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A Look At How NIL Has Impacted College Swimming Over the past year, the college athletics landscape has changed drastically. From conference realignment to the transfer portal, there is no doubt that college athletics is evolving. Although conference realignment and the transfer portal have been som...

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott GREENSBORO - Katie Ledecky will have nothing but fond memories of 2014 in the pool, and she capped off one of the most impressive calendar years any swimmer in history has seen with an American and U.S. Open record time of 15:13.30 in the 1650-yard freestyle at the USA ...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Click here to view our new interactive digital format! Everything seems to be on target for a colossal clash at men’s NCAAs between last year’s top two teams, Cal and Arizona State. The Golden B...

By Alec Scott, Swimming World College Intern The rise of Katie Ledecky into possibly the most dominant female swimmer of all time has redefined distance swimming. During which time Leah Smith has somewhat quietly become one of the best middle-distance freestylers of all time. Smith’s 4:00.65 400 met...

Satisfying Silver for Team USA Women Gives Allison Schmitt Double-Digit Medals in Her Illustrious Career Before the women’s 800 free relay final had fully played out in exhilarating and completely unexpected fashion, the opening leg swimmers set the tone for their teams. There was China’s Yang Junxu...

Of the three new Olympic swimming events added to the program in 2017, none will draw more attention at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics than the women’s 1500 free, largely because of the woman who won the race at three straight World Championships, including by almost 15 seconds in 2015 and then more than 1...

The Longest-Standing American Records and Who Can Break Them (Women's Edition) A glance at the American records from the long-course pool reveals there are more longstanding marks among men than there are among women. On the men's side, five records have endured from the 2008 and 2009 seasons, inclu...

PARIS - It's another first for the amazing Katie Ledecky.  Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year was named L'Equipe's Female Athlete of the Year.  She also became the first swimmer to win the respected French newspaper's top athletic honor. Although she received the award during a taped ceremon...

MIAMI- Not long after Swimming World spoke with 3-time Olympic medalist Katie Hoff about overcoming blood clots in her lungs and her new motives for swimming, she began having trouble breathing again. "Shortly after I returned on the long flight from the Mesa Pro Swim Series, I noticed my breathing ...

Pre-coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing. Each week leading up to the start of the swimming competition at the FINA world championships, Swimming World will offer medal predictions for the 42 events set to be contested in Kazan, Russia. Commentary by Jeff Commings A lot o...

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 ...

Katie Hoff had one of the most decorated careers in swimming history. It was a career filled with triumphs and devastation, joy and darkness — and finally, perspective. But after her career that included two Olympics, a world record and several American records, Hoff disappeared from the sport for s...

College Swimmers Now Profiting Off Their NIL Rights? Good For Them Generations of star swimmers returned from amazing performances at Olympics with a choice: take the money they earned and capitalize on their marketability, at a premium immediately after the Games, or return for another season or mo...

Rebecca Soni and Caroline Burckle Making a Difference Through RISE Athletes Mentorship Program Rebecca Soni remembers standing on the Olympic medal podium in London and freaking out. She had just successfully defended her Olympic gold medal in the 200 breaststroke, and in that race, she became the f...

U.S. Olympic Trials Notes: Should Wave I Stay?; How Many First-Time Olympians Will Be Named? Wave I of the United States Olympic Trials concluded earlier this week in Omaha, Nebraska with a shortened event schedule compared to the typical, eight-day setup. It was a different feel from a normal Olymp...

What Are the Oldest American Swimming Records? Earlier this month, Germany's Lukas Martens took down the longstanding world record in the 400-meter freestyle. With a time of 3:39.96, Martens lowered the 3:40.07 performance that was set by fellow German Paul Biedermann at the 2009 World Championships...

By Annie Grevers, Swimming World Staff Writer At the Olympics in 2004, a knot of nerves twisted in 15-year-old Katie Hoff’s stomach. The anxious teen cramped up after the first 250 of her 400 IM. She completed the race then pulled herself from the water dry-heaving before spewing the unsettled nerve...

Katie Hoff had great triumphs, but also great struggles during her career. That is why her memoir is titled: “Blueprint: An Olympian’s Story of Striving, Adapting and Embracing the Suck.” Every swimmer, every athlete — every human — has some suck to embrace in their life. Hoff’s memoir unleashes a c...

International Women’s Day (IWD) To mark International Women’s Day, Swimming World is rolling out a series of features this Sunday, fresh and from the archive, to highlight the achievements and work of  pathfinders in swimming and raising issues that continue to have a massive impact on women in spor...

Unfiltered Waters: Katie Hoff-Missy Franklin Hosted Podcast Has Dug Deep Into Athlete Stories Recalling certain events can make for a fun march down memory lane, and I’ve been in a position through the years to chronicle my share of incredible moments in this sport. It’s truly been a pleasure, and I...