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The Math Behind the Medals: Professor Ken Ono Is Helping Virginia Revolutionize Swimming Performance Ken Ono spent the spring of 2021 trying to convince Paige Madden of the merits of her 400 freestyle. Madden, then a senior at the University of Virginia, had a stellar NCAA season, sweeping national ...

2021 Trials: Each day during the pre-scheduled days of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, Swimming World will take its readers back four years to the 2016 Trials in Omaha to recap each event, and will offer some insight into what the events will look like in 2021. Since Josh Prenot broke the American rec...

Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Men’s Swim Team for Tokyo Olympics At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, the U.S. men’s swim team captured five individual gold medals and 14 total individual medals. Ten different men were responsible for those honors: Ryan Murphy, Michael Phelps, Anthony Ervin, Chase Ka...

The Pre-Race Rituals Witnessed at the U.S. Olympic Trials By Annika Hobson, Swimming World College Intern While watching the United States’ Olympic Trials, I observed that most of the athletes have specific pre-race rituals. Pre-race rituals are beneficial as they allow a swimmer to collect themselv...

Athens Bulldogs' Nic Fink earned runner-up honors in the 100 breaststroke on the second night of the TYR Pro Swim Series Knoxville in a time of 1:00.61. He came in right behind new-teammate Andrew Wilson who finished in 1:00.57. Fink described the swim as "solid," after being about one second off h....

The final session of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series at Knoxville featured ten events including the 1500 free, 200 IM, 200 back, 50 breast and 100 free. Athens Bulldogs' Nic Fink led the way with a new TYR Pro Swim Series Record in the 50 breaststroke. He was able to narrowly edge out his competition, ...

CSCAA Reveals 38-Member Inaugural Class of Division III Hall of Fame The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association revealed the first 38 members of the Division III Hall of Fame last week. The inaugural class includes 16 coaches, 11 male athletes and 11 female athletes, both swimmers and diver...

During the 2021 USA Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, each athlete signed a drum to signify becoming an official member of the Tokyo Olympic Team. While watching this monumental moment, some may have just considered this a right of passage. But Swimming World was curious to investigate:  H...

Kate Douglass Heads to Olympic Trials as Cover Model … for Mathematics Journal Olympic swimmer Kate Douglass has graced the cover of many a magazine, one in particular that comes to mind out this month. But the 15-time NCAA champion added a new honor this week: The cover of an academic journal. Doug...

The Phillips 66 USA Swimming Nationals start up July 25 and will showcase the best the United States has to offer in the sport of swimming. The meet will serve as a selection meet for a number of meets, mainly the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Swimming World has gathered their sele...

The second morning of the 2018 Phillips 66 USA Swimming Nationals kicked off with stellar swims from Cal Golden Bears Josh Prenot, Andrew Seliskar and Ryan Murphy. Prenot and Seliskar shook up the world rankings list as they could have more left in the tank tonight. Regan Smith also moved up in the ...

The Swimmers for Change lineup has been announced. Swimmers for Change is a grassroots movement involving over 30 Olympic, Paralympic, and U.S. National team athletes. The goal is to provide a platform for the swimming community to contribute toward raising awareness and support for the Black Lives ...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Guttertalk: How Does It Feel To Have Qualified For The Olympic Games In Tokyo? By Andy Ross Photos By Peter H. Bick Sponsored By KIERAN SMITH Uni...

Olympics: After Mixed Medley Fiasco, Americans Need Relay Redemption in Finale The four-person swimming relay debuted at the fourth edition of the modern Olympics, at the 1908 Games in London. Men competed in the 800 freestyle relay in 1908, while the first women’s relay came with the addition of th...

US Olympic Trials: Matt Fallon Turns On After Burners to Snag Top Seed in 200 Breast Semis Ahead of Fink, Cordes, Licon The men's 200 breast was billed as one of the most wide open races of Olympic Trials, with any number of five to six guys capable of making a statement and getting on the Olympic t...

Chris Marshall, an assistant coach on the Emory University Swimming and Diving staff since 2004, has been named the Aquatics Director/Head Swimming Coach at Marist School in Atlanta. He will assume his new position on August 1, 2018. Bob Hackett, a former Olympian and 1976 Silver Medalist in the 1,5...

After taking a year off from school to train for Olympic Trials, Andrew Wilson is back at Emory University to finish out his career with the Eagles. This week, Wilson joined Off Deck to discuss his redshirt year and his return with host David Rieder. Wilson explained what stands out to him about tra...

Roster Crunch: Will Anyone Miss the Cut for the Olympic Team? Just two days of finals (and six total individual finals) remain at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, and there's still a lot of uncertainty about who will make it onto the Olympic team for Tokyo. Only 26 women and 26 men can actually be ...

The Week That Was, sponsored by Suitmate The Week That Was featured an announcement from Swimming Australia, Evgeny Rylov's suspension, records from Jillian Crook's, and more. The Week That Was #1: Australia Poised To Replace Kazan As Host Of the 2022 FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships b...

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