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Short Course World Championship Trials Stacked With Big Names and Olympic Comebacks The pre-scratch psych sheet has been released for the 2026 U.S. Short Course World Championship Trials. The meet runs from Oct. 28-31 in Westmont, Illinois. Plenty of the sport's biggest names are slated to compete, ...

Ilya Kharun, Albane Cachot Pace Arizona State in Sweep of SMU The Arizona State Sun Devils hosted Southern Methodist in a short course meters dual meet Thursday, giving swimmers a chance to rehearse the 25-meter format in advance of the U.S. selection meet for the Short Course World Championships ne...

Georgia Scores 2028 Pledge From Futures Medalist Luke Sullivan NEW COMMIT: Fort Washington, Pa. native Luke Sullivan has elected to spend his college career at the University of Georgia, starting in the 2028-29 season. Sullivan is a Junior National qualifier who excels in breaststroke and IM. He wil...

Canadian National Junior Teamer Abby McLeod Verbals to Auburn for 2028 NEW COMMIT: Auburn University has landed an impressive verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Canadian international Abby McLeod of Delta, British Columbia. McLeod is a member of the Canadian National Junior Team and is a rising di...

Arizona to Honor Frank Busch With Ceremony at Friday's Meet With SMU The University of Arizona swimming and diving program will honor the late Frank Busch at its upcoming meet. The Wildcats host SMU at 12:30 p.m. MST at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center. Arizona will honor coach Busch’s life and legacy wit...

Poolside Passport: Lucas Henveaux and His Passion for Golf At the World Cup tour of the Silk Road, Belgium's Lucas Henveaux enjoyed considerable success. The former Cal standout won Crowns in the 800-meter freestyle and 1500 freestyle, and denied American Carson Foster from a series sweep of the 400...

Life Lessons: What Swimming Gives You After It Ends What happens when competitive swimming ends? For many former swimmers, the life lessons learned in the water become some of the most valuable tools they carry into the next chapter of their lives. Discipline One of the biggest tools that competitiv...

Veteran Siobhan Haughey Adjusting Training to Meet Body's Needs Through the years, Siobhan Haughey has enjoyed significant success on the World Cup circuit, and 2026 proved no different as Haughey twice won the 200-meter freestyle as the series traveled along the Silk Road. But the veteran from Hong...

Sprinter Stella Canoles Stays In State, Chooses Cal Golden Bears for 2028 NEW COMMIT: Lafayette, Calif. native Stella Canoles has announced her verbal commitment to the University of California, Berkeley for Fall 2028. Canoles, who is among the top recruits in the class, is a Summer Nationals qualif...

Michigan Lands 2028 Verbal From NCSA Bronze Medalist Tyler Kominski  NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has landed another impressive verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Olney, Md. native Tyler Kominski. Kominski is one of the best distance freestylers in the class. He will join Treyvn Krauss, ...

Elite Breaststroker/IMer Mikayla Tan Verbals to Stanford (2028) With NCAA-Scoring Times NEW COMMIT: Stanford University has landed a huge verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from San Ramon, Calif. native Mikayla Tan, one of the top recruits in the class. Tan is the best breaststroker in the group and cu...

Berlin, Paris & London To Stage 2027 World Cup; LA28 Sprint Qualification Up For Grabs London will stage the final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup on 29-31 October 2027 where athletes can qualify for the LA 2028 Games in the men’s 50m breaststroke and women’s 50m backstroke. The meet wi...

North Carolina State Proving Status as Elite Combined Program During CSL Competition The traditional setup of college swimming measures success for women's teams and men's teams independently. For most of the sport's history, the most successful programs operated under separate coaching staffs, a tr...

ASCA Fellows Research Project Identifies Practical Solutions to Improve Swim Coach Retention and Career Sustainability Who will coach the next generation of swimmers if the profession cannot retain the coaches it has today? A new study from the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Timothy We...

Dario Verani and Klaudia Tarasiewicz are confirmed as the overall winners of the European Aquatics 2026 Open Water Swimming Cup with full prize money awarded despite only two of the scheduled four legs completed because of bad weather. The second and third legs were fulfilled in Tenero and Razanac b...

NJCAA Powerhouse Indian River State College Swimming and Diving In Jeopardy of Being Cut The school with the longest national championship title streak might lose its swim program. Indian River State College in Florida has had a dynasty at the National Junior College Association of America (NJCAA) l...

IOC Sets Out Seven Candidates, Next Steps for Hosting 2036 Olympics The International Olympic Committee has set forth a handbook for potential hosts of the 2036 Olympics, of which seven candidates have stepped forward. The IOC has set an Oct. 31, 2026, deadline for interested parties. Each intereste...

What Happens When a Fin Adds Speed Without Changing the Kick? Inside the Data Behind the FINIS SlipFin Pro What Makes the FINIS SlipFin Pro Different? A closer look at what happens when a fin adds speed without changing the kick Coaches have used fins for decades for a simple reason: they work. They...

Abbey Weitzeil Has Eye on LA28 After Return: 'We Can Be a Mom and Still Chase Our Dreams' Abbey Weitzeil wasn't sure how she would feel diving in for her first race in nearly 2 years. The three-time Olympian was competing in her first race since getting married and giving birth after the 2024 Paris ...

Freestyler Nola Waldbuesser Hands Princeton Tigers 2028 Verbal Commitment NEW COMMIT: Princeton University has received a verbal commitment* for Fall 2028 from Nola Waldbuesser of Philadelphia, Pa. Waldbuesser is a Junior National qualifier who excels in middle-distance freestyle. She will join Clar...