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Lia Neal and Jacob Pebley Working for Change in Swimming (From Swimming World Magazine) In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, elite swimmers Lia Neal and Jacob Pebley created Swimmers for Change to promote diversity and to make swimming a more inclusive sport and a more inclusive community...

Ashley Twichell Wall, Maritza Correia McClendon Honored By USA Swimming (Full List of Winners) A pair of U.S. Olympic swimmers received recognition Friday at the USA Swimming Workshop Award Luncheon, with Ashley Twichell Wall winning the Athletes Distinguished Service Award and Maritza Correia McCle...

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...

In the July issue of Swimming World Magazine, the monthly Gutter Talk feature focused on Jack Bauerle, who had just announced his retirement as the head coach at the University of Georgia. Senior Writer David Rieder asked several athletes who were mentored by Bauerle to share a story or two from the...

By Cathleen Pruden, Swimming World College Intern Candace Cooper was a standout swimmer from the very beginning. By the time she graduated high school she was as a multiple time North Carolina Independent Schools state champion, as well as a YMCA National Champion, and she would go on to become an A...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault Non-subscribers can download this issue here - only $.99 for a limited time! In this issue, read about Matt Biondi's legacy career across three Olympiads. Also featured is Honoring Black History M.....

Celebrating Top Women's Swimming Achievements on National Women and Girls in Sports Day February 2 is National Girls and Women in Sports Day in the United States, and swimming fans have seen some incredible performances and efforts from female athletes over the years that are worth remembering and c...

By Chuck Kroll Between prelims and heats of the 1500/800's on the last day of the 2015 USA Swimming Winter Nationals, USA Swimming teamed with AT&T and the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority to put on a fantastic swim clinic for 41 African American children in the teaching/adaptive pool in the King County Aqu...