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NCAA Preview: Virginia Favored to Win Sixth Consecutive NCAA Women's Title (Team Standings Predictions) No women's swimming and diving team has ever captured six consecutive NCAA Division I titles. Texas took five in a row from 1984 through 1988, and then Stanford matched that feat from 1992 through...

World University Games, Day 6 Finals: Leah Shackley Claims Third Individual Title; Aleksandr Stepanov, Leah Hayes Win Second Golds The star of the swimming portion of the World University Games has been Leah Shackley, a 19-year-old from Bedford, Pa., and NC State University. On night six, Shackley c...

Supreme Depth Leads Virginia Cavaliers to Record-Setting Sixth Consecutive National Title The Virginia Cavaliers women's swim team had an enormous task to succeed a pair of legends who finished their careers among the most decorated performers ever. History was on the line, with Virginia having tied...

Fort Lauderdale Open, Day 3 Prelims: Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh to Joust Again in 200 Free The first full night session of the Fort Lauderdale Open on Thursday night hosted the latest dual between Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh. Friday night, we’ll get a battle over a distance that is becomin...

Fort Lauderdale Open, Day 2 Prelims: Gretchen Walsh, Kate Douglass Pull Morning Doubles The first morning session at the Fort Lauderdale Open had not only a bunch of big names in the water, but many working double time in a sprint-heavy early program. Among them, Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass bot...

Aaron Shackell Blasts 3:47.00 400 Free at Junior Nationals; Luka Mijatovic With Another NAG Record Last week, Aaron Shackell watched his younger sister Alex swim on the biggest stage of her life and claim a World Championships silver medal by anchoring the American women to a silver medal in the 800...

ACC Championships, Night 1 Finals: Louisville, UVA Women Open with Flair; DQ Opens Foor for Florida State The 2026 ACC Championships are off to a perhaps surprising start, with Louisville’s women and the Florida State men winning the 200 medley relay. The two relays opened the swimming competition T...

4:01 400 Free Qualifies Katie Ledecky for Olympics, But She's Still Underdog for Tokyo On the other side of the world, 20-year-old Australian Ariarne Titmus had set the standard, her 3:56.90 400 freestyle at Australia's Olympic Trials that came within a half-second of Katie Ledecky's world record. M...

World University Games: U.S. Adds 7 Golds, Relay Sweep to Cap Competition The United States’ team at the 2025 World University Games has delivered on its promise. Twenty gold medals and 37 total through six days at the Europe SportPark Aquatics Centre in Berlin was an impressive return. And while th...

Cavan Gormsen Chasing Golden Double at World University Games; Team USA Owns Final Prelims Session It's been a dominant week for the United States at the World University Games in Berlin, so it was fitting that Team USA grabbed all four top seeds during the last session of preliminaries. Heading int...

Virginia Shows Off Lineup Pursuing Six-Peat, With Claire Curzan and Anna Moesch Starring At the conclusion of the 2024-25 college swimming season, Virginia graduated two of the most accomplished collegiate swimmers ever. During her four years with the Cavaliers, Gretchen Walsh rewrote the record boo...

ACC Championships, Night 5: Virginia Closes 7th Straight Title; Cal Wins Men's Crown There appeared to be intrigue in the men’s team race at the ACC Championships entering the final night Saturday. It lasted as long as the mile. Cal held a 28-point lead over Stanford after five days at the McAuley A...

2021 FINA World Cup Budapest Day Three: Emma McKeon Crushes 50.58, Moves to No. 2 All-Time in 100 Freestyle (SCM) Australia's Emma McKeon is only months removed from the meet of her career and the most prolific Olympic performance ever by a female swimmer. She won seven medals total at the Tokyo Gam...

ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Throws Down 19.95 Split, First Ever Sub-20, as Virginia Breaks 200 Free Relay Record For the first time in history, a woman has clocked under 20 seconds for a 50 freestyle relay split. Wednesday evening at the ACC Championships, University of Virginia ...

Virginia Women Kick Off Post-Walsh Era With Loaded Roster Pursuing Another Title On the way to a fifth consecutive national title last March, the University of Virginia women did not have to worry about maximizing every last point at the NCAA Championships. On the contrary, their win was a forgone c...

NCAA Women’s Championships, Day 1 Prelims: Texas Sets Fast Medley Relay The NCAA Women’s Championships kicked off Wednesday morning at Atlanta’s McAuley Aquatic Center with early heats of the opening day’s two relays and the 1,650 freestyle. Fastest heats in all three events will comprise the evenin...

NEW COMMITS: The University of Virginia has received their first two verbal commitments for the 2023-24 season from Wantag, New York native Cavan Gormsen and Maggie Schalow of Newport Beach, California. CAVAN GORMSEN [caption id="attachment_492694" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Photo Courtesy: Ca...

The 2019 New York Federation Girls Swimming and Diving Championships took place on Nov. 23 at the Aquatics Pavilion on Ithaca College’s campus. Pittsford used impressive depth to secure their sixth-straight championship title with a total score of 235, only four points ahead of runner-up Sacred Hear...

Analyzing the Current & Future Stars From the Virtual 18 & Under Champs Last month, some of the USA's best 18 and under swimmers raced all around the country in the virtual 18 & under championships as the COVID-19 pandemic prevented USA Swimming from holding its usual east-west juniors meets in two ...

Gretchen Walsh Sets 100 Free Pool Record, 21.50 Fly Split in Virginia Tri-Meet Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh continued her torrid season by setting a pool record in the women’s 100 freestyle and laying down the fastest 50 fly split in NCAA history Saturday. Walsh went 46.40 in the 100 free to take down ...