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Morning Splash by David Rieder. Stanford should finish atop the field at this week’s women’s NCAA championships in Columbus, Ohio, and the Cardinal will likely be followed by Cal, Texas A&M and Michigan. And then, things get interesting. According to pre-diving score projections, teams projected to ...

Olympian Erika Brown: 'We Cannot Allow Transgender Females to Compete Against Biological Women' Three weeks after the Lia Thomas controversy first emerged in the national spotlight, an active athlete has spoken out against the involvement of Thomas in women's sports. Via her Instagram account, Erika...

ISL Grand Final: Relay DQ Leads to 44-Point Swing in Energy Standard’s Favor Relays are, as is often shouted over the EDM on International Swimming League broadcasts, quite pivotal in the team standings. Usually, the Cali Condors show that in a proactive sense. On Day 1 of the ISL Grand Final Friday...

Who were the best women's swimmers in the 2018-19 season? As the school year is winding down for most of the country, it is time to look at who were the best swimmers this season. Back in September, Swimming World ranked the best NCAA Division I women's swimmers from 1-25 as a "pre-season top 25" ty...

Olympics: After Mixed Medley Fiasco, Americans Need Relay Redemption in Finale The four-person swimming relay debuted at the fourth edition of the modern Olympics, at the 1908 Games in London. Men competed in the 800 freestyle relay in 1908, while the first women’s relay came with the addition of th...

Olympic Trials: Erika Connolly Edges Catie DeLoof in 100 Free Swim-Off for Possible Relay Spot Swim-offs are rare and exciting, but a swim-off for a possible Olympic spot is unheard of. But when Erika (Brown) Connolly and Catie DeLoof tied for sixth in the women's 100 freestyle, the second alternate...

The biggest session of the 2024 US Olympic Trials began with the biggest gauntlet of an event. The women's 100 freestyle is often a place where the elite in multiple events come together and the final was as stacked as ever at Lucas Oil Stadium. Torri Huske. Simone Manuel. Kate Douglass. Gretchen Wa...

During the 2021 USA Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, each athlete signed a drum to signify becoming an official member of the Tokyo Olympic Team. While watching this monumental moment, some may have just considered this a right of passage. But Swimming World was curious to investigate:  H...

Three-Time Olympic Medalist Erika Connolly Retires Erika Connolly, a two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist, announced her retirement on Friday. Connolly and her husband, Alec Connolly, had announced in August that the couple is expecting a baby. That post came a day after Connolly turned...

Behind a crazy 1-2 finish on the final relay, the Tennessee men's swimming and diving team tied Georgia 150-150 on Saturday at Gabrielsen Natatorium. The Vols (6-1-1) trailed by 13 points heading into the final 400-yard medley relay but split its top relay squad across two teams. The risk paid off. ...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Wednesday, March 13, 2019, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: What is more likely to happen at Women's Division I NCAAs? We asked and you answered with… Here are the answers: 20 point 50 Free (43%) 48 seco...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Abbey Weitzeil First in 50 Free Prelims, Simone Manuel Rebounds to Qualify Second; 17 Swimmers to Semifinals After Overturned DQ Fresh off a win in the 100 free Friday evening, Abbey Weitzeil returned to the pool for the 50 free prelims and won the final heat in 24.50, in route ...

By David Rieder. For the first 18 years of her life, Erika Brown was accustomed to moving across the country and re-starting life someplace else. She grew up and started swimming in Kansas before relocating with her family to Northern California and then, as a junior in high school, heading east to ...

Olympics: American Women Need Entirely New Squad for 400 Freestyle Relay Final In recent years, the American women have had some success in the 400 freestyle relay. At the 2017 World Championships, they edged out Australia for gold by three tenths, even though the Aussies were missing legendary spri...

World Championships: Sarah Sjostrom Claims Second World Crown In 50 Free & Fourth Straight Medal; Wasick Makes Polish History Sarah Sjostrom won the 50 freestyle for the second time as she reinforced her position as the most decorated woman in terms of individual World Championship medals. The Swede...

Olympics: Day Five Prelims Heat Sheets Posted; Four Individual Events and Women's 800 Free Relay The Olympic swimming competition has passed its halfway point, and Wednesday evening in Japan will bring the prelims of four more individual events as well as the women's 800 freestyle relay at 7 p.m. lo...

By Dan D'Addona. The No. 18 Tennessee men (3-0, 1-0 SEC) narrowly defeated host and 10th-ranked Auburn 180-173 and beat No. 25 Wisconsin 261-91 in a battle of national powers. Meanwhile, the 14th-ranked Tennessee women (2-1, 0-1) beat No. 12 Wisconsin 204-149 but lost to No. 15 Auburn 181-172. The t...

By Dan D’Addona. The Georgia women's swimming and diving team remained unbeaten this season, overtaking Arkansas' women 180.5-113.5 on Thursday. Led by Olivia Smoliga, Stephanie Peters, Emily Cameron and Megan Kingsley, the No. 3 Lady Bulldogs (5-0, 3-0 SEC) swept by winning every event. Smoliga pos...

World Championships: Wholesale Changes for 7th-Place U.S. Medley Relay The United States’ women’s 400 medley relay just snuck into the final in seventh place in Saturday’s prelims at the 2022 FINA World Championships. The foursome that finished seventh in the morning will be completely replaced for ...

U.S. International Team Trials: Torri Huske Takes Star-Studded 50 Final If you’re going to jam six Olympians into an A final at a meet like the U.S. International Team Trials, it comes with a certain expectation of how good the race will be. Saturday night’s women’s 50 freestyle in Greensboro … yeah...