737), Kansas (680), Illinois...

Will Modglin Breaks American Record in 100 Back, Third-Fastest in NCAA History Will Modglin is only midway through his midseason week at the Texas Invitational, but the Longhorns junior put his stamp on the meet on Thursday, Nov. 20. Modglin broke the American record with a 43.26 swim in the 100-yar...

The Iowa Invitational kicked off this week with the first two days of action from Iowa City in the women's invite. After two days, Nebraska leads with 454.5 points, followed by Washington State (407.5), Iowa (401), Kansas (325), Illinois (307), Miami (242), UConn (242), Iowa State (234) and Northern...

One of the top high school swimmers in Michigan is headed West. Madison Ensing, the defending Division 1 state champion in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles in the state of Michigan signed with Arizona on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The Zeeland, Mich., native Zeeland swimmer Madison Ensing signs with Arizona to...