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When Steve West swam at his fourth Olympic Trials in 2012, he was 40 years old. He became the oldest male swimmer ever at Trials as he finished 61st in the 100 breast and 62nd in the 200 breast. Harbo...

With his mother Tina Andrew in place as general manager of the International Swimming League's New York Breakers, it's no surprise to see Michael Andrew on the roster for that team. He will be joined ...

Lenny Krayzelburg, who swept gold medals in the 100 and 200 back at the 2000 Olympics, has led the Los Angeles Current of the International Swimming League as general manager, and he has added two new...

About a month before last year’s U.S. Nationals, Cody Miller couldn’t kick breaststroke. He had begun feeling pain in his left knee at the start of 2018, pain that was “gradual,” “chronic” and “always...

Weeks after she swam the signature race of her career, Annie Lazor cannot remember much from those two minutes, 20 seconds of the 200 breaststroke that Sunday evening in Bloomington, Indiana. It’s the...

Becoming an elite athlete requires focus and dedication to a systematic training plan. Everything gets mapped out, from the timing and duration of exercises to what foods will best prepare the human b...

Madisyn Cox woke up every morning for six months to the knowledge that she was locked out from swimming and her reputation was tarnished. She claimed innocence and eventually proved a contaminated mul...

Madisyn Cox will be ineligible to compete in the International Swimming League, a representative of the ISL confirmed to Swimming World Wednesday. Cox was suspended from swimming last year after recor...

As his golf ball flew into the air and then bounced onto the green, television cameras captured Tiger Woods watching intently and muttering, “Come on. Come on. Come on.” Behind him, wearing a green sh...

The International Swimming League is here. For the first time ever in 2019, it’s happening. The concept of an organized racing circuit, the sort that could give elite swimmers real opportunity outside...

Michigan's Felix Aubock entered the 500 free as top seed in the event but shockingly failed to score. He bounced back in a major way Saturday evening as he captured the NCAA title in the 1650 free, ra...

Dean Farris wrapped up a breakout week at the men's NCAA championships Saturday night with his second individual title, this one in the 100 free. Farris swam a time of 40.80, making him the third-fast...

Texas fell short in its bid for a fifth straight team championship at NCAAs this week, but the Longhorns went out with a bang on the meet's final night. Texas finished 1-2 in the 200 back with John Sh...

Cal senior Andrew Seliskar captured a national title in the 200 breast Sunday, his third title of the meet, and became the third-fastest swimmer ever in the event. Seliskar was named national swimmer ...

After the California Golden Bears secured their NCAA championship Saturday evening in Austin, Texas, coach Dave Durden reflected on a week that saw his team score an A-finalist in every event, take fo...

Andreas Vazaios came from behind to capture his second consecutive NCAA title in the 200 fly Saturday evening, finishing in 1:38.57 to beat the field by more than a second. After the race, Vazaios dis...

Texas entered as defending champion and Texas owned home-pool advantage, but any doubts that the California Golden Bears would take the title at this year’s men’s NCAA swimming championships disappear...

John Shebat carried some heavy emotional baggage into his final NCAA championships, beset by his repeated frustrations in individual national title races to put his hand on the wall first, despite his...

When Grand Canyon University junior Mark Nikolaev finished third in the 100 back final at the men's NCAA championships, he became the first-ever male athlete from his school in any sport to earn Divis...

The final evening of finals at the 2019 men's NCAA swimming championships will commence at 6 p.m. CT, with early heats of the 1650 free beginning at 4 p.m. CT. The session will include action in the a...