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NEW COMMIT: The University of Notre Dame has picked up a new verbal commitment for the 2024-25 season and beyond from San Antonio, Texas, native Carli Cronk, a member of the USA Deaf Swimming National Team. She will join Hollie Widdows and Emily Kitayama as a member of the Fighting Irish’s Class of ...

NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has received a new verbal pledge for the 2024-25 season from versatile Mia West of Winnipeg, Canada. She’ll join Jordan Ash and Finley Anderson as a member of the Golden Bears’ class of 2028. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am honoured to ann...

Under-the-Radar Athletes Looking to Make A Splash at International Team Trials; Shackell Siblings Lurking This past month, hundreds of swimmers competed in either the TYR Pro Swim Series at Mission Viejo or the Indy Spring Cup in Indianapolis. For many athletes, these competitions were used as one l...

35 Reasons to be Thankful You're a Swimmer Sometimes, we all need a reminder as to why we are grateful to be swimmers. So when you feel like you’ve reached your absolute limit, here are some reasons why we are thankful for the sport. 1). Everything else in life seems a little bit easier after swimmi...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has released its top 100 Age Group Team rankings for 2023. The results were compiled using USA Swimming results of top ranked swimmers in the 10&U and 11-12 age groups for the 2022 Long Course season and 2022-23 Short Course season.  Swimmers were sco...

New Jersey Eliminates Consolation Finals From Meet of Champions At various levels around the world, consolation finals are the norm, typically held just before the championship heat. But at next year’s New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) championship meet, consolation fina...

Auburn University Hires John Fox as Head Diving Coach John Fox has been hired as the head diving coach at Auburn, the university announced on Wednesday. Fox joins the staff of head coach Ryan Wochomurka. He replaces Jeff Shaffer, who retired at the end of last season. Fox has spent his coaching care...

Is Australian Men’s Distance Freestyle Poised for Resurgence? Not too long ago, Australia was a supreme powerhouse in men’s distance swimming. The tradition in the 1500 freestyle began in earnest when Murray Rose, John Konrads and Bob Windle won Olympic gold medals in the event back-to-back-to-back,...

Madeline Banic, a National Champion relay swimmer and 12-time All-America selection, joined the University of Missouri swimming and diving staff in an assistant coach role, Head Coach Andrew Grevers announced. Banic spent the 2022-23 as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Tennessee. "I am...

Unique Territory: How David Popovici Has Made Going Sub-48 A Routine Affair Remember when clocking a sub-48 performance in the 100-meter freestyle was a monumental feat? Ok, the feat is still considered a visit into special territory…except for David Popovici. For the 18-year-old Romanian, something...

Kaylee McKeown and Emma McKeon Headline Entry Lists For Aussie World Champs Trials While the United States Trials for next month's World Championships are still a few weeks away, Swimming Australia will select its squad for the summer showcase next week. The six-day competition is scheduled for June...

Paula Scanlan Tells Daily Wire Penn Forced Silence on Lia Thomas Situation A University of Pennsylvania teammate of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has spoken out about what happened behind the scenes during Thomas' season on the women's team. Penn swimmer Paula Scanlan told the Daily Wire that Penn ...

Swimming Canada’s Leadership Change Raising Government Questions The leave of absence taken by Swimming Canada CEO Ahmed El-Awadi has garnered scrutiny by legislators little more than a year out from the Paris Olympics. El-Awadi’s decision to take a personal leave came three months after he testifie...

Saint Louis Removes Interim Tag on Mary Woods as Head Coach Saint Louis University on Monday named Mary Woods the head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming teams. Woods takes over for Jim Halliburton, who resigned last August. She had served as the interim head coach for the 2022-23 season. It’s ...

Races Without Favorites: Ben Proud Defending World Title, Caeleb Dressel Possibly Returning in 50 Freestyle Less than two months out from the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, several individual races already have clearly-established favorites, but plenty of others lack an obvious choice for go...

Veterans Re-Emerge Ahead of the 2023 U.S. World Championships Trials Although USA Swimming is flooded with young talent, veterans always seem to emerge in the biggest moments. Over the last several months, a group of star-studded veteran swimmers have put together impactful races all over the countr...

After Butterfly Show, Regan Smith Ranks In Elite Territory For Primary 200-Meter Events The moment the scoreboard at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center flashed 2:03.87, Regan Smith joined elite company. That time is what Smith produced in the 200-meter butterfly during Sunday night’s Sun Devil Open, th...

25 Reasons Why We're All the 8-Year-Old Summer League Swimmer A long, long time ago, you were the little girl who had more hair out of her cap than in it. Or maybe you were the little boy who hung on the lane line mid-race to wave to mom and pose for a picture. And we were all that little swimmer wh...

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...