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Hall of Famer Craig Beardsley Joins Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast For In-Depth Interview A little more than a month after he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, American butterfly great Craig Beardsley joined the Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast. Beardsley and Hawke, a two-ti...

A Look and Breakdown Of the Legendary 100 x 100s Set Of Mike Bruner About eight months before he set a world record in the 200-meter butterfly (1:59.23) and won a second gold medal in the 800 freestyle relay at the 1976 Olympics, Mike Bruner completed an aquatic first - swimming 10,000 yards in unde...

Skip Kenney, Stanford University’s iconic swim coach has died. According to sources, Kenney died on Sunday night at age 79 after a short time in hospice care. Kenney was one of the most successful college coaches of all time. He was also the head Olympic coach in 1996 in Atlanta and was an assistant...

The pre-scratch psych sheet for the 2022 Toyota US Open Championships has been released and several big names will be in action. Katie Ledecky will go head-to-head with Canada’s teen sensation Summer McIntosh in the 400 freestyle. Meanwhile, U.S. stars Regan Smith, Chase Kalisz, Leah Hayes, Abbey We...

John Atkinson Reflects on 10 Seasons in Charge of Swimming Canada In his 10 seasons in charge of Swimming Canada, John Atkinson has helped the organization grow from an occasional medal contender to a bona fide powerhouse. He reflected on that journey this week in an interview with the organization....

The Qualifying Times For the 2024 United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis Periodically during the leadup to the next edition of the United States Olympic Trials, Swimming World will republish the qualifying times as a reminder of what athletes are chasing. With less than two years to go until t...

Can Kate Douglass Make a Run At Long-Standing WR in Short-Course Version of 200 Breaststroke? The oldest women’s short-course world record belongs to Sweden’s Therese Alshammar, whose standard in the 50-meter butterfly has endured since November 2009. Just behind is Rebecca Soni’s mark in the 200 br...

Abbey Weitzeil and Michael Jensen announced their engagement on Wednesday evening. The Cal power couple posted on Instagram. "A crazy little thing called forever," Abbey Weitzeil posted on Instagram. "We’re engaged, love you babe," Michael Jensen wrote. Both posts were flooded with comments from the...

Michael Phelps continues his post-swimming passion of golf whenever he can. It is a hobby that keeps his competitive juices flowing. Phelps discussed the similarities between his swimming career and his golfing career with golf.com in a recent article. “The more I just do, the more I’m able to learn...

USA Swimming has announced a few changes to the 2022 FINA Short Course World Championships roster. Two swimmers have been added to the roster altogether with Trenton Julian being added in the 200 butterfly and Jake Magahey added to the roster in the 400 freestyle. It will be Magahey's senior-level i...

Katie Ledecky, Bobby Finke Honored as USA Swimming Athletes of the Year at Golden Goggles USA Swimming honored its top athletes and performances of 2022 at its annual Golden Goggles event Monday evening at the Marriott Marquis in New York, and for the eighth time, Katie Ledecky was the recipient of ...

After 16 years in the sport, Maddy Banic announced her retirement from swimming. The current volunteer assistant coach at Tennessee made the announcement on social media. Well y’all, after an incredible 16 years I’ve decided to hang up the goggles. There’s no way to put into words what swimming has ...

Rutgers Grad Trio Of Madison Murtagh, Rachel Kimmel, Alice Scarabelli Leading Historic Surge of Scarlet Knights Once an afterthought in the world of swimming, Rutgers University is putting a winning team together piece by piece — and it starts with team culture. The Scarlet Knights have brought in s...

Golden Goggles: The Ballot for 2022’s Top American Swimmers Coming off a World Championships where the United States captured 45 medals in the pool, the most of any major international competition ever, USA Swimming has announced its nominees for this year’s Golden Goggles, with awards scheduled to ...

Celebrating the Career Of Sprint Icon Tom Jager, A Transformative Figure In the Dash Game In our latest installment of The Missed Turn, Swimming World examines the career of Tom Jager, who played a critical role in legitimizing the 50 meter freestyle as a respected event on international programs. H...

The 2022 Art Adamson Invitational concluded at Texas A&M on Thursday with the Day 3 finals. LSU's Andrew Garon, Brooks Curry, Noah Cumby and Griffin Curtis took third in 2:52.97. Curry split a 41.81. The Alabama women won the meet with 792 points, holding off USC (750). Texas A&M was third (667), fo...

The 2022 Art Adamson Invitational continued at Texas A&M on Thursday with the Day 2 finals. Several colleges from around the country are participating in the invitational, one of several around the country this week. LSU's Maggie Mac Neil took center stage again with a stellar swim in the 100-yard b...

The City of Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center’s 27-meter dive tower has earned a top architectural design award by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The AIA gave it the organization’s “Honor Award” in the built category for the new tower at the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) comp...

Bobby Finke on Developing Closing Speed: 'It Took a While to Master That Balance' Bobby Finke has made the late surge in a distance race his signature move. It won him Olympic gold — twice — and has made him one of the top distance swimmers in history. But it didn’t just come naturally to him. He ha...

LSU's Brooks Curry continues to pick up speed. The Olympic sprinter threw down an 18.94 swim to win the 50 freestyle on Wednesday on Day 1 of the Art Adamson Invitational at Texas A&M. Curry was out in 9.20 seconds the first 25, then back home in 9.74 to finish in under 19 seconds, the first sub-19 ...