Open Water

Moritz Bartels of Grand Valley State University and Taylor Pike of Texas A&M captured individual titles while Rice University and Grand Valley won team titles at the College Swimming Coaches Asso...

After six legs in South America, North America and Europe, the 2019 edition of the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series concluded in Capri / Napoli (ITA) this weekend (Saturday September 7) as Italy establi...

The fifth and final leg of the LEN Open Water Cup in Copenhagen offered the usual excitements for the swimmers who covered the 6K course swimming in the canals around the Danish Parliament. It ended i...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” -JK Rowling Division can occur both within and between sports teams due to ...

By Kate Walter, Swimming World Intern.  Every summer, swimmers from all walks of life flock to Lake Tahoe, Ca., to compete in the Olympic Club Trans Tahoe Relay. Olympians, Masters swimmers and past c...

At approximately 4:55pm EST on Monday, August 19, Becca Mann became the first person in history to complete the historic Maui Rui Triple Channel swim. The course entails 64 kilometers from Maui to Mol...

Jaimie Monahan and Cameron Bellamy, both superstars of the open water swimming world will attend the 8th annual Barbados Open Water Festival to be hosted in Carlisle Bay in November.  Jaimie Monahan r...

A 16-year-old’s dramatic gold-medal effort led the way for Team Canada on Day 1 of the UANA Junior Open Water Swimming Championships Friday as Kenna Smallegange, of the Burlington, Ont., Aquatic D...

By Claire Alongi, Swimming World College Intern. Swimming is a cool summer activity, right? For many the image of paradise is being surrounded by a cloud of sunscreen while lazing by the ocean or pool...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. Colorful fish reflect off the beams of sunlight. Jellyfish slide past your body and through your fingers. Currents sweep you into the choppy waves. Sh...

The open water competition in the 2019 Pan American Games began with the 10K race from Peru. Ecuador shined with two top-five finishes, including the gold medal. Ecuador’s Esteban Enderica claimed vic...

The open water competition from the 2019 FINA World Championships concluded on Friday with the 25K. France's Axel Reymond won the men's race for his second straight World title in the event and Brazil...

Ten women and ten men have officially been granted the opportunity to race in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the 10K open water swim. Florian Wellbrock was the first man awarded the honor by winning ...

The swimming portion of the 2019 FINA World Championships opened with the open water men’s 5K. Hungary’s Kristof Rasovzky earned the gold medal with a swim of 53.22.10 to finish 10 seconds ahead of th...

By Daniela Navarrete, Swimming World College Intern. Swimmers face tougher challenges in open water swimming than in the pool. They deal with extreme water temperatures, uncertain weather and powerful...

2019 ISHOF Honor Open Water Swimmer, Marcy MacDonald completed her 17th crossing of the English Channel on Saturday, July 6th, 2019, on the 25th anniversary of her very first crossing. MacDonald wrote...

By Kate Walter, Swimming World College Intern. The term "marathon swimming" may sound daunting and unfamiliar to those on the outside of the swimming community. It is even intimidating to those within...

By Sarah Berman, Swimming World College Intern. Ben Lecomte doesn't swim for performance accolades: he swims to spur global change. "I'm not an Olympic swimmer. I am an adventurer who likes to swim." ...

By Claire Alongi, Swimming World College Intern.  When people think of going for a swim, they typically picture diving into a 25-meter chlorinated pool instead of a vast expanse of open water. While t...

USA Triathlon today announced a three-way partnership with USA Swimming and U.S. Masters Swimming to host open water swim races as part of two USA Triathlon-owned events this year, the inaugural Legac...