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Memorial Day Weekend: The Story of Charles Jackson French - A Hero For Our Time On January 19, 2020, the United States Navy announced it was naming a new aircraft carrier after African American WWII war hero “Dorie” Miller. The announcement came more than 78 years after the events at Pearl Harbor th...

Mitchell Schott Breaks Michael Phelps Pool Record as Princeton Sweeps Quad Meet Mitchell Schott took down the United States Naval Academy pool record of Michael Phelps set in 2009 Friday as Princeton swept a quad meet Friday and Saturday. Schott went 1:32.72 in the 200 free. That downed the mark of ...

Passages: A Tribute to Who Was Lost in the Swimming World in 2020: Part 2 (July-December) The world of swimming endured a number of notable passages in 2020, individuals who enriched the sport in the pool and on deck. In 2020, we lost some of the sports coaching pioneers around the globe. Many of th...

Navy Sweeps Army, Including Four-Point Thriller in Women’s Meet The United States Naval Academy swept a weekend Star Series dual meet with the United States Military Academy, Navy eking out a four-point win on the women’s side. The meet in Annapolis is a reversal of last year, when Army claimed its ...

Charlie Moss, 1928-2001 CHARLIE MOSS, the great USMS and Michigan Masters swimmer, and former outstanding University of Michigan swimmer, died July 12, in his own bed, surrounded by his family, his favorite Sousa marches playing and sending him on his way. At the church, his son called him a gentlem...

NEW COMMIT: Sarah Sorensen has verbally committed to swim for the United States Naval Academy beginning next fall. Sorensen is a freestyler and backstroker for Marietta, Georgia's Stingrays. She's a senior at Pope High School where she is a team captain. Sorensen is the team's record holder in the 5...

PITTSBURGH – Following the first day of the 2015 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Open Swimming and Diving Championships, the University of Pittsburgh leads the women’s competition with 214 points, while the U.S. Naval Academy paces the men’s field with 224 total points. The Panthers compi...

It’s been another amazing year of aquatics competition, including an exciting trip to Budapest for the World Championships, and Swimming World had our readers covered every step of the way.  During the next few days, we’ll take a look back in “Splashbacks”, the most read stories of 2017. The final t...

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 26. THE Navy men's swimming and diving team posted victories in seven individual events, as well as in both relays, to defeat Columbia 154-89, Saturday afternoon at Lejeune Hall. Navy won the first-three events of the day to jump out to a 49-17 advantage. After Navy's 40...

Kevin Houseman A Cut, Brady Samuels Record Wraps up Purdue Invite Brady Samuels of Purdue set a program record to wrap up the final two days of the Purdue Invite, which wrapped up Saturday. Samuels went 45.66 in the 100 butterfly, setting the Purdue record. Andrew Legenfeld had held the program reco...

Feature by Jeff Commings PHOENIX, Arizona, May 26. WE remember on this Memorial Day weekend the lives of those who fought valiantly for the United States in military action. The toll that the two World Wars took on the global population extended beyond the battlefields, with the Olympic Movement tak...

Louisville Books Three Relay A Cuts as Women Win Purdue Invitational The Louisville women’s team swept all five relays, three in NCAA A cut times, in winning the Purdue Invitational, held in West Lafayette from Wednesday through Friday. The Cardinals started the meet Wednesday with a Burke Natatoriu...

Navy to Name Destroyer After Swimming Hero Charles Jackson French The United States Navy on Wednesday announced that it will name a ship after Charles Jackson French, a World War II hero who swam his shipmates to safety. The announcement was made by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro during a key...

In a lost story exposed by the International Swimming Hall of Fame Historian Bruce Wigo, the Charles Jackson French World War II story has found new life and calls for his decoration by the US Navy.   In a letter written on May 17th, 2021 by Congressman Don Bacon to the Honorable Thomas W. Harker, A...

It was a dominant day for the Naval Academy’s swim team on Thursday, Dec. 10. In a classic rivalry matchup, the Naval Academy Midshipmen men and women dominated the West Point Black Knights. For the Navy women, it was their 27th straight win against West Point. It was the Midshipmen men’s 25th win i...

Swimming World Presents the 2018 Camp Directory For over 40 years Swimming World has been featuring swim camps from around the country in our annual Swim Camp Directory. This month Swimming World is excited to present a nine-page directory of camps for you to choose from. Featured Camps: Alabama R.....

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, February 23. NAVY crowned eight more champions on Saturday evening to close the 2014 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships much as they started it on Wednesday night. It turns out that the lighter schedule on the opening night at Lejeuen Hall was just a tuneup for the M...

Swimming World Presents the 2018 Camp Directory For over 40 years Swimming World has been featuring swim camps from around the country in our annual Swim Camp Directory. This month Swimming World is excited to present a nine-page directory of camps for you to choose from. Featured Camps: Aadvanced.....

West Virginia Invitational: Navy Men, West Virginia Women Take Team Crowns The West Virginia women’s team and Navy men’s team claimed titles at the West Virginia Invitational this weekend. Navy scored 2,358 points to run away with the men’s title, despite the host winning all three men’s relays on t...

Christopher Chambers, Former Maryland and UMass Swimmer, Killed in Military Operation Christopher Chambers, a former swimmer at UMass and the University of Maryland, was one of two Navy SEALs declared dead after a mission off the coast of East Africa, the military confirmed on Tuesday. Chambers was ...