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The 2021 Golden Goggles, presented by USA Swimming, made a splash on a Tuesday night in Miami, Florida. There were eight awards this year with Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky taking home male and female swimmer of the year. Swimming World’s Molly Griswold and Ashleigh Shay were at the venue at the ...

Olympic gold medalists Caeleb Dressel and Suni Lee have been named Sports Illustrated Athletes of the Year. They were given the awards on Tuesday night, the same night Dressel was named the Male Swimmer of the Year at the USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards. Dressel has been one of the world's elite s...

2021 Golden Goggles Award Winners and Nominees The 2021 Golden Goggle Awards showcased many of the “golden” accomplishments of the past year- both in and out of the pool. Some of the most elite Team USA athletes were honored by USA Swimming for their achievements, with an emphasis on their performan...

Lia Thomas, Transgender Swimmer from Penn, Swims Fastest Times in Nation; Controversy Brewing At this weekend's Zippy Invitational, Penn's Lia Thomas won three events and swam the fastest time in the country in two of those races, but her swims are causing a stir because of Thomas' status as a trans...

The Pac-12 announced its monthy swimming and diving awards. PAC-12 WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE MONTH (November 2021): Torri Huske, Fr., STANFORD (Arlington, Va.) The Stanford freshman set top-five marks in school history and won every individual event she swam in during the month of November. Set top-thr...

The SEC announced its weekly swimming and diving awards. SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Bobby Finke, Florida Florida’s Bobby Finke, a senior from Clearwater, Fla., won three out of his four events at the Toyota US Open. Finke placed first in the 400 IM with a time of 4:17.69, with his conve...

As a part of the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America’s (CSCAA) Centennial Celebration, the association has named its list of 100 Greatest College Swimming & Diving Coaches of the past 100 years. Just over 500 coaches were nominated. A blue ribbon committee of fifty eig...

Adam Krikorian, Dejan Udovicic Re-Signed for Paris Olympic Cycle by USA Water Polo USA Water Polo will be in familiar hands as it prepares for the 2024 Paris Olympics, with the organization extending the contracts of Adam Krikorian and Dejan Udovicic to lead the women’s and men’s teams, respectively...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Swimming Technique Concepts - Maximizing Swimming Velocity Part 6: The Push Phase By Rod Havriluk, Ph.D. Previous articles in this ...

Arena Signs Romanian Teen Sprint Star David Popovici David Popovici, the 17-year-old Romanian freestyler who made two Olympics finals in Tokyo, has signed an endorsement deal with Arena. “Thrilled to announce that I am now an Arena athlete,” Popovici said in a company press release. “I feel that it ...

NEW COMMIT: Arizona State University has officially begun its Class of 2027 recruiting after receiving a pair of verbal commitments from Erd, Hungary native Lia Csulak and Sonia Vaishnani of Helotes, Texas. LIA CSULAK [caption id="attachment_492824" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Photo Courtesy: L...

In Chase for 16th Men's National Title, Texas Looks Unstoppable The University of Texas Longhorns are the defending national champions in men’s swimming and diving, and they have won five of the last six national titles — one year by as many as 193 points, another year by as few as 11.5. Texas was l...

NEW COMMIT: NC State University has received another verbal commitment for the 2023-24 season from Olympic Trials qualifier Mitchell Ledford of Sebastian, Florida. He will join Sam Flack and Will Heck in Raleigh as a member of the Wolfpack’s Class of 2027. Regarding his commitment, he said: “I am so...

Craig Beardsley, 1980 Olympian, ‘Thankful’ U.S. Opting for Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing The White House on Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, news that was met with joy by Olympic swimmer Craig Beardsley. Beardsley was one of the leaders of the 1980 Olympi...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Dryside Training: Finish Strong By J.R. Rosania After a year of continued COVID threats, canceled events and rescheduled Olympi...

Matt Fallon Crushes 1:49 200 Breast at Zippy Invitational for Nation's Top Time, Eighth-Fastest in History At the U.S. Olympic Trials in June, unheralded 18-year-old Matt Fallon pulled off a surprise when he finished first in the men's 200 breaststroke-meter semifinals, finishing in 2:08.91 to beat ...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Virginia has received a big verbal commitment for its growing Class of 2026 from Olympic Trials qualifier Sebastien Sergile of Alpharetta, Georgia. He will join Will Thompson and Simon Lins in Charlottesville at the start of the 2022-23 season. His father, Alain, repres...

Winter Junior Championships: Bella Sims, Katie Grimes, Justina Kozan to Face Off (Psych Sheets) The 2021 USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior Championships been this week and are split up into two meets. Greensboro Aquatic Center will host the East meet and the Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin will h...

Benjamin Sasaki’s Double-OT Goal Gives Pomona-Pitzer First Water Polo Title It took two overtimes Sunday to separate two teams located just a single street part. Benjamin Sasaki scored at 2:23 of the second overtime period, the only goal of two extra sessions to lead Pomona-Pitzer to a 13-12 win ove...

Golden Goggles Ballot: Who Should Capture Awards in 2021? As we near the end of 2021, it’s awards season. The COVID-19 pandemic deprived the swimming community of a real championship season in 2020, but 2021 saw another eight days of incredible swimming with the eyes of the world glued to the Olympi...