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The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here The December 2021 Holiday Gift Guide By Swimming World The holiday season is here! Find gifts for all of the people on your list wh...

 ISL Wins Report: Nicholas Santos is Mr. 8-for-8 in 50 Butterfly It’s a very narrow path that Nicholas Santos and his Team Iron mates tread in the International Swimming League season. For six of the league’s franchises, four matches were sufficient to book a spot in the semifinals. Team Iron and DC...

Texas Men and Women Crush Relays on Opening Night of Minnesota Invite; Freshman Luke Hobson Splits 1:31.34 The Texas men, last year's NCAA team champions for the fifth time in the previous six championships, flexed some serious depth during the first evening of the Minnesota Invitational. The Longho...

Katie Ledecky Starts U.S. Open With Victory in 800 Freestyle; Bobby Finke Rallies Behind Trademark Closing Speed Four months after she captured her third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle, Katie Ledecky kickstarted the U.S. Open with an impressive performance at the Greensbor...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here A Voice For The Sport: Return to the Norm By John Lohn The conference calls regularly held to determine content for the various issues of...

Frank Elm, one of the top coaches in U.S. history has died. He was 92. Born on Oct 30, 1929, Elm was the head coach for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. He also was an assistant coach for the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games. Elm, who also coached the 1967 U.S. Pan American Games team, and two U.S. National T...

They Deserve Better: A Look At Swimming's Overlooked Stars How could they be forgotten? Or overlooked? It doesn’t make sense, not with their credentials and the success they managed during their illustrious careers. Yet, there is a routine state in sports for some athletes – as elite as they might h...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here In this issue of Swimming World, read about 2021's World Swimmers of the Year, Caeleb Dressel and Emma McKeon. Also featured are 2021's sw...

Adam Peaty Awaits Unpaid Wages From The ISL And Urges Athletes To Exert Greater Power The ISL final will go ahead this week without Adam Peaty who only returned to training following his stint on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and who is still awaiting payment from last season. Peaty was a mainstay for Lon...

Hannah Miley has announced her retirement following a career that saw her serve Britain at the very top for over a decade and encompassed five Olympic finals. The Scot also claimed two consecutive titles in 2010 and 2014 in the 400IM in which she claimed a European medal of each colour including gol...

NEW COMMIT: U.S. Open qualifier Reese Tiltmann of Brookfield, Wisconsin, has pledged her verbal commitment to Indiana University beginning in the fall of 2023. Her older sister, Reilly Tiltmann, is currently a freshman at Virginia. She told Swimming World: "I’m extremely excited to announce my verba...

The 2021 Minnesota Invitational kicks off this week from Minneapolis with several of the top college teams in the country slated to participate. The University of Minnesota will host Michigan, Texas, Cal, Harvard, Arizona and Wisconsin at the four-day invitational, which begins Wednesday. MINNESOTA ...

ISL Founder Konstantin Grigorishin Joins Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast The final of the third season of the International Swimming League (ISL) will be held in Eindhoven on Friday and Saturday, so the timing of the latest episode of the Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast was perfect. In his latest in...

The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is currently raising money to support our new museum. Every dollar counts! Your Giving Tuesday donation will help us maintain financial stability while our $90 million iconic upgrades are being completed. You can support the Hall of Fame in 3 ways this...

Texas and Cal Men Set for Rare Midseason Battle at Minnesota Invitational Over the past decade, the Texas and California men’s teams have dominated college swimming. Those two programs have finished first and second in some order at the last seven NCAA championships and 10 of the last 11. The Texas-...

Texas Announces Plans to Pay Athletes; Other Universities Expected to Follow In June, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Alston v. NCAA that universities could provide financial benefits to athletes beyond the scope of scholarships and benefits such as food. The Court ruled that financial awards...

NEW COMMIT: West Virginia University has received their first verbal commitment for the 2023-24 season from Futures qualifier Delaney Rose Cox of Williamsburg, Virginia. She told Swimming World: "I am BEYOND excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at West...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Texas has received a new in-state verbal commitment for the 2023-24 season and beyond from Olympic Trials qualifier Jillian Cox of Cedar Park, Texas. She will join Berit Berglund and Erin Gemmell as a member of the Longhorns’ Class of 2027. She told Swimming World: "I a...

Three-Time Olympian Julia Hassler of Liechtenstein Calls Time on Career Julia Hassler, who represented Liechtenstein at the last three Olympics, has retired from swimming. She made the announcement on Instagram following the final meet of the International Swimming League season with the Toronto Tit...

Adam Peaty Won’t Return for London Roar at ISL Grand Final Adam Peaty won’t be part of the London Roar’s squad for this week’s International Swimming League Grand Final. Peaty has yet to swim this season for the Roar, and general manager Rob Woodhouse confirmed that Peaty will not be back in time fo...