Commentary

The Duel We Missed: Swim Documentary Examines Political Influence on Olympic Games (Trailer Included) The United States-led boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow robbed hundreds of elite athletes of lifelong dreams, and a superb documentary by Bravo Film & Media has emphasized the impact that ...

By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern Swimming alone can be a struggle between staring at the black line and wanting to smash your incessantly beeping tempo trainer with your fins. Ideally, we swimmers would always have a team to practice with. Sometimes, though, life gets complicated. Sch...

Tinkering With Pro Swim Series Should Pay Off For USA Swimming USA Swimming is reimagining its annual circuit of Pro Swim Series meets for 2026, introducing four-day formats and semifinals. The goal is to "mirror the racing environment athletes experience at major international meets and enhance lon...

From Tim Duncan to Joe Thomas: How the Pool Can Be an Athlete's Greatest Ally The pool does not care who you are. Whether All-Pro or All-American, the second you dive in, you can be humbled. The water has no favorites. In the pool, everyone is equal. It does not matter how tall you are or how much y...

Hubert Kos Continued Ascendancy With Masterful World Cup Performance More than two years have passed since Hubert Kos secured his status as the world’s top 200 backstroker when he surpassed Ryan Murphy for gold in the event at the 2023 World Championships. The following year, the Hungarian captured ...

As swimmers, we can look for quick fixes. We know that we can adjust a flip turn here, tweak a breath there, and throw in a few extra dolphin kicks off of our start—and that could shave time off of even the shortest of races. However, we are not always eager to reach for the more long-term aids to o...

Kaylee McKeown, Regan Smith Rev Up Backstroke Rivalry During World Cup Over the past three years, Regan Smith has won 11 international medals in backstroke, reaching the podium at every opportunity. Three of those medals were gold, all from the Short Course World Championships last December, and the...

6 Ways to Swim Tall: Advice for the Vertically Challenged By Delaney Lanker My whole swimming career people have been telling me to swim tall. Standing at 5'0", I wouldn’t really consider myself “tall.” I don’t fit the typical swimmer mold, but I’m okay with that. While my height might be a disadvan...

10 Hidden Benefits of Swimming Everyone wants to be an Olympic swimmer. But luckily, you don’t have to be an Olympic swimmer to benefit from the sport. People of all ages, from all backgrounds, and with various levels of experience can benefit from swimming. Swimming is one of the few sports you can...

Surging  Shaine Casas Continues Superb Year on World Cup Circuit For 16 hours this summer, any questions about Shaine Casas and his ability to fulfill his massive potential in major moments was silenced. In the World Championships final of the men’s 200 IM, Casas delivered the swim of his life to sn...

11 Things That Separate the Good Swimmer from the Great Swimmer By Brittany Oxley (Archive) “This is the difference between being good and being great.” That quote has been engrained in my head since I started swimming at 6 years old. I believe every coach I have ever swum for has said those words. ...

Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister Will Sustain Australian Freestyle Excellence in Post-Titmus Era What Ariarne Titmus accomplished for Australia between her international debut in 2017 and her final meet at the Paris Olympics, cannot be understated. The legacy goes far beyond the eight Olympic meda...

World Cup Stop in Westmont Was a Successful Showcase for Illinois Swimming Last weekend (Oct. 17-19), the FMC Natatorium at Ty Warner Park played host to the second stop of the 2025 World Aquatics World Cup circuit, drawing some of the fastest swimmers on the planet to suburban Chicago for three day...

Hubert Kos, Torri Huske, Claire Curzan Have Decisions to Make After NCAA Schedule Change Over the past several years, Hubert Kos and Torri Huske have established themselves securely among the world's best swimmers, both having secured individual Olympic gold medals in Paris along with numerous other...

Simple Habits to Keep You in the Pool and Out of the Doctor’s Office During Cold and Flu Season Cold and flu season always seems to show up right when you are training your hardest. Between long school days, early practices, and busy weekends, your body is working overtime. Add in colder weather, po...

The Fifth Stroke: Dolphin Kick Drills That Can Improve Performance By Mark McCluskey, Swimming World College Intern In recent years, we have consistently watched the sport of swimming develop and grow as we discover ways to become faster. One of the biggest discoveries is the importance of dolphin k...

Ariarne Titmus Would Not Yield to Greatness En Route to Legendary Career When Ariarne Titmus was trying to establish herself as an elite international swimmer, she faced one of the most daunting obstacles in the sport’s history. Katie Ledecky had become a dominating force in the mid-distance and dis...

By Abigail Sheridan The college swimming recruiting process can be a complicated maze of websites, phone calls, emails, recruiting questionnaires, visits and much more. It can be easy to get confused or frustrated because of the countless rules - written and unwritten - as well as all the options. H...

Commentary: Masters Swimming Needs to Add Transgender Classification By Jennifer Rines This article is literally me begging for the world to allow trans kids to play sports. I love sports so much. We all do. They’re so great. Wheeling my 84-year-old grandmother into Game One of the 2004 World Series...

Can Hubert Kos, Rex Maurer Lift Texas Men to Repeat Title? A seventh-place national finish in the final year under legendary coach Eddie Reese was the outlier for the men’s swimming and diving program at the University of Texas. The uncertainty surrounding Reese’s retirement and the team’s future he...