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California and Virginia Compete in Unique Events in Day Two of Dual Meet After a Friday evening dual meet where the reigning national champion Virginia women took down California while the Golden Bear men beat the Cavaliers, the two teams returned to Spieker Aquatic Complex Saturday for a meet with ...

Texas Dominates Texas A&M With Eight Swimmers Winning Multiple Events The Texas Longhorns made the quick trip from Austin to College Station Friday to face off against longtime rival Texas A&M. While the season series between the schools has been suspended while the Longhorns and Aggies have been in...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Friday, October 15, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Who was the most impressive female swimmer during the ISL regular season? The options in this poll were Energy Standard teammates Siobhan Haughey and ...

The Olympic “Quadrennium:” A Look Back and a Look Ahead (From October’s Swimming World Magazine) Swimming World reflects on the last five years since the last Olympic Games in Rio and ponders the questions that lie ahead during the next three years leading up to Paris 2024. ********** Five years ago...

Matt Sates Joining Hwang Sun-Woo and David Popovici as the Future in 200 Freestyle In July, teenage swimmers took the Olympic final of the men’s 200 freestyle by storm. Hwang Sun-Woo of South Korea, 18, held the world-junior-record holder after a 1:44.62 prelims effort, and also in the field was 16-...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. Over the past week, the FINA World Cup moved to Budapest, where Emma McKeon, the winner of seven medals at the Tokyo Olympics, swam the second-fastest time in history in the women's 100 freestyle, while American Tom Shields broke an American record and won fo...

USC Coach Jeremy Kipp Placed on Administrative Leave Following Investigation Jeremy Kipp, the head women's and men's swimming coach at the University of Southern California since May 2020, has been placed on administrative leave. According to a report from the Orange County Register, the move was ma...

Jake Mitchell, Maggie MacNeil Earn Victories as Michigan Wins SMU Classic After the Michigan opened narrow leads over the Louisville Cardinals women and men during day one of the SMU Classic in Dallas, the Wolverines were able to extend that advantage and win both competitions with some quality swim...

Tom Shields Lowers Dressel's 50 Butterfly American Record at World Cup 30-year-old American Tom Shields has recorded a very successful streak of racing in Europe over the past two months. After five weeks in Naples where he helped the LA Current secure a spot in the International Swimming League (IS...

2021 FINA World Cup Budapest Day Three: Emma McKeon Crushes 50.58, Moves to No. 2 All-Time in 100 Freestyle (SCM) Australia's Emma McKeon is only months removed from the meet of her career and the most prolific Olympic performance ever by a female swimmer. She won seven medals total at the Tokyo Gam...

Erica Sullivan Wins Twice as Texas Women, Men Open With Home Victories Over Incarnate Word The University of Texas women and men swam their first official competitions of the young college season Friday as Incarnate Word came to town. The Longhorns cruised to comfortable victories in both meets, and...

Maggie MacNeil, Patrick Callan Lead Michigan to Lead Over Louisville in SMU Classic The SMU Classic typically provides an opportunity for fast times early in the college season but only for women, with the attending teams only allowed to bring a small squad. But this year, the meet is including both...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Friday, October 8, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Which of these male world records (LCM) will be broken next? The four options in the discussion were Cesar Cielo's 46.91 in the 100 freestyle from the ...

Virginia vs. Stanford: New Rivalry in Women’s College Swimming Taking Shape These days, the University of Virginia is the trendy team in women’s college swimming. The Cavaliers had a very real shot at capturing a national title in 2020 prior to the cancellation of the NCAA championships due to the C...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. This week, the ISL regular season finished up with the play-in match, as the DC Trident and Team Iron booked their tickets to the eight-team playoffs, scheduled for three weeks in November. Additionally, the FINA World Cup kicked off with South African teenag...

Matt Sates Breaking Out as the Next South African Star If you didn’t know the name Matt Sates a few days ago, no one can blame you. But suddenly, three days of racing at the FINA World Cup in Berlin has the swimming world wondering if Sates is the next bourgeoning swimming star that South African ha...

Kate Douglass Dashes to 21.46 50 Free as Returning Olympians Highlight Virginia Intrasquad With the calendar having shifted to October, college dual meet action is on its way back, and the University of Virginia kicked off its season with a Saturday morning intrasquad that featured some recognized e...

Lilly King Helps Dedicate New Aquatic Center; Pool Named in Olympian's Honor While growing up in Evansville, Indiana, Lilly King did not swim in prestine aquatic facilities. The town lacked a signature competition pool beyond local high school and recreational facilities, but a beautiful new aquatic...

Tennessee Opens Season With Dominant Wins at UNC-Wilmington Last season, the Tennessee women's swim and dive team earned a narrow top-10 finish at the NCAA championships, edging out Kentucky by one point for the 10th spot, while the Volunteer men placed 20th. This year, head coach Matt Kredich's gro...

Regan Smith, Torri Huske Open Stanford Careers With Wins Against San Jose State At last season's women's NCAA championships, Stanford placed ninth after capturing the last three national championships (in 2017, 2018 and 2019). But the Cardinal will bring a much-improved team into competition this ye...