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United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) on Thursday publicly congratulated Husain Al-Musallam on his candidacy for the presidency of FINA. Al-Musallam, a Kuwaiti sports administrator, was nominated by the Asian Swimming Federation (AASF), the continent’s first candidate for the presidency of world swimm...

North Carolina State’s women’s 200 freestyle and 400 medley relay both ripped off A cuts at Day 1 of the Janis Hape Dowd Invitational hosted by the University of North Carolina Thursday. NC State leads the team scoring for both men’s and women’s among the four schools at the event. NC State started ...

Six female athletes have filed suit against the University of Iowa, citing gender discrimination in the school’s decision to cut women’s sports teams. The lawsuit, a copy of which was obtained by Swimming World, was filed in the Southern District of Iowa. It seeks a temporary restraining order and p...

The Midwest Conference announced Thursday that it will not sponsor league competition or championships for fall or winter sports in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Men’s and women’s swimming and diving are among the affected sports, along with men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cr...

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) has postponed issuing updated guidance on high school sports in the state until at least Jan. 1, 2021. The resumption of full practices and competitions is on hold until then, the CIF said in its declaration on Tuesday. The CIF is waiting on the Califo...

Olympic swimmer Mark Tewksbury was appointed Companion of the Order of Canada Friday, in recognition of his athletic and advocacy achievements. The honor is the highest level within the Order of Canada, bestowed to only 165 living Canadians at a time, honoring those who make the most extraordinary c...

Caeleb Dressel will partner with Speedo in an attempt to break the 20-second barrier over short-course meters in a 50-meter freestyle, with Dressel wearing a Fastskin LZR Racer. The attempt will be released via social media at noon Eastern time on Dec. 10. The attempt requires Dressel donning the no...

Zoie Hartman of Georgia and Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas were named Swimmers of the Week in SEC Weekly Honors Tuesday. For Casas, it’s the fourth time in five weeks he’s earned the nod. Hartman’s teammate Jake Magahey and Casas’s mate Chloe Stepanek were named Freshmen of the Week. Arkansas’s Brooke Sch...

Virginia’s Kate Douglass has been named the women’s ACC Swimmer of the Week for the second time this season, joined by men’s swimmer Evgenii Somov of Louisville. Florida State’s Samantha Vear and Joshua Davidson are the women’s and men’s Divers of the Week, announced on Tuesday. Douglass set a pair ...

A study by a Stanford postdoctoral fellow published last week finds that Olympic swimmers are more than a third of a second faster, on average, in the evening than in the morning. The study is titled, “Gold, silver or bronze: circadian variation strongly affects performance in Olympic athletes.” It ...

His individual exploits unmatched, Caeleb Dressel took center stage this weekend for the Cali Condors. From the slew of world records, the television interviews or when it came to handing off the International Swimming League trophy after the Grand Final Sunday in Budapest, no one could mistake that...

Townley Haas took down one the oldest American short-course records Sunday at the ISL Grand Final, going 1:40.49 in the 200 freestyle. The swim takes down Ryan Lochte’s record of 1:41.08, set in Dubai on Dec. 15, 2010. It’s one of the oldest records on the books for the U.S. Haas’ splits: 23.46, 25....

Olivia Smoliga set an American record in the 100 backstroke in Day 2 of Sunday’s ISL Grand Final, winning the event in 55.04. Swimming for the Cali Condors, Smoliga went 55.04. It undercut her American record of 55.47 set at the 2018 Short-Course World Championships. Smoliga was 55.60 leading off th...

ISL Grand Final, Day 1, Session 3: Cali Condors, Energy Standard Running 1-2 With five individual wins – two each from Caeleb Dressel and Lilly King, plus one from Beata Nelson – the Cali Condors lead the ISL Grand Final through two sessions. But Energy Standard, which has taken both of the relays c...

ISL Grand Final, Day 1, Session 2: Cali Condors Out Front Behind a world record from Caeleb Dressel and the usual depth of scoring on the women's side to complement a wins by Lilly King and Beata Nelson, the Cali Condors are out front early in their quest to stay unbeaten and claim the ISL Grand Fin...

ISL Grand Final, Day 1, Session 1: Energy Standard Out to Repeat For the second straight season, the same four clubs are in the hunt at the ISL Grand Final. Just as in the International Swimming League’s first season, the title will be decided among the Cali Condors, Energy Standard, LA Current and ...

Talia Bates helped Florida finish the Auburn Fall Invitational strong, winning the 100 free in a personal-best time of 48.52 seconds. That’s the 10th-fastest time in Gators history. The Florida women bested Auburn by a 508-421 score, while the men brought a 521-426 victory back to Gainesville. The l...

Luca Urlando led Georgia to an outstanding final day at the Georgia Invitational, setting a national-age group record in the 200 butterfly and a school record in the 400 freestyle relay. Urlando set a personal best in the 200 fly, going 1:40.67. It’s third-fastest nationally, the sixth-fastest in Ge...

Emergence of Molly Hannis As Skins Weapon Vital to Cali Condors’ Rise In all five of their International Swimming League matches this season, the Cali Condors have won the women’s medley relay and chosen the stroke for the skins race. Four of those times, they’ve opted for breaststroke. The reason, ...

Freshman Cecilia Porter went 59.22 in the 100 breaststroke Thursday at the Auburn Fall Invitational, setting the University of Florida record in the event. Porter went 1:00.02 in prelims and sped up by eight tenths in the evening finals. It downs the 2013 record of 59.55 set by Hilida Luthersdottir ...