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TYR Pro Swim Series (Greensboro) The gold medal captured by Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle at last summer's World Championships would suffice for most athletes. However, the American star's trip to Gwangju was anything but was what was envisioned a year shy of the next Olympic Games. That win fo...

Three winners from Thursday night at the TYR Pro Swim Series Des Moines are set to show down Friday night in the women’s 200 freestyle. Katie Ledecky earned the top seed in the morning with a time of 1:56.19. She’s chasing her third title of the meet, after winning the 1,500 free and 400 free the la...

The final night of the TYR Pro Series stop in Des Moines was very much a sneak preview of what is to come at the United States Olympic Trials in June, especially in the women’s 100 backstroke. One night after prevailing in the 200 backstroke, Regan Smith bested a strong field at half the distance wi...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault In this issue of SW Biweekly, read about Regan Smith's scorching 58.26 performance in the 100 backstroke at the TYR Pro Series stop in Knoxville, fueling massive expectations around this summer's T....

Katie Ledecky - 1500 Freestyle A month ahead of the start of Olympic Trials season around the world, American distance ace Katie Ledecky put down an impressive marker in the 1500-meter freestyle to open action at the TYR Pro Series stop in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday night. Unchallenged and racing...

At this stage of the Olympic season, much of the discussion will revolve around how athletes look with the Tokyo Games just more than four months away. Well, count Regan Smith in the right-on-track category, as the teenage phenom flourished on Friday night at the USA Swimming TYR Pro Series stop in ...

Erica Sullivan (Pro Swim Series - Knoxville) The United States’ Olympic season officially started on Thursday night in Knoxville, Tenn., as the second stop of the TYR Pro Series opened at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center. With competitors focused on flourishing at the appropriate time, the winning tim...

The 2019-20 TYR Pro Swim Series in Greensboro, North Carolina started Wednesday night with the heats of the 1500 free as Ashley Twichell won the women's race at 16:11.19 and Zane Grothe won the men's race at 15:18.71. Women's 1500 Free Twichell is racing in her first pool meet since the 2019 World C...

TYR Pro Series - Knoxville (Day Three) RESULTS The expectations surrounding Regan Smith and what she might accomplish at this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo are massive, fueled by what the teenager managed at last year’s World Championships. Given what Smith did on the third night of the TYR Pro Se...

With the Olympic Games officially being pushed back a year to avoid safety issues with the coronavirus pandemic, an entire sporting calendar needed to be shifted. USA Swimming officially moved its Olympic Trials earlier this month to June 13 - 20. On Monday, USA Swimming President & CEO Tim Hinchey ...

This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Katie Ledecky for her 8:14.95 in the 800 freestyle at the first stop of the 2019-20 TYR Pro Swim Series in Greensboro, North Carolina. Although it seems like a ho-hum swim for Ledecky, sitting outside the top 25 all-time swims in the 800 free, she ha...

This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Regan Smith for her 58.26 at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday. Smith started her 2020 on a good note as she put up really good swims at the Pro Series against some of her chief rivals. She put up a best time in the 100 fly ...

USA Swimming announced today that swimmers from around the globe will be making five stops in the United States next year as part of the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series. Scheduled between November 2019 and May 2020, athletes will use the world-class domestic events in Greensboro, N.C.; Knoxville, Tenn.; De...

TYR Pro Swim Series Des Moines The pre-scratch psych sheets for the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series in Des Moines, Iowa have been posted by USA Swimming. The competition will start March 4 and will go until March 7. Many Olympians will be in attendance with Ryan Lochte, Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky and Si...

Following the closure of the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana because of the coronavirus pandemic, USA Swimming will be unavailable to host the TYR Pro Swim Series that was originally set to be swum from May 6 - 9. Indianapolis marked the final stop of the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series, following p...

The TYR Pro Swim Series heads to Knoxville for the weekend, starting Thursday. It’s the first big North American meet of the year (and second Pro Swim Series stop of the season) where a multitude of Olympic hopefuls can lay down early markers for the pivotal year that lies ahead. Four years ago, wha...

Americas Recap Americans like Regan Smith and Allison Schmitt might have dominated the headlines at last weekend’s TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Knoxville, Tennessee. But there were plenty of other headlines generated from a sizeable international contingent at the event. Here’s a look at the highligh...

The 2020 Knoxville Pro Swim Series will kick off the new year in style in Knoxville, Tennessee as some of USA Swimming's best will be in attendance at the University of Tennessee from January 16 - 19. Individual World champions Simone Manuel and Regan Smith will be in attendance as they continue the...

Allison Schmitt knows a little something about starring at the Olympic Games, and the veteran freestyler certainly opened her Olympic season in stylish fashion on Friday night. Kicking off the second night of the TYR Pro Series stop in Knoxville, Schmitt produced a strong performance to secure top h...

TYR Pro Swim Series (Greensboro) With the Olympic year just around the corner, Simone Manuel used the first stop on this year's Pro Swim Series to deliver a strong performance, as the reigning world champion in both sprint-freestyle events blew away the field in the 100 freestyle. After posting the ...