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By Xonzy Gaddis, Swimming World College Intern. Former Arizona Wildcat, Pan American Games champion (2015:100-meter butterfly) and multiple time champion of the Winter Nationals in the 100-yard butterfly, Giles Smith just finished off the 2018 swim year strong. He swept the 100-yard butterfly with a...

Phoenix's Giles Smith downed a stacked men's 100-meter fly final at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis. Smith raced his way to a winning time of 52.57, just a bit off Kohei Kawamoto's pool record of 51.71 from 2008. There's a bit of irony there in that Kawamoto swam for the previous iteratio...

The Swimmers for Change lineup has been announced. Swimmers for Change is a grassroots movement involving over 30 Olympic, Paralympic, and U.S. National team athletes. The goal is to provide a platform for the swimming community to contribute toward raising awareness and support for the Black Lives ...

Kevin Cordes, Margo Geer, Brad Tandy Join Arizona Sports Hall of Fame Swimmers Kevin Cordes, Margo Geer and Brad Tandy are among 10 honorees in the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025, announced Thursday. Diver Samantha Pickens is also included, as well as the 2012 men’s 200 medley relay (Mitc...

The 2018 Four Corners Speedo Sectionals meet held in Phoenix, Arizona hosted by Phoenix Swim Club returned this evening for the third finals session of the meet. Events included the 100 backstroke, 500 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly, and 400 freestyle relay. Highlights included 14-year-o...

GOODYEAR – Olympians, NCAA champions and junior national champions highlighted the men’s competition last week at the Arizona senior state short course championships, while several rising stars in the women’s meet got the opportunity to shine as well. In the team race, Scottsdale Aquatic Club and Ph...

2020 ISL season rosters for the four American teams - DC Trident, the Cali Condors, the LA Current and the New York Breakers - released Wednesday. ISL 2020: DC Trident DC Trident has added some new faces for the upcoming second season of the International Swimming League (ISL). The season is focused...

USA Swimming Announces Formation of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council and Black Leadership in Aquatics Coalition USA Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in the United States, is proud to announce the formation of two diverse leadership groups developed as part of a long-term actio...

With his swimming days behind him, Cullen Jones knew he could only provide a certain perspective. As he told USA Today Friday, USA Swimming consulted the 36-year-old four-time Olympic medalist on the organization’s response to protests against police violence and systemic racism in the wake of the k...

AUSTIN - Michael Phelps was at it again tonight as he provided the pre-meet festivities at the American Short Course Championships. Tonight, he blasted through the 45-second barrier for the first time in the 100-yard fly as part of an unofficial exhibition. He split the race: 9.56, 21.10, 32.87, 44....

FEDERAL WAY, Washington, March 8. THE University of California men’s swimming and diving team successfully defended their Pac-12 Championship, wrapping up the victory tonight on the final day of racing. Stanford, who had won the previous 31 conference titles until last year, finished second, while t...

Photo by Griffin Scott Editorial coverage for U.S. Senior Nationals proudly sponsored by Master Spas! By David Rieder IRVINE, California, August 8. WELL, that escalated quickly. In heat seven of the men’s 100 fly, Paul Davis clocked 52.81 for the day’s first sub-53 performance. In a rarity for early...

Brazil was the top country at this year’s Raia Rapida meet in Rio de Janeiro, winning three of the five sprint events. The United States, South Africa and Italy also sent athletes to the meet, with the Americans and South Africans managing one win each. With 15 points, it’s the second-straight team ...

After a weekend filled with protests around the United States after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after video showed his neck being held down by a police officer's knee, swimmers are among those trying to make sure the message of racial harmony doesn't get lost — and...

Last week more than 4,000 people participated in Fitter and Faster’s #FFTLive Broadcasts!  If you weren't able to watch and participate live, you can find the replays HERE . This week Fitter and Faster will have 10 new #FFTLive broadcasts!  See below for the schedule.  You can also bookmark the pag....

Caeleb Dressel's best and most dominant has arguably been the 100 butterfly Each day during the pre-scheduled days of the 2020 US Olympic Trials, Swimming World will take its readers back four years to the 2016 Trials in Omaha to recap each event, and will offer some insight into what the events wil...

Phoenix Swim Club's Giles Smith scored a huge victory tonight with a 100-meter fly triumph against Michael Phelps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5PhdD1qIc&feature=youtu.be Original 100 Fly Report: Phoenix’s Giles Smith downed a stacked men’s 100-meter fly final at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series ...

Photo by Griffin Scott Editorial coverage for U.S. Senior Nationals proudly sponsored by Master Spas! IRVINE, California, August 8. A motivated Michael Phelps is something every world-class competitor has had to face, and the Phelps looks to have found that part of his nature again after missing the...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Mission Viejo's Katie McLaughlin and Wisconsin's Michael Weiss both doubled at the King Marlin Elite Pro-Am tonight in Oklahoma City. Mission Viejo's Katie McLaughlin nearly put up a lifetime best with a 1:45.04 to win the women's 200-yard free.  That's just off her high-school top t...

Heat sheets have been posted for the third night of finals at the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville, Tennessee. There will be six total individual events on the night with an additional mixed medley relay for the Swim Squads at the end of the night. There was only one notable scratch that came f...