Americas

Q&A with SwimRVA Head Coach Jonathan Kaplan; Self-Described 'Swim Nerd' Has Followed Dream A self-described “swim nerd,” Jonathan Kaplan has pursued a lifelong coaching dream in building programs and influencing hundreds of young men and women to become better swimmers and even better people. Jonath...

Arizona State Star Jonny Kulow Discusses Rising Career and Training on Social Kick Podcast (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBVA2e7j82I&t=667s Jonny Kulow is a rising star on the American sprint scene, and a key cog in Arizona State University's march to last year's NCAA team title. Working w...

Gary Hall Jr. Loses Home, Olympic Medals in Devastating California Wildfire (Link to GoFundMe) At least five people have been killed and thousands of homes have been destroyed in Southern California amid numerous raging wildfires that have broken out within the past two days. Among the affected is 1...

Throwback Thursday: Ahead of His Time, Mike Barrowman Revolutionized the 200 Breaststroke World records take on iconic status due to a multitude of factors, ranging from the stage on which they were produced to the gap stretching to the No. 2 athlete in history. Of course, duration plays an integral...

Maturity and Experience Guided Regan Smith to Career Year in 2024 Returning home from her second Olympics, Regan Smith needed a respite from the pressure-packed, exhausting buildup to the Paris Games. Her partnership with coach Bob Bowman had yielded a strong performance that included three individu...

Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun Lighting the Way for Surge by Canadian Men's Program What Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun did in Paris last summer—winning three Olympic medals between them—was historic for a Canadian men’s program that has so long been fallow at the highest levels of international competiti...

Carmel High School Opens New State-of-the-Art Pool (See Images of Spectacular Facility) Carmel High School recently unveiled its upgraded aquatic complex, a spectacular facility that has already played host to the Greyhounds in competition. The complex serves not only the high school's high-powered ...

How 'Fun, Fitness and Competition' Allowed One Virginia Summer Swim Club to Do More with Less The nation’s tens of thousands of summer leagues continue to be an entry point for many first-time swimmers regardless of whether they advance to more competitive levels or not. In such settings, millions o...

USA Water Polo Renews Contracts of Adam Krikorian, Dejan Udovicic Through 2028 Olympics USA Water Polo on Friday announced that it has extended the contracts of women’s national team coach Adam Krikorian and men’s team boss Dejan Udovicic through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Krikorian is in line t...

Happy New Year! Winter Issue of Swimming World Magazine Available for Free - Plus Special Trial Subscription Offer! It's official! 2025 is upon us, and we’ve got something incredible to help you start the year strong. For a limited time, the Winter Digital Edition of Swimming World is available for ...

Before the Beep: How the Walsh Sisters - Alex and Gretchen - Prepare for Race Day Sisters Alex and Gretchen Walsh have made their mark on the sport of swimming: Olympic medals, NCAA championships and remarkable versatility have made them two of the best in the world. How do they prepare on race day?...

Special Sets: The Training of Adalyn Lee, a Surging Star with Brea Aquatics Adalyn Lee, a lean 5-8 Brea Aquatics product from Diamond Bar, Calif., is now 13 years old. When she departed the 11-12 age group last April, she left behind quite an 11-12 legacy. Not only was she heralded as the nation’s t...

World Coach of the Year: Bob Bowman Has Mentored a Global Gathering of Champions Bob Bowman leapt into the pool at the IU Natatorium in late March, and somehow his year was just starting. Unspool the rest of the 2024 and it seemed that Bowman leading Arizona State to its first NCAA men’s championshi...

Advice to My Younger Swimmer Self: Summer Finke Reflects on Her Career in the Pool As we begin a New Year, Swimming World is re-running this terrific piece by regular contributor Summer Finke, an Olympic Trials qualifier and standout during her collegiate days at North Carolina State. Summer's refle...

Female Breakout Swimmer of the Year: Veteran Paige Madden Found Something Special to Land on Olympic Podium If you were watching the Paris Olympics and couldn’t quite believe what you were witnessing Paige Madden do, that’s OK. She really didn’t fully grasp it either. The work was certainly there, t...

Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year: Luke Hobson Grew From NCAA Champ to Olympic Medalist to World-Record Holder By the end of the spring, there was no doubting Luke Hobson’s credentials in the short-course pool. In three years, he’d become the best distance swimmer in the history of the University of...

Female World Record of the Year: Summer McIntosh Dazzled in 400 Individual Medley As recently as early 2023, Hungarian superstar Katinka Hosszu was still the world-record holder in the 400-meter individual medley. Behind her global mark of 4:26.36, posted en route to the gold medal at the 2016 Olymp...

Podium Potpourri: Getting to Know a Little More About Superstar Regan Smith In the latest edition of Podium Potpourri, Swimming World continues its series of getting to know swimmers who have reached the podium on the world’s biggest stage. Regan Smith, 22, from Lakeville, Minnesota, was born Feb. 9...

After Facing Adversity, Claire Curzan Coming Full Circle in Return to Form Claire Curzan’s recent bout of adversity has forced her to grapple with her relationship with the sport in a way she never did during her do-no-wrong teenage years. Disappointment has yielded balance and growth. In early Octo...

Improving with Age, Natalie Coughlin is Making Her Mark with Gaderian Wines Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Natalie Coughlin is now enjoying the sweet taste of success as cofounder of Gaderian Wines in Napa Valley, Calif. There’s a fine line that Natalie Coughlin walks, one that she re...