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David Popovici Adds Third Title At Romanian Championships With 3:47.54 PB In 400 Free David Popovici made his third trip to the top of the podium at the Romanian Championships with a 3:47.54 PB in the 400 free. The 2022 world champion over 100 and 200 free had a previous best of 3:47.99 from the pre...

Josha Salchow Goes Through The 48 Barrier With German 100 Free Record Of 47.85 In Berlin Josha Salchow propelled himself into the German record books and the world top 10 in 2024 as he went 47.85 in the 100 free at the Berlin Swim Open. Salchow split 23.11/24.74 to take 0.07 from the national standa...

Chinese National Championships Day 1: Li Bingjie, Pan Zhanle Lead Four Olympic Qualifiers Four swimmers qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics on the first day of the Chinese national championships. There were two qualifying finals on Friday and two semifinals on the schedule for the opening day of c...

Australian Champs, Day Three Finals: Ariarne Titmus Rockets to Top of World in 400 Freestyle; Men's Distance Duel a Highlight By Nicole Jeffery After the most testing year of her international career, Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus was back on top of the world today after clocking the fastest 400m ...

In 2024, thousands of swimmers and volunteers committed to fighting cancer will be making waves against cancer by participating in charity swims with Swim Across America. The swims take place April 20 through October 6, 2024. This year's schedule includes 24 communities with open water swims and hun...

The 7 Sins of Swimming (From the Archive - Originally Published 2017) By Chandler Brandes There is no such thing as a perfect swimmer. As swimmers, we sometimes (although rarely) make mistakes. We may DQ, forget our heat and lane, or even accidentally-on-purpose rip our cap at the exact moment a har...

Australian Champs, Day Three Prelims: Ariarne Titmus Chasing 'Perfect Race' With Paris on Horizon By Nicole Jeffery Olympic champion and world record-holder Ariarne Titmus may be “in hibernation from life’’ but she is maintaining a laser-like focus on her preparation to defend her Olympic titles in ...

USA Swimming Adds Colts, Pacers as Partners for U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis USA Swimming on Friday named both the Indianapolis Colts and Pacers Sports and Entertainment as Centennial Partners for June’s U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. The meet to determine American qualifiers for the 20...

Vic Riggs Steps Down as West Virginia Swimming Coach Vic Riggs has stepped down as the head swimming and diving coach at the University of West Virginia, the school announced Friday. Just the fifth head coach in program history, Riggs led the way in Morgantown since 2007. He posted a 57-46 record in...

Erik Posegay Joins Bob Bowman's Staff at Texas as Associate Head Coach The University of Texas announced Thursday that Erik Posegay will become the new associate head coach of the men's swim team. Posegay heads to Austin to reunite with Bob Bowman, who was named Director of Swimming and Diving and h...

David Popovici Wins 200 Free In 1:45.10 At Romanian Championships; Seventh-Fastest Performance In 2024 David Popovici went 1:45.10 in the 200 free at the Romanian National Championships for the seventh-swiftest performance in the world this year. It was the eighth-best performance of a career that a...

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As NCAA Women's Water Polo Tourney Nears, There's Jockeying For Postseason Momentum Is it possible that one of the Big Four does not qualify for this year’s NCAA Women’s Tournament? It happened in 2016 when Cal didn’t make the cut. Barring a major upset—Hawai’i losing early in the Big West tournamen...

Canadian Star Summer McIntosh Joins Unfiltered Waters Podcast For Wide-Ranging Discussion Since debuting the Unfiltered Waters Podcast, hosts and Olympic medalists Katie Hoff and Missy Franklin have welcomed some of the biggest names for conversations. This week’s episode features an athlete who wil...

Matt Fallon Established as Leading American 200 Breaststroker, Chasing Olympic Medal Whenever a swimmer takes down Leon Marchand in one of the Frenchman’s main events, that accomplishment deserves recognition. Marchand is clearly established as the world’s best swimmer, and he is coming off an NCAA ...

David Popovici Goes 22.27 For 50 Free Title At Romanian Championships; Posts 1:47 In 200 Prelims David Popovici went 22.27 to win the 50 free on the opening night of the Romanian National Championships in Otopeni before returning the following morning to go 1:47 in the 200 prelims. Robert Andrei Bad...

Australian Championships, Day 2: The Unstoppable Kaylee McKeown’s 4:28.22 - The Third Fastest 400IM In History - But It’s “No” For Paris An unstoppable Kaylee McKeown has tonight swum the third fastest 400IM in history – blasting out a time of 4:28.22 to set her second National record in t...

The University of Kentucky has responded to the allegations of sexual assault brought forth from a recent lawsuit against former coach Lars Jorgensen, according to multiple reports. "Our top priority is the health and safety of our students and employees," the release from spokesperson Kristi Willet...

Delfina USA, S&R Sport Launch Apparel Collection with Maddie Musselman Water polo Olympic gold medalist Maddie Musselman has launching an apparel collection with Delfina USA and S&R Sport. The nine-item collection is based around a stylized M logo. It includes the signature Delfina Bravo Suit, style...

After Pac-12 Breakup, Washington State Lands Mountain West Swim Affiliation Washington State’s women’s swimming program will be an affiliate member of the Mountain West Conference in 2024-25, the school announced Tuesday. The agreement with the Mountain West covers the women’s swimming and baseball ...