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Firestone High School Fundraiser to Benefit Akron Children's Hospital Set For Nov. 6 By Mia Nagle On November 6, 2021, the Firestone High School Swim Team will hold its 33rd Annual Kids Helping Kids Swim Marathon. The Akron, Ohio swim team has a storied history of success in the pool. Current Univer...

Max McHugh Paces Minnesota Men in Victory Over Purdue The Minnesota men's swimming and diving team opened its 2021-22 season Friday by going on the road and securing a 178.5-121.5 victory over Purdue at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind. "It was fun to open the season with a ...

Kentucky Women Defeat Ohio as Wildcats Celebrate SEC Championship A night full of celebration was capped off by the No. 12 University of Kentucky women's swimming and diving team posting a 190-102 victory over Ohio on Friday at the Lancaster Aquatic Center. Prior to the start of the meet, the Wildca...

Justice For Shirley Babashoff and Others? FINA Will Explore Doping History and Awarding Proper Medals Shirley Babashoff. Enith Brigitha. Sharron Davies. All three women have Olympic medals to their names, but not the gold color they deserve. Due to the systematic-doping program orchestrated by East ...

Florida ranks fourth in the nation for unintentional drowning deaths, including swimming and boating-related incidents. On Friday, October 8, swimming and pool industry leaders from the Pool & Hot Tub Foundation (PHTF), the Florida Swimming Pool Association (FSPA) and the International Swimming Hall...

Adam Peaty Plays Role of Avatar Character During Rumba on Strictly Come Dancing As the British reality show, Strictly Come Dancing, moved into its third week of performances on the BBC on Saturday night, Adam Peaty looked like nothing swimming fans have ever seen before. The back-to-back Olympic cha...

Adam Peaty Goes With School Boy Look in Second Effort on Dancing Show; Judges Tougher on Olympic Champ One week after he impressed the judges during his first performance on the British reality show, “Strictly Come Dancing,” Olympic champion and world-record holder Adam Peaty had a tougher go during...

Texas Ready to Start Chase For 16th NCAA Title With Annual Orange-White Meet The University of Texas, which has captured five of the past six NCAA men’s team titles, will begin its 2021-22 campaign on Friday when the Longhorns race in their annual Orange-White meet. The intrasquad competition, at le...

Texas Bolsters Sprint Contingent With Transfer of Speedster Cameron Auchinachie The University of Texas has bolstered its sprinting group with the addition of Cameron Auchinachie to the roster. Auchinachie, who formerly competed at the University of Denver, will be a graduate student and take advant...

Diabetes Didn’t Stop Grayden Reynolds From Fulfilling His Potential; It’s What Got Him There On the surface, Grayden Reynolds, a junior on USC’s perennial national championship-contending water polo team, is an enigma. His role on the team is a cross between Tim Riggins and the Dos Equis man. Even b...

Ian Thorpe Believes His 400 Freestyle World Record Could Have Been Faster Ian Thorpe once revealed his biggest regret in swimming, and it is not what you would expect. Thorpe has admitted that the biggest regret in his swimming career was not swimming all out in the 400 freestyle final at the 2002 C...

Jane Dressel, Black Labrador Retriever of Caeleb Dressel, Puts On Speed Display Of Her Own (Video) Speedy athletes apparently have speedy pets, as evidenced in a video that Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel shared to his Instagram account late in the week. Dressel, who won five gold medals at the rece...

United States Aquatic Sports is recognizing the officials who play key roles in support of the Olympic Games across all aquatic disciplines. Read their full announcement below. United States Aquatic Sports is pleased to recognize twelve individuals who will play key roles in the Tokyo Olymp...

US Masters Nationals Day 5 Recap: Four 90-Year-Old Swimmers Describe Their Experiences in Greensboro By Daniel Paulling U.S. Masters Swimming’s competitions are for adults of all ages, but no races seem to captivate meet participants, fans, and event staff as much as those for the older age groups. ...

US Masters Short Course Nationals Day 3: National Champion Breaststrokers Share Their Technique Advice By Daniel Paulling Breaststroke can be a difficult stroke to perfect, whether you’re learning how to kick properly, nail your timing, or do any other number of things. But don’t worry. All breastst...

Tokyo Olympic Predictions: Cate Campbell Caps Day Eight With Title in 50 Freestyle The final night of the Olympic Games in Tokyo will bring a speed show with the finals of both 50-meter freestyles and action in both medley relays. At the end of the evening, the number of medals won by Caeleb Dressel...

Tokyo Olympic Predictions: Day Seven Sees Trifecta For Katie Ledecky in 800 Freestyle When the seventh day of finals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo gets underway, one of the feature events will be the men's 100-meter butterfly, where American Caeleb Dressel will chase his world record of 49.50 and tr...

Commentary: Olympic Champ Donna de Varona Views Tokyo Games As Beautiful Opportunity By Donna de Varona, Olympic Champion and Guest Author The global pandemic that reshaped how we function and interact as humans left no corner of the world untouched. Every aspect of our lives changed on the personal...

Tokyo Olympic Predictions: On Day Six, Michael Andrew Will Carry Banner in 200 Medley Can Australia place two women on the podium in the 100-meter freestyle? Who will follow Michael Phelps as the new champion of the 200 individual medley? Which athlete will emerge victorious in a tightly packed wome...

Tokyo Olympic Predictions: On Day Five, Caeleb Dressel Bests Kyle Chalmers in 100 Freestyle Showdown The fifth day of competition at the Olympic Games in Tokyo will feature the men's 800-meter freestyle for the first time. The event, along with the women's 1500 freestyle and mixed medley relay, have...