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Steve West continues to break Masters records and defy his age. Swimming for Irvine Novaquatics, the 47-year-old West broke his own Masters World Record in the 100-meter breaststroke (LCM) during the ...

The 2019 World Championships continued with a pivotal women's open water race on Sunday in Gwangju, South Korea. The women's 10K provided automatic qualification for the 2020 Olympics to the top 10 sw...

The the 2019 World Championships in Aquatics is underway in Gwangju, Korea, this evening. Each day through the event, Swimming World will bring you a round-up of news items in brief beyond our main co...

From the moment Hali Flickinger steps onto the blocks, she is facing a little bit of adversity — every single race. The U.S. butterflyer stands nearly 5 feet, 5 inches, sometimes being towered over by...

The US Synchronized Swimming Foundation accepts grant applications each year to help fund programs and opportunities that promote the growth of synchronized swimming in the U.S. This grant cycle is fo...

The swimming portion of the 2019 FINA World Championships opened with the open water men’s 5K. Hungary’s Kristof Rasovzky earned the gold medal with a swim of 53.22.10 to finish 10 seconds ahead of th...

Chase Kalisz, double world medley champion,has signed with Michael Phelps' Team MP. He announced his decision Thursday on social media. "I am so excited to share that I'M officially joining#TeamMP as ...

Hope College NCAA Division III runner-up Meg Peel announced she has transferred from Hope to Alabama for the fall semester. “It has always been a dream of mine to swim Division I,” Peel told ...

Every time Siobhan Haughey touches the wall, she is making history for her country. At least it seems that way. In the past four months, Haughey capped her career as one of the top swimmers in Michiga...

Marko Djordjevic has been named the head coach of the University of California San Diego men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, according to Director of Athletics Earl Edwards. Djordjevic become...

USA Women's National Team Head Coach Adam Krikorian has announced the rosters for upcoming competition at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Coach Krikorian has selected 13 ath...

Mizzou head swimming and diving coach Andrew Grevers announced the hiring of Jennifer Cahill as an assistant coach on Tuesday. “I’m very excited to have Jenn join our staff,” Grevers said. She’s a gre...

The last time Olivia Smoliga stepped onto the blocks on the world stage, she had the most dominating performance of her career. Smoliga won a record eight gold medals at the 2018 Short Course...

The 2019 World University Games continued with day six of the competition from Naples, Italy. The preliminary heats opened with the women’s 50 breast before moving to the men’s 50 free, women’s 200 fl...

Allyson Sweeney has been named an assistant coach for the UNC swimming and diving programs, head coach Mark Gangloff announced Monday. A standout performer in the pool at Texas A&M, Sweeney comes to C...

When you look down the list of Team USA and the swimmers qualified for the 2019 FINA World Championships, most of the names are familiar elite swimmers who dominated at the NCAA Division I level —...

As reported by Swimming World on July 7, The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) is proud and excited to announce the next era of leadership in the sport of swimming in the naming of its fift...

South Africa’s Michael Houlie broke the World University Games record to win the men’s 50 breast on Monday in Naples, Italy. Houlie won the race in 26.98 to break the previous mark set by Andrea Tonia...

The 2019 World University Games continues with Day 5 of the swimming competition from Naples, Italy. On Day 4, Katharine Berkoff stole the show by breaking the meet record in the 100 back. Michael Hou...

Former Olympic and University of Michigan Coach Gus Stager died on Saturday at age 92. "The entire Michigan swimming and diving community sends its condolences to the family of former head coach Gus S...