Age Group Swimmer - (Tag)

By Emma Merrill, Swimming World College Intern Many swimmers experience a plateau at some point in their careers. Even worse, the plateau can often closely follow some of the fastest swims of their lives.  Some age-groupers are fast at a young age and then they might never drop much time again. The ...

3 Signs You’re An Over-Involved Swim Parent: Let Your Child and Coach Do Their Thing By Nicole Cassou, Swimming World College Intern I must preface this list with one simple fact: Swimming is hard. I’m not just referring to the extraordinary level of discipline and commitment this sport demands of i...

What I Wish I'd Known As An Age Group Swimmer By Temarie Tomley After celebrating my recent birthday, I realized just how old I’ve gotten and how long I’ve been in this game. I’ve been swimming for 15 years, and in those 15 years I have learned so much. Everyone’s journey through this sport is diffe...

4 Things To Do When You Don't Drop Time By Tori Caudill, Swimming World College Intern One of the best parts of swimming is competing. For many swimmers, competition can become more intense over time, just as anything else that you devote much of your life to. As an 8-and-under, dropping time was al...

Commentary by Brent Rutemiller, Publisher of Swimming World Magazine.  2017 has seen a tremendous amount of discussion on the need to regulate the use of tech suits by age group swimmers. In some cases, the discussion moved to rule changes by some governing bodies that banned tech suits in age group...

Special thanks to ArenaUSA for proudly sponsoring our coverage of the Arena Grand Prix circuit. For all of our coverage and more, please visit our event coverage page AUSTIN, Texas, January 19. AFTER a morning during which the 14-year-old professional swimmer Michael Andrew took down the 13-14 U.S. ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 13. WE continue our series featuring first-time NCAA Division I championship qualifiers with a senior who waited three months to see if she would qualify for the biggest meet of the season. Name: Nicole Ligeza Year, school: Senior, Utah Events she’ll swim: 100 and 200 bre...

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 7. The April issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download to Total Access Subscribers! On page 44 of Swimming World Magazine, Up & Comers, Age Group Swimmer of the Month: Madison Homovich from the North Carolina Aquatic Club, is quite the impressive young la...

Up & Comers: Mia Rankin Sponsored by Spectrum Aquatics At 14, Mia Rankin of the Phoenix Swim Club, Ariz., knows all about mental toughness. She hails from a talented family of swimmers with both of her parents (Mark and Maureen) and uncle (Matt Rankin) spending many years coaching swimming and havin...

Special thanks to ArenaUSA for proudly sponsoring our coverage of the Arena Grand Prix circuit. For all of our coverage and more, please visit our event coverage page AUSTIN, Texas, January 19. JUST a day after lowering his own 13-14 U.S. National Age Group record in the 50-meter freestyle, 14-year-...

By Ian Hanson MELBOURNE, April 21. AUSTRALIA'S Olympic silver medalist, Leisel Jones, has earned herself a week off after winning her second gold medal in two days at the Tip Top Australian National Age Group Swimming Championships in Melbourne tonight. Jones added the 15 years 200 meter breasts...

By Diana Pimer All swimmers know what it’s like to have that glorious moment when you get a best time, achieve your goal time, and place where you wanted in a race. For some of us, this may not have been this season, this year, or even the last few years. But we all know what that sense of relief an...

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 11. THE May 2014 issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download to Total Access Subscribers! On Page 43 of Swimming World Magazine, Up & Comers. Age Group Swimmer of the Month: Regan Smith. In January 2013, Regan Smith took down four national age group records i...

Up & Comers: Kennedy Noble - August 2018 Issue Sponsored by Spectrum Aquatics It’s easy to become an avid swimmer when you grow up in a state such as Arizona, where pools and outdoor activities reign supreme. Fourteen-year-old Kennedy Noble is no exception. She has been a member for several years of...

Lauren Lubus, 14, began her swimming career at age 7. From an early age, she was a very talented all-around athlete, excelling in soccer and basketball as well as swimming. At the age of 12, Lauren started showing a great talent for butterfly. She broke the Ozark 11-12 girls record in the 50 yard an...

Special thanks to ArenaUSA for proudly sponsoring our coverage of the Arena Grand Prix circuit. For all of our coverage and more, please visit our event coverage page AUSTIN, Texas, January 18. THIS morning at the Arena Grand Prix in Austin, 14-year-old professional swimmer Michael Andrew tied, then...

Joseph Natina had an impressive 1997-98 season as a 10-year-old, capped off by the high- point trophy at the Western Zone Championships last March in Walnut Creek, CA. At last summer's Western Zone meet in Roseville, CA, Joseph's times landed him in the 1997 NAG long course rankings - second in the ...