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If Swimming Were Easy....5 Things Swimmers Face to Be Their Best By Chandler Brandes, Swimming World College Intern Spoiler alert: It’s not. We can all agree that swimming is not an easy sport. But choosing the easy route has never been the swimmer way. Here are five things which make swimming one o...

By Peter Baugh, Swimming World College Intern With NCAA Championships and Olympic Trials around the corner, some of the nation’s fastest swimmers competed at the Southeastern Conference Championships in Columbia, Missouri Feb. 16-20. A number of swimmers talked to the media after their races. Here’s...

By Julia Cunningham, Swimming World College Intern Bouncing back only gets harder the longer you wait to do it. With championship season fast approaching, those tiny shreds of doubt are constantly lingering in the back of your mind. What if I don't hit my taper? What if I let my team down? What if I...

Last week, Swimming World dropped the women's pre-season rankings for the upcoming NCAA swim season. Today, we are dropping the top 25 men's individual pre-season rankings. Again, these are just an indication of the returning swimmers standings as of last season. Last year's graduating class was one...

By Tera Bradham, Swimming World Intern “I know what it is to be a struggling college student. I’ve been there,” she nods. She really has been there. Growing up in a family with six sisters, Breeja Larson never knew what it was to have excess, even once she was a student-athlete in college. [caption ...

By Justine Ress, Swimming World Intern This week I spoke with national team newcomer and fellow Hoosier Blake Pieroni. He earned a spot on the U.S. National Team for his stellar performance in the 200 freestyle. I wanted to find out more about Pieroni in and out of the pool. I managed to catch him b...

This weekend, the Texas Longhorns split a dual meet with the Georgia Bulldogs in Austin, Texas, and Andy Ringgold of Aringo Photography was there shooting the entire meet. The top-ranked Texas men claimed a 155-145 win over Georgia, while the Lady Bulldogs turned in a 170-125 victory against UT. Her...

The staff at Swimming World would like to extend a huge “Thank You!” to all of the photographers who contributed photos to Swimming World Magazine in 2017. Relive some of the highlights of 2017 with a special slideshow of photos from our many talented photographers! Special thanks to Peter H. Bick, ...

by Robbie Dickson, Swimming World College Intern. Last year at the 2016 NCAA Championships, the Texas Longhorns broke the NCAA record in the 4x200 free relay led by the monstrous split of 1:30.54 from Townley Haas. This year the Longhorns will return all four from their record relay, but should not ...

With seven teams in the CSCAA men’s top 25 poll, the Southeastern Conference appears poised for a big spring. Swimming World takes a look at the ranked SEC teams. [caption id="attachment_142488" align="alignnone" width="700"] Photo Courtesy: Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee[/caption] ...

By David Rieder One year ago at U.S. Nationals, the Americans selected their team headed for next week's World Championships and also the recently-completed Pan American and World University Games. At that meet in Irvine, National Team director Frank Busch admitted that the selection process could r...

By Chandler Brandes, Swimming World College Intern Injuries, no matter how big or small, are devastating. No swimmer ever wants to deal with an injury, and no coach ever hopes his or her athletes become injured. Injuries, although unfair, are part of swimming, and chances are most swimmers will have...

Southeastern Conference Championships kick off tomorrow in Columbia, Missouri. Swimming World takes a look at some swimmers and teams to watch at the meet. Psych Sheet  Ranked SEC men's teams (CSCAA):  3. Georgia 5. Florida 6. Auburn 10. Tennessee 11. Alabama 13. Missouri 24. Texas A&M 25. Louisiana...

There will be no shortage of star power at the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame Invitational. Four ranked teams will compete on the men’s side, including No. 1 Texas. Southern California, Arizona and Wisconsin are also ranked. For the women, five ranked teams will compete. The Longhorns, curre...