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Tom Daley Makes History As He Is Named To Great Britain Squad For Fifth Olympics In Paris Tom Daley will become the first British diver to compete at five Olympic Games after four synchro pairings were named to Team GB for Paris 2024. With Aquatics GB divers having qualified a full set of Games quot...

Coaches Corner: Improving Breaststroke Timing With Simple Drills Achieving proper breaststroke timing can be a difficult skill to master, especially when athletes are new to the stroke. However, there are several drills and approaches that can be followed to support athletes in their quest to improv...

Canadian Sprinter Antoine Sauve Selects Michigan NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has received a new verbal commitment for Fall 2025 from Canadian freestyler Antoine Sauve of Mont-Royal, Quebec. He will join William Siegel in Ann Arbor as a member of the Wolverines' Class of 2029. Regarding hi...

USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Maddie Reynolds Verbals To South Carolina NEW COMMIT: The University of South Carolina has scored a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Junior National qualifier Maddie Reynolds out of Windermere, Florida. She will join Tori Abruzzo in Co...

How the Furniss Brothers - Steve and Bruce - Were Robbed Of An Epic Olympic Showdown “The Missed Turn” is a regular Swimming World feature that examines overlooked athletes or stolen opportunities. In this installment, we highlight the Furniss Brothers, Steve and Bruce, who were denied the chance to...

Lily Archibald Commits to Rice With Several AAC A-Final Worthy Times NEW COMMIT: U.S. Open qualifier Lily Archibald of Ridgefield, Connecticut, has announced her verbal commitment to Rice University. She will arrive in Texas in Fall 2025. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I'm beyond thrilled to a...

Summer McIntosh Set for Seven Events at Next Week's Canadian Trials (PSYCH SHEET) Next week, Summer McIntosh will attempt to secure qualification on her second Olympic team for Canada as the country's best swimmers assemble in Toronto for the Bell Olympic & Paralympic Trials. The meet was relocated ...

Texas A&M Hires Blaire Anderson as Director of Swimming and Diving Texas A&M Director of Athletics Trev Alberts announced the hiring of Blaire Anderson as the first Director of Texas A&M Swimming & Diving Monday. Anderson spent the last seven seasons on staff at the University of Virginia, most ...

Five-Time Oregon State Champ Kamryn Meskill Verbally Commits to the Tar Heels NEW COMMIT: Junior National qualifier Kamryn Meskill of Bend, Oregon, has announced her verbal commitment to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill beginning in Fall 2025. She will join Chloe Stinson and Lexie Ward ...

Now Honored With Medal of Freedom, Katie Ledecky Represents Complete All-American Status Before Katie Ledecky, no Olympic swimmer had ever been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. The 27-year-old received the honor Friday in Washington, a ...

Luke Waldrep Follows Sister's Footsteps, Commits to Auburn NEW COMMIT: Auburn University has added a new verbal commitment for Fall 2025 from Olympic Trials qualifier Luke Waldrep of Chattanooga, Tennessee. His older sister, Ellie Waldrep, a three-time NCAA qualifier for the Tigers who is graduating...

Cal Adds Italian Butterflyer Matteo Palmisani To Loaded Class of 2025 NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has received a verbal commitment for Fall 2025 from Matteo Palmisani, who's originally from Malgrate, Italy, but currently resides in Southlake, Texas. He will join Ryan Erisman, ...

Australia’s Historic Manly Swimming Club Celebrates 100 Years of Olympic Dreams – To Paris And Back From 1924 to 2024. Manly Swimming Club, one of Australia’s oldest and most distinguished swimming clubs, will this Saturday night host a sell-out Gala Dinner to celebrate 100 Years of Olympic...

It's already been a sensational year for the sport of swimming, with the World Championships and TYR Pro Series offering sensational performances. The NCAA Champs, too, provided record-breaking efforts. And now, we are preparing for a summer show of speed, with the United States and Australian Olymp...

Acalanes High School Swimmers Denied Entry Into CIF Championships After Technical Error Thirteen swimmers were unable to race this weekend at the CIF-North Coast Section Championships after their coach had an issue submitting entries to the meet's online database. According to multiple Northern Cali...

Flavor Flav Pledges Support to US Women's Water Polo team Hip hop artist Flavor Flav has pledged his support for the U.S. Women's Water Polo Team. "The US Women's Waterpolo team has won the GOLD MEDAL THREE OLYMPICS IN A ROW," Flav wrote on X. "These women should not have to be working 2-3 side jobs...

Dylan Gravley Caps Open Water Nationals with 5K Men’s Title Dylan Gravley finished up the 2024 Open Water Nationals by winning the men’s 5-kilometer swim in Sarasota, Fla., Sunday. Gravely, the Las Vegas native and Sandpipers of Nevada alum competing for Sun Devil Swimming, clocked in at 54 minutes,...

Aaron Shackell Heading to Texas to Continue College Swimming Career He spent the first few months of his college career at Cal before returning home to prioritize training for the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials. Now, Aaron Shackell will head to a new destination for the remainder of his college career...

Four-Time South Carolina State Champion Matt Fortson Sends Verbal to Army NEW COMMIT: Futures qualifier Matt Fortson out of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has verbally committed to Army West Point beginning in Fall 2025. He will join Lewis Esterly as a member of the Black Knights' Class of 2029. Re...

By Makena Markert, Swimming World College Intern. Have you ever felt like you were doing everything you possibly could to get better and weren’t seeing results? Consider trying these five things that require absolutely no talent. If you incorporate them into your life, you just might see the improve...