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Fort Lauderdale Open to Welcome Collection of Olympians; Katie Ledecky Returning to Site of Latest World Record Nearly a year ago, Katie Ledecky and Gretchen Walsh highlighted the Fort Lauderdale stop of the TYR Pro Series with world-record performances. While Ledecky broke her own global standard i...

Hubert Kos Has Chance to Shift 200 Backstroke's Old-School Dominance Take a look at the top-three performers in each of the 34 individual events contested at the international level. In 33 of the disciplines, at least one of the swimmers is active and training toward the 2028 Olympic Games in Los An...

Summer McIntosh Dominating 400 IM At Spectacular Level An athlete’s dominance of an event can be measured in multiple ways. The number of consecutive global titles in a specific discipline. The gap between a world-record performance and the No. 2 performer in history. How many of the all-time top ma...

Mariah Denigan, Ivan Puskovitch Wrap Up Sweeps at U.S. Open Water Championships The final day of the United States Open Water Championships looked much like the first two days, as Mariah Denigan and Ivan Puskovitch picked up victories in Sarasota, Florida. Already the winners of the 10k and 3k knock...

Stanford's Henry McFadden Can Carry NCAA Momentum into Push for Pan Pacs Some athletes have a tendency to fly under the radar. Maybe they're the soft-spoken type. In some instances, they are overshadowed by a rival. Occasionally, their story is simply missed. Whatever the reason, select individuals ...

Event Domination: Which Swimmers Own the Most Top Times in a Specific Event (Men's Edition) Through the years, some athletes have dominated events at extreme levels, owning many of the top-10 times in an event's history. Think Michael Phelps in the 400-meter individual medley and 200 butterfly. Ian ...

Only Five: The Events Where One Nation Owns Three of History's Top-Five Performers When conducting some research for an upcoming project, an interesting statistic emerged. Of the 17 individual events contested on the worldwide stage, only five feature a trio of top-five performers from the same coun...

Ivan Puskovitch, Mariah Denigan Add 3k Knockout Titles at U.S. Open Water Championships Coming off victories in the 10k events, Ivan Puskovitch and Mariah Denigan added 3k knockout titles to their collections during Friday action at the United States Open Water Championships in Sarasota, Florida. Th...

The Longest-Lasting World Records in Each Event (Women's Edition) World records are spectacular by nature, a performance better than anything previously produced. But some world records hold iconic status, thanks to their durability. For example, distance-freestyle legend Janet Evans owns three of t...

Indiana's Josh Bey Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Year; Ray Looze Named Coach of the Year The Big Ten Conference announced its 2026 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving postseason recipients on Thursday, as selected by the conference’s head coaches. Indiana’s Josh Bey was named Swimmer of the Year and Fr...

The Longest-Lasting World Records in Each Event (Men's Edition) What are the longest-standing world records in each event? Swimming World analyzed the sport's world-record progressions to present that data, which can be found below. It turns out that several current world records are also the most-e...

First-Year Success at Virginia Undisputed for Maximus Williamson and Thomas Heilman The moment Maximus Williamson and Thomas Heilman committed to the University of Virginia, it was a recruiting coup for coach Todd DeSorbo and his staff. Under DeSorbo's watch, the Cavaliers' women's program has risen...

Rising Teen Zhang Zhanshuo Continues to Elelvate Profile on Road to LA28 Much is made about the future of Yu Zidi, and for good reason. The 13-year-old is already a global force in multiple events, and she holds Asian-record holder status in the 200-meter individual medley. But the youngster isn't a...

USA Water Polo Announces Roster For World Cup Division I Action USA Water Polo Men's National Team head coach Dejan Udovicic has announced the roster of 16 athletes selected for competition at the upcoming 2026 World Aquatics World Cup Division I Tournament, set for April 6-12 in Alexandroupolis, Gr...

Cal's 15-Year NCAA Streak Deserves a Tip of the Cap The names associated with The Streak read like a who's-who of NCAA swimming. Nathan Adrian and Tom Shields led the early days. Ryan Murphy, Andrew Seliskar and Ryan Hoffer took turns as go-to guys during the middle of the run. Most recently, Destin...

Why Great Ideas Often Start in the Water By Jordan Fargo The other day, I couldn’t help but have a flashback to my time on my college’s club swim team. It was nearly 9 p.m. by the time we finished practice. After a long, 20-minute walk through Cornell’s huge, gorgeous campus, you’d think that I’d be...

Josh Liendo, Hubert Kos Share CSCAA Swimmer of the Year Honors; Anthony Nesty Named Coach of the Year The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced its NCAA Men’s Division I award winners and All-Americans for the 2025-26 season following last week’s National Champ...

A Statistical Look at Texas' 17th NCAA Championship The year was 1981 and under the direction of third-year coach Eddie Reese, the University of Texas captured its first NCAA championship. The title followed a runnerup showing the previous year and established the Longhorns as a force on the collegi...

Arizona State First Men's Program to Win Four Relays at NCAA Championships Since 2017 When Jonny Kulow touched the wall at the end of the 400-yard freestyle relay on Saturday night, he punctuated Arizona State's latest relay triumph of the NCAA Championships in Atlanta. The Sun Devils finished fourt...

NCAA Men's Championships: Arizona State Caps Meet with 400 Freestyle Title, Sun Devils Fourth Relay Crown Last month, Arizona State University punctuated the Big 12 Championships in style, as the quartet of Ilya Kharun, Adam Chaney, Remi Fabiani and Jonny Kulow blasted an NCAA record in the 400-yard...