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Seven Notable NCAA Performances From Midseason Invitationals; Luca Urlando Tops the List As the saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun. In what felt like a blur, the college swim season has reached its halfway point, with most teams wrapping up their midseason meets. Swimmers threw down a pl...

A Look at the NIL Landscape in Swimming The NCAA approved Name, Image, and Likeness compensation in 2021, opening the door for collegiate athletes to earn money through endorsements and sponsorships. When it comes to NIL, football and basketball dominate the headlines. Swimming, on the other hand, d...

ACC Championships, Day 5: Virginia Women, Cal Men Wrap Up Dominant Conference Titles The ACC Championships concluded Saturday evening with the University of Virginia women winning another conference crown amid an era of national dominance while the California men claimed the men's title in their fir...

Select Swimmer Absences Make For Unique Doha World Championships The meet now known as the World Aquatics Championships was first held in 1973 to provide aquatics athletes with a true global competition outside of the every-four-years Olympic Games. Between Olympics Games in 1976 and 2000, the World...

After Facing Adversity, Claire Curzan Coming Full Circle in Return to Form Claire Curzan’s recent bout of adversity has forced her to grapple with her relationship with the sport in a way she never did during her do-no-wrong teenage years. Disappointment has yielded balance and growth. In early Octo...

ACC Championships, Day 3: Torri Huske Clocks 48.52 100 Fly; Katie Grimes Adds Medley Win The first swimmer to win two individual events at the ACC Championships is Katie Grimes, a freshman who joined the University of Virginia program at midseason. After winning the 500 freestyle Wednesday evening, ...

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...

World Championships, Day 7 Finals: Kaylee McKeown Rides Blazing Back Half to 200 Back Title, Third-Fastest Time Ever There's no stopping Kaylee McKeown in international backstroke finals. The 24-year-old Australian has a winning streak in the 100 and 200 back dating back to the Tokyo Olympics, and s...

ACC Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Virginia Women, Cal Men Set to Pull Away The University of Virginia women and Cal-Berkeley men did the job in prelims on the final day of the ACC Championships, all but assuring that the teams will pull away at night to lock up conference titles. The Cavalier women ...

NCAA Women's Championships, Day 3 Finals: Claire Curzan Touches Out Bella Sims By One Hundredth For 100 Back Triumph A pair of versatile Olympians swam in the middle lanes in the 100 backstroke final, split by tiny margins at each intermediate split. Claire Curzan flipped first after one length and ...

Pre-World Championships Rankings: The Top 25 Female Swimmers in the World With the next edition of the FINA World Championships approaching, it's time to consider who are the best swimmers in the world. Certainly, ranking swimmers across different events is a highly subjective exercise, and we must ...

U.S. Nationals: Regan Smith Leads Star-Studded 200 Backstroke Final With four Olympians packed into the women's 200 backstroke, the finals at the U.S. National Championships were expected to be loaded with some of the top names in women's swimming. They didn't disappoint as the four Olympians were a...

TYR Sport Signs Olympic Medalist Claire Curzan At just 17-years-old, Claire Curzan is a rising victor in the water. A 15x Individual NAG record holder and the youngest female athlete to hold an American Record, Curzan has been a facet on the national stage for years.  She exploded onto the internati...

Virginia Women Shatter American, NCAA, U.S. Open Records in 400 Medley Relay The University of Virginia women had already posted the top time ever in the 800 freestyle relay at the ACC Championships, having annihilated a mark set eight years ago by a Stanford team that included Katie Ledecky and Sim...

Strong U.S. Team For Short Course Worlds Means More Legitimate Championships Most in the swimming community will acknowledge that a world title or medal from the FINA Short Course World Championships carries less weight than the same award at the long course edition of the global showcase. That's be...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault Non-subscribers can download this issue here-FREE for a limited time! This issue of SW Biweekly features the best of the year 2020 in review. See our featured content below to take a look at some...

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...

Virginia vs. Stanford: New Rivalry in Women’s College Swimming Taking Shape These days, the University of Virginia is the trendy team in women’s college swimming. The Cavaliers had a very real shot at capturing a national title in 2020 prior to the cancellation of the NCAA championships due to the C...

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In Latest Star Turn Of Already Global Career, Claire Curzan Set to Spark Stanford At NCAA Champs By Alex Dakers, Guest Contributor The women’s 400-yard freestyle relay at the 2022 North Carolina State Championships: One last race, the final chapter of a historic high school career. With just more th...