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U.S. Junior Nationals: Shackell Siblings Sweep 200 Butterfly; Lucy Thomas Sets 100 Breast Meet Record During the first evening of finals at U.S. Junior Nationals in Irvine, Calif., a pair of siblings representing the Carmel Swim Club began the meet with resounding wins in their respective 200 butter...

A Year After Indy Trials, Shackell Siblings Again Get Job Done with International Hopes on the Line Let's revisit last summer for a moment. At the United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Aaron Shackell used the first day of competition to fulfill his dream of becoming an Olympian. With a victo...

Breaststroke Breakthroughs? Where U.S. Team Has Openings Entering Nationals The United States has never lost a women's medley relay when Lilly King has handled the breaststroke leg, with two Olympic gold medals and four world titles to show for it. Three of those wins came in world-record time, incl...

The 2026 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 2 prelims on Thursday, Feb. 26, in Madison, Wisconsin. The events on the docket are the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke. Here is a look at what happened on Thursday morning: Big Ten Men's 100 Bu...

Junior Pan Pacs: Erin Gemmell Sets Second Meet Record to Win 200 Free Erin Gemmell's Junior Pan Pacs is off to a fast start. The 17-year-old set a pair of meet records on the opening day of the meet in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the women's 200 freestyle. The latter earned her a gold medal in the first ev...

Under-the-Radar Athletes Looking to Make A Splash at International Team Trials; Shackell Siblings Lurking This past month, hundreds of swimmers competed in either the TYR Pro Swim Series at Mission Viejo or the Indy Spring Cup in Indianapolis. For many athletes, these competitions were used as one l...

The Week That Was, Sponsored by Suitmate The Week That Was featured top swims from the Commonwealth Games, U.S. Nationals and U.S. Masters. The Week That Was #1: Commonwealth Games: Canadian Joshua Liendo Breaks Through With Gold in 100 Butterfly [caption id="attachment_479419" align="aligncenter" w...

Aaron Shackell to Team Up With Siblings at Indiana After Stops at Cal and Texas After using his first two seasons of NCAA eligibility at Cal and then Texas, U.S. Olympian Aaron Shackell now plans to represent the Indiana Hoosiers. Shackell did not make a formal announcement of the move, but he now l...

Carmel High Presence Will Be Felt At Junior Pan Pacs: An Interview with Coach Chris Plumb Carmel High athletes have long made waves on the swimming landscape, most recently with former athletes Jake Mitchell and Drew Kibler racing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Now, Carmel will be represented at the...

U.S. Olympic Trials: High School Swimming Powerhouse Carmel Making Huge Impression on Olympic Teams In Indiana, the success of Carmel High School's swimming program is ubiquitous. Even those without a direct connection to swimming are aware of the Greyhounds' streak 38 consecutive high school nation...

How American Men Struggled in Paris, Lost Out on Olympic Medals This summer in Paris, the new stars of men’s swimming took their places atop the world. Leon Marchand was the most prominent of those stars with his four gold medals, all in Olympic-record time, while David Popovici, Pan Zhanle and Hube...

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Final: Lukas Martens Claims Historic 400 Free Gold The electricity in the air for the men’s 400 freestyle final at the Fukuoka World Championships last summer presaged a doozy of an Olympic final 12 months on. The pieces haven’t exactly fallen into place. But the resulting chao...

A Family Summer to Remember: The Story of Matriarch Ali Shackell The sport of swimming has taken Ali Shackell on a journey all over the world. From her days as a swimmer at Auburn University to her time now as a swim-mom watching her three kids compete, Ali has been able to have an experience with t...

TYR Summer Championships, Day Two Prelims: Alex Shackell Grabs Top Seed in 100 Butterfly The first night of the TYR Summer Championships offered some impressive speed, as Australia Jamie Jack paced the way in the men's 50-meter freestyle, going 21.63, while American Kieran Smith bested the field in ...

Indiana, Florida, Arizona State Seeking Improved National Standing in 2026 Order was restored at last season’s NCAA Men’s Championships as Texas took the win and Cal claimed second, the 12th time since 2010 that those two teams have occupied the top-two spots in the standings. But Indiana was not fa...

Tess Howley, Aaron Shackell Scorch 200 Fly Junior Nationals Meet Records After swimming in the 200 butterfly final at U.S. Nationals with international team qualifying on the line, 18-year-old Tess Howley has cut more than one second off her personal-best time at Junior Nationals to jump into the wo...

Shackell Siblings Shine At Winter Juniors-East; Combine For Trio Of Solo Titles From excelling for Carmel Swim Club to Carmel High to Team USA, the Shackell siblings – Alex and Aaron – have routinely shared the aquatic spotlight. So, it was fitting that each member of the family raced to gold during...

At Indiana High School Championships, Talent Is Once Again Striking (Psych Sheets) On Friday, the best swimmers in the state of Indiana will gather at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis for the 2023 IHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving State Finals. Swimming in Indiana is a big deal, especially on the high s...

Shackell Siblings - Alex and Aaron - Shining at Speedo Sectionals in Indianapolis The Shackell siblings - Alex and Aaron - are using the weekend to put together some impressive performances in the long-course pool. Racing at Speedo Sectionals in Indianapolis, the sister-brother duo has produced seve...

Olympic Swimming Top Races, No. 9: Could World Record Go Down in Men’s 400 Freestyle? The Olympic swimming competition will begin Saturday, July 27, with the best swimmers in the world competing for medals in 28 individual races and seven relays over nine days of competition. Before that, Swimming W...