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NISCA Offering Virtual Meet Applications For All-America Status in 2020-21 School Year The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) announced it will be offering virtual meet applications for All-America consideration for the upcoming school year. With the COVID-19 pandemic maki...

NEW COMMIT: Junior National qualifier Summer West of Huntington Beach, Calif. has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Minnesota beginning in the fall of 2021. She will suit up for the Golden Gophers as a member of the class of 2025 along with Lyndsey Wehr, Hannah Cornish, Oksana Cha...

10 Beach Norms Swimmers Know all too Well By Maggie Lasto, Swimming World College Intern. Few people experience the summer like a swimmer. They are practically mermaids, after all. They can breathe on land but their fish tail always seems to draw them back to the water. All joking aside, going to th...

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) board of directors voted 11-5 on Friday for an August 24 start date for fall sports practices, making last month's decision to postpone the start date official, according to The Orlando Sentinel. Swimming, which is a fall sport in the state of Flo...

NEW COMMIT: New Albany, Ohio native Sydney Boals will head to the Sunshine State in the fall of 2021 after verbally committing to Florida State University. She will join Maddy Huggins, Jenny Bird, Alexandra Dicks, Ella Dyjak and Rachel Moran in Tallahassee as a member of the Seminoles’ class of 2025...

Siobhan Haughey touched the wall and looked up at the scoreboard. It wasn’t disbelief, but Haughey was definitely stunned as she saw the fastest time she has ever swum in the 200-meter freestyle. In fact, it was faster than anyone from Asia had ever gone. In a time trial last week in Hong Kong, Haug...

Travel to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics will be a huge issue moving forward as many countries are still feeling heavy affects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the pandemic, travel restrictions are limiting international travel, which could made for difficult situations for athletes arriving in Tokyo f...

NEW COMMITS: Liberty University has received a pair of verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Willis, Texas native Mary-Ashlynne Gordon, and after changing her commitment from Kentucky, Sydney Stricklin of Clarkston, Mich. Both talented swimmers will join Kate Baker as a member of...

Training Tip: The Importance of Distance Per Stroke Swimming World will periodically bring you a topic that will be explored through drills and concepts to implement on a regular basis. While certain tips may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters...

NEW COMMIT: Junior National qualifier Steffi Beisel of San Jose, Calif. has selected the University of Arizona has the place where she will continue her academic and swimming career. She will join Lexi Duchsherer as a member of the Wildcats' class of 2025. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I’m ve...

Gregorio Paltrinieri was astonished by his own performance after swimming the second-fastest 1500m free in history to lower his own European record to 14:33.10 at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome on Thursday. The 25-year-old, who became the first Italian to win the longest race in the pool at the Olym...

NEW COMMITS: The University of Cincinnati has picked up a pair of verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from St. Charles, Ill. native Payton Baxter and Maddy Hensler of Cleves, Ohio. Both talented swimmers will join Annabelle Young as a member of the Bearcats' class of 2025. PAYTON BA...

NEW COMMIT: Indiana University has added yet another addition to their growing class of 2025, this time getting a verbal commitment from Katherine "Katie" Carson of Cary, N.C. She will join Aislinn Holder, Emma Shaughnessy, Sydney Turner, Brearna Crawford, Kabria Chapman, Elyse Heiser, Anna Peoplows...

Jon Ornée and his “Epic Swim 2020” team have been dreaming about the chance to accomplish a truly rare feat in open water swimming. For the second time in history, a recorded swim has crossed Lake Michigan. Nearly 22 years after the first swimmer crossed Lake Michigan, Epic Swim 2020, a six-man rela...

Passages: Sholto's Fierce Fighting Spirit Lives On As McKeown Sisters Honour Their Late Father No matter where Australia’s swimming sister act, Taylor and Kaylee McKeown swim next they will carry with them the inspiration and fighting spirit of their greatest fan – their Dad, Sholto who sadly lost h...

Mark Emmert said Thursday in a video posted to the NCAA’s twitter account that there won’t be NCAA championships this fall season, citing lack of schools and leagues participating. The decision affects 22 sports in which the NCAA crowns champions, including the Division I Football Championship Subdi...

NEW COMMITS: The University of Connecticut has received another verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Hummelstown, Pa. native Claire Ryland. She will join Amelia Schaefer and Paige Sugra in Storrs as a member of the Huskies' class of 2025. Regarding her commitment, she said: "Beyo...

Australian Athletes Speak Out on Freedom of Speech at Olympic Games Australia’s athletes have spoken and believe “in some circumstances” they in fact should be allowed to express themselves at an Olympic Games, but also stressing that it should not impact on other athletes’ performances or overall e...

Ultra-marathon swimmer Chloë McCardel is expected to leave British shores early Sunday morning (August 16) in her extraordinary quest to break the men’s world record for the number of English Channel crossings. The Melbourne-raised Sydneysider, who has spent many months in Kent, UK, over the past de...

Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced on Thursday that the school has made the decision to not invite undergrad students to campus for the fall quarter, with "almost all undergraduate instruction to be delivered remotely." Stanford, which has over 7,000 undergrad students and ...