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European S/C Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Johannes Liebmann Smashes 800 Free WJR To Top Prelims Johannes Liebmann set his second WJR of the meet to top the 800 free prelims at the European Short Course Championships in Lublin, Poland. The 18-year-old is another product of the Magdeburg powerhouse w...

How Innovator Konrad Antoniuk Is Using Data to Redefine Swim Training Swimming World is pleased to highlight a rising voice in swimming innovation: Konrad Antoniuk Former Cal Poly standout, Olympic Trials qualifier, and founder emerging swim-tech platform Morphwear. Antoniuk's journey from age-grou...

Claire Weinstein, Teagan O'Dell Open First College Invite With Wins in Minnesota The last of the major midseason college invitational meets is taking place this weekend in Minneapolis, with the University of Minnesota welcoming a group of swimming programs highlighted by the California Golden Bears....

U.S. Open, Day Two Finals (Men): Leon Marchand Blasts Career-Best in 400 Freestyle The first full night of finals at the U.S. Open in Austin should produce plenty of speedy results in the men's competition. Action is slated for five events - the 50-meter backstroke, 400 freestyle, 200 individual med...

U.S. Open, Day Two Finals (Women): Summer McIntosh Rips U.S. Open Record in 400 Freestyle; No. 2 Time in History The United States' Kate Douglass will try to keep her recent momentum rolling when the second night of the U.S. Open is held on Thursday night at the University of Texas. Coming off a pai...

European S/C Championships, Day 3 Finals: Marrit Steenbergen Sets ERs in 100 IM, 200 Free The finals of the 100 individual medley at the 2025 European Short-Course Championships didn’t disappoint Thursday, as an opener to the third night of the meet. Marrit Steenbergen set the European record in win...

Italy Blasts World Record in Mixed 200 Freestyle Relay at European Championships Italy claimed its third relay title of the European Short Course Championships on Thursday, this latest crown captured via a world record. The Italians produced a time of 1:27.26 in the mixed 200-meter freestyle relay, ...

The US Open continued from Texas with the first full day of competition. The prelims include the men's and women's 50 backstroke, 400 free, 200 IM, 50 breaststroke and 50 freestyle heats. Here is a look at how the morning played out: Results US Open Women's 50 Backstroke As anticipated, the backstro...

Staying Motivated Through Holiday Training  The holidays are a time filled with warmth, festivities, and celebration. But if you are a swimmer, December and the holidays also come with something else: Holiday training. This time consists of long practices, tired muscles, early alarms, and a heavy st...

European S/C Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Ollie Morgan Takes Down British 100 Back Record Day three of the European Short Course Championships got underway in Lublin, Poland, with Ollie Morgan taking down the long-standing British 100 back record. Morgan became the first Briton inside 50secs as he ...

ACC Youngsters Sara Curtis and Eneli Jefimova Are Golden at European Short Course Championships When Sara Curtis (Virginia) and Eneli Jefimova (North Carolina State) joined Atlanta Coast Conference programs earlier this fall, they were tabbed as instant game-changers for their respective college pro...

U.S. Open, Day 1: Ilia Sibirtsev Tops Bobby Finke in 1500 Freestyle to Open Meet The last major long course competition of 2025 began Wednesday evening in Austin, Texas, with numerous top American competitors in town for the U.S. Open. A full slate of preliminaries and finals will begin Thursday aft...

European S/C Championships, Day 2 Finals: John Shortt Blasts World Junior Record to Win 200 Back The Irish swimming renaissance has had plenty of contributors in the last 18 months. Add John Shortt to the not-so-short(t) list of them. Shortt won gold at the 2025 European Short-Course Championships i...

U.S. Open Races to Watch (Men's): Distance Aces, Dressel in the Spotlight This week, the final major long course competition of 2025 will take place in Austin, Texas, and the men's racing will see the two best backstrokers in the world squaring off. South Africa's Pieter Coetze won this year's world...

European S/C Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Jack McMillan & Duncan Scott Progress As Matt Richards Misses Out Jack McMillan returned the morning after being crowned 400 free champion to head the 200 on day two of the European Championships in Lublin, Poland. McMillan led the way as the two-per-nation...

Louisville Standout Nikita Sheremet Adds World Junior Record in 50 Freestyle Although Ukraine finished just off the podium in the 200-meter freestyle relay during the opening day of the European Short Course Championships, Nikita Sheremet flourished on the leadoff leg. An 18-year-old freshman at the...

Olympic Swimmer Adi Bichman to Lead Israel Olympic Committee Olympic swimmer Adi Bichman was appointed CEO of the Israel Olympic Committee this week for a term that includes the run-up to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Bichman had been the chair of the Israeli Swimming Association for the last tw...

USA Swimming Hires Cory Hilliard as Chief Financial Officer USA Swimming has continued its executive suite build-out by announcing the hiring of Cory Hilliard as Chief Financial Officer on Tuesday. Hilliard had spent the last 18 years at the University of Colorado in Boulder, rising to the role of S...

European S/C Championships, Day 1: Isabel Gose Downs European Record in 400 Free A busy first finals session of the European Short-Course Championships got underway Tuesday night with Isabel Gose downing the European record in the women’s 400 freestyle. Gose’s swim came in the first final in Lublin,...

How NCAA Swimmers Navigate the 400 IM - Arguably Swimming's Hardest Race For sprinters, there’s no joy like the rush of energy that comes from a 50 freestyle. For distance swimmers, the grinding battle often generates a sense of pride. These are two very different swimmers, also training in vastly d...