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The 2024 Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame Class was enshrined Friday evening by the Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association inside the Ford Hall of Champions at the 46th Burgess Banquet. The class consisted of Cammile Adams ‘14 (Women’s Swimming & Diving), Breeja Larson ’14 (Women’s Swimming & Diving), Al...

Swim for the Alligator Lighthouse Open Water Race Continues to Raise Money for Florida Keys Landmark More than 300 swimmers from the United States and several other countries competed in an 8-mile open-water challenge Saturday to raise awareness to fund restoration of an aging lighthouse off the Fl....

Paralympics Day 9 Finals: Leanne Smith Breaks World Record; Raleigh-Crossley Wins Again Day 9 of the 2024 Paralympic Games continued from La Defense Arena in Paris. China's Guo Jincheng and Lu Dong, USA's Leanne Smith and Canada's Sebastian Massabie set world records while USA's Christie Raleigh-Cro...

Florida’s men’s and women’s swimming head coach Anthony Nesty was honored as the 2024 ASCA George Haines Coach of the Year recipient Thursday night at the Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Celebration during the ASCA World Clinic at the Rosen Centre Resort in Orlando, Florida. This award is present....

Jeff Cavana, a former head coach of the LSU Swimming and Diving program for four seasons, died this week. He was 67. Cavana became LSU’s head swimming coach in August of 2000 after serving as an assistant coach for the Tigers for 10 seasons. Cavana joined LSU as an assistant to then-head coach Rick ...

Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby is turning pro. The breaststroker from Alaska will forgo her eligibility at the University of Texas and become a professional swimmer. Jacoby made her announcement on Instgram. "After careful consideration and with the support of my coaches and loved ones, I have decide...

The University of Utah has entered into a groundbreaking four-year partnership with FINIS, the world’s leading swimwear and aquatic innovation company. As part of this agreement, the University of Utah swim teams will become the flagship FINIS team, showcasing the latest in cutting-edge swim technol...

The 2024 Paralympic Games continued from Paris with the Day 6 finals from La Defense Arena. Ihar Boki and Daria Lukianenko claimed world records, while several Paralympic records were broken. Live Results Day 1 Recap Day 2 Recap Day 3 Recap Day 4 Recap Day 5 Recap Here is a look at the events: Men's...

Christie Raleigh Crossley Victim of 'Disgusting' Online Bullying After Winning Paralympic Medal Winning a medal at the Paralympics was supposed to be the highest moment for Christie Raleigh Crossley. But it wasn't. After setting a world record in the prelims, then winning a silver medal in the 50 fr...

Paralympic Games: Swimmers to Watch During 10 Days of Competition in Paris With the 2024 Paralympic Games set to begin, the world's top athletes will take center stage at La Defense Arena in Paris. The Paralympic swimming competition runs from Aug. 29 through Sept. 7. The U.S. has 23 returning Paral...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced the candidates for the ASCA Board of Directors, following a nominating process overseen by the ASCA Governance Committee.  Ten candidates are vying for five full-term and one partial-term positions on the 12-member Board. ASCA's Governan...

Paralympic Games: What You Need to Know about Swimming in Paris Competition is about to rev back up in La Defense Arena in Paris. After an historic 2024 Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games are set to take center stage as athletes from around the world will compete in a variety of swimming events. Th...

Scottsdale Aquatic Club coach Bob Platt died on Saturday at age 58. Platt has been an inspiration in the swim community through his coaching and also his advocating for the LGBTQ+ community and any other people he felt were marginalized. No cause of death has been released. He has coached several el...

The US Masters Swimming Summer National Championships concluded from Mission Viejo California on Sunday. Ther were 35 USMS records set and 19 World Aquatics age group world records set at the meet. Gabrielle Rose led a group of 11 Olympians who competed in the meet, a group that also included  Jeff ...

Carmel High Claims Another Swimming World Girls Mythical National Championship The Carmel (Ind.) High School swimming dynasty has been nothing short of remarkable. The Greyhounds have won 38 consecutive Indiana girls state championships, a national record that grows yearly. This year, they are once ...

City Swim Project in Buffalo Thriving With Diversity, Building Toward Future of Swimming Mike Switalski grew up in a mostly white town, went to a mostly white college and competed in a mostly white sport. It gave him a narrow understanding of swimming, but when he got to Buffalo, everything changed....

Bruno Fratus has turned his career toward coaching. The Brazilian Olympian has taken over as head coach of Coral Springs Swim Club, the same club that he trained with in Florida while training to make the Olympic team and will coach alongside his wife, Michelle Lenhardt, who is the national team coa...

Throwback Thursday: When Caeleb Dressel Went 17.63 in 50 Freestyle; A Swim That Seemed Like Fiction By Dan D’Addona. It starts with a few seconds of unbroken calmness, then explodes into a frenzy of speed unleashed into the water. No record is safe. No swim is truly unbelievable for Caeleb Dressel a...

The 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships continued with the Day 2 prelims from Down Under. The events for the session include the men's and women's 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 400 IM. Live Results Day 1 Finals Junior Pan Pacs: Women's 100 Free Australia's Milla Jansen took the top seed in t...

Five coaches who had numerous medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics have been named finalists for the prestigious ASCA George Haines Coach of the Year award. They are Bob Bowman, Todd DeSorbo, Dave Durden, Greg Meehan and Anthony Nesty. This award is presented annually to the individual whose coachin...