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Freshman Josh Bey Plays Central Role in Indiana’s NCAA Success, Now Targeting Long Course The Indiana Hoosiers did not win any events at the NCAA Men’s Championships, and they did not get their usual points from diving, but the team still managed an impressive third-place finish in the team competit...

Passages: Two-time Canadian Olympic Medalist Nancy Garapick, 64 Two-time Olympic medalist Nancy Garapick of Canada died on April 7. She was 64 years old. Garapick died at her home in Langley, British Columbia, a Swimming Canada statement confirmed. Garapick was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A produc...

Applications Being Accepted for ASCA Timothy Welsh Fellows Program Applications are now being accepted for the ASCA Timothy Welsh Fellows Program (click here to apply). In its 24th year, this Fellowship is a unique, board-run program which offers an exciting career development opportunity, aiming to...

Travel + Leisure Co. Announces Sponsorship of Rising Swimming Star Rylee Erisman Travel + Leisure Co. (NYSE:TNL), a leading leisure travel company, today announced a new sponsorship agreement with USA National Team swimmer and World Junior Champion Rylee Erisman. The partnership reflects Travel + Le...

Following Strong NCAA Performance, Ilya Kharun Aiming for Nationals Prior to Official U.S. Debut Camaraderie built the foundation of the Arizona State sprint group that swept all four relays at the recent NCAA Men's Championships. Prior to their swims, Sun Devils veterans Jonny Kulow and Andy Dobrza...

Fort Lauderdale Open to Welcome Collection of Olympians; Katie Ledecky Returning to Site of Latest World Record Nearly a year ago, Katie Ledecky and Gretchen Walsh highlighted the Fort Lauderdale stop of the TYR Pro Series with world-record performances. While Ledecky broke her own global standard i...

Summer McIntosh Dominating 400 IM At Spectacular Level An athlete’s dominance of an event can be measured in multiple ways. The number of consecutive global titles in a specific discipline. The gap between a world-record performance and the No. 2 performer in history. How many of the all-time top ma...

Mariah Denigan, Ivan Puskovitch Wrap Up Sweeps at U.S. Open Water Championships The final day of the United States Open Water Championships looked much like the first two days, as Mariah Denigan and Ivan Puskovitch picked up victories in Sarasota, Florida. Already the winners of the 10k and 3k knock...

Stanford's Henry McFadden Can Carry NCAA Momentum into Push for Pan Pacs Some athletes have a tendency to fly under the radar. Maybe they're the soft-spoken type. In some instances, they are overshadowed by a rival. Occasionally, their story is simply missed. Whatever the reason, select individuals ...

Only Five: The Events Where One Nation Owns Three of History's Top-Five Performers When conducting some research for an upcoming project, an interesting statistic emerged. Of the 17 individual events contested on the worldwide stage, only five feature a trio of top-five performers from the same coun...

Ivan Puskovitch, Mariah Denigan Add 3k Knockout Titles at U.S. Open Water Championships Coming off victories in the 10k events, Ivan Puskovitch and Mariah Denigan added 3k knockout titles to their collections during Friday action at the United States Open Water Championships in Sarasota, Florida. Th...

Commentary: Swimming Will Always Be There There is a moment, quiet and often unexpected, when it hits you: you’re done.  Maybe it comes after your final race, when the adrenaline fades and the crowd noise dissolves into something distant. Maybe it arrives a few days later, when you wake up and reali...

Five Freshmen To Follow Post-NCAA Champs; Koby Bujak-Upton a Rising Star It's been a week since the NCAA Men's Championships unfolded at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. While the University of Texas captured a 17th title in program history, Florida's Josh Liendo capped his college career with...

First-Year Success at Virginia Undisputed for Maximus Williamson and Thomas Heilman The moment Maximus Williamson and Thomas Heilman committed to the University of Virginia, it was a recruiting coup for coach Todd DeSorbo and his staff. Under DeSorbo's watch, the Cavaliers' women's program has risen...

USA Water Polo Announces Roster For World Cup Division I Action USA Water Polo Men's National Team head coach Dejan Udovicic has announced the roster of 16 athletes selected for competition at the upcoming 2026 World Aquatics World Cup Division I Tournament, set for April 6-12 in Alexandroupolis, Gr...

7-foot New Jersey Swimmer Max Ciechanowski Competes to Honor Late Father Standing 7 feet tall, Max Ciechanowski has become one of the top high school swimmers in New Jersey. Ciechanowski had his choice of sports, but swims because he loves the sport - and because it tightens the bond with his late f...

A Statistical Look at Texas' 17th NCAA Championship The year was 1981 and under the direction of third-year coach Eddie Reese, the University of Texas captured its first NCAA championship. The title followed a runnerup showing the previous year and established the Longhorns as a force on the collegi...

USA Swimming to Utilize Points System to Determine Open Water Team for Pan Pacs The pool team set to represent the United States at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships was announced at the end of last summer, but open water selections are still to be determined. That process will begin Thursday at th...

NCAA Men's Championships: Josh Liendo Crushes Dressel's 100 Fly NCAA Record The 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championship continued with the Day 2 prelims from McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech. The events for the morning are the 10 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 free, 1...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced that Coach Dave Gibson and Coach Tim Hill will be inducted into the ASCA Hall of Fame as the Class of 2026. The induction ceremony will be held on September 10 during the ASCA World Clinic at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando. The ASCA H...