Read more1Should World Records be Faster? Episode 228 November 2018By Tucker Rivera, Swimming World College Intern. Hello, and welcome back to “Should World Records be Faster?” Last week, we talked about the progression of world records since the mid-nineties and made predictions about what we can expect to see at the 2028 L.A. Olympic Games. This week, however, we...
Read more4Katie Ledecky's Era of Dominance25 May 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. In her first meet as a professional swimmer, Katie Ledecky stunned the world with remarkable swims and silenced a lot of her recent critics at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianpolis. She put up a new world record in the 1500 freestyle and strong worl...
Read more2016 FINA Short Course World Championships: Day Six Finals Recap11 December 2016It was a thrilling night of racing to cap the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships on Sunday. Kelsi Worrell got touched out by Katinka Hosszu in the butterfly, then was injured in a collision during her warm down. Worrell received stitches above her right eye and came back to lead Team USA to ...