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Like most elite athletes, Ky-lee Perry is used to being in control. The NC State sprinting sensation has worked extremely hard to be able to control every aspect of her race, but controlling everything in her power in and out of the water. The coronavirus has taken all of that control away. It took ...

When the Olympics were postponed for an entire year, it left a lot of swimmers wondering if they could afford to keep their dreams alive. ISL swimmer Amy Bilquist was one of them. The reigning U.S. champion in the 100-meter backstroke, Bilquist is a full year removed from college at Cal and was look...

Cal senior Abbey Weitzeil, who set an American record in the 50-yard free to become the first woman ever under 21 seconds in the event, has been named a finalist for the Honda Sport Award for women's swimming & diving for the second year in a row. Weitzeil lowered her American record in the 50 free ...

Reece Whitley, like the rest of the Cal swimmers — and swim fans around the country — were looking forward to a showdown with Texas. The two teams had put up head-turning performances all season, which looked to culminate into one of the best head-to-head showdowns in the history of the NCAA Champio...

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) has issued a statement about the eligibility issue in question after winter sports saw their seasons end prematurely because of the coronavrius pandemic. The NCAA has announced that since the spring sports seasons were canceled altogether, ...

The Pac-12 Conference announced the recipients of the 2020 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving awards, as voted on by the league coaches. Cal’s Ryan Hoffer was voted Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year and head coach Dave Durden was tabbed Pac-12 Swimming Coach of the Year as the Golden Bears won their third-st...

The postponement of the 2020 Olympics has created a year of transition and uncertainty for many swimmers. For Hali Flickinger, it is nothing new. She has been in the middle of a transition year anyway. After spending the past seven years training at Georgia, Flickinger moved to Arizona State to trai...

After 25 seasons at the University of Notre Dame, head diving coach Caiming Xie announced his retirement. Caiming coached for 42 years throughout his career, and was the first full-time diving coach for the Notre Dame program. “Notre Dame is an incredible university filled with wonderful pe...

Maxime Rooney and Jack Collins drafted a letter to NCAA president Mark Emmert on Tuesday, asking him to consider an additional year of NCAA eligibility option for NCAA winter athletes that lost their season finales because of the coronavirus. Their letter was entitled "A Voice for Senior Athletes" a...

The coronavirus cloud has hovered over the 2020 Tokyo Olympics since the virus started to spread between countries. Those weeks led to an anxiety filled month for sports across the globe, culminating with the postponement of the games until 2021, officially declared on Tuesday. It is a time of disap...

The Pac-12 Conference announced the recipients of the 2020 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving awards, as voted on by the league coaches. USC Trojans Louise Hansson was named the Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year and Dave Salo was voted Pac-12 Swimming Coach of the Year. STANFORD’s Emma Wheal was named the...

Maxime Rooney is a senior at the University of Texas and USA national champion. He recently posted a blog titled "My Perspective" and sent it to Swimming World. Here is the entry Maxime Rooney shared: Hey everyone! I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. With all the changes in the world, I wan...

After the cancellation of the NCAA swimming championships because of the coronavirus pandemic, college teams are leaning on each other like families. At Louisville, that is especially the case as coach Arthur Albiero and swimmer Nicolas Albiero bring a unique father-son relationship to the team. “It...

Siobhan Haughey is in a unique position as a swimmer during this week of chaos that the coronavirus has wreaked on the world. While many of her friends and training partners had their NCAA Championships taken away, Haughey graduated last year. While others are training for an Olympic trials, Haughey...

USA Swimming has cancelled all sanctioned events through April 30 because of the COVID-19 "coronavirus" pandemic. The governing body of swimming in the U.S. had originally cancelled everything for 30 days, but this extends that a bit as the situation remains fluid. USA Swimming posted this letter th...

With the addition of a Canadian team in the International Swimming League (ISL), it is only natural to see some Canadian stars join the expansion team for season two. Kylie Masse joined the Toronto Titans on Wednesday. It is the first high-profile signing for the expansion team. • More ISL coverage ...

The coronavirus has obviously affected sports at every level. Swimmers in particular are having to find places to train, or figure out dry land training since pools are closing, something that inspired Megan Oesting to do something different as a coach. It is a challenge, to say the least. But not j...

With a continued focus on the health and wellness of USA Water Polo members and the water polo community in regards to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are announcing the cancellation of several upcoming events. This comes on the heels of the CDC announcement recommending no gatherings of 50 or mor...

Stanford senior Katie Drabot was trying to wrap her head around the fact that she and her Cardinal teammates were not going to get a chance at swimming for an NCAA four-peat. It was something she and her teammates had trained for all season and wanted to prove they could accomplish. “We knew a four-...

After the NCAA swimming championships were cancelled because of the coronavirus, the emotional toll of the monumental decision began to rise. Anger. Sadness. Disappointment. Devastation. While everyone seemingly is on the same page about this having to happen, it still is devastating to athletes mis...