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NEW COMMIT: The University of Akron has earned their first early verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Bristow, Va. native Abby Daniel. Daniel, who owns four Junior National standards, swims year-round with Occoquan Swimming and most recently won the 50m fly with five additional t...

NEW COMMIT: Louisiana State University has secured a new verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Brendan Hausdorf of Marietta, Ga. Hausdorf, who owns a pair of Junior National standards, swims year-round with Marietta Marlins and most recently earned a best time at Junior Nationals ...

LSU diver Juan Celaya-Hernandez was named the Nuevo León Athlete of the Year at a ceremony in Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday. Celaya-Hernandez was selected for the honor based on his amazing achievements during the 2019 competitive season. “It’s nice to see my hard work start to pay off, said...

With the regular season now finished in all men’s water polo contests, it’s on to the postseason for teams in the Golden Coast Conference, Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Northeast Water Polo Conference, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ...

NEW COMMIT: Saskatchewan, Canada’s distance standout Michael McGillivray has announced his verbal commitment to Cal and will suit up for the Golden Bears in the fall of 2021. He will also join Jack Alexy, Jacob Soderlund, Kai Crews and Trent Frandson as members of Cal's class of 2025. McGillivray, w...

Minna Atherton may land a performance bonus of US$30,000 for the World Record she established over 100m backstroke at the Budapest round of the International Swimming League last month. Swimming World understands that the ISL has not yet given the green light to a sum that would match the second-big...

SwimSAFER, Smarter, Stronger A Lifesaving Skill The four posters released by SWIM Australia today to celebrate the 2019 Australia-wide “SwimSAFER Week” (November 19-25) say it all: swimming not only makes our kids safer but also smarter and stronger. The posters issued by Australia's Industry Body f...

The 2019 North Dakota Girls State Swimming & Diving Championships took place on Nov. 16 at the Bismarck State College Aquatics and Wellness Center in Bismarck, N.D. Bismarck Century's Alexis "Lexi" Duchsherer broke her own 50 free state record twice, eclipsing her own mark during prelims and lowerin...

The 2019 Washington Girls 3A State Swimming & Diving Championships took place on Nov. 16 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. Bellevue High School senior Janelle Rudolph lit the pool on fire, anchoring the 4x50 free relay in a blistering 22.22 as well as throwing down a 47.77 in t...

When you think about your swimming and your goals it’s usually in terms of physical and measurable things… I wanna be faster than the competition… I wanna drop four seconds off my PB… I wanna be a faster underwater dolphin kicker… And while we direct our efforts at training harder and better each da...

NEW COMMIT: Naperville, Ill. native and talented sprint freestyler Connor Boyle has announced his verbal to the University of Virginia and will arrive in Charlottesville as a member of the Hoos’ class of 2025 along with Max Iida, Tyler Sicignano, Jack Aikins, Colin Bitz and Matthew Styczen. Boyle do...

The Week That Was: The International Swimming League continued over the weekend with the first two spots in the Las Vegas final up for grabs this weekend in College Park, Maryland with the LA Current and Cali Condors clinching their spots in next month's final. There were four American records broke...

NEW COMMIT: Three-time Summer Juniors qualifier Micah Chambers of Enid, Okla. has verbally committed to the University of Tennessee and will suit up for the Volunteers as a member of the class of 2024. Chambers does his club swimming with Aquatic Club of Enid and most recently placed 16th in the 50m...

WADA's Russia Decision Day On December 9 Russian athletes are due to be heard before Christmas whether they can still include the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in their plans. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee (ExCo) will meet on December 9 to decide the fate of Russia, including a ...

Caeleb Dressel Men's 50 Freestyle (Skins) Behind a performance of 21.20, the New York Breakers' Michael Andrew led the field into the semifinals, with the Cali Condors' Caeleb Dressel also moving on to the next round. The L.A. Current advanced a pair of swimmers into the semifinals, as Michael Chadw...

ISL American Derby - Day Two The two American spots in the International Swimming League finale next month in Las Vegas are guaranteed, the L.A. Current and Cali Condors standing head and shoulders above their United States opposition, the D.C. Trident and New York Breakers. After holding their own ...

The 2019 Washington Girls 1/2A State Swimming & Diving Championships took place on Nov. 16 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. After earning the runner-up spot last season, Liberty Renton High School (268) earned the team title by a narrow four-point margin over runner-up Sammami...

Following the Class 1 meet, the 2019 Missouri Boys Class 2 State Swimming & Diving Championships took place on Nov. 16 at the St. Peters Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Mo. Lee's Summit North junior Daniel Worth highlighted the meet with his impressive performances that rewrote the record books. Not only di...

The 2019 Florida 3A Swimming and Diving State Championships took place on Nov. 16 at the Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center in Stuart, Fla. Lawton Chiles earned the team title on the girls' side, finishing with 240 points ahead of runner-up Barron Collier (173.5). The boys of Barron Collie...

Podium Protestors Horton & Scott, Matsumoto, Detti Gain If Sun loses and WADA wins; and the possible consequences, too, if Sun's argument prevails  Mack Horton bumped up to World champion and Gabriele Detti to silver over 400m freestyle, Katsuhiro Matsumoto celebrated in Japan as his nation's first ...