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John Shortt Lowers Irish 200 Back Record With First Trip Inside 1:58 In Dublin John Shortt lowered his Irish 200m backstroke record to 1:57.90 on day three of  the Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials in Dublin. The 17-year-old took over half a second off his own previous mark of 1:58.47...

CIF 100 Breast Runner-Up Thomas Aguero Selects Tennessee NEW COMMIT: The University of Tennessee has received a new commitment for Fall 2024 from U.S. Open qualifier Thomas Aguero, a talented breaststroker out of Hollister, California. He told Swimming World: "Words cannot describe my excitement to ...

Shaine Casas Has Opportunities to Seal Up Olympic Berth Three years ago, Shaine Casas entered the U.S. Olympic Trials as favorite to qualify for the Tokyo Games in the backstroke events, but Casas fell to third in the 100 back thanks to strong swims by Ryan Murphy (expected) and Hunter Armstrong (no...

Emily Hamill, Elizabeth Nawrocki To Swim For Georgia In 2025 NEW COMMITS: The University of Georgia has scored a pair of verbal commitments for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Emily Hamill of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Nawrocki of Aurora, Illinois. They will join Hayden Hollingswor...

Sprinter Josh Howat Commits to In-State Virginia NEW COMMIT: The University of Virginia has received another impressive verbal commitment for its growing Class of 2029, this time from in-state sprinter Josh Howat Springfield, Virginia. He will join Grant Murphy, Thomas Mercer, Maximus Williamson and...

Paseo Aquatics is pleased to announce the appointment of Coach Marco Bellardi as the Head Age Group Coach and Co-Director of the Paseo Aquatics International Training Program. With an illustrious coaching career spanning multiple continents and a steadfast dedication to developing national and Olymp...

Ruslan Gaziev Suspended For Anti-Doping Whereabouts Violation Veteran Canadian sprinter Ruslan Gaziev missed the recent Canadian Olympic Trials, and the reasons for his absence have now become public: Gaziev received an 18-month suspension for "three confirmed whereabouts failures during a 12-month ...

Brent MacDonald has been named the sixth head coach of the West Virginia University men's and women's swimming and diving program, as announced today by Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker. "Coach MacDonald has built a consistent and winning program in the pool and in the classroom a...

Aussie Gold Medal Winning Breaststroke Ace Chelsea Hodges Announces Shock Retirement Just Weeks Before Paris Olympic Trials Australian breaststroke ace, Chelsea Hodges, a member of the Dolphins gold medal winning Olympic medley relay in Tokyo, has today announced her heart wrenching retirem...

Tom Fannon Books Ticket To Paris With 21.94 Irish 50 Free Record In Dublin; Nathan Wiffen Beats Twin Daniel To 800 Title Tom Fannon became the latest Irish swimmer to make the cut for Paris 2024 when he set an Irish 50 free record of 21.94 on day two of the Irish Open Championships and Olympic T...

Hollywood's Anders Holm, a Former Swim Standout, Joins Unfiltered Waters Podcast Olympians Katie Hoff and Missy Franklin continue to impress in their second careers as businesswomen and podcast hosts. In the latest episode of Unfiltered Waters, the podcast launched by the former Team USA stars, Hoff...

Washington State University Athletics has tabbed Russell Whitaker to lead the Cougars’ Women’s Swimming program, Interim Director of Athletics Anne McCoy announced Thursday. Whitaker has worked the past seven seasons as the Director of Operations and added assistant coach duties this past s...

Springfield College Hires Alum Howard Hinds to Lead Swim Programs Springfield College this week announced the hiring of alumnus Howard Hinds to lead the men’s and women’s swimming programs. Hinds graduated from Springfield in 2000 and was hired as an assistant coach in 2022. The two-time Olympian fo...

Georgia Southern Names Morgan McCafferty Head Coach Morgan McCafferty has been named the head coach of the Georgia Southern women’s swimming and diving team. A former standout at the University of Nebraska, McCafferty spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Idaho. "Th...

Hawaii’s Bia Mantellato Dias Among Women’s Cutino Award Finalists Hawaii’s Bia Mantellato Dias was among the three finalists named for the women’s Peter J. Cutino Award by USA Water Polo on Tuesday. Mantellato Dias is joined by a pair of goalies, California’s Isabel Williams and Lauren Steele of UCL...

The Promise and Peril of the Olympic Swimming Trials Every four summers - COVID not withstanding -  the best swimmers in the United States travel to the Olympic Team Trials with hopes of making their childhood dreams come true and punching their ticket to the Olympic Games.  There is a mystique arou...

Max McCusker Sets Irish 100 Fly Record At Olympic Trials in Dublin Max McCusker set an Irish 100m butterfly record of 51.90 during day two prelims of the Irish Open and Olympic Trials in Dublin. Day 1 report The five-day event represents the last chance for swimmers to post an Olympic qualification ...

Cal Adds Verbals From Gracyn Aquino, Alexa McDevitt To Class of 2025 NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has added two more verbal commitments to its loaded Class of 2025: Gracyn Aquino and Alexa McDevitt have both pledged to become Golden Bears. The will arrive in Berkeley along with...

Futures Gold Medalist Nora Weber Joins Auburn's Class of 2025 NEW COMMIT: Distance freestyler Nora Weber has announced her intention to continue her academic and swimming career at Auburn University beginning in Fall 2025. She currently lives in Pennsylvania after moving from Oklahoma. She will join...

Arizona State Adds Legendary Dave Salo as Associate Head Coach Dave Salo has been hired as Associate Head Coach at Arizona State, the school announced on Wednesday. Salo, the longtime coach in at USC, will join new head coach Herbie Behm’s staff, alongside Derek Schmitt, Logan Hirka, Austin Pillado,...