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Alex Walsh Ready to Show 'Untapped Potential' in 400 IM at Worlds After Making Four Events For years, the 400 IM made Alex Walsh so nervous that she didn't swim it much. After a breakthrough this summer, she is heading into the 2026 World Short Course Championships in what is currently her favorite ...

Gretchen Walsh Aims for More Epic World Record Clashes With Kate Douglass "Anything you can do, I can do better ... " If that song pops in your head watching Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass race, you aren't alone. The back-and-forth nature of their swimming performances is something we have not see...

Caeleb Dressel Uses Swimsuit, Monkey Suit to Put Together Memorable Trials Meet as He Turns To Worlds On the first full night of the meet, Caeleb Dressel was giving high-fives, talking to kids up in the stands. "Hey, they were chirping at me first," Dressel said jokingly. The last night of the meet ...

USA Swimming Announces Full Roster for Short Course World Championships The 38-athlete roster features a combination of Olympic medalists, world champions, and rising stars who will represent the United States on the international stage. Multiple reigning short course world record holders will rep.....

Claire Weinstein Wins 800, but Declines Short Course Worlds Spot for Health Reasons Claire Weinstein claimed two victories and earned a spot to go to the short course world championships, but gave up those spots on Saturday. Weinstein made the announcement on her on-deck interview that she will skip...

When Kate Douglas Dives in World Records Are on Notice - That is What Makes a Generational Superstar Kate Douglass has become must-see TV. Every time she dives in the water, it seems like something incredible is going to happen. There are not many swimmers that give that feeling for a several-year s...

U.S. Short-Course Trials: Kate Douglass Blasts 100 Free WR Kate Douglass had an idea that a world record might be possible Saturday night in the 100 freestyle. When the five-time Olympic medalist gets that notion, it’s time for everyone else to watch out. Douglass knew she’d need to attack the front...

U.S. Short Course World Trials, Day 4 Women’s Finals: Skyler Smith Punches Ticket in 50 Breast  Skyler Smith was, as the broadcast at Short Course World Trials pointed out Saturday, about as happy as one could be with a medal at the Pan Pacific Championships this summer. At the FMC Natatorium in Wes...

U.S. Short Course World Trials, Day 4 Men’s Finals: Ilya Kharun Drops No. 4 All-Time 50 Fly Men’s butterfly has gotten a shakeup at the Short Course Worlds Trials this week in Westmont. Tyler Ray and Ilya Kharun set U.S. Open records in the 100 fly, the latter getting the win. Luca Urlando downed th...

Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Beryl Gastaldello stamped a French 100 back record en-route to a golden double and selections were locked in for the short-course worlds at the French Elite Championships in angers. Gastaldello had already captured three titles in the 50 back and fly and 100 free o...

Georgia Tech Takes Down ECU Women, Boston College in Home Meet The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets hosted the East Carolina women plus ACC rival Boston College Saturday. The home team was victorious on all fronts, with the women beating ECU 160.5 to 138.5 in the closest competition of the day while surp...

Pitt Women, Penn State Men Victorious in Rivalry Meet A Pennsylvania rivalry dual meet featured a pair of close finishes. With the University of Pittsburgh visiting State College, Penn., the Panther women defeated Penn State 161 to 138 while Penn State won 164-133 over Pitt. Pitt's women got their f...

Rex Maurer, Jillian Cox Lead the Way as Texas Sweeps South Carolina The Texas Longhorns flew east to face South Carolina in a dual meet Friday and picked up two dominant wins. The men's team won 225-73 while the women won every event and finished ahead by a 223-77 final margin, even with top breasts...

The 2026 USA Swimming Short Course World Championship Trials continued with the Day 4 prelims from Westmont, Illinois. The events on the docket are the men's 200 breaststroke, women's 50 breaststroke, men's 200 IM, women's 400 IM, men's 50 butterfly, women's 100 butterfly, men's 100 backstroke, wome...

Louisiana State Champ J.J. Hoover Will Head to Princeton in Fall 2028 NEW COMMIT: Princeton University has earned a new verbal commitment* for the 2028-29 season and beyond from J.J. Hoover of Ruston, La. Hoover is a Junior National qualifier who specializes in butterfly, breaststroke and IM. He wil...

With Four First-Time World Record Holders, Let's Remember Just How Difficult the Feat Truly is With Katie Ledecky, Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass seeming to regularly be on world record pursuits, as well as Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh, it is easy to forget just how incredible a world-record...

U.S. Short Course World Trials: Teammates Pushing Each Other Toward World Records as 'Iron Sharpens Iron' As much of an individual sport as swimming is, it is also a team sport. It doesn't have to be a college meet for teammates to reap the benefits of having each other. Teammates facing off with a ...

Kennedi Dobson Impresses in Georgia Win Over Florida; Gator Men Dominate Fierce rivals Georgia and Florida faced off Friday afternoon in Athens, and both teams came away with one victory. The Georgia women, powered by a strong performance from Kennedi Dobson, came out on top 197-97, the team's first...

Jack Alexy Destroys World Record in 100 Freestyle at U.S. Short Course Trials Four weeks after Russia’s Egor Kornev equaled the world record in the short-course version of the 100-meter freestyle during World Cup competition, the global standard in the event was dropped on Friday night at the FMC Na...

U.S. Short Course Trials, Day Three Women's Finals: Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh Just Miss World Records; Liberty Clark Posts American Record Thursday evening's finals at the U.S. Short Course World Championship Trials began with a stunning performance from Claire Curzan, who took down veterans Kat...