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Sample Sets: How Teenager Kaii Winkler Developed Into Surging Freestyle Standout During a period in which several teenage standouts have emerged in men's swimming, Kaii Winkler has established himself as a future star in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle. In addition to winning titles at the Flori...

Heilman, Williamson and Winkler? American Teenage Stars Chasing Olympic Breakthrough The last time a male swimmer younger than college-age qualified to represent the United States in the Olympics, the average price of one gallon of gasoline was $1.46, and Bill Clinton was still President. At the 200...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Caeleb Dressel Ends Double with 50.79 in 100 Fly Three years ago in Tokyo, this was the Dressel Double, in a slightly different order. Then, it was the final of the 100 butterfly and semis of the 50 freestyle. Friday night in Indianapolis, in the reconfigured Olympic schedule, C...

Paris Olympic Entries: 4 Neutral Athletes, Kai Winkler Makes Switch to Germany World Aquatics on Friday released the official entry lists for the Paris Olympics, which brought a few last-minute surprises. In all, 854 swimmers will be in Paris – 463 male and 391 female. They represent 187 official co...

Swimming World High School Boys' Mythical Championship Meet: Full Results Recently, Swimming World recognized Carmel High School (girls) and Keller High School (boys) as its national champions for the 2023-24 scholastic season. Now, Swimming World brings its readers a full look at the boys’ mythical...

Lucky Break Helps Kaii Winkler Become German Olympian From the viewpoint of the deck at the Paris Olympics, Kaii Winkler saw a lost summer of 2023 as a lucky break. Winkler broke his arm in the spring of 2023, an injury that kept him out of Nationals and, crucially, prevented him from qualifying to ...

Leah Shackley, Kaii Winkler Have NC State Leading Raleigh Rumble The NC State Wolfpack are hosting Ohio State and Virginia Tech for a two-day, three-session event called the Raleigh Rumble, and it kicked off Friday with the home team leading the way. NC State's women have scored 508 points to lead O...

Wolfpack Elite Invitational, Night 2: Ilya Kharun Lowers 100 Fly Record to 43.85 Ilya Kharun hasn't missed a beat going from Olympic medals back to college competition. That includes driving his time in the 100 fly to ever more rarefied depths. Kharun chipped another tenth off his record Friday nigh...

Wolfpack Elite Invitational, Night 3: Leah Shackley Breaks 1:50 in 200 Back as NC State Women, ASU Men Win Leah Shackley set a best time in the 200 backstroke at 1:49.71 on the final day of the Wolfpack Elite GAC Invitational Saturday night. Shackley’s time is her best and her first time under 1:50....

Eddie Reese Texas Showdown, Session 3: Gretchen Walsh Improves Nation-Leading 100 Free to 45.68 Gretchen Walsh is, in so many ways, chasing only herself this NCAA seasons. The records and standards that the Virginia speedster are after already belong to her, and the mission is to improve on where sh...

National Age Group Record Holder Kaii Winkler Verbally Commits to NC State NEW COMMIT: NC State has landed a huge verbal commitment for the 2024-25 season from Olympic Trials qualifier Kaii Winkler of Miami, Florida. Winkler is the current 15-16 National Age Group record holder in the 100 free, beco...

Charlotte Crush Clips NAG (13-14) In 100 Backstroke at Winter Juniors-East The theme of the week at Winter Juniors has been National Age Group records, with numerous marks being set between the East meet in Greensboro and the West meet in Austin. Through the first two days of competition, the standa...

Kaii Winkler Breaks NAG (15-16) Record in 100 Freestyle At Florida State Champs Due to weather issues, Kaii Winkler had to wait a week to make history. But the 16-year-old did so in style on Friday, as he established a National Age Group (NAG) record in the 100-yard freestyle while racing at the Flo...

Maximus Williamson Drops High School Record 1:32.63 in States Prelims Maximus Williamson set the national high school record on Friday morning in prelims of the Texas high school championships. Williamson, swimming for Keller High School at the University Interscholastic League 6A championships, wen...

In the seventh set of weekly honors for the 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving season, NC State’s Kaii Winkler was named ACC Men's Swimmer of the Week, while Louisville’s Mack Molloy was named the ACC Men's Diver of the Week. NC State’s Erika Pelaez was named the ACC Women’s Swimme...

Erika Pelaez, Kaii Winkler Impressive as NC State Wins Raleigh Rumble The NC State Wolfpack continued to dominate the Raleigh Rumble on day two. After establishing commanding leads in Friday's competition, the meet finished with the women winning with 790 points over Ohio State (546) and Virginia Te...

Ben Delmar Pool Record Highlights UNC Invitational North Carolina’s Ben Delmar set a pool record in the men’s 200 individual medley on Thursday, the first day of the three-day UNC Invitational. Delmar went 1:43.95 in prelims, downing by .02 seconds the Koury Natatorium record set in 2017 by NC State...

Kaii Winkler Delivers Promise for Breakout Sophomore Season at North Carolina State As one of the top recruits in the country, Kaii Winkler was regarded as a big-time get when the Florida native announced his commitment to North Carolina State University. And during his freshman campaign with the Wo...

United States Breaks World Junior Record in 400 Freestyle Relay at Junior Pan Pacs The United States closed out the third night of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Hawaii with a dominant performance in the men's 400-meter freestyle relay, as Team USA established a world junior record. The qua...

Kaii Winkler Blasts National High School Records in 200 Free & 100 Free at Florida 1A State Championships Four months ago, an injury denied Kaii Winkler a chance to seek qualification for a U.S. international squad, but the 17-year-old from South Florida and future NC State Wolfpack swimmer has quic...