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Written by Benny Liang, Swimming World College Intern One year ago at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center, Texas freshman Townley Haas broke out into the NCAA Division I scene, winning the 500 free in a time of 4:09.00. He surprised all of us by knocking off several returning All-Americans, includ...

By Dan D’Addona. Last year, Townley Haas burst onto the college swimming scene by winning the 200 free and the 500 free as a Texas freshman. This year's 200 free final at the NCAA Division I championships in Indianapolis on Friday will have another wave of youth looking to take down some experienced...

By David Rieder. The United States men swept Olympic golds in the three relays last summer in Rio, but each one of those wins came with the assistance of Michael Phelps—who, as most of you reading almost certainly know, is once again retired. The success of 2016 helped wash away some of the stench f...

By Jason Tillotson, Swimming World College Intern Since 2010, the Arizona State University Men’s Swimming and Diving team hadn’t placed higher than fifth at the Pac-12 conference championship meet. That is, until this past weekend, when the Sun Devils placed fourth, ahead of in-state rival Arizona. ...

Ohio State junior Cameron Craig was arrested on February 5 in Franklin County, Ohio for driving while impaired and driving under the influence while having a suspended license. This is Craig's second misdemeanor charge, following an arrest Jan. 16, in which charges of driving under the influence wer...

By David Rieder. First came the drawn-out chants of “ZO-NA! ZO-NA!” from the team clad in red and blue on the side of the pool. After barely a second of silence, a quick-paced “A-S-U! A-S-U!” cheer emanated from the young men and women in maroon and gold lined up along the upstairs railing inside th...

By Dan D’Addona. The USC men’s swim team has a challenging weekend ahead, facing two Pac-12 powers as the Trojans prepare for the Pac-12 Championships. On Friday, No. 14 USC faces No. 1 Cal, then on Saturday, the Trojans face No. 8 Stanford. This will be a telling week for the Pac-12 as all three te...

By David Rieder. With one day to go at the Big 12, men’s ACC, men’s Big Ten and women’s Pac-12 championships, it’s time to empty out the NCAA swimming notebook. And after yet another record-breaking night, let’s start with Katie Ledecky. Another record for Katie Ledecky… and another dilemma. For the...

By Robbie Dickson, Swimming World College Intern The year of 2016 turned out to be a very exciting year. It started off in March at the NCAAs, where American records fell at both the women's and the men's meet. The excitement carried over to the Olympic Trials, and then the Olympic Games in Rio. The...

The Pac-12 Conference announced today that Stanford sophomore Katie Ledecky and Arizona State sophomore Cameron Craig won swimmer of the week honors. Utah senior Nathan Makarewicz and Cal freshman Briana Thai won diver of the week honors. The Pac-12 women's swimming and diving championships are thre...

The Arizona Wildcats and Arizona State Sun Devils faced off in an intense rivalry dual meet Saturday afternoon in Tucson. While the Arizona women pulled away quickly to pick up the victory, the men's meet came down to the wire, and the two teams ended up tying at 147 after ASU went 1-3 in the final ...

By Dan D'Addona. The No. 3 Stanford women swam through a hail storm and earned 192-100 win over No. 20 Arizona at Avery Aquatic Center on Friday afternoon. Sophomore Ella Eastin won three events and senior Kassidy Cook swept the diving events to lead the Cardinal (4-0, 3-0 Pac-12) in its first meet ...

By Dan D'Addona. When Bob Bowman took over the Arizona State swim team, it was only a matter of time before the Sun Devils became a Pac-12 contender. The Arizona State progression has moved quickly this season, highlighted by a huge invitational victory. The Sun Devils held off Texas A&M and LSU to ...

Cameron Craig was eager to see what he could do in the water, racing for the first time in 14 months. When he touched the wall after his first race, there were many emotions running through his head from relief to excitement. In his first race back, Craig won the 100 fly in 53.61 at the Big Red Chal...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. For the victors, the meet meant everything, a previously-downtrodden program knocking off the gold standard. For the losers, it was just another lump in a season full of them—with the hope that all the lumps are meaningless in the end. In the photo above, Arizona Stat...

By Dan D'Addona. The Texas A&M women's swim team used its depth to win the Art Adamson Invitational on Saturday. The Aggies finished with a total of 1,404.5 points, more than double that of second-place LSU (687). Boise State was third (522.5), followed by Arizona State (390), SMU (359), TCU (162) a...

The final day of the Pac-12 Men's Championship is underway as some fast preliminary swims set up what looks to be an intense final night of competition with conference titles on the line. Here is what happened in the morning prelims: DAY 4 PRELIMS RESULTS 200 Back Cal's Daniel Carr swam to the top s...

Winter Invites will officially be underway across the United States this week, with many of the nation’s top athletes converging for a chance to gauge where they are this season. Read about some of the biggest match-ups expected for this week and more in The Week That Was. https://youtu.be/tShsK33Ic...

The highlight of night three at the USA Swimming Summer Junior Nationals came from the A final of the men's 100 fly, as Michael Andrew swam a 52.57 to break the 15-16 National Age Group Record and meet record. The previous NAG was 52.75 set by Justin Lynch in 2013. Andrew was just off the World Juni...

The Toyota US Open, which is set to begin next week November 12 – 14, will be split across nine different sites in order to lessen travel for swimmers and coaches and participate safely in a less crowded environment while still racing in a competitive format. The psych sheets for Indianapolis and Be...