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The 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships Penn swimmer Lia Thomas became the first known transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I championship on Thursday. Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta...

Los Angeles Olympic Qualification Procedures Present New Obstacles for American Swimmers Around the world, the qualification process for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles will look different than in previous years. Swimmers aiming to qualify for the newly-added 50-meter stroke events will have t...

The 2022 Pac-12 Women’s Championship continued with the Day 3 finals session from Federal Way, Washington. The session includes platform diving, the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke and the 400 medley relay. Stanford took the early lead on Wednesday night by ...

The 2020 Pac-12 Women’s Championships continued on Friday with a full session from Federal Way, Washington. Stanford leads the meet and had a 1-2-3 seeded finish in the 400 IM on Friday. The rest of the teams are trying to keep pace. Here is a look at the session: • Live Stream • Live Results • Day ...

2022 NCAA Women's Championships: Lia Thomas Takes Top Seed in 500 Freestyle After months of speculation and controversy, Penn swimmer Lia Thomas made her debut at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. Thomas swam in the prelims of the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday morn...

Stanford senior Katie Drabot was trying to wrap her head around the fact that she and her Cardinal teammates were not going to get a chance at swimming for an NCAA four-peat. It was something she and her teammates had trained for all season and wanted to prove they could accomplish. “We knew a four-...

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...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. Let’s be honest:  It’s really tough to imagine a team other than Stanford taking home the women’s NCAA Division I swimming team title this week. The Cardinal, with two Olympic gold medalists leading the way and an abundance of depth, return almost all the pieces (asid...

The 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the prelims of the 200 breaststroke. Virginia’s Kate Douglass is in the event this year after doing the 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly last year. This year it is the 50 free, 100 fly and the 200 breaststroke to close out t...

Pre-Cut Psych Sheet Released for Women's NCAA Championships; Regan Smith Top Seed in Three Events The pre-cut psych sheets for the upcoming women's NCAA Championships were released Tuesday morning. These are not the final entry lists for the meet, which will be held March 16-19 at McAuley Aquatic Ce...

In one of the most stunning early swims of the season, Texas A&M's Shaine Casas put together a 1:40.16 in the 200 IM to win at the Art Adamson Invitational on Thursday. Casas earned an automatic NCAA cut. It is by far the fastest time in the NCAA so far this season — and the time would have finishe....

Michael Andrew, Lilly King, Ian Finnerty, and Margo Geer joined forces to post the fastest mixed relay of the TYR Pro Swim Series at Bloomington, dropping a 1:43.35 to beat the quartet of Gabby DeLoof, Devon Nowicki, Nic Fink, and Simone Manuel (1:46.46). Lisa Bratton, Andrew Wilson, Sarah Gibson, a...

By Dan D'Addona. Texas A&M continued its strong performance at the Art Adamson Invitational at home Friday. The Aggies hag 867.5 points to lead Stanford (724), Arizona State (256) and LSU (184) in the 10-team event. The Aggies edged Stanford in another relay to open the second day of competition as ...

The first session of the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships kicked off with some fast swims at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo. The meet runs from Aug 9-14 and features the following federations: Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, People's Republic of China, Cook Isl...

It was a good day to be young at the Speedo Winter Jr. National Championships in Georgia. Two National Age Group records fell during Friday night finals. Both records fell to swimmers under 17 years of age. The meet started with the 400-yard individual medley. Brooke Forde won the event for Lakeside...

Stanford leads by over 100 points going into the third day of the 2019 Women's Pac-12 Championships. Cal goes into today seeded second with ASU in third. Stanford got off to a strong start with Ella Eastin, Brooke Forde and Allie Szekely in the 400 IM and built the Cardinal lead. USC's Louise Hansso...

The pre-selection psych sheet for the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships have been released. The official psych sheet will be released on Wednesday. The line for the cut-off is usually around 36th or 37th place. Swimming World will publish the official psych sheet when it...

Pac-12 Conference Women's Swimming Championships, Day Two Prelims: Brooke Forde Paces 500 Free Day Two Prelims, Houston Texas Live Results How to Watch Psych Sheets The second day of the Pac-12 Conference Women's Championships opened with individual action a night after California swept the 800 free...

Stanford senior Brooke Forde gave the Cardinal something to cheer about on Friday night at the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championships in Greensboro as she won the fifth straight title for Stanford in the 400 IM, backing up Ella Eastin's four straight from 2016 - 2019. Forde was...

The Event Lineup of Team USA For the Tokyo Games; Home-State Breakdown The squad that will represent the United States at the Olympic Games in Tokyo is currently taking part in training camp in Hawaii. Here is a reminder of who will swim which individual events when the Games get underway later this...