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The Silver Anniversary of UCLA Claiming First NCAA Women's Water Polo Crown By Alex Ellison There was an overwhelming level of excitement at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center on May 13, 2001. Stanford and UCLA were tied 4-4 with just 1:28 left on the clock when UCLA's Coralie Simmons broke free to go ...

North Carolina Names Gideon Louw and Kaersten Meitz to Coaching Staff The University of North Carolina swimming and diving program has added two elite assistant coaches in Gideon Louw and Kaersten Meitz to its staff, head coach Mark Gangloff announced Friday. Louw, a two-time Olympian who will serve...

North Florida Dives into High School Water Polo By Alex Ellison The first high school water polo league in Tallahassee, Florida, began with a simple realization. College students at Florida State University understood that if the sport was going to survive and grow in North Florida, somebody had to ...

Argentina's Agostina Hein Quickly Moving Toward Superstar Status The last time a South American woman medaled in the pool at a full-fledged international competition (Olympic Games/World Championships) was 2019. In Gwangju, South Korea, Brazil's Etiene Medeiros claimed the silver medal in the 50-met...

USA Swimming, ASCA Announce Partnership to Strengthen Coaching Profession In a landmark move for the American swimming community, USA Swimming and the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) today announced an agreement that brings together two of the sport's most influential organizations in s...

Hubert Kos Among Top 200 Backstroke/200 Butterfly Performers This Century (See List) During last weekend's Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite, Hungarian Hubert Kos lowered his personal best in the 200-meter butterfly to 1:55.11. That performance chopped nearly a second off his prior record, a 1:56.01 fr...

Commentary: Growing Pains for College Club Swimming - Are Former NCAA Swimmers the Cause, or the Scapegoat? By David Chen During the 2026 TYR College Club Swimming National Championship, controversy arose about former varsity swimmers competing on behalf of Cal Poly Swim Club and UNC (Chapel Hill) C...

Gretchen Walsh, Katie Ledecky Headline Star-Filled Field for Indy Stop of Pro Series (Psych Sheets) The next stop of the USA Swimming TYR Pro Series is just a week away, with competition scheduld for June 17-20 at the famed Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis. According to the psych sheets...

Summer McIntosh Has Made Visiting Sub-4:30 Territory in 400 IM a Regular Theme One of the most-exclusive clubs in the sport is the sub-4:30 sisterhood in the women's 400-meter individual medley. Since Australian Stephanie Rice (4:29.45) and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (4:29.89) initially broke the ba...

Will Mollie O'Callaghan Be Next Star to Join 51 Club in 100 Freestyle? The dynamic of an event can shift quickly, sometimes in a matter of days. Want an example? Look no further than the hierarchy of the women's 100-meter freestyle, which offered up a pair of sensational performances in late May. In...

Asaki Nishikawa, Mio Narita Grab 400 IM Titles at Japan Swim Depth in the men's 400-meter individual medley has been a leading storyline in Japan in recent months, and Sunday was the turn of Asaki Nishikawa to display his talent in the event. A 19-year-old, Nishikawa posted a time of 4:08.66 to prev...

Shin Ohashi Snares Title in 200 Breaststroke at Japan Swim; Rikako Ikee Grabs 50 Fly Crown Over the past few years, Shin Ohashi has established himself as one of the most-promising youngsters in the sport, world-record potential undeniably possessed by the Japanese teenager. On Saturday, Ohashi cont...

Taylor Ruck Headed to Canadian Trials with Momentum After Batch of Solid Efforts In a month, Canada's top swimmers will gather in Montreal and battle for berths to this summer's Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California. Pan Pacs has taken priority over the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and a...

Carson Foster Posts Personal Best During 800 Freestyle Win at Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite The first day of the Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite featured a mixed 800-meter freestyle, and Carson Foster delivered an impressive victory. The Team USA veteran registered a personal-best time of 7:52.oo on...

Ray Looze Gives In-Depth Interview on Lane One: Making Waves Podcast (View Here) The International Swimming Coaches Association (ISCA), in its latest Lane One: Making Waves podcast with Summer Finke, delivers an interview with Indiana University coach Ray Looze. The veteran coach oversees the high-p...

Sette Colli Meet Stacked with Top Stars; Gretchen Walsh and David Popovici Expected to Race The 62nd edition of the Sette Colli International Swim Meet (June 26-28) will once again feature some of the biggest names in the sport, headlined by the presence of American Gretchen Walsh and Romanian David...

USA Swimming Releases New Selection Criteria for National Team and National Junior Team USA Swimming has released its selection criteria for athletes to be named to the 2026-27 National Team and National Junior Team. Athletes selected to the team will hold National Team status from Sept. 1, 2026 thr...

Patrick Sammon Builds Summer Momentum with Multiple Victories on Mare Nostum Tour When Patrick Sammon stepped onto the Arizona State University campus, lofty expectations were attached to the California native from Oak Ridge High School. As a National Junior Team member, Sammon had established himse...

Defying Age: 46-Year-Old Nicholas Santos Chasing Bid to 2028 Olympics in 50 Butterfly At the 2008 Olympic Games, Dara Torres delivered one of the greatest performances of all-time when the 41-year-old captured the silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle. Eight years later, at the 2016 Games in Rio de...

Siobhan Haughey Closes Out Mare Nostrum Series with 200 Freestyle Title; Ilya Kharun Sweeps Butterfly Events For the third straight time during this year's Mare Nostrum Series, Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey surged to the title in the 200-meter freestyle. After triumphs in Monaco and Canet, Haughey cap...