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USA Swimming today announced the full list of 2020-2021 Scholastic All-America recipients. The list consisted of 1,239 athletes in 9-12th grade who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade-point average and swam a time that met the 2019 Winter Junior qualifying time between September 1, 2020 and August 31, 20...

Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky announced she has joined the Florida swimming and diving program as a volunteer swimming coach and will train for the 2024 Olympics in Gainesville with Florida head coach Anthony Nesty, who was an assistant coach for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics. Flor...

Sydney Flashback: Misty Hyman and Her Epic Olympic Upset (Video) Twenty-one years later, we take a look at Misty Hyman's epic upset of Susie O'Neill in the final of the 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Rare are the Olympic events that are considered locks. While favorites eme...

The Three Most-Dominant NCAA Male Swimmers Of Recent Years The last 10 years in NCAA swimming have changed the sport tremendously. In the last decade, there have been a plethora of athletes who have made their mark individually on the sport. This article will focus on males, specifically. When think...

Janet Evans - Ahead of Her Time On the 33rd anniversary of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, we take a look back at one of the iconic moments in the sport, when Janet Evans won the 400-meter freestyle behind an epic performance. ****************************** When Janet Evans stepped onto the blocks ...

Seoul Anniversary: When Matt Biondi Surged to Seven Medals at the 1988 Olympics This week, 33 years ago, Matt Biondi took home seven medals from the Olympic Games in Seoul, an iconic performance that continues to be revered. He had it all. The physique. The pure talent. The inner drive. Add those tr...

Ten former University of Texas student-athletes will be inducted this October into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor, including swimmers Tobie Smith, Clay Britt and diver Jessica Livingston Gibson. These 10 individuals will be recognized along with the 14 selections (13 former UT student-athletes an...

Sydney Games Anniversary: The Rivalry Between Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres In September 2000, the United States went to work at the Olympic Games in Sydney with a star-studded lineup. Among the members of Team USA were Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres, whose rivalry had several intriguing storylines...

Katie Ledecky Returns to Former School Stomping Grounds; Inspires Next Generation Olympic champion and world-record holder Katie Ledecky took time on Thursday and Friday to visit two of her former schools, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and Little Flower. During her visits, Ledecky answered ...

Gregg Troy Named ASCA Coach of the Year After Guiding Caeleb Dressel to Five Olympic Golds A little less than two months after guiding Caeleb Dressel to an epic performance at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Gregg Troy has been named the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) George Haines Coach o...

ISL Match 7: Skins Strength Sees Cali Condors Surge Past Toronto Titans With a nine-point lead after the first day of ISL Match 7, the question Friday was if the Toronto Titans could stay in front of the Cali Condors and nab a second straight match win. The answer, delivered emphatically by Kelsi Da...

Being a Transgender Athlete in the Swimming World By Tara Draper - Swimming World College Intern Recently, I had a friend - who is not an athlete - come out as transgender. She has had many battles regarding her identity and has slowly started transitioning. Her transition led me to t...

Bobby Finke raced to the wall. Putting together a sprinter’s final 50, he surged ahead of the field and made history. With a time of 7:41.87, the U.S. swimmer became the first man ever to win Olympic gold in the 800 meter freestyle, an event added this year at the Tokyo Olympic Games. It was a stunn...

Coach Ben Titley Discusses Several Training Sets Handled By Phenom Summer McIntosh At a time when Romanian teenager David Popovici is considered the next big star on the men’s scene, Canadian youngster Summer McIntosh holds that distinction among the women. The 15-year-old was superb in her Olympic ...

Toronto Titans’ Summer McIntosh Leaves ISL for Return to Canada The downside of being a 15-year-old swimming prodigy is that occasionally school gets in the way. Summer McIntosh announced on Instagram this week that she is heading back home to restart school after an outstanding start to the ISL sea...

ISL Match 7, Day 1: Toronto Titans Lead Short-Handed Cali Condors in Tight Battle The third season of the International Swimming League is turning the corner for the stretch drive, with four of the 10 regular-season matches remaining. The race is on for playoff spots, and Thursday’s match offers an ...

U.S. Men’s Medley Relay Turned Near Miss Into Gold To Cap Olympic Games (From September’s Swimming World Magazine) The United States had never lost the men’s 400 medley relay at an Olympics, but in Tokyo, the team barely made finals, qualifying seventh. With Great Britain considered a slight favorit...

The Carmel High School girls swim team has been a dominant force for decades, earning national prominence by winning state title after state title. The boys program has reached that sustained level as well. Carmel won its seventh consecutive Indiana state championship this year and has now won 10 of...

Darian Townsend, Olympic Champion, Tabbed As Head Coach Of Phoenix Swim Club The Phoenix Swim Club (PSC), which has a rich history in the sport, is turning to an Olympic champion as its next coach. Effective October 4, Darian Townsend will assume the head-coaching role for the club. Townsend has bee...

George Wendt, a local swimming icon in Chicago, died at 73 on Saturday after suffering a heart attack during the a Big Shoulders Open Water Swim Classic in Lake Michigan, according to race officials. Wendt, not to be confused with the "Cheers" actor, was a champion U.S. Masters Swimmer and president...