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USA Swimming today announced the names of 83 youth swimmers who will represent the 2019-2020 U.S. National Junior Team. The team increases in size by 16 swimmers from last year’s National Junior Team and is made up of 46 women and 37 men. "Looking at this roster, there is a lot to be excited about,....

Meet Christen Shefchunas, the Confidence Coach Behind Some of Team USA's Biggest Stars Christen Shefchunas isn’t bashful about the emotions that a meet like U.S. Olympic Trials conjures. Sitting at her Atlanta home, seeing dozens of swimmers she’s worked with compete on a notoriously unforgiving sta...

NEW COMMIT: Indiana University has officially entered the class of 2025 recruiting game: Mariah Denigan, one of the top recruits in her class, has pledged her verbal to the Hoosiers beginning in the 2021-22 season. Denigan is a member of the 2019-20 U.S. National Junior Team in the 800m free, 1500m ...

Around the Table with Mariah Denigan Perhaps you haven’t heard Mariah Denigan’s name yet. She’s only 15 after all, but the Northern Kentucky Clippers endurance swimmer is in the middle of a meteoric rise. In May, she led the pack in the 10K race at Open Water Nationals. Though she eventually faded t...

The women's 400 IM proved to be another historic event, as Canada's Tess Cieplucha posted a 4:39.90 to earn Canada's first gold medal in the event since 1999 despite her second-place seed headed into tonight's final. Virginia Bardach of Argentina created some outside smoke from lane 6, as she split ...

There was plenty of fast swimming on Thursday night in Knoxville at the Speedo Junior Nationals East Championships. Drew Kibler won two events on Thursday night while the Walsh siblings of Alex and Gretchen each won an event and both set a national age group record in their respective age group. The...

By Courtney Mykkanen, Swimming World College Intern. After Day 2 of Speedo Sectionals in Indianapolis, Carmel Swim Club still leads for overall team scores. Day 2 events included: women's and men's 200 free, 100 fly, 400 I.M. and timed finals for the women's and men's 200 medley relay and 400 free r...

Katie Grimes Wins Third Straight 10K to Start U.S. Open Water Nationals Olympian Katie Grimes won her third straight title in the women’s 10-kilometer swim on Friday to begin U.S. Open Water Nationals. France’s Axel Reymond won the men’s event in a photo finish with American Paris Olympic qualifier ...

Golden Goggles Ballot: Record-Setting Swims to Garner Race of the Year Honors (Part 1) The annual celebration of the United States’ accomplishments in international swimming will take place November 23 in Indianapolis, and even though the U.S. team at the Paris Olympics did not match its usual lofty...

The 2019 Pan American Games entered its first night of competition in Peru, as athletes from the Americas convened for an intracontinental showdown. Positioned at the end of a climactic summer, the Games had much work to do in the immediate aftermath of the World Championships. In true form, however...

By Bailey Duran, Swimming World College Intern. This past weekend, the USA Swimming Open Water Nationals took place at Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, Ariz. The meet began Friday, May 4, and went through Sunday, May 6. Many of the swimmers who competed were veterans at open water swimming, but there were ...

Just a few short weeks ago, the U.S. women's relay team of Reagan Smith, Lilly King, Kelsi Dahlia, and Simone Manuel reset the world record in the 400 medley relay, stunning the swim community and attracting attention from across the globe. With the fresh combination of Phoebe Bacon, Annie Lazor, Ke...

In one of the most exciting races of the meet, the two Pan Am powerhouses squared off in a battle for the last word through the men's 400 medley relay. Daniel Carr, Nicolas Fink, Thomas Shields, and Nathan Adrian of the United States (3:30.25) combined forces to ultimately take down Brazil's deadly ...

In the penultimate day of the 2019 Pan American Gams, Brazil pulled a win from lane five in the men's 800 free relay with its deadly combo of Luiz Melo, Fernando Muhlenberg, Joao De Lucca, and Breno Correia. All splitting under 1:49.00, the men put forth a cohesive effort that was good enough to bet...

The 2019 Pan American Games entered its first night of competition in Peru, as athletes from the Americas convened for an intracontinental showdown. Positioned at the end of a climactic summer, the Games had much work to do in the immediate aftermath of the World Championships. In true form, however...

Courtesy of a clean finish, America's Daniel Carr found a way to out-touch Brazil's Guilherme Guido (53.54) for the victory, shaving nearly half a second from his time in prelims. The Cal Berkeley youngster is quickly becoming one of America's marquee backstrokers, winning the gold in last night's 2...

By Courtney Mykkanen, Swimming World College Intern. During the final day of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals in Indianapolis, Carmel Swim Club wins for overall team scores. Day 4 events included: women's and men's 200 I.M., 100 free, and timed finals in the women's and men's 400 medley relay, women's 150...

The U.S. winning streak came to a shrieking halt in the men's 100 free, as Marcelo Chierighini (48.09) of Brazil upset top seed Michael Chadwick (48.88) for the victory. Chierighini wasn't the only one to get his hand on the wall before the American sprinting stalwart, as Nathan Adrian created outsi...

With the 200 breast being their only event of the meet, Will Licon and Nic Fink (2:08.16) had to make it count. After going 1-2 in prelims, the two men entered tonight's final with the sole purpose of earning the U.S. its first medal in this event since 2011. In reality, the race was all their own, ...

Margo Geer reserved lane four this morning in the women's 100 free, posting the only sub-55 swim with an eagerness to lock down her first individual medal of the meet. Having already anchored two winning relays this week, Geer was armed and ready for another lights-out swim, which she more than acco...