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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...

Teammates Brinkleigh Hansen, Cobe Hehenberger Win Open Water Nationals Junior Titles  Saint Petersburg Aquatics teammates Brinkleigh Hansen and Cobe Hehenberger won junior titles at the 2024 Open Water Nationals on Saturday. Hansen clocked in at 1 hour, 43 seconds to win the junior girls 5-kilometer...

The 2024 CSCAA Annual Meetings & Convention will be held May 5-8, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Hyatt Regency Indianapolis stands as an exemplary host for conventions, offering a seamless blend of modern sophistication and functional design. Located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, i...

Teagan O'Dell Falls Just Short of National High School Record at CIF-SS Championships One of the top high school swimmers in the country nearly knocked off a national high school record Saturday when Teagan O'Dell of Santa Margarita Catholic High School came up just shy of her own record in the 200 ...

Arizona Parts Ways with Head Coach Augie Busch The University of Arizona announced late Friday that Augie Busch will not return as head coach next season. Busch was hired as head coach in 2017. He had been an assistant coach in Tucson from 2003-11 before head coaching stints at the University of Hou...

Great Races: When Tom Jager and Matt Biondi Took the 50 Freestyle Into Sub-22 Range Their duels produced one of the greatest rivalries the sport has seen, so it was only a matter of time before our Great Races Series featured one of the battles between Matt Biondi and Tom Jager. Together, Biondi and...

Katie Grimes Wins Third Straight 10K to Start U.S. Open Water Nationals Olympian Katie Grimes won her third straight title in the women’s 10-kilometer swim on Friday to begin U.S. Open Water Nationals. France’s Axel Reymond won the men’s event in a photo finish with American Paris Olympic qualifier ...

Florian Wellbrock Prepares For Paris Title Defence With 10k Victory At Open Spanish Championships Florian Wellbrock continued his preparation for his Olympic title defence with victory in the 10k at the Open Spanish Championships in Seville. The two-time world 10k champion clocked 1: 50:13.5secs as ...

It’s on! Competition for the 2024 NCAA Women’s Championship opens May 9, with all matches to be held at Spieker Aquatics Center at the University of California, Berkeley. On Monday all nine spots for NCAAs were confirmed after months of fierce competition.  Six berths were decided by last weekend’s ...

Katie Ledecky Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom; Will Continue Swimming Through 2028 While Katie Ledecky has achieved the highest level of competition possible in the pool as an Olympic champion - several times - she also has received the highest honor an athlete can receive outside the pool. O...

National Geographic: Swimming the Best Form of Exercise Swimming is more than a way to race, but a way to exercise. The water provides cardio with natural water resistance that builds and tones muscle and burns calories, all giving a boost to health in everything from the heart to mental health. Nat...

USADA Says WADA 'Trying to Pull The Wool Over Our Eyes' With Independent Investigation The revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine prior to the 2021 Olympics but were not suspended brought immense criticism to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for an apparent failure ...

Swimmers Matin Balsini, Alaa Maso Named to Refugee Olympic Team Swimmers Matin Balsini and Alaa Maso have been named to the Refugee Olympic team or the Paris Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday. The swimming duo are among 36 individuals – 23 men, 13 women – from three...

Michael Andrew Will Have Best Chance at Paris Olympics in 100 Breaststroke It has been 10 months since Michael Andrew, for the first time since his 19th birthday, did not qualify for the year's senior-level U.S. international team, with a spot at the World Championships in the 50 butterfly evaporati...

Aquatics GB Selects 13-Strong Team For 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade Aquatics GB have announced a squad of 13 swimmers across pool and open water for the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade in June. Ten pool swimmers and three open water athletes have been selected for the...

The latest episode of the Unfiltered Waters, hosted by Olympians Missy Franklin and Katie Hoff, demonstrates why the podcast has been a success, and brings a terrific perspective. On the heels of interviews with swim stars Summer McIntosh and Simone Manuel, among others, this week’s installment feat...

Freshman Goalie Lauren Steele Has Had Immediate Impact for Top-Ranked UCLA Women's Water Polo Reading through the women’s water polo stat sheet from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, few UCLA players’ names appear. Not in the lists for goals or assists or points, stats you might assume tell a ...

Breaststroker Eli Greinke Stays Local, Chooses Kentucky NEW COMMIT: Junior National qualifier Eli Greinke of Lexington, Kentucky, has opted to remain close to home for his college career after committing to the Wildcats for Fall 2024. Regarding his commitment, he said: "I am excited to announce my c...

Liberty Flames Score 2025 Verbal From Carly Larson NEW COMMIT: Liberty University has scored a verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Futures qualifier Carly Larson of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to conti...