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After some of the nation’s fastest teenagers put on a display at June’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, USA Swimming today announced the names of 43 athletes who will represent the U.S. at the third and fourth legs of the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup. Those competitions will take place October ...

Matthew Sates, Emma McKeon Crowned 2021 FINA World Cup Champs South Africa’s Matthew Sates and Australian Emma McKeon were crowed the top point-getters at the 2021 FINA World Cup. The duo were the high scorers in each gender over the World Cup stops this fall, in Berlin, Budapest, Doha and Kazan. Ov...

USA Swimming 18 & Under Girls Virtual Spring Championships - Final Report USA Swimming has created the Spring Virtual 18 & under Championships to offer more opportunities for age-group swimmers across the country. It will allow athletes to compete from the comfort of their own local pools, while see...

Hali Flickinger started the Olympic trials strong, but it turns out, she was just getting started. Flickinger won the 200 butterfly in a time of 2:05.85 — that was a U.S. Open record — and officially punched her ticket to Tokyo after getting second in the 400 IM earlier in the meet. Now that is offi...

NCAA Women's Championships Breakdown: Strengths and Weaknesses of Top Teams in Knoxville For the entirety of this collegiate swimming season, the University of Virginia women have been considered the heavy favorites to win a third consecutive national title — as one might expect when the Cavaliers a...

The 2018 Phillips 66 U.S. Nationals will splash into action next week in Irvine, California as an important selection meet for the upcoming 2018 Pan Pacific Championships, 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, 2019 World Championships, 2019 World University Games, and 2019 Pan American Games. While...

The TAC Titans hosted their own invitational with the Marlins of Raleigh on Friday evening as 16-year-old Claire Curzan swam a 21.61 in the 50-yard freestyle to just miss her own national age group record that she set a couple weeks ago at 21.51. Curzan swims for the TAC Titans in North Carolina as ...

On the same night that 17-year-old Regan Smith broke the national age group record in the 17-18 age group with a 57.3, 15-year-old Claire Curzan swam an impressive 58.00 at the Speedo Sectionals Cary meet in North Carolina. Curzan is second all-time in the 15-16 age group behind Torri Huske, who was...

US Olympic Trials: Alex Walsh, Kate Douglass Throw Down Sub-2:10 200 IMs in Semi Finals The Virginia Cavaliers, fresh off an NCAA title in March earlier this year, have quietly had an incredible meet at the 2021 US Olympic Trials through three days with one swimmer already on the team in Paige Madde...

From Near Miss at Olympic Trials to Budapest Bound? Luca Urlando Among Those Stalking World Champs Bid A third-place finish in an event at the United States Olympic Trials is a stinging experience, as it leaves the athlete one spot shy of qualifying for the premier competition in the sport – the Oly...

Hali Flickinger neared her season best of 2021 in the finals of the 200 butterfly with a 2:06.70 on Thursday night in Indianapolis as she stayed controlled throughout. Regan Smith took the race out hard, turning at the 100 in 59.58 to Flickinger's 59.94, and held the lead at the 150 with a 1:32.59 t...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here A Voice For The Sport: Teenage Tradition At Trials By John Lohn As much as change is a constant in the world, some things have remained steady throu...

14-year-old Charlotte Hook blasted the 13-14 NAG record in the 200 fly on the final night of the 2018 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals East Championships. Earlier in the night, Alex and Gretchen Walsh narrowly missed breaking NAG records of their own in the 200 breast and 100 free respectively. Hook f...

Last night, her younger sister Gretchen was the talk of the town. Tonight, it is her turn to take center stage. 16-year-old Alex Walsh of Nashville Aquatic Club put up one of the most impressive doubles in junior nationals history. She swam a 58.19 100 breast to smash her NAG record in the 15-16 age...

Aiden Hayes Swims 51.78 100 Fly at Missouri Sectionals; Charlotte Hook Goes 2:10 in 200 Fly in Cary This weekend features Sectionals meets taking place across the United States, including in Cary, N.C., Cleveland, Columbia, Mo., and Gresham, Ore., and the first evening of finals features an impressi...

Claire Curzan Rips 1:48.50 200 Back as Stanford Women Continue Impressive Performance at NC State Invite During the final session of the NC State Invitational in Greensboro, N.C., Stanford freshman Claire Curzan posted the top performance as she jumped onto the all-time top-10 list in the women's 20...

Stanford Sweeps Events on Senior Day Win Over San Jose State The Stanford women's swimming and diving team defeated San Jose State 210-64 on Saturday, Jan. 24. Stanford celebrated senior day, where the Cardinal celebrated its 10 graduates - Lucy Bell, Jamie Brennan, Sophie Duncan, Charlotte Hook, To...

Claire Curzan Drops Another Sub-50 Effort in 100-Yard Butterfly Claire Curzan, the 16-year-old rising American star, is making sub-50 performances in the 100-yard butterfly a routine occurrence. Racing at the TAC Titans Blizzard Blitz Meet in North Carolina on Friday night, Curzan posted a time of 4...

COVID Pandemic Has Opened Olympic Door For Rapidly Developing Youngsters In less than a minute at an under-the-radar April swim meet in Cary, N.C., two teenagers changed the complexion of the women’s 100 butterfly in the United States. 16-year-old Claire Curzan swam a time of 56.20, and 18-year-old ...

For Claire Curzan and Canadian Duo, Abu Dhabi Serves as Latest Stage for Rising Teen Stars A pair of experienced rivals went head-to-headin the wo men’s 50 butterfly at the Short Course World Championships, and 31-year-old Ranomi Kromowidjojo ended up edging out 28-year-old Sarah Sjostrom for gold b...