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Claire Weinstein, Teagan O'Dell Open First College Invite With Wins in Minnesota The last of the major midseason college invitational meets is taking place this weekend in Minneapolis, with the University of Minnesota welcoming a group of swimming programs highlighted by the California Golden Bears....

U.S. Open, Day 1: Ilia Sibirtsev Tops Bobby Finke in 1500 Freestyle to Open Meet The last major long course competition of 2025 began Wednesday evening in Austin, Texas, with numerous top American competitors in town for the U.S. Open. A full slate of preliminaries and finals will begin Thursday aft...

U.S. Open Races to Watch (Men's): Distance Aces, Dressel in the Spotlight This week, the final major long course competition of 2025 will take place in Austin, Texas, and the men's racing will see the two best backstrokers in the world squaring off. South Africa's Pieter Coetze won this year's world...

U.S. Open Races to Watch (Women's): Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith Hoping for Strong Finish to 2025 Most members of the U.S. women's swim team that is the most dominant and well-rounded team in the world will race one final long course meet for 2025 at this week's U.S. Open. While big names such as Kat...

Best High School Sprinter Ever? Rylee Erisman Ready for Early College Jump Before Gretchen Walsh began her legendary college career at the University of Virginia, she built a record as one of the top prep sprinters ever. Walsh made her Olympic Trials debut as a 13-year-old in 2016, and she quickly r...

Supporting Stars Break Out for Defending Champion Texas Men at Midseason The Texas Longhorns assembled a complete roster talented enough to win the NCAA team championship in men's swimming and diving in the first year under head coach Bob Bowman. The team defeated main rival California by 19 points ...

Virginia Shows Off Lineup Pursuing Six-Peat, With Claire Curzan and Anna Moesch Starring At the conclusion of the 2024-25 college swimming season, Virginia graduated two of the most accomplished collegiate swimmers ever. During her four years with the Cavaliers, Gretchen Walsh rewrote the record boo...

Erika Pelaez Blasts 200 Back as NC State Pulls Away to Complete Invitational Sweep The North Carolina State Wolfpack continued to wrack up wins at the team's invitational in Greensboro Saturday, finishing off a dominant performance across the three days of racing. The women's team won the meet with ...

Quintin McCarty, Leah Shackley Among Winners as NC State Leading Invite The North Carolina State Wolfpack continue to fire off strong performances at the team's annual midseason invitational in Greensboro. The women's team won both relays contested Friday plus two individual events on the way to 119...

Zalan Sarkany Blasts Elite Mile Performance as Indiana Men, Ohio State Women Secure Invite Wins The Indiana men reinforced their national prominence this week as they dominated competition at the Ohio State Invitational. The Hoosiers finished with 2636 points, finishing almost 700 points clear of ru...

Torri Huske Scores Third Win at Texas Invite; Baylor Nelson Tops Swift 200 IM As usual, the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational has been the site of numerous top-ranked national performances. Throughout the week, the men's home team has reaffirmed its status as the strong favorite to win a second consec...

Ben Delmar Swims Sub-1:50 in 200 Breaststroke at Gamecock Invite Following a stellar summer season that included gold in the 200-meter breaststroke at the World University Games, Ben Delmar of the University of North Carolina is poised to make a significant impact in collegiate breaststroke competit...

NC State Women, Auburn Men Leading After Day One in Greensboro North Carolina State University annually hosts a midseason invite at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, and the host team's women dominated the meet's opening day with 356 points, winning five out of six events contested to top Auburn (293) ...

Indiana Men, Ohio State Women Extend Leads Thursday Evening in Columbus On the third evening of racing at the Ohio State Invitational, the host team continues to perform well in the women's team competition. The Buckeyes have 1402 points, leading Louisville (1364) and Indiana (1296.5). The Hoosiers ...

Will Modglin Follows Up 100 Back American Record With 43.37 in Final at Texas Invite Texas junior Will Modglin has broken out as a star backstroker in recent months. He won silver in the 100-meter back at this year's World University Games, posting the fastest time in the event by any American, and ...

Carolina Swim Teams Battling at Gamecock Invitational The two flagship schools of the Carolinas are meeting this week in Columbia, S.C., at the midseason Gamecock Invitational. Just like in a recent dual meet between the Gamecocks and Tar Heels, South Carolina is ahead in the women's meet, 578 to 48...

Nate Germonprez Blasts 49.71 100 Breast at Texas Invite; Torri Huske, Baylor Nelson Lead Flurry of Top-Ranked Times With a full slate of individual events on tap Wednesday evening at the Texas Invitational, swimmers from Stanford, Southern California and the host Longhorns took turns posting the fas...

Miranda Grana, Liberty Clark Excel for Indiana Women at Ohio State Invite The Indiana women put up star performances in Columbus, Ohio, at the Ohio State Invitational. Miranda Grana (100 butterfly) and Liberty Clark (200 freestyle) each swam the second-fastest time in the country in their respective...

Julia Dennis, Liberty Clark Impressive as Ohio State Invite Opens With Relays Racing at the Ohio State Invitational got underway Tuesday evening with timed finals in the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays, and the women's competition saw some particularly swift splits to start things off. Louisvill...

Will Modglin Splits 20.00 50 Backstroke, Torri Huske Shines on First Day of Texas Invitational As college invitational season kicked off Tuesday evening, Will Modglin of the Texas Longhorns provided the first stunning performance of the week. Tasked with leading off his team's 200 medley relay at th...