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Editorial coverage for U.S. Junior Nationals proudly sponsored by Q Swimwear! IRVINE, California, August 2. MICHAEL Andrew, the much-talked-about 15-year-old professional swimmer, had a breakthrough tonight with his first junior national title at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals in Irvine. Schedule...

Cal's Tom Shields bested the competition in the men's 100-meter fly with a final time of 51.73 moving him from nineteenth up to ninth in the world rankings for 2015. Tucson Ford Aquatic's Masa Kishida claimed second with a 53.14, while Cal's Justin Lynch took a close third with a 53.16. Top Ten Worl...

By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern.  Regan Smith of Riptide Swim Team made history not once but twice  in the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke tonight at the finals for the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West. With her 100 butterfly time of 51.73, the 14-year-old shattered ...

By David Rieder. While following the two Junior National meets being held concurrently this weekend in Columbus, Ohio, and College Station, Texas, you might have noticed that some of the times seemed especially quick. Well, they were. Ten different athletes posted times that would have placed in the...

Editorial coverage for U.S. Junior Nationals proudly sponsored by Q Swimwear! IRVINE, California, August 2. CARMEL kept rolling as Veronica Burchill won the women's 100 fly, while Buenaventura's Alex Valente took home the men's 100 fly title at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals. Women's 100 fly Carm...

By David Rieder. On August 12, Maya DiRado stormed from behind in the Olympic final of the women’s 200 back, passing Katinka Hosszu on the final stroke to snatch away the gold medal. [caption id="attachment_218061" align="alignleft" width="406"] Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports[/capti...

In 1978, Sippy Woodhead turned in an unthinkable 1:46.40 in the 200 free, setting the Southern California swimming LSC record for the 13-14 age group in short-course yards. Forty years later, that mark has finally been broken. Justina Kozan of Brea Aquatics bettered Woodhead’s mark by swimming a 1:4...

By David Rieder. Christmas training is over—quiet down, everyone, we know you're excited—and it's time for some swim meets. In the U.S., the first big one of the year gets started Friday in Austin, Texas, with the first stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series. With plenty of familiar faces entered, one fi...

By David Rieder. This year’s schedule for World Championship Trials loads up on relay events early, with the 100 free scheduled for day one and the 200 free for day two. That 200 free will set up the 800 free relays, traditionally a gold mine for the United States. The women’s 800 free relay was onl...

By David Rieder. This past weekend, three months after the Olympic Games, USA Swimming reintroduced itself to the college dual meet. No, the USA College Challenge was not the first time the U.S. National team had taken on college foes head-to-head. It had just been a while. “In the fall of 1993, we ...

The Speedo Grand Challenge features a unique championship final of only four swimmers, while the B final consists of swimmers ranked fifth through 12th in prelims. The format produced some thrilling swims tonight in Irvine, featuring a few athletes making preparations for the world championships fro...

NEW COMMIT: Eva Merrell has verbally committed to the University of Georgia. Merrell, from Newport Beach, California, is a senior at Crean Lutheran South High School and trains with Aquazot Swim Club. A USA Swimming Scholastic All-American and a NISCA All-American, Merrell did not participate in the...

Editorial coverage for U.S. Junior Nationals proudly sponsored by Q Swimwear! IRVINE, California, August 1. CARMEL Swim Club, already leading the team point battle by a wide margin with 123 points after last night, kept cruising during day three prelims at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals. Schedule...

The American Short Course Championships this year featured a long course meter portion during the first two days before transitioning to short course yards the final two days. Several world-ranked times went up on the scoreboard during the first two days. Andrew Wilson vaulted to second in the world...

Photo by David Carr Editorial coverage for U.S. Junior Nationals proudly sponsored by Q Swimwear! IRVINE, California, August 3. MICHAEL Andrew won his first junior national title, while Carmel conquered the women's 100-meter backstroke at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals. Women's 100 Back The Carme...

Mary-Sophie Harvey and Eva Merrell were both event winners on night two at the arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa, while Michael Weiss was a member of the 2015 U.S. World Championships team who swam in the B-final of the men's 200 free. Watch video interviews with all three from during the day at Sk...

USA Swimming has released the psych sheets for the first stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series, scheduled for Jan. 13-15 (Fri. through Sunday) in Austin, Texas. Among the headliners in their respective events, 16-year-old Canadian Penny Oleksiak will head south to compete, and she will be the top seed i...

Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Held faced off in their first long course 100 free since Rio in the final race of the Atlanta Classic, but it was Asia Seidt who stole the show, becoming the first American to break 2:10 this year in the women's 200 back. Seidt, coming off an outstanding freshman year at Kent...

FEDERAL WAY - In a second-place effort, Aquazot's Eva Merrell took down the 13-14 U.S. National Age Group record in the 100-yard fly at the Speedo Winter Junior Nationals. In one of the more heart-breaking DQs in recent memory at Juniors, Quest’s Maddie Banic won the A final with a 52.65 before draw...

Editorial coverage for U.S. Junior Nationals proudly sponsored by Q Swimwear! IRVINE, California, August 1. INDIANA University Swim Team has had a pretty strong meet thus far, closing out the second night straight with a meet record.  This time the team also took down a national age group relay reco...