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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 ...

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 ...

Following the DII meet yesterday, the 2019 Wisconsin Girls Division I State Swimming & Diving Championships took place on Nov. 16 at the University of Wisconsin natatorium in Madison. After placing fifth just a year ago, Brookfield East secured their first State title in program history. The Spartan...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Georgia has secured a new verbal commitment for the fall of 2021 from Bristol, Ind. sprinter Elsa Fretz who made the announcement via Instagram. The talented sprinter will arrive in Athens as a member of the class of 2025 along with Rachel Stege. Fretz, who has already ...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Florida has picked up a new in-state verbal commitment for fall of 2021 from West Palm Beach's Anna Auld. She will also join Mary Kate Kelley, Micayla Cronk, Brooke Zettel, and Georgia Bates in Gainesville as a member of the class of 2025. Auld, who owns a pair of U.S. ...

NEW COMMIT: Lilburn, Ga. native Abby McCulloh has announced her verbal commitment to Auburn University via Instagram. She'll join Ellie Waldrep and Rebekah Hamilton on campus as members of the class of 2025. McCulloh, who has already achieved the Olympic Trials cut in the 400m free, does her club sw...

The 2019 Wisconsin Girls Division II State Swimming & Diving Championships took place on Nov. 15 at the University of Wisconsin natatorium in Madison. Edgewood dominated the meet, sweeping all three relays en route to winning their fifth-straight title with a total of 290 points ahead of McFarland (...

ISL American Derby (Day One) Vegas Baby! As the International Swimming League season resumed on Saturday with the American Derby at the Eppley Recreation Center in College Park, Maryland, there was one over-arching emphasis: Nail down a berth to next month's championship competition in Las Vegas. Wh...

Gabriele Detti, the Olympic double bronze medallist for Italy at the Rio 2016 Games, just punched a ticket to the European Short-Course Championships in Glasgow next month with a 3:40.47 victory over 400m freestyle at the 43rd Mussi Lombardi Femiano Trophy in Massarosa, Lucca. Detti emerged from hi...

International Swimming League founder Konstantin Grigorishin said in an interview with the Washington Post this week that he is committed to expanding the league following next summer's Tokyo Olympic Games, despite the financial struggles within the first year. The ISL has received plenty of media c...

The 2019 Missouri Boys Class 1 State Swimming & Diving Championships took place on Nov. 15 at the St. Peters Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Mo. Glendale used impressive depth to end Central Cape Girardeau's three-year reign by earning the championship title with 247 points. A total of 5 records were broken...

NEW COMMIT: Cincinnati, Ohio native Ansel Froass has officially committed to the University of Michigan and will arrive in Ann Arbor at the start of the 2020-21 season. He will add valuable depth to the Wolverines' lineup next fall. Primarily an IMer and breaststroker, Froass does his club swimming ...

NEW COMMIT: San Clemente, Calif. native Katie Faris has selected Boise State University for her college career and will suit up for the Broncos in the fall of 2020. Primarily a sprint freestyler, Faris does her club swimming with San Clemente Aquatic Team and capped off her summer season by earning ...

The Florida 4A Swimming and Diving State Championships took place on Nov. 15 at the Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center in Stuart, Fla. The meet was highlighted by a pair of state records: Allen D. Nease's Olivia Peoples threw down a 52.73 in the 100 fly during prelims while Flagler Palm Co...

WADA Press For Tampering Ban The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) took a hammer to "Sun Yang's Playbook" and the "grammar gymnastics" of the FINA Doping Panel when it summed up its challenge at the Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in Montreux today. Sun Yang, said WADA counsel Rich Young, had b...

Chase Kalisz will make his International Swimming League debut less than 30 miles from the city where hours of practice alongside Michael Phelps helped propel him to the silver medal in the 400m individual medley at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 25-year-old was born in Baltimore, Mar...

Hammer Hearing - Sun Yang Vs WADA At CAS, Montreux, November 15 Sketch It started with Sun Yang's testimony being lost in poor translation and ended with a farcical cameo of just the kind of emotion and strong will to get his own way that what may well have led the Chinese swimmer to put his "entire...

NEW COMMIT: Ball State University has received their first early verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Evansville, Ind. backstroke Lilia Newkirk. Newkirk does her club swimming with Boonville Aquatic Dolphins and raced three events at Greensboro Futures this past summer after fina...