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Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft announced the hiring of Hollie Bonewit-Cron as next men's and women's swimming and diving head coach. The 24-year coaching veteran brings a plethora of experience to the Nittany Lion swim and dive team as she becomes the sixth...

The 2024 Australian Olympic Trials begin June 10 in Brisbane, and the official pre-scratch entry lists have been released. The Australian star power is formidable in every event and should lead to some pretty fast performances as swimmers look to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Olympic champ...

Kate Douglass Learned From Tokyo Experience, ‘Ready for Trials to Be Here’ When Kate Douglass arrived at the Olympic Trials three years ago, she was already an NCAA-title-winning swimmer with legitimate Olympic hopes but by no means a lock to qualify for the Tokyo Games. Her first event, the 100 but...

Coaches Corner: How to Promote Improvement in Starts With Young Swimmers In this next edition of Coaches Corner, featuring author, coach and regular Swimming World contributor Andrew Sheaff, the start is the focus of the segment. The start obviously sets the tone for an athlete’s race, and Sheaff sp...

Alex Townsend Pledges 2025 Verbal To Princeton NEW COMMIT: U.S. Open qualifier Alex Townsend of Raleigh, North Carolina, has pledged his verbal commitment* to continue his academic and swimming career at Princeton University beginning in Fall 2025. He will join Jiarui Xue and Oliver Rowe as a member...

A Look at the Cutino Finalists For College Water Polo Players of the Year The 2023-24 Cutino Award finalists for the top collegiate men and women water polo athletes in America are in. Like the NCAA men’s and women’s finals, this year’s Cutino prospects are a replay of Cal versus UCLA matchups with ...

Cardinals Add Ryan Henderson To Class Of 2025 NEW COMMIT: The University of Louisville has secured a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from U.S. Open qualifier Ryan Henderson of Kinston, North Carolina. He will join Owen Stevens and Nate Thomas in Kentucky as a member of the Ca...

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...