Read more16Flashback: The Night Caeleb Dressel Became a Superstar29 July 2017Flashback: The Night Caeleb Dressel Became a Superstar This piece from the Swimming World archive (specifically the 2017 World Championships in Budapest) looks at the night Caeleb Dressel became a well-known name in the sport, and started down a path toward global success and world-record performanc...
Read moreThe Teflon Record: How 100 Freestyle World Mark of Cesar Cielo Keeps on Surviving22 June 2022The Teflon Record: How 100 Freestyle World Mark of Cesar Cielo Keeps on Surviving The feeling should’ve been familiar to swim watchers with certain experience. David Popovici entered Wednesday’s final in the men’s 100 freestyle with big hopes. His semifinals time of 47.13 mounted a brief charge at t...
Read moreHow Do the Texas Longhorns Have the Edge at NCAA Championships?26 March 2021At the men’s NCAA championships, the Texas Longhorns received a massive momentum surge at the end of Thursday night, and they followed that up with an enormous Friday morning session, finishing with 10 A-finalists and four B-finalists in swimming, plus another in each group from diving. After almost...
Read moreRelay World-Record Holder David Walters to Receive Pat Tillman Award for Service at ESPYS30 June 2025Relay World-Record Holder David Walters to Receive Pat Tillman Award for Service at ESPYS Sixteen years after David Walters helped the United States set a world record in the 800 freestyle relay, he will receive one of the signature honors in sports at the upcoming ESPY Awards. Walters is now a memb...
Read more6Emerging Stars Dressel and Comerford Propel Americans to Golden Night23 July 2017By David Rieder. Katie Ledecky was her usual dominant self. Nathan Adrian and Simone Manuel epitomized clutch on the anchor legs of their respective 400 free relays. The Americans won three gold medals on the first night of the FINA World Championships, already almost halfway to matching the eight t...
Read moreOlympians and NCAA Champions To Battle For Fastest Man, Fastest Woman In Texas Titles07 October 2014SAN ANTONIO, Texas, October 7. ONCE again on Saturday, Nov 1st at High Noon, the Josh Davis Swim Center in San Antonio will host the Fastest Man in Texas SHOOTOUT!, and for the first time, the Fastest Woman in Texas SHOOTOUT! It will take 3 rounds of 50yd free, spaced 45 minutes apart, to win the gr...