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The 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Championships kicked off with the Day 1 finals on Wednesday night from Federal Way, Wash. The first session consisted of the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay. Cal and Stanford split the two relays, each winning one and taking second in the other. The result is the rivals a...

Cal Women Top Utah Behind Isabelle Stadden's Four Wins Cal junior Isabelle Stadden was a four-time winner and Eloise Riley won three times as the Cal women's swimming & diving team opened up the Pac-12 dual meet season with a 169-123 victory over Utah on Wednesday afternoon at Spieker Aquatics Compl...

Pro Swim Series Westmont, Day 3 Finals: Summer McIntosh Crushes 1:53.80 200 Free; Gretchen Walsh Impressive in 100 Fly Semis The first three events on the program Friday evening at the USA Swimming Pro Swim Series in Westmont, Ill., featured world-record holders racing in their respective events. Ka...

The Cal Golden Bears are off to a fast start at the Minnesota Invitational. The Bears won all four relays on Day 1 from Minneapolis on Wednesday. Women's 200 Medley Relay Cal got to the wall in 1:34.23 behind Isabelle Stadden, Jade Neser, Mckenna Stone and Eloise Riley to earn the victory to start t...

Alex Walsh manhandled the competition in the women's 100 back to earn top honors for the States, clocking in at 2:08.30 to come dangerously close to the previous Pan American record of 2:08.22 set by Hilary Caldwell. One of America's most consistent performers, Walsh is no stranger to the limelight ...

By Melissa Wolf, Swimming World College Intern. Back at it for day four. Friday night was an exciting night of surprises and disappointment at the NCSA Junior National Meet in Orlando. Disqualifications and fantastic swims were just part of the story line. Women's 100 Back The top five women were al...

Regan Smith Clips Isabelle Stadden in 100 Backstroke Showdown at Fort Lauderdale Open In what was a race more reflective of a major international competition, rather than a domestic meet, Regan Smith and Isabelle Stadden put on a show in the 100-meter backstroke on Saturday night. Racing at the Fort...

This week saw the conclusion of one of the last major international meets of the year in Indonesia, while some of the best junior swimmers from around the world converged in the South Pacific for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacs. Read about those meets and the biggest news of the week in the week that was! ...

16-year-old Regan Smith was not entered in any backstroke events this weekend at the Speedo Winter Junior Nationals West Championships in Austin, Texas, but she did lead off her club team’s 400 medley relay team on Thursday night. Smith swam a 50.58 to lower her own 15-16 NAG record in the 100 back....

Minnesota Invitational: Isabelle Stadden Drops Two A Cuts on Day 2 Cal’s Isabelle Stadden won the women’s 100 backstroke at the Minnesota Invitational on Friday, then led the Golden Bears to a win in the 400 medley relay. Both are NCAA A Cuts. Stadden went 50.26 seconds in the 100 back, an A cut and...

Katharine Berkoff turned a lot of heads a couple of years ago as the first swimmer in the 100 backstroke to go sub-49 and win her first NCAA title. It had taken more than a decade for anyone to break 50 after all. Since then Berkoff, like all college swimmers have been in the shadows of Virginia's W...

Fort Lauderdale Open, Day 3 Prelims: Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh to Joust Again in 200 Free The first full night session of the Fort Lauderdale Open on Thursday night hosted the latest dual between Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh. Friday night, we’ll get a battle over a distance that is becomin...

Torri Huske, Jack Alexy Triple Winners at California Triple Distance Torri Huske and Jack Alexy were among the triple winners at Friday’s Triple Distance Meet between California and Stanford. The two American Olympians were among seven individuals to sweep their distances in the special meet, which ...

Ilya Kharun Blasts 18.6 50 Free, 44.0 100 Fly as Arizona State Crushes Bay Area Schools; Torri Huske Leads Stanford Day two of competition in Tempe, Ariz., between the hosting Sun Devils and their former Pac-12 rivals Cal and Stanford saw the reigning national champions pull even further ahead while...

Coming off a climactic first night, the 2019 Pan American Games entered its second day of competition with excess momentum. Staged in Lima, Peru, the multi-sport competition is the largest athletic event ever hosted by the country, attracting nearly 9,500 athletes and officials in addition to specta...

By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Last weekend at the Mel Zajac Invitational in Vancouver, 15-year-old phenom Isabelle Stadden swam an incredible 2:08.37 in the women's 200 back, placing first overall and vaulting to eighth in the world for the 2018 long course season. Stadden, who s...

Ranking the Top NCAA Division I Women's Swimmers For 2020-21 From 1-25 As a new college season approaches (hopefully), Swimming World wanted to unveil its preseason top 25 Division I women's swimmers ahead of the 2020-21 campaign. This season is unlike any other we have ever had, as many questions s...

U.S. Nationals: Katharine Berkoff Scares American Record in 50 Backstroke; Edges Regan Smith by Hundredth The women's 50 backstroke, as most of the women's events have been this week, packed with Olympians and national champions looking to build toward another Olympic year. The 50 backstroke is all ...

2021 Longhorn Elite Classic: Texas, Stanford, Cal, Texas A&M Highlight Stacked Closed Meet As the countdown to Olympic Trials approaches 26 days, some of the best from Texas, Stanford, Texas A&M and Cal Berkeley will convene in Austin this coming weekend in a closed invite as the final meet ahead of...

Tokyo Olympics Analysis (U.S. Women): Lots of Medals, Youth and Potential for Future Brilliance It’s true — the American women won just three gold medals in swimming at the Tokyo Olympics, their fewest at any major international meet in recent memory. Katie Ledecky brought home the inaugural Olympic...