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NCAA Swim Meet of the Week School is starting up this week for many of the college across the NCAA this week and that means that the intense grind of winter break training is now over. The countdown to championship has begun, but that doesn't mean taper has started. In fact, we are still roughly sev...

The LEN Swimming Cup returns for a second season at the 22nd Euro Meet in Luxembourg from 24-26 January where a strong line-up including Olympic and world champions will include a battle royale featuring Florent Manaudou, Ben Proud and Bruno Fratus in the 50m free. Olympic champion Pernille Blume an...

The first full weekend of NCAA women's varsity water polo action saw a theme repeated from the men’s season, when a string of early upsets portended an upending of the usual hierarchy of teams—a scenario that continued throughout the 2019 campaign. [Notes from a Memorable Start to the 2019 NCAA Men’...

Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers has kick started his Olympic defence in style– winning his specialist 100m freestyle in the fastest time of the year so far – 47.99 at the South Australian State Championships tonight. [caption id="attachment_399855" align="alignnone" width="700"] PUMPED: Kyle Chalmers...

Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of January 20-26, 2020 Tuesday, January 21 On the eve of a "swim where...

NEW COMMIT: Stephen Gilbert, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American and senior at Patriot High School in Virginia, has verbally committed to Milligan College. Gilbert specializes in backstroke and IM events, but offers a versatility that will bolster a program showing steady improvement under head c...

The Boston College Eagles swimming and diving teams traveled down to Lewisberg, PA, on Saturday for a duel meet with the Bucknell University Bison. The teams split the contest, with the BC men claiming victory and the Bucknell women emerging on top. SCORES BC men - 181, Bucknell men - 113 Bucknell w...

Penn State’s Jane Donahue is retiring from college swimming due to medical reasons, the junior announced on her Instagram feed this week. Donahue hasn’t swum for the Nittany Lions this season and said that she’s been battling an injury, the nature of which she did not disclose, for five years. She w...

The Boston College Swimming and Diving Teams traveled to Bronx, NY, for a competition with Fordham University. The ACC's Eagles were victorious in both matchups with the A-10's Rams. SCORES BC men - 183.5, Fordham men, 96.5 BC women - 150.5, Fordham women 149.5 Results Boston College Press Release.....

The Pitt Panthers faced a tough challenge in the visiting Division III powerhouse Denison Big Red on Friday. However, the home team prevailed in both male and female competitions, taking every single event title - 32 in total. RESULTS Pitt Press Release PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh swim.....

Amy Bilquist was hoping to get though one year without a major injury. After dealing with multiple setbacks during her career, she was hoping 2019 would finally be her year. It was — but not nearly how she envisioned it. Bilquist’s 2019 was the most successful in her career as a swimmer. But she als...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. There were a lot of really good swimming performances in the last week as the FINA Champions Swim Series started and concluded in China with some of the best swimmers in the world in attendance. Sydney Pickrem handed Katinka Hosszu her first loss in the 200 I...

NEW COMMIT: East Carolina University has earned their first verbal commitment for the fall of 2021 from in-state standout Reece Alexander of Pfafftown, N.C. Alexander, who owns the Winter Juniors cut in the 100 fly, does her club swimming with Northwest North Carolina YMCA Riptyde and most recently ...

NEW COMMIT: The Ohio State University has recently picked up a new in-state verbal commitment for the fall of 2021 from Pepper Pike, Ohio native Mairin O'Brien. She will join Paige Hall and Gwen Woodbury with the Buckeyes as a member of the class of 2025. Primarily a sprint freestyler, O'Brien does ...

After five days of group play at the 34th LEN European Championships, two women’s teams have emerged unscathed—and are on target for the tournament final next weekend at Budapest’s Duna Aréna. On Saturday host Hungary scorched winless Serbia 27-0 while the Netherlands toppled previously undefeated S...

Americas Recap Americans like Regan Smith and Allison Schmitt might have dominated the headlines at last weekend’s TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Knoxville, Tennessee. But there were plenty of other headlines generated from a sizeable international contingent at the event. Here’s a look at the highligh...

“Anything you can do I can do too…” was the message from Australian Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown to US world record holder Regan Smith from Down Under tonight. [caption id="attachment_411671" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Exciting times ahead for Kaylee McKeown Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australi...

Pro Series - Knoxville (Day Four) Results The Regan Smith Express continues to roll along toward the Olympic Games in Tokyo, as the American teenager delivered another standout performance on Sunday night to close out her weekend at the TYR Pro Series stop in Knoxville. Contesting the 200-meter back...

The University of Miami Hurricanes Swimming and Diving team defeated the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Swimming and Diving Teams in Coral Gables, FL, on Saturday. SCORES Miami - 160, FGCU - 82 RESULTS Miami Press Release CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Miami Hurricanes swimming & diving team cruised to a Senio...

The Vanderbilt Commodores took down the Marshall Thundering Herd in Nashville on Saturday. This meet represented the last home competition of the season for the home team. Score Vanderbilt - 141.5, Marshall - 106.5 RESULTS Vanderbilt Press Release NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt swimming concluded i.....