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NEW COMMIT: Wingate University has received their first verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season and beyond from Futures qualifier Annika Luce of Woodford, Va. She is the Bulldogs' first public verbal commitment for the Class of 2026. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am so beyond excited to an...

NEW COMMITS: The University of New Hampshire has scored a pair of verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Pottstown, Pa. native Kiersten Donnelly and Kiki Lindsay of Portland, Ore. Both talented swimmers will join Maddie Fritz in Durham as a member of the Wildcats' Class of 2025. K...

When Arno Kamminga trained as a youngster, he’d get out of the pool early and use up all the hot water to leave his team-mates shivering in the cold showers. And those fellow swimmers certainly would not have picked out Kamminga as the man most likely to propel himself to third all-time over 100m br...

NEW COMMITS: The University of Wyoming has rounded up a pair of verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Hanna, Ind. native Maisyn Klimczak and Lauren Swartz of West Chicago, Ill. Both talented swimmers will join Caitlyn Groff, Sydney Metzler and Katie McPherson as a member of the P...

Wang Shun Captures 400 IM as Chinese Nationals Fill Racing Void At a time when many fans of the sport are eager to see some first-class performance in the long-course pool, the Chinese National Championships have gotten the job done. The competition being held in Qingdao continued to produce several...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Florida has been on a recruiting tear for their growing Class of 2026 and have recently added a new verbal commitment from Richmond, Va. native Zoe Dixon, one of the most sought-out recruits in her class. She will join Scarlet Martin as well as Florida natives Mallory S...

Like Many Clubs, Flyers Aquatic Swim Team Fighting Through Difficult Situation By Jessica Briers, Swimming World Intern On March 19, club teams in the St. Louis area received news that swim practices would be suspended until COVID-19 was contained. On June 17, three long months later, the Flyers Aqu...

NEW COMMIT: Auburn University has landed their fourth early verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season and beyond from U.S. Open qualifier Tate Cutler of Davis, Calif. He will join Luke Thomas, Drew Jordan and Collin Klingman as a member of the Tigers' Class of 2026. His best times include: 100 fly - ...

US Masters Swimming has concluded its 2020 virtual annual meeting. In addition to committee meetings and rules and legislation reviews, USMS held at-large director elections and honored many of its deserving volunteers with service awards. USMS is pleased to announce that the following at-large dire...

The surviving family of Jakob Mumper, the high school senior who was shot and killed in an apparent triple-murder-suicide by his father earlier this month, has started a Go Fund Me page to raise money for a scholarship in the family name. Mumper's sister, Emma, and mother, Greta, were also killed ea...

NEW COMMIT: Texas A&M University has kept Jacob DeLagerheim of Mansfield, Texas, in-state for his college career as he announced his verbal commitment on College Swimming. He is the Aggies’ seventh verbal pledge for their Class of 2025, and all of them hail from Texas: Noah Beladi, Clayton Conklin, ...

NEW COMMIT: Rhinelander, Wisc. native and Junior National qualifier Malia Francis has announced her college decision and will attend Liberty University in the fall of 2022. She is the first public verbal commitment for the Lady Flames’ Class of 2026 and is a huge pickup for the program. Her older si...

NEW COMMITS: The University of Nebraska, Omaha has picked up their first two verbal commitments for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Sartell, Minn. native Heidi Lenarz and Hailey Matthews of Englewood, Colo. Both talented swimmers will arrive on campus as members of the Mavs' Class of 2025. HEIDI ...

Xu Jiayu Checks in With 200 Back Win at Chinese Nationals; Qualifying Affected By Controversial Fitness Testing The two-time defending world champion in the 100 backstroke, Xu Jiayu proved his worth over twice that distance as the Chinese National Championships continued in Qingdao on Sunday. Xu pre...

NEW COMMITS: The University of Minnesota has received a pair of in-state verbal commitments for their growing Class of 2025 from Minnetrista, Minn. native Josh Johnston and Thomas McCarthy of Edina, Minn. Both swimmers will suit up for the Golden Gophers along with Chris Morris, Bar Soloveychik, Jac...

5 Things That Rub Swimmers The Wrong Way (Other Than Suits) By Kate Santilena BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! The alarm goes off again for another 5:30 a.m. practice. It’s still dark outside. As swimmers, we rise before the sun. Morning practices are rough, but the one thing that every swimmer dreads more than ro...

NEW COMMIT: Florida State University has picked up a verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season from Junior National qualifier Jaydon Cunningham of Chesapeake Beach, Md., who announced his decision via social media. He will arrive in Tallahassee as a member of the Seminoles' Class of 2026. Regarding h...

Aussie Thomas Neill Sets Junior Short Course WR in 400 Free; Mitch Larkin Shines Australia's rising distance swimming star Thomas Neill (Rackley) set his first World Junior Record in the 400m freestyle at the Queensland State Short Course Championships today and heart-breakingly missed another one b...

24 hours after breaking a 12-year-old African record in the 200 breaststroke, 23-year-old Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa narrowly broke her own African record in the 100 breaststroke in short course meters. Schoenmaker, who finished sixth in this event at the 2019 Worlds, swam a 1:05.40 to just...

The Virginia swim team returned Saturday with a long course time trial in Charlottesville a day after swimming a short course intrasquad meet on Friday night. After six months away from racing, the Cavaliers opened up the 2020-21 season with some solid times as we enter the season of the coronavirus...