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Asia Seidt stopped by the media tent after her victory in the women's 200 back to discuss her busy summer, which has included a trip to Italy for the World University Games (WUGs) and the 2019 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships. Because WUGs took place July 4-10, Seidt tapered for that meet and...

In true form, Katie Ledecky manhandled the competition in the 400 free, clocking in at 3:59.95 to post one of the fastest times in the world this year. Surging several body lengths ahead of her closest competitor, Madisyn Cox (4:10.91), Ledecky dropped a time merely three and a half seconds off her ...

The Indiana University men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened the 2019-20 season with three wins in a tri-meet with Kentucky and Notre Dame at the Lancaster Aquatic Center on Wednesday. Kentucky claimed a win over Indiana on the women's side as they also claimed two wins. RESULTS Team Sc...

The fifth day of the 2015 NCSA Summer Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana did not disappoint, as there were numerous strong performances even on the final day of competition. The men’s 1500 meter freestyle swam in the afternoon, with the top five finishers all going under the Olympic Tri...

By Andy Ross. With the 2018-19 school year underway, many teams are getting their toes wet with fall training as we dive into a new season. Last year, the Stanford women won their second straight national title and won all five relays, putting themselves amongst the talks of the greatest NCAA teams ...

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, July 19. HANNAH Moore of YMCA of the Triangle Area picked up her third individual win of the meet during the third night of finals at the Speedo Champions Series sectional meet at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Moore kicked off the third night of finals with her third ind...

After getting her feet wet in the women's 50 fly, Regan Smith was ready to dominate in her marquee event–and she did just that at the 2019 TYR Pro Series in Bloomington. Dropping a 2:06.47, slightly off her best, Smith manhandled the rest of the field, surging ahead to a climactic victory. Isabelle ...

By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Last weekend at the Mel Zajac Invitational in Vancouver, 15-year-old phenom Isabelle Stadden swam an incredible 2:08.37 in the women's 200 back, placing first overall and vaulting to eighth in the world for the 2018 long course season. Stadden, who s...

After the NCAA swimming championships were canceled because of the coronavirus, the emotional toll of the monumental decision began to rise. Anger. Sadness. Disappointment. Devastation. While everyone seemingly is on the same page about this having to happen, it still is devastating to athletes miss...

Who were the best women's swimmers in the 2018-19 season? As the school year is winding down for most of the country, it is time to look at who were the best swimmers this season. Back in September, Swimming World ranked the best NCAA Division I women's swimmers from 1-25 as a "pre-season top 25" ty...

Editor's Note: Swimming World Magazine's March issue featured our annual prediction. Did we get it right? The Stanford women’s swim team repeated as NCAA champions last year. It was expected, and the meet wasn’t even close. The Cardinal scored a stunning 593 points and cruised to their second consec...

Olympian Kathleen Baker and 16-year-old Regan Smith tied for first in the 200 backstroke with matching 2:06.43. That is just off of Baker's best of 2:06.38 from last summer, when she won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Budapest. For Smith, that time will stand as a new world junior re...

The second night of finals from the 2019 World University Games had five finals and four semi finals on the heat sheet. The United States won three of the four gold medals on the first night of the meet and won two more golds on night two. Ian Finnerty and Lisa Bratton lowered the meet records in th...

Day Two of the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series Bloomington was perhaps one of the most climactic nights of the long course season, as Lilly King entered as the underdog and Nathan Adrian rounded out his first full day of competition since his testicular cancer diagnosis. Some of the top names in the sport ...

The Ohio State men and women swept Kentucky and Toledo on Saturday. The No. 18 Buckeyes beat Kentucky in the men's meet 210.5-178.5 and the No. 13 women won 204-185 over the No. 15 Wildcats. Michael Salazar won the 100 butterfly (47.62). Mark Belanger won the 100 backstroke (48.74). Kevin Musterait ...

Raena Eldridge of the Texas A&M women's swimming and diving team, and Asia Seidt of Kentucky, earned a conference-level nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year, as announced by the NCAA Tuesday afternoon. While 161 female student-athletes in total were nominated, Eldridge and Seidt are one of 59 stude...

University of Kentucky swimmer Asia Seidt and University of Texas diver Alison Gibson were among 10 recipients of the NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award, announced Wednesday. The awards will be bestowed as part of the NCAA Convention during a virtual ceremony on Jan. 13, to be streamed at 7 p.m. EST on the N...

Kentucky graduate Asia Seidt announced her retirement from the sport of swimming on Wednesday, 52 weeks before next year's Olympic Trials that were pushed back a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seidt, the reigning US national champion in the 200 backstroke, was an outside shot at making the O...

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 the rivalry between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte that spanned over a decade, especially at U.S. Olympic Trials. Also featured is the Aquatics Coalition, a....

Both of the University of Kentucky’s nominees for the annual H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award are swimmers, the school announced Tuesday. Glen Brown is the school’s men’s representative, while Asia Seidt is the women’s nominee. [caption id="attachment_429329" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gl...