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U.S. Men's Swimming Tiers, Part 1: Why It's Lonely at the Top It was a banner 2024 for American swimming. Wait, let’s try that again. It was a banner 2024 for American female swimming. The men’s side of the equation, well, not so much. At each of the three biggest meets that brought together America...

World University Games, Day 5 Finals: United States Secures Four Gold Medals, Three Games Records Through the first four days of swimming at the World University Games, the United States had captured 12 gold medals of the 20 awarded. Only the team of neutral athletes (Russia) had captured more than ...

World University Games: Kennedy Noble Tops Leah Shackley in 100 Back Sunday at the World University Games shaped up as a big day for Leah Shackley. It started well for her NC State teammate her expense. Kennedy Noble set the meet record in the final of the women’s 100 backstroke, going 58.78 to edge...

World University Games: U.S. Adds 7 Golds, Relay Sweep to Cap Competition The United States’ team at the 2025 World University Games has delivered on its promise. Twenty gold medals and 37 total through six days at the Europe SportPark Aquatics Centre in Berlin was an impressive return. And while th...

World Championships Preview — Men's Relays: Great Britain, Italy Seeking More Wins Against Established Nations Eight years ago, Great Britain first broke through as a true global contender in men's relays, knocking off the five-time defending champion Americans to win an 800 freestyle relay crown. M...

The Todd DeSorbo Effect: How Virginia Coach Led a Rise to International Stardom Most people know the University of Virginia for its top academic programs and elite men’s soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams. Until recently, no one really thought of Virginia Swimming and Diving as a swimming powerh...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Chris Guiliano, Jack Alexy Set the Pace in 100 Free Semifinals The men’s 100 freestyle at U.S. Olympic Trials is looking loaded for bear. It might take an American record to win it Wednesday night. It might sum up to a world record when all is said and done. Chris Guiliano and J...

The University's of California's Ryan Hoffer applied his stamp to the sprint field at the NCAA Men's Championships in winning the 50 freestyle. That swim, a dominant 18.33 in a 1-2 with teammate Bjorn Seeliger, left no doubt as to his sprint chops. Saturday morning's swim in the 100 free reinforced ...

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 of SW Biweekly, take a look back at some of the greatest races in swimming history, featuring Anthony Erv.....

World Championships, Day 1 Prelims: After British DQ, U.S., Australia Set to Battle in Men’s 400 Free Relay One hundredth of a second separated the United States and Australia Sunday in the preliminaries of the men’s 400 freestyle relay at the World Aquatic Championships. With pre-meet favorite Grea...

U.S. Nationals: Natalie Hinds, Shaine Casas Grab Top Seeds in 100 Free Natalie Hinds cruised to the top seed with a smooth 54.12 in prelims of the women’s 100 freestyle Tuesday morning to open the Phillips 66 Nationals. On the men's side, Shaine Casas set the pace, leading a quintet of 48s to the wa...

World Championships, Day 4 Prelims (Men): China's World Record holder Pan Zhanle Cruises Into 100 Freestyle Semifinals Swimming latest world record holder, China's Pan Zhanle has cruised through the preliminaries of the 100m freestyle in 47.82 as he sets his sights on becoming the first Chinese swim...

Big Ten Men's Championships, Day 4: Indiana Wins Title as Owen McDonald Continues to Impress The Indiana Hoosiers have secured the Big Ten title in men's swimming and diving for the fourth consecutive season and seventh time in the last nine years. They entered the concluding session of the meet lea...

Olympic Relay Analysis: Dressel's Return Plus Young Sprint Stars Make American Men 400 Free Relay Favorites The United States has a complicated recent history with the men's 400 freestyle relay. The Americans had never lost the event in the Olympics before the start of the 21st century, but in four ...

Olympians Emma Weber, Matt King, Jake Mitchell on U.S. Roster for World University Games Results from the recent U.S. National Championships were used to select American teams bound for the World Championships, World Junior Championships and World University Games. USA Swimming has now revealed the ...

Indiana Sweeps Michigan on Senior Day Behind Anna Peplowski's Trio of Wins, Including Top Time in Country in 200 Free The Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving team swept Michigan in a Big Ten showdown. The Hoosiers won the men's meet 176-118 and the women's meet 160-103 behind three wins fr...

U.S. Nationals: Ryan Held Wins Mental Battle in 50 Free Victory Ryan Held had to take a dose of his own advice Saturday night. Before the meet, he had a talk with some of the younger NC State swimmers, sharing lessons he’d learned at his alma mater. One that stood out, semi self-effacingly, was to n...

How Fast to Qualify For United States Swimming Relays in Paris? In the final leadup to next month’s Olympic Trials, plenty of top contenders are putting an inordinate focus on the 100 and 200 freestyle. Rightfully so, with the top-six male and female swimmers in each race likely to earn relay bids o...

U.S. Nationals: Matt King and Kasia Wasick Cap Meet With Titles in 50 Freestyle Flash back a few days to the beginning of the United States National Championships. In the final of the 100-meter freestyle, Matt King and Zach Apple touched the wall in identical times. They were thrilled to share the c...

Tokyo Triumph For Aussie Farm Boy Col Pearse And His Paralympic Dream Created In a Dairy Farm Dam [caption id="attachment_486240" align="alignright" width="414"] BITE SIZED BRONZE: Col Pearse and his prized bronze medal in the 100m butterfly. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).[/caption...