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European Juniors, Day 5 Finals: Vivien Jackl Adds Butterfly Title to Collection Many of Europe's rising stars were back in the water on Saturday for the fifth day of the European Championships in Munich. There were five finals scheduled for the session, with a plethora of semifinals to set up the fi...

Cal's Mary-Ambre Moluh Has Emerged as Shining Star for France on Way to European Champs For the past two years, Mary-Ambre Moluh has played a key role in Cal-Berkeley's climb back to prominence in NCAA women's competition. The Frenchwoman has flourished in Northern California, establishing school re...

European Juniors, Day 4 Finals: Czechia's Jan Foltyn Mines Gold in 50 Freestyle The European Junior Championships have moved into their back half in Munich, with the Day Four finals featuring eight medals races on Friday night. The boys' 200 breaststroke will feature Turkiye's Doruk Yogurtcuoglu, th...

A Half-Century Later, Some of Swimming's Leading Women Chasing Down Legend of Mark Spitz On September 4, 1972, Mark Spitz exited the pool for the final time at the Olympic Games in Munich. He had just handled the butterfly leg of the United States' 400-meter medley relay, which prevailed behind a wo...

European Juniors, Day 3 Finals: Theodora Taylor Speeds to 50 Freestyle Crown Through two sessions of finals at the European Junior Championships in Munich, the Neutral Athletes (Russia) have been impressive with a pair of world junior records. Following a WJR in the boys' 400 freestyle relay on the ...

Penny Taylor Honored with Prestigious Max Ritter Award Carol Jane "Penny" Pence Taylor has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Max Ritter Award, annually presented by United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) to an individual or nation that has contributed the most to the advancement of understandi...

College Swimming League Announces TV Deal with ESPN; Broadcast Dates Set The College Swimming League (CSL) and ESPN today announced a multi-year media rights agreement that makes ESPN the exclusive home of CSL competition in the United States and Canada. Under the agreement, all six regular-season m...

A Statistical Appreciation of Katie Ledecky's Distance Dominance As we near the start of the Commonwealth Games, followed by action at the European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships, we figured it was an appropriate time to provide a quick statistical look at the distance dominance of Kati...

Bob Bowman Sees Similiarities Between Summer McIntosh and Michael Phelps As the man who guided Michael Phelps to never-before-seen Olympic glory and as the coach who guided Leon Marchand to four-time Olympic champion status, Bob Bowman obviously recognizes the characteristics required for greatness....

No Simple Answers: When Hormones, Cancer and Sport Collide By Leann Rossi I’ve learned more about hormones in the past few weeks than I ever expected to in my lifetime. When my biopsy results came back, the explanation was both simple and devastating: my estrogen was feeding the cancer. Suddenly, so...

Rob Collins Promoted to Associate Head Coach for Club Relations and Athlete Development at Tennessee Thanks to his significant impact on the program and Tennessee's recruiting efforts, Rob Collins has been promoted to Associate Head Coach for Club Relations and Athlete Development for the Tennessee ...

Summer McIntosh is First Swimmer Since Sarah Sjostrom to Own Four World Records Simultaneously When Summer McIntosh broke the world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the Canadian Trials on Sunday night, the 19-year-old increased her total of global standards to four. McIntosh now owns world recor...

NISCA Announces Academic All-America Honorees for 2025-26 The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) has released its Academic All-America recognition lists for the 2025-26 school year. Athletes from swimming, diving and water polo were eligble for honors if they maintained a ...

The End: World Record from Summer McIntosh Brings Women's Super-Suit Standards to Zero Dozens of national records have gone unchallenged. A trio of Olympic records are still on the books. And there are still five men’s world records standing. But for the first time since the sport's technological ci...

Marrit Steenbergen Speeds to 50 Freestyle Win at Dutch Championships; Roos Vanotterdijk Shines Make it four victories in as many days for Marrit Steenbergen at the Dutch Championships. The recently annointed world-record holder in the 100-meter freestyle prevailed in the 50 freestyle on Sunday, cloc...

Sean Niewold Cracks National Record in 50 Freestyle in Prelims of Dutch Trials The Dutch Championships have featured several standout performances, and Sean Niewold has played a major role. During Sunday's prelims of the 50-meter freestyle, Niewold delivered a national record of 21.56. That time bet...

Sports Illustrated Names Top-5 Athletes in All States; Michael Phelps Leads Several Swimmers on Lists With the United States celebrating its 250th birthday on Saturday, Sports Illustrated unveiled a special project in which it identified the five-best athletes from each of the 50 states. In the end,...

Marrit Steenbergen Scares Own World Record in 100 Freestyle at Dutch Champs; Sean Niewold Grabs Another Title The sensational roll of Marrit Steenbergen continued at the Dutch Championships on Saturday, where the two-time world champion recorded her fourth sub-52-second performance of the year en ro...

After 18 Years, Katie Hoff Still Holds American Record in 400 IM; Who Will Rise Up and Challenge? The oldest American record - male or female - is approaching its 18th birthday. It was June 29, 2008 when Katie Hoff moved through the 400-meter individual medley in 4:31.12 at the United States Olympic...

Josh Liendo Bypassing Pan Pacific Championships; Placing Focus on Commonwealth Games Another big name will be missing from next month's Pan Pacific Championships, as Canadian star Josh Liendo has opted to focus on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Liendo confirmed to SwimSwam that he will bypass th...