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Executing the Perfect Race – Harry Potter & Swimming When the first Harry Potter book was released in 1997, no one could have predicted the incredible success the books and movies would achieve. Today, Harry Potter is the best-selling book series in history, with the last four setting records as the...

By Proteeti Sinha, Swimming World College Intern. As swimmers, water is our haven. As humans, water makes up over half of our body composition. As living creatures, water is absolutely necessary to life as we know it. An integral part of our daily lives, water is often taken for granted until it is ...

The concluding day of the 2019 Futures Championships at Mt. Hood saw great swims across the board. This meet is taking place at the Mt. Hood Aquatic Center from August 1-4. The events contested today include the 100 free, 200 back, 200 IM, 400 medley relay, women's 1500 free and the men's 800 free. ...

The 2019 Futures Championships at Mt. Hood, Oregon, continued with its third day of competition. This meet is being held at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center from August 1-4. Several swimmers won their second titles of the meet including Kathryn Krolikowski (400 IM, 200 fly), Donna Depolo (100 breast, 200 bre...

The second day of the 2019 Futures Championships at Mt. Hood, Oregon saw competition in the 200 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, 400 IM and 400 free relay. This meet is taking place at the Mt. Hood Aquatic Center from August 1-4. Tonights events saw two tied finishes with many swimmers collecting their fi...

The 2019 Futures Championships Mt. Hood, Oregon kicked off this afternoon. This meet is taking place at the Mt. Hood Aquatic Center from August 1-4. The events contested today were the women's 800 free, men's 1500 free and the 800 free relays. The night's competition saw close finishes and major tim...

There was no dearth of excitement at the concluding day of the Speedo Sectionals Jenks, which saw dominant victories, fast swims, and big time drops. There were many multiple-event winners over the course of this meet, including Jack Dolan who took home three titles (100 free, 200 free, 200 IM), Kat...

The third day of the Speedo Sectionals at Jenks, Oklahoma saw competition in the 400 free, 100 breast, 200 fly, 50 back and 800 free relay. This meet is being hosted at the Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center from 17-20 July. Today's events saw photo finishes, major time drops and great swims across the boa...

The concluding day of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals Austin saw competition in the 200 IM, 50 free, women's 800 free, men's 1500 free and the medley relay. The final day proved to be just as exciting with tight finishes and great swims across the board. This meet is taking place at the Lee and Joe Jamai...

Night three of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals stop in Austin, Texas saw heated battles in the pool, close finishes and nail-biting excitement. Julia Cook of Longhorn Aquatics picked up her second title of the meet, as did Drew Kibler.  The events contested were the 100 back, 400 free, 100 fly and 400 fr...

The second night of finals of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals stop in Austin, Texas saw competition in the 200 breast, 200 free and 400 IM. This meet is taking place at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin, Texas from July 11-14. The Aggies remain firmly in control on the women's side, cons...

The first day of competition for the 2019 Speedo Sectionals at Austin, Texas kicked off this evening at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center with the Longhorns and the Aggies each winning three individual events apiece. On the men's side, the Longhorns are in first place, 56 points ahead of the ...

By Proteeti Sinha, Swimming World College Intern. Researchers have found that swimming promotes both physical and mental well-being; this isn't news to anyone who regularly frequents the pool deck. But there are additional benefits that you may not be aware of that extend beyond the obvious. The inc...

By Proteeti Sinha, Swimming World College Intern. Some swimmers say that if the worst pain you've ever experienced is a broken heart, then you haven't swum a 200 fly. The ­butterfly is typically considered to be the most challenging of all four strokes – it demands endurance, skill and synchronicity...

By Proteeti Sinha, Swimming World College Intern. While sprinters swim one, two or four lengths of the pool, distance swimmers often swim up to 30 lengths of the pool for one race. That’s a lot of swimming and a lot of staring at the black line. Even though it can sometimes get boring, distance swim...

By Proteeti Sinha, Swimming World College Intern. We all can agree that swimming is the best sport in the world. We also know that many athletes enjoy reading as a way to enrich their minds and draw inspiration. What better way to engage with your favorite sport while motivating yourself to achieve ...