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University of Michigan senior Kathryn Ackerman will use her fifth year of eligibility to compete for Purdue University. Ackerman announced her decision on social media. "The last four years on this TEAM have been nothing short of incredible. Practicing, racing and competing for the Block M with my b...

The TYR Pro Swim Series stop in San Antonio continued with the Day 4 prelims on Saturday morning. The events of the day are the women’s and men’s 100 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and 50 free before moving to the slowest timed final heats of the women's 800 free and men's 1500 free. This meet...

Leon Marchand Turns Pro, Will Train with Bob Bowman, Who Will be Part of French Staff Leon Marchand is done swimming at Arizona State and is a professional. Coach Bob Bowman confirmed Marchand will train with him at Texas as Bowman, who recently took over with the Longhorns after leading Arizona Sta...

The TYR Pro Swim Series stop in San Antonio continued with the Day 3 prelims on Friday morning. The events of the day are the women's and men's 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 400 IM and 100 butterfly. This meet is full of star power as swimmers prepare for the Olympic Trials in the U.S. or the Paris...

The TYR Pro Swim Series stop in San Antonio continued with the Day 2 prelims on Thursday morning. The events of the day are the women's and men's 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly and 400 freestyle. This meet is full of star power as swimmers prepare for the Olympic Trials in the U.S. o...

Kasia Wasick heads to San Antonio this week for the TYR Pro Swim Series, with a little different agenda than most of the field. Wasick, is not gearing up for the U.S. Olympic Trials in June. She has already qualified for her fifth Olympic team for Poland and is using San Antonio as her last chance t...

The American Swimming Coaches Association announced today the outstanding coaches being inducted in the 2024 class for the ASCA Hall of Fame are Jim Steen, Rob Orr and Pete Hovland all highly successful, longtime coaches. The ASCA Hall of Fame recognizes the greatest swimming coaches in the United S...

Virginia junior Gretchen Walsh has been named the ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year and is one of four finalists for the prestigious Honda Award. She is a Honda finalist for swimming and diving along with Virginia's Alex Walsh, Florida's Bella Sims and North Carolina's Aranza...

The USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming, today announced its initial round of 2024 Learn-to-Swim Grant program funding. It awarded $780,000 to 162 swim lesson providers nationwide, vetting more than 400 applications through a competitive annual review process. These fu...

NCAA Championships: History Was Made, But Who Was Watching? Both versions of this year's NCAA championships - women and men - were nothing short of amazing. Between the Walsh sisters (Alex and Gretchen), Leon Marchand and Josh Liendo (and more), records fell or were at least in jeopardy in the major...

Podium Potpourri: Torri Huske Has Been a Consistent Star for Team USA Swimming World continues its series of getting to know swimmers who have reached the podium on the world’s biggest stage. This edition features Torri Huske. Torri Huske, 21, from Arlington, Va., was born Dec. 7, 2002. She’s been o...

When Missy Franklin found out her father needed a kidney transplant, it opened up a scary world of uncertainty as her family had to figure out the next steps - and wait. It took nearly three years for Richard Franklin to get a transplant, one that would ultimately come from Olympics swimmer Crissy P...

NCAA Men's Championships: Ilya Kharun Edges Dare Rose in Epic 200 Butterfly Finish The 200 butterfly was expected to be a battle and it lived up to the hype. In one of the few races not to be a record-breaker, it was perhaps the closest race outside the 50. Arizona State freshman Ilya Kharun came aw...

Leon Marchand's individual NCAA finale came in yet another event he entered already holding the NCAA record, and it led Arizona State to the pinnacle. Marchand broke his own NCAA record in the 200 breaststroke in 1:46.35 and celebrated a little bit. Then when his team clinched the championship, he c...

NCAA Men's Championships: Josh Liendo Claims Third Title With Huge Final Turn in 100 Freestyle A group of elite sprinters have competed against each other several times this week, relays, the 50 free, some the 200 free or 100 butterfly. The top sprinters converged in the 100 freestyle on the final n...

The final day of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships from Indianapolis is upon us. It has been an extremely fast meet and there is one more day of action. The day 4 prelims session will consist of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly befo...

The 2024 Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships is in full swing in Indianapolis. Swimming World Chief Photographer Peter H. Bick is on deck to capture the moments. Here is a look at Day 3 from the Indiana Natatorium: [gallery type="slideshow" columns="1" size="full" ids="582822,582617,5...

Outside smoke in lane 1, Brendan Burns is an NCAA champion once again. The Indiana swimmer returned for his fifth year with some unfinished business and claimed the 100-yard backstroke title in 43.86 - a repeat title that was always possible but seemed unlikely with his lane placement. Burns jumped ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Liam Bell Shatters NCAA Record in 100 Breaststroke Five swimmers were 50-point in the 100-yard breaststroke as the group collectively inched closer to Ian Finnerty's NCAA record of 49.69 set in 2018. It has finally fallen. Cal fifth-year Liam Bell scorched a 23.15 on the fi...

NCAA Men's Championships: Leon Marchand Dominates Again in 400 IM Win It continues to be Leon Marchand's time to shine. After wowing the swimming world the past couple of years with his record-breaking performances all over the world, and the Paris Olympics on the horizon, the 2024 Division I Men's ...