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A group of swimming champions will take on their biggest challenge yet - the English Channel. A five-person team will embark on a 33,000-meter journey through the world's busiest shipping lane. Ross McWhirter, Jordan J. Dunn, Harrison Haines, Jack Blyzinskyj and Dan Wallace will journey from England...

Gretchen Walsh Creating Numerous Chances for World Championships Breakthrough In two fantastic seasons competing on the collegiate level for the University of Virginia, Gretchen Walsh has captured three individual NCAA titles along with three runnerup finishes and eight relay titles. She is the fast...

Josh Liendo, Maggie MacNeil Set Two Meet Records Each at Mel Zajac International Canadian Olympic stars Josh Liendo and Maggie MacNeil set a pair of meet records each at the 58th annual Mel Zajac International this weekend. MacNeil won three events, despite missing the first day of the meet at UBC A...

Nikolaos Papanikolaou Repeats as Cutino Award Winner; Stanford’s Aria Fischer Adds to Family Legacy The University of California’s Nikolaos Papanikolaou has been named the Peter J. Cutino Award winner for the second straight year. The women’s award went to Stanford's Aria Fischer, who joins older si...

Regan Smith Cracks Longstanding American Record in 200 Butterfly at Sun Devil Open; Moves to No. 4 All-Time When Regan Smith opted to not contest the 200-meter backstroke on the final night of the Sun Devil Open, the decision suggested an assault on the 200 butterfly by the 21-year-old standout. Wel...

Alex Walsh Swims 2:09.61 200 IM on Final Day of NCAP Elite Qualifier The reigning world champion in the women's 200 individual medley raced the long course version of the event for the first time in almost a year Sunday, and Alex Walsh ended up with a sub-2:10 performance as she prepares for U.S. Na...

The Romanian Cup concluded in Otopeni after a weekend in which David Popovici went 47.85 in the 100 free while also rattling his national 100 fly mark. Popovici wasn't the only man to command the spotlight with three-time world junior medallist Vlad Stancu completing a successful - if gruelling - pr...

Greek Lifesaving Sports Association Brings Together Experts, Organizations to Push for Olympic Inclusion The Greek Lifesaving Sports Association (GLSA) convened a symposium in May that pushes for the inclusion of the sport in the Olympic program. The symposium, hosted in Greece, brought together 39 ...

Walsh Sisters Post More Strong Swims at NCAP Elite Qualifier For the second consecutive day, University of Virginia stars and sisters Gretchen Walsh and Alex Walsh each notched wins at the NCAP Elite Qualifier. Gretchen, fresh off her first-ever 56-second 100 butterfly (which moved her to fourth in ...

Regan Smith Doubles at Sun Devil Open, Swims World's Fastest 100 Backstroke One day after establishing herself as a legitimate international force in the 200 IM by becoming the fourth-fastest American ever in the event, Regan Smith returned to more familiar races Saturday at the Sun Devil Open. The ...

Amanda Beard Returns to Alma Mater Arizona as Assistant Coach Olympic gold medalist Amanda Beard is returning to her alma mater, the University of Arizona, as an assistant coach. Beard joins the staff of Augie Busch, whose father Frank Busch was Beard's coach in her days in Tucson. Beard will serve ...

By Delaney Lanker, Swimming World Magazine College Intern (From the Archive) I once had a coach tell me that butterfly was the easiest stroke. At the time, I just looked at him and rolled my eyes. But, here I am years later, a Division I butterflier, and I might have come to believe him. This means ...

Tennessee Promote Josh Huger to Associate Head Coach Josh Huger has been promoted to associate head coach by the University of Tennessee, it announced on Friday. Huger had been an assistant coach, leading the UT sprinters as well as serving as its recruiting coordinator. Huger was hired in the sprin...

Gretchen Walsh Swims Fourth-Fastest 100 Butterfly in 2023 at NCAP Elite Qualifier Coming off a lights-out performance at the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year, the University of Virginia's Gretchen Walsh is aiming to represent the United States at a major international competition f...

Regan Smith Blasts 2:08.48 200 IM at Sun Devil Open; Simone Manuel Wins 50 Free In her first season as a professional swimmer based at Arizona State University, Regan Smith has shown her best form since 2019, when she won a world title in the 200 backstroke while setting world records in the 100 and...

UMBC Faces Lawsuit From Former Swimmers Alleging School Ignored, Covered Up Sexual Abuse Six former swimmers have filed a lawsuit against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC), alleging the university ignored and even covered up sexual harassment, abuse and discrimination by former head...

Indiana Hires Recent Grad Noelle Peplowski as Assistant Coach Indiana University on Friday announced the hiring of recent graduate Noelle Peplowski as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s swimming teams. "I am thrilled to join the Indiana swimming and diving staff," Peplowski said in a team ...

Diving Into the Topic of Puberty: Encouraging Conversations between Swimmers, Parents, and Coaches By Rhiannon Myhre and Michael Kidd Young women are leaving the sport of swimming at several times the rate of young men. They are also avoiding joining teams often due to a lack of support through the ...

Luca Urlando to Make Return to Competition After Shoulder Surgery Luca Urlando will make his return this week following shoulder surgery. Urlando is on the psych sheets for the Sun Devil Open at Arizona State, which runs Friday-Sunday, competing for the Davis Aquadarts. In the fall, Urlando underwen...

Penny Oleksiak will be withdrawing from this year’s World Aquatics Championships due to injury. Canada’s most decorated Olympian had been working her way back from left knee surgery since August, during which time she has developed an unrelated left shoulder condition. She made it back to racing ear...