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This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Thursday January 23, 2020, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Is it a political protest or a human right to take a stand against an issue on the Olympic podium? Australia's Mack Horton and Great Britain's Duncan...

NCAA Division I Meet of the Week: (#7/3) NC State vs. (#17/6) Virginia in battle of ACC supremacy. This week's NCAA Division I meet of the week focuses on the battle between ACC heavyweights NC State and Virginia as both women's teams are in the top ten and could be vying for national titles within ...

NCAA All-American Mackenzie Padington announced she will be transferring to NC State University next fall after spending two seasons at the University of Minnesota. Padington took an Olympic redshirt this season to try and make the Canadian Olympic team as she will be a junior next fall on an NC Sta...

Swimming World presents the reprise of the Ross Report, which was formerly a video series on various athletes from around the world. This year, it will be a bi-weekly analysis feature from US Correspondent Andy Ross as he observes and analyses the ebb and flow of  the swimming world. It is officiall...

NCAA Swim Meet of the Week School is starting up this week for many of the college across the NCAA this week and that means that the intense grind of winter break training is now over. The countdown to championship has begun, but that doesn't mean taper has started. In fact, we are still roughly sev...

This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Regan Smith for her 58.26 at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday. Smith started her 2020 on a good note as she put up really good swims at the Pro Series against some of her chief rivals. She put up a best time in the 100 fly ...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. There were a lot of really good swimming performances in the last week as the FINA Champions Swim Series started and concluded in China with some of the best swimmers in the world in attendance. Sydney Pickrem handed Katinka Hosszu her first loss in the 200 I...

In an impressive battle, Georgia Tech swimming and diving used 13 gold medals from seven Jackets to split on the road against South Carolina on Saturday morning. Team Scores: Men: Georgia Tech 157, South Carolina 143 Women: South Carolina 197, Georgia Tech 103 RESULTS Georgia Tech Swimming and Divin...

The 24th-ranked Virginia Tech men's swimming and diving team downed in-state rival No. 15 Virginia, 158-141 on Saturday afternoon at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center. Tech's women battled against Virginia, but the 3rd-ranked 'Hoos took the decision 186-111. Team Scores: Men: Virginia Tech 158, Virg...

The NC State swimming and diving teams swept their second meet in as many days as they closed out their home slate against Duke on Saturday at the Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center. Team Scores: Men: NC State 191, Duke 104 Women: NC State 181, Duke 116 RESULTS NC State Swimming and Diving Press Release...

The NC State swimming and diving teams swept their first meet of the weekend at UNC on Friday evening. The sweep marked the men's squad's sixth consecutive win over the Tar Heels, and the women's fifth. Team Scores: Men: NC State 187.5, North Carolina 112.5 Women: NC State 182, North Carolina 118 RE...

The NR/No. 24 Minnesota swimming & diving program secured an upset sweep of No. 20/9 USC on Friday afternoon, as both the men and women claimed impressive victories against their Pac-12 Conference foes. Team Scores: Men: Minnesota 149, Southern Cal 113 Women: Minnesota 136, Southern Cal 126 RESULTS ...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Friday January 17, 2020, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Do you favor the decision of countries, such as Japan with Daiya Seto, to award automatic Olympic qualification to certain athletes? Japan's Daiya Seto...

USA Swimming announced a new partnership on Wednesday with the mental health service Talkspace, that will give new mental health services at no cost to all members of the US National team and the 2016 Olympic team. “Our role in the National Team division is to support our National Team athletes and ...

Southern California head coach Dave Salo announced that he will stepping down as head coach of the Trojans undergrad team and that this will be his last season. Salo said he will continue to coach the various Olympic hopeful swimmers at Trojan Swim Club through the 2020 Olympic Games. Salo had been ...

NCAA Division II Meet of the Week: (#7/17) Lindenwood vs. (#21/8) McKendree in non-conference clash This week's NCAA Division II meet of the week focuses on the non-conference battle between Lindenwood and McKendree. Both teams are ranked in the top ten in the latest CSCAA poll, albeit on different ...

The CSCAA Division II Poll has the UCSD women and the Indianapolis men at number one. Both programs were previously ranked second. The Lady Triton’s received four of the six top votes from the committee. Queens tallied the remaining number one votes, landing them second in the poll. Indianapolis and...

Swimming World caught up with Signe Bro while she was on her training camp in Fort Lauderdale with members of the Danish National team to talk about the first season of the ISL and what it was like being an international swimmer on a primarily-American team. The International Swimming League kicked ...

FINIS, Inc. is proud to announce the signing of three-time NCAA champion, Katie McLaughlin. The California native and recent graduate from Cal said on joining #TeamFINIS, “I’m so excited to partner with FINIS! FINIS is innovative, fun, and loves the water as much as I do.” https://www.instagram.com/...

This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Katsuhiro Matsumoto of Japan and Central Sports as he broke the Japanese record in the 400 SCM free at the New Year Championships in Chiba, Japan. He swam a 3:37.94, which would have put him third in the world for the 2019 calendar year behind Danas ...