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Swimming Siblings: When Two (or More) Members of One Family Achieved International Success When a child dives into summer league or club swimming for the first time, he or she often has familiar company with a sibling: a few years older, a few years younger or even a twin. When a swimmer reaches eli...

Several years ago, Dave Bartlett and Brenda Borgh Bartlett wrote this wonderful article on the men's 400-meter freestyle from the 1976 United States Olympic Trials. The epic race featured some of the greats of the sport. Great Races: 1976 US Olympic Trials Men’s 400-Meter Freestyle (From the Archive...

CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 27. COMPETING at the Ohio Division I Girls High School State Championships on Feb. 22, a relay team from Upper Arlington High School broke the national public school -- and overall national high school -- record for the girls' 200 yard medley relay. The team of Elaine Ferrito ...

In a post on his Facebook page following the death of backstroke legend Roland Matthes, five-time Olympic medalist John Naber penned a beautiful tribute to a man that first was his idol and "guide in swimming," and then became a good friend. John has given permission to Swimming World to reprint his...

Editor's note: We will update this article throughout the day as notes come in from throughout the swimming community. Check back often.  Feel free to leave your thoughts about Daland in the comment section as well. Photo Courtesy: Bill Collins THOUSAND OAKS, California, October 20. Peter Daland, a ...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Along with a FULL recap and photo gallery of the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, read about where teams stand now that the dust has settled; flas.....

How the Furniss Brothers - Steve and Bruce - Were Robbed Of An Epic Olympic Showdown “The Missed Turn” is a regular Swimming World feature that examines overlooked athletes or stolen opportunities. In this installment, we highlight the Furniss Brothers, Steve and Bruce, who were denied the chance to...

After nearly two weeks of worry about the condition of his friend, John Naber couldn’t help but send a joke Bruce Furniss’ way. “I explained that due to possible memory loss, he might believe that he won the 200 freestyle in Montreal, and I was sad to remind him that he finished second,” Naber poste...

This update was posted by Bruce Furniss's family on April 9: Good News - Our prayers have been answered We just heard from Sharon [Bruce's wife] that Bruce is coming home today!  It has been another rapid recovery in this roller-coaster experience.  Sharon reported this morning she received a call f...

Passages: Dick Jochums, Renowned American Swimming Coach, 81 Dick Jochums, the revered swimming coach who mentored some of America’s greatest stars over several generations, died on Aug. 19. He was 81 years old. Jochums was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as a member of the Cla...

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 10. AS part of our 11-day series highlighting the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association’s release of the 2013-14 All-America lists, Swimming World will also be looking at the history of each event that is part of the high school schedule. Today, we're looking at th...

By Michael J. Stott. At the NCAA Men’s Championship meet in 1978, Olympian and University of Southern California swimmer Bruce Furniss set one of his 19 American records in winning the 200 yard freestyle (1:36.16). Forty years later, American swimming stands on the precipice of witnessing another la...

LOS ANGELES, May 7. EL TORO High senior Kaitlin Sandeno has done it all in her rather abbreviated but highly productive swimming career. She's been an Olympian, finaled in the "Big Show" and won Olympic bronze, set innumerable records and won innumerable races. But the future Trojan has yet to s...

Julie Overhouse-Farrell (swimming, 1976) and her husband, Todd, welcomed their daughters, Haley (February 1, 1996) and Taylor (July 29, 1997). Bruce Furniss (swimming, 1976) and his wife, Sharon, are the proud parents of twins, Troy Timothy Salem and Brooke Marie Meier, born December 18, 1997.

JOSH DAVIS SETS US OPEN RECORD AT USA SWIMMING NATIONALS By Phillip Whitten CLOVIS, CA., Aug. 16. LINDSAY Benko said it was that "Fighting Trojan Spirit" that propelled her to victory. Josh Davis said it was the time off after Sydney he spent with his family recharging his batteries that enabled him...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to cause the rest of the world to be quarantined in their homes so there has not been a lot of news lately. The Russia Sports Minister wants the doping ban on his country lifted so sports can come together when the Olymp...

Bruce Furniss, a two-time Olympic gold medal swimmer, 10-time world record holder and six-time NCAA champion who helped USC swimming win national titles in 1976 and 1977, has been named one of four new inductees into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame, announced Friday (May 1). Furniss is ...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a lot of uncertainty moving forward over the status of a lot of swimmer's careers. Will anyone be forced to retire or will they try to stick out another year in pursuit of their dreams? Konstantin Grig...

By Bill Bell APRIL 8. WHEN Australian triple Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe set the world record in the 800 free during last week's Australian Nationals/World Championship Trials in Hobart, he joined a rather exclusive group -- consisting of a mere two other swimmers -- who have ever held worl...

By Jenny Keens LOS ANGELES, April 25. "SWIM with Mike," USC's annual fund-raiser for physically challenged former athletes, surpassed the $3 million mark last weekend. The unique event, which was established to provide physically challenged former athletes with tuition, room and board, books, on...