Read moreWellness Wednesday: 5 Tips for Successfully Handling Stress and Frustration In a Difficult Time24 April 20245 Tips for Successfully Handling Stress and Frustration In a Difficult Time “I’m hanging in there.” That is a typical go-to answer when anyone asks how another is feeling, how they are juggling everything going on, or how they are handling life. That answer can be a front, when the truth is the indi...
Read moreColumn: As Chinese Doping Controversy Rages, Clean Swimmers Rightfully Angry About 'Irreparable Damage'22 April 2024Column: Amid Chinese Doping Controversy, Clean Swimmers Rightfully Angry About 'Irreparable Damage' Why were 23 Chinese swimmers not sanctioned after testing positive for trimetazidine in early 2021? How were these swimmers allowed to compete in the Olympics and win medals despite their positive tes...
Read more1Column: Lack of Transparency in Chinese Doping Tests a Glaring Failure of Anti-Doping Authorities20 April 2024Column: Lack of Transparency in Chinese Doping Tests a Glaring Failure of Anti-Doping Authorities For a year in the middle of his career, Markus Thormeyer was essentially nowhere, by statutory requirement. The Canadian Olympic swimmer tested positive for a banned substance on Jan. 19, 2022, in an ou...
Read more61The 7 Sins of Swimming19 April 2024The 7 Sins of Swimming (From the Archive - Originally Published 2017) By Chandler Brandes There is no such thing as a perfect swimmer. As swimmers, we sometimes (although rarely) make mistakes. We may DQ, forget our heat and lane, or even accidentally-on-purpose rip our cap at the exact moment a har...
Read more1American Women’s Swimming Depth Ratchets Up Pressure With Olympic Trials Approaching17 April 2024American Women’s Swimming Depth Ratchets Up Pressure With Olympic Trials Approaching The meet that all elite American swimmers have been anticipating for almost three years is now less than two months away. The stakes of that competition, set to be held in the largest venue ever to host a swim meet,...
Read more1What Makes a GREAT Coach? An Athlete and Coach Perspective15 April 2024What Makes a GREAT Coach? An Athlete and Coach Perspective The best coaches are people who are influential, motivational, supportive, caring, positive and willing to help their athletes. Many mentors might display some of these qualities, but it takes someone special to represent them all. Great coa...
Read moreSurging Torri Huske Shakes Up Indy and Paris Status Quo15 April 2024Surging Torri Huske Shakes Up Indy and Paris Status Quo The 2023 World Championships did not go as planned for Torri Huske. Individually, she swam only the 50 and 100 butterfly, and she fell to bronze in the 100-meter race after swimming almost one second off her American record. After racing on fou...
Read moreWellness Wednesday: 21 Body-Care Strategies to Set Swimmers On a Path to Better Health10 April 2024Swimmers' Path to Personal Wellness with 21 Body Care Strategies Swimming is a sport that demands dedication from its athletes. It's not uncommon for swimmers to wake up before dawn and jump into a cold pool as part of their daily routine. Weekends are often spent at competitions, where athletes pus...
Read more1As Hype Builds for Paris Olympics, Men's 100 Butterfly Could Be a Race to Remember09 April 2024As Hype Builds for Paris Olympics, Men's 100 Butterfly Could Be a Race to Remember At the last Olympics, the men’s 100 butterfly unfolded as a showdown of two world-record-holding, Olympic-gold-medal-winning swimmers with very different racing styles. The United States’ Caeleb Dressel, already the g...
Read moreGreat Britain Relay Analysis: Four Teams Head to Paris as Medal Favorites08 April 2024Great Britain Relay Analysis: Four Teams Head to Paris as Medal Favorites Three years ago in Tokyo, Great Britain won Olympic gold in the men's 800 freestyle relay, the country's first gold medal in any swimming relay since the inaugural Olympic relay at the 1908 Games in London. Now, with British T...
Read more2United States Building Case as Men's 400 Free Relay Favorites05 April 2024United States Building Case as Men's 400 Free Relay Favorites When we last checked on the U.S. men's 400 freestyle relay, there were trouble spots that needed addressing. After an undefeated run during the five major meets when Caeleb Dressel was leading off the squad, the Americans ended up with br...
Read moreFive Qualities That Define A Competitive Swimmer04 April 2024Five Qualities That Define A Competitive Swimmer Commentary by Jim Lutz (From the Archive) FOR years I have had conversations with people who claim to "know someone" in high school or during their childhood years that "could have gone to the Olympics ... but didn't want to." How ridiculous to assume...
Read moreCredit to Cal as Destin Lasco, Liam Bell Lead Bears to Yet Another Top-Two Finish03 April 2024Credit to Cal as Destin Lasco, Liam Bell Lead Bears to Yet Another Top-Two Finish The Cal men could not pull off a third consecutive national title, falling by 79 points to a dominant performance from Arizona State. It would have taken miraculous performances from the Golden Bears plus disappointing...
Read more1NCAA Championships: History Was Made, But Who Was Watching?03 April 2024NCAA Championships: History Was Made, But Who Was Watching? Both versions of this year's NCAA championships - women and men - were nothing short of amazing. Between the Walsh sisters (Alex and Gretchen), Leon Marchand and Josh Liendo (and more), records fell or were at least in jeopardy in the major...
Read more57Why Swimming Is Worth the Sacrifice and Time Demands03 April 2024Why Swimming Is Worth the Sacrifice and Time Demands By SuSu Almousa (From the Archive) Swimmers become “swammers" and swammers typically stay swammers but the sport doesn’t leave us as easily as changing a vowel in our titles. In retirement, we watch meets and there is typically a yearnin...
Read moreDressel, Douglass, Marchand, Walsh: Comparing Transcendent Performances at NCAA Championships01 April 2024Dressel, Douglass, Marchand, Walsh: Comparing Transcendent Performances at NCAA Championships When Caeleb Dressel concluded his collegiate swimming career in 2018, his accomplishments seemed unlikely to be matched anytime in the near future. After all, Dressel's last NCAA Championships saw him becom...
Read moreMotivational Monday: 5 Offseason Training Activities for Swimmers to Try01 April 2024As the short course season wraps up, many swimmers are taking their well-deserved break from the pool. After a long season full of rigorous practices, early mornings and numerous meets, it is natural to want to exercise your body in different ways. Cross training during the offseason is not only ben...
Read more2Why Have 2024 NCAA Men's Championships Been The Fastest Ever?30 March 2024Why Have 2024 NCAA Men's Championships Been The Fastest Ever? Fans who attended the NCAA Men's Championships during the mid-2010s might not recognize the meet in 2024. For one, the event lineup has changed, with the 800 freestyle relay and then the 200 medley relay moved to Wednesday night (through ...
Read more68An Open Letter to the Unsung Swim Parent26 March 2024An Open Letter to the Unsung Swim Parent Swimming World runs this tribute to parents on occasion to recognize the impact that parents have on the sport, and as an appreciation for their dedication to their children's pursuits. By Lillian Nelson, Swimming World College Intern Swimming is tough. It is...
Read more7Motivational Monday: How a Senior Swimmer Beat Challenges During Grueling Championship Meet18 March 2024Motivational Monday: How a Senior Beat Challenges During Grueling Championship Meet By Elizabeth Kelley, Guest Contributor Breathe, it's only a 200, I tell myself. Eight laps butterfly — that’s all it is. A shiver runs down my spine as I think about the amount of pain my body is about to experience....