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Regan Smith Made the Switch to Bob Bowman in Pursuit of Olympic Gold Three years after her stunning breakthrough performance at the 2019 World Championships, Regan Smith became a world champion again this year as she edged out Kylie Masse for 100 backstroke gold in Budapest. Smith won a second gold ...

With Duel in the Pool On Horizon, Swimming Australia Throws Good-Humored Shade At the United States In the leadup to next week’s Duel in the Pool between the United States and Australia in Sydney, the host nation took to social media to have a little fun with its rival. Posting an image of a smashed...

Lindsay Mintenko on 45-Medal World Championships and Buildup to Paris Not every international meet can be perfect, but this year’s World Championships went about as well as possible for the United States. The Americans’ 45-medal haul was the most of any World Championships ever, and even with many t...

ASCA Announces Six Finalists for 2022 George Haines Coach of the Year The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has named six finalists for its 2022 George Haines Coach of the Year award. Todd DeSorbo, Dave Durden, Ray Looze, Greg Meehan, Anthony Nesty and Michael Norment have been named fina...

On This Date: Jason Lezak And His Beijing Anchor For The Ages (Video) When Jason Lezak entered the water for the United States on the anchor leg of the United States’ 400 freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the race was seemingly over. On August 11, Lezak trailed Frenchman Alain Be...

On This Date: When Michael Phelps Blasted the 400 IM World Record and Launched the Great Eight Throughout his career, Michael Phelps flourished over a range of strokes and distances. It is only appropriate, then, that the 400 individual medley was a staple of his excellence, and his world record in ...

Q&A With MIT Coach Meghan Sisson French As the fifth female head swim and dive coach since 1997, Meghan Sisson French is continuing MIT’s winning aquatic tradition. • Springfield College (Mass.), B.S., applied sociology, 2012; MSW, 2015 • 4x member of Springfield team; NEWMAC champions, 2009, 2010 •...

United States Plan for 2024 World Championships Depends on Success in 2023 In a departure from typical practices, FINA is holding a World Championships in February 2024 in Doha. This meet will be the first-ever long course Worlds held in an Olympic year because of a schedule shuffle resulting from t...

The wave of swimmers headed to train with Bob Bowman at Arizona State continues to grow. Former Michigan All-American and Team USA distance freestyler Sierra Schmidt announced her move to Arizona State on Tuesday. She was the third Team USA swimmer to announced the move to join Bowman on a busy Tues...

Chase Kalisz Moving to Arizona to Reunite With Bob Bowman in Pro Training Group During his teenage years, Chase Kalisz trained with coach Bob Bowman at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, and the two worked together again from 2015 to 2016 when Kalisz took an Olympic redshirt year from the University ...

Regan Smith Turning Professional; Will Shift Training to Guidance of Bob Bowman Regan Smith, the three-time Olympic medalist and world-record holder in the 200-meter backstroke, has announced she is forgoing her remaining collegiate eligibility at Stanford University and will turn professional. Addi...

USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced their alignment with RealResponse, the award-winning safe and secure feedback, monitoring and anonymous reporting platform. Starting September 1, 2022, USA Swimming members can submit anonymousl...

Champion's Mojo Podcast Celebrates 100-Year-Old Masters Champ Charlotte Sanddal Does 100 years of age sound too old to start every day with a dozen full pushups? Or too old to be a swim champion, swimming five days a week, driving yourself everywhere, playing bridge weekly? How about traveling to Ja...

USRPT: How This 'Unconventional' Training Works Every athlete trains differently, and no one training regimen is the same for every athlete. This fact is especially true in the world of swimming. Over the course of the swimming's history, training has evolved through advancements in technology and a...

Will Modglin Tabbed As Swimming World Magazine High School Swimmer of the Year The best competition brings out the finest in great swimmers. That is exactly what happened this past high school season with Zionsville junior Will Modglin, who was named Swimming World’s 2021-22 Male High School Swimmer...

U.S. Junior Nationals: Maggie Wanezek Leads Elmbrook Medley Relay to 15-18 National Age Group Record The Elmbrook Swim Club women entered the final relay of U.S. Junior Nationals having already won three out of four relay events (while finishing second to Carmel in the 800 freestyle relay), and the ...

U.S. Junior Nationals: With Gold in 200 IM, Justina Kozan Gains Momentum For Duel in the Pool Later this month, Justina Kozan will get the chance to represent Team USA against Australia at the Duel in the Pool in Sydney. As a tuneup for that opportunity, the Southern Cal recruit captured the gold me...

Special Sets: A Look At the Training of Stanford Recruit Lucy Bell This month’s “Special Sets” features Fort Collins Swim Team swimmer, Lucy Bell, coached by Mike Novell. The Fossil Ridge High School prep star, who has committed to Stanford this fall, is Colorado’s top-ranked female recruit in the C...

Claire Curzan Honored As 2021-2022 Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year Having already swum on the grandest stage of her sport, the Olympics, and earning a silver medal, Claire Curzan returned for one more year of high school swimming and put together one of the finest prep seasons ever, s...

U.S. Junior Nationals: Will Modglin Sets 100 Back Meet Record; Kayla Wilson, Maggie Wanezek Win Tight Finals In the men's 100 backstroke at U.S. Junior Nationals Thursday evening in Irvine, Calif., a pair of swimmers went under the meet record established by Hunter Armstrong in 2019, two years befor...