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Luka Mijatovic Downs One Final NAG Record in 2025, Clipping Own 1000 Free Mark A sensational year of competition for 16-year-old Luka Mijatovic came to a close Monday at the Sectionals meet in Walnut, Calif., as he downed more more National Age Group record. Mijatovic swam a time of 8:36.74 in the 1...

International Swimming League Planning Return in 2026 The International Swimming League is planning a relaunch in 2026, it said in an exclusive interview with Reuters. The league is working with a “reshaped commercial model” that it hopes will capitalize on the momentum being built toward the 2028 O...

Lukas Maertens Enjoyed Banner Year, Highlighted by Venture to Previously Unvisited Territory The highlight of Lukas Maertens' season is obvious. It arrived in April, when the German star raced at the Swim Open Stockholm and took down Paul Biedermann's 15-year-old world record in the 400-meter freest...

Top Men's Performances of 2025: Leon Marchand Shines Again With 200 IM World Record With the final days of 2025 approaching, it's time to look back on the year of swimming and determine the top performances in the pool. The list will emphasize long course and championship-winning performances, and e...

College Swimming League CEO Robert Kent Discusses Innovative New Venture On a normal December afternoon, the sport of college swimming may have changed forever. The Collegiate Swimming League (CSL) announced itself to the world on December 9, offering 12 of college swimming’s top programs the chance...

The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Swimmers, Coaches, and All Aquatic Athletes Throughout the season, we shared three Holiday Gift Guides highlighting some of our favorite products for the aquatics community. Now, we’ve compiled them into one master gift guide for anyone still looking to check off ...

Super Week for Olivia Wunsch and Ollie Moclair at NSW Senior State Championships Freestyle sprint stars Olivia Wunsch and Ollie Moclair have led a week of exciting “Super Finals” introduced for the 2025 Senior State Championships at the famed Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The “Super Finals” .....

Best of the Best: Stacking Up Summer McIntosh Performances From 2025 A run of world records at June's Canadian Trials gave Summer McIntosh numerous options to be considered as the top performance of the year 2025. The versatility of McIntosh is a trademark, and so is the dominance she has demonstrat...

Denison Jumps to No. 1 in CSCAA Division III Men’s Poll It’s a tale of two polls in the latest CSCAA Division III dual meet polls, released on Friday. On the men’s side, Denison rose to the No. 1 spot in a poll full of upheaval, while the women’s poll retains the top five without change, led by Emor...

Tampa Moves to No. 1 in CSCAA Division II Women’s Poll The University of Tampa moved to the top seed in the latest CSCAA Division II women’s dual meet poll, released on Friday. Tampa (4-1) had been second in the November poll. But the Spartans moved one point ahead of Nova Southeastern into the top ...

U.S. Men’s Water Polo Fall to Spain Despite 4 Goals from Nicolas Saveljic Nicolas Saveljic scored four goals on Friday, but the U.S. men’s water polo team fell to a consistent effort from Spain, 16-9, in a match in Barcelona. The game is the first of two for the U.S. in Spain as part of its Christma...

Luka Mijatovic Blasts Latest NAG Record with Sizzling Mark in 1650 Freestyle The record-breaking ways of Luka Mijatovic continued on Friday night as the 16-year-old star hacked a sizable chunk off his National Age Group (NAG) record in the 1650-yard freestyle for the 15-16 classification. Racing at ...

7 Fun Holiday Gift Ideas for Swimmers (Last-Minute Shoppers - Hurry!!!) With the holiday season in full swing, the stress of gift shopping is well underway. For any last-minute shoppers, here are seven gift ideas for swimmers to place under the tree.  The Magic5 Card Game Cost: $24 (on sale from $30...

The Arizona men's and women's swim teams totaled 11 first-place finishes to start strong in Day 1 of two-day dual meet against Texas A&M. Arizona's women's 400 medley relay of Kayman Neal, Eleni Gewalt, Maryam Sheikhalizadehkhanghah, Julia Wozniak won in 3:33.11. Gewalt won the 100 breaststroke in 5...

Open Water Swimming Qualification Process Announced for 2028 Olympic Games The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Aquatics have announced the qualification process for open-water swimming at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Open-water competition will be held in 10-kilometer event...

Kate Douglass Continued to Demonstrate Range in 2025; Emerged as Major Player in 100 Breaststroke Coming off a spectacular 2024 season, which was highlighted by a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Paris, Kate Douglass entered 2025 riding a wave of momentum. And over th...

Which Mile Are You Swimming? The Many Ways Distance Swimmers Count a Mile “50, 100, 150, 200… wait, was that the 200 or the 250?”  Whether we like to admit it or not, most distance swimmers have been there. You’re in the middle of racing a mile when your mind suddenly goes blank, and you silently th...

Federica Pellegrini & Matteo Giunta Announce They Are Expecting Second Child Two-time Olympic medallist and Italian swimming legend Federica Pellegrini has announced that she and husband Matteo Giunta are expecting their second child. Pellegrini and Giunta welcomed first child Matilde in early Janua...

Christian Bacico Handed Provisional Suspension After Positive Test For Clostebol World short-course relay medallist Christian Bacico has been handed a provisional suspension after testing positive for a clostebol metabolite. Bacico - the second-fastest Italian in history in the 200 back - was suspen...

WADA Hails Final Dismissal of Enhanced Games Lawsuit The World Anti-Doping Agency released a statement on Thursday hailing the final dismissal of the anti-trust suit brought by the Enhanced Games. The performance-enhancing-drug fueled sporting event had sued World Aquatics and USA Swimming under the...