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USA Swimming announced today 200 clubs will be recognized as Gold, Silver or Bronze medal clubs in the 2021-2022 Club Excellence Program. Number one seated club, TAC Titans (TAC), posted 69,591 points to oust 7-year defending champion Nation’s Capital Swim Club (NCAP) club by 9,215 points. TAC’s top...

University of Texas Record Holder Grace Ariola Medically Retires University of Texas sprinter Grace Ariola announced she is retiring from swimming for medical reasons. Ariola made the announcement on Instagram Wednesday. The Longhorns senior said in the post that it stems from a viral infection duri...

Golden Goggle Award Nominees Announced by USA Swimming, led by Dressel, Ledecky, Jacoby, Finke Following standout performances at the much-anticipated Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, USA Swimming will honor the top swimmers of Team USA at the 18th annual Golden Goggle Awards set for Tuesday, December 7 at...

Tom Shields Lowers Dressel's 50 Butterfly American Record at World Cup 30-year-old American Tom Shields has recorded a very successful streak of racing in Europe over the past two months. After five weeks in Naples where he helped the LA Current secure a spot in the International Swimming League (IS...

Olympians Katie Grimes, Michael Brinegar Entered in Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup Katie Grimes and Michael Brinegar, distance swimmers who qualified for the Olympics in the pool, will take to open water this weekend in the Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup, from Oct. 8-10 in Lake Las Vegas. Th...

Missy Franklin has been appointed to the Board of the Laureus Sport Foundation. It is an organization she has been a member of, but is now on the board of the worldwide organization that champions gender equality in sport. Franklin made the announcement on social media. "It is with SO much pride, jo...

Natalie Coughlin was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on Monday at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Class of 2021 inductees include former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, former Oakland Athletics Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Bry...

ISL Times Report: Duncan Scott, Caeleb Dressel Show off Versatility The International Swimming League has completed its regular season of 11 matches, leaving eight teams set for the playoffs in November. Before those teams convene in Eindhoven, let’s take a look back at the top 10 times in each even...

Lilly King Helps Dedicate New Aquatic Center; Pool Named in Olympian's Honor While growing up in Evansville, Indiana, Lilly King did not swim in prestine aquatic facilities. The town lacked a signature competition pool beyond local high school and recreational facilities, but a beautiful new aquatic...

Mental Health Awareness: A Message of Hope to Former Swimmers Struggling October is a month that is dedicated to mental health awareness. In swimming, we usually talk about our mental health while involved in the sport, which is important, but what happens to the conversation when everything you kne...

USA Swimming COO Mike Unger Departing Organization, Heading to FINA as Director of Sports Competition Swimming World has learned from multiple sources that Mike Unger will be leaving USA Swimming. Since 1993, Unger has been a consistent presence in the USA Swimming organization, and for more than a ...

USA Swimming Restructures House of Delegates to Comply With New Legislation, 1/3rd National Team Athletes On Saturday, Sept. 25, the USA Swimming House of Delegates voted to approve a planned restructuring to bring the organization into compliance with the latest amendment of the Amateur Sports Act,...

Klete Keller Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge Over Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection Olympic swimmer Klete Keller on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a felony charge of acting to obstruct an official proceeding stemming from his presence in the United States Capitol as part of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Keller, 39...

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States, recently awarded Caeleb Dressel the title of 2021 Athlete of the Year, while Amy Hoppenrath was awarded the annual Pettigrew Award for Officials. These awards were given out at the inaugural USA Swimming Annual...

USA Swimming today announced the names of 158 up-and-coming athletes selected for the prestigious 2020 National Select Camps and 2021 National Diversity Select Camp. All camps will be held in person at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, California. “To provide an in-person...

ISL Regular Season Report: Daiya Seto, Lilly King Lead Quad Event Winners Through the 10 matches of the ISL regular season, 16 swimmers managed to win all four of their races in a single event. The group includes representatives from eight of the league’s 10 teams. Every team in ISL has at least one...

USA Swimming announced the newly-elected members of its Board of Directors. The organization’s eligible voting members of the House of Delegates (HOD) elected two At-Large Directors at the first-ever Annual Business Meeting, while eligible voting athletes elected one athlete representative. The thre...

Iowa Settles Title IX Lawsuit By Adding Women’s Wrestling Team The University of Iowa on Thursday announced a settlement with female athletes that sued the institution alleging violation of Title IX gender equity protections. As a result of the suit, which was led by swimmers, the university is addi...

Olympic Medalist Crissy Perham Among Athletes Speaking out for Abortion Rights Crissy Perham was a 19-year-old swimmer at the University of Arizona when she discovered she was unexpectedly pregnant. A sophomore in 1990 with Olympic dreams, Perham made the difficult decision to terminate her pregnanc...

Elizabeth Beisel Completes Block Island Swim, Raises More than $130,000 for Cancer Research Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel on Saturday became the first woman to swim to Block Island, a 10.4-mile trip. The Block Cancer swim, done in memory of her late father, has raised more than $130,000 for cance...