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Comparing USA Swimming LSCs Around the Country With more than 300,000 swimmers registered with USA Swimming, the Local Swim Committees (LSC) take on the role of administering competitive swim meets across the country. The USA Swimming LSC map is a familiar sight to many, and the 59 LSCs vary signifi...

Missy Franklin to Fly With US Air Force Thunderbirds Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin is taking to the air. The five-time Olympic medalist was invited to fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds on Thursday as part of the academy's graduation celebration, according to the Denver Gazette. The...

Angharad Evans Sets British 100m Breaststroke Record Of 1:05.54 Angharad Evans set a British 100m breaststroke record of 1:05.54 at the AP Race London International held over the weekend. The event, which is one of a number of projects run under the Adam Peaty banner, saw Evans split 31.02/34.52 to ...

Memorial Day Weekend: The Story of Charles Jackson French - A Hero For Our Time On January 19, 2020, the United States Navy announced it was naming a new aircraft carrier after African American WWII war hero “Dorie” Miller. The announcement came more than 78 years after the events at Pearl Harbor th...

Regan Smith Pops American Record; Good For No. 5 All-Time Mark in 100 Backstroke Already the owner of several impressive performances over the weekend, Regan Smith closed out the Speedo Grand Challenge with an American record in the 100-meter backstroke. Racing on Sunday night at the William Woollet...

Irish Olympic Trials End With Five Swimmers Having Made Paris Cut Swim Ireland's Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials concluded on Sunday with five swimmers having made the cut for Paris 2024 across nine events. Following the five-day meet at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre, Daniell...

Siobhan Haughey Posts Sizzling 52.55 100 Free At Mare Nostrum; Tomoru Honda Rattles 200 Fly Rankings Siobhan Haughey underlined her status as an Olympic title contender as she won the 100 free in 52.55 on the second day of the Mare Nostrum tour in Canet-en-Rousillon. The Hong Kong swimmer had clinch...

Regan Smith Swims Lifetime Bests in 200 Free, 100 Fly at Grand Challenge The women's 100 butterfly sets up as one of the most competitive events of next month's U.S. Olympic Trials, with five of history's top-20 performers among the possible entrants in the event set to race for two spots on the Oly...

Danielle Hill Adds 50 Free To Her Paris Programme With 24.68 Irish Record In Dublin Danielle Hill went 24.68 as she lowered her Irish 50 free record for the second time in one day to book her second individual swim at Paris 2024 at Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials. Shane Ry...

Siobhan Haughey Claims Golden Double & Anastasia Kirpichnikova Rattles 1500 Free Rankings At Mare Nostrum Siobhan Haughey claimed a golden double and Anastasia Kirpichnikova rattled the 1500 free rankings as the Mare Nostrum tour got underway in Canet-en-Roussillon, France. Link to results Haughey's...

Danielle Hill & Shane Ryan Post Irish Standards In Prelims Of Olympic Trials Danielle Hill and Shane Ryan set Irish records in the 50 and 100 free respectively on the penultimate morning of Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials. Larne swimmer Hill stopped the clock at 24.95,...

Ana Cunha & Marc-Antoine Olivier Head Brazilian & French 1-2s At World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup 2024 Ana Cunha and Marc-Antoine Olivier led respective Brazilian 1-2s at the second stop of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup 2024 in Sardinia. Italy concluded the stop in Gol...

Leon Marchand Posts Sizzling 100 Breast-200 IM Double at Speedo Grand Challenge Members of the professional group under the guidance of Bob Bowman are competing this week at the Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine, Calif., providing a last testing ground for the likes of Regan Smith, Simone Manuel, Pai...

Matt Grevers Qualifies for Stunning Seventh Olympic Trials Matt Grevers is headed back to the Olympic trials. The 39-year-old two-time Olympian qualified for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 50 freestyle during a time trial at the Southwest Classic in Arizona on Friday. Grevers got to the wall in...

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...