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How They Train: University of Florida's Robert Finke  By Michael J. Stott As a 19-year-old, Robert Finke has compiled a heavyweight resumé. Standing 6-1 and weighing 165 pounds, the rising sophomore at the University of Florida is already an SEC champion in the 1650 yard free (14:23.01) and 400 IM ....

Thoughts From a Distance Swimmer: A Beautiful and Inspiring Part of the Sport In the fast-paced, highlight-driven world of sports, it’s no surprise that sprint events have become the crowd favorites. In swimming, the 50-meter races of each stroke have been added to the Olympic program, showcasing po...

The first session of the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships kicked off with some fast swims at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo. The meet runs from Aug 9-14 and features the following federations: Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, People's Republic of China, Cook Isl...

Tokyo Flashback: Bobby Finke Unleashes Massive Final 50 to Collect 800 Freestyle Gold One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the championship finals – each on...

Editor’s Note: Bobby Finke and the rest of the college swimmers had their NCAA championship meets cancelled Thursday because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The following is a preview written before the meet was cancelled: For 14 straight minutes, Florida's Bobby Finke was at the center of atte...

The NCAA swimming and diving season has gotten off to a good start as the Division I landscape is starting to heat up as teams begin having serious dual meets in the month of October. Swimming World has ranked the 25 best men's and women's swimmers returning in Division I for the third straight year...

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website Agonswim.com. STUART – The East Lake High School girls and Riverview High School boys swam away with the Florida High Scho...

Zane Grothe captured his second National title of the meet with a new U.S. Open and championship record of 7:44.57. That breaks Connor Jaeger's 2013 record by more than two seconds, and is the first time that Grothe has been under 7:50 in this event. That time also puts him at #1 in the world for 20...

Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Maxime Rooney, Florida Florida’s Maxime Rooney, a junior from Livermore, Calif., won four individual events and was a part of two winning relays as No. 5 Florida posted wins in the tri-meet against No. 14 Ohio State and No. 25 Kentucky. Rooney posted B-cut times....

In Orlando, Florida, the Southern Zone South Section Championship Meet began tonight with timed finals in distance freestyle and 200 meter relays. Tonight’s individual events featured the men’s 800-meter freestyle and women’s 1500-meter freestyle. Neither are the Olympic event distances for the men ...

By David Rieder. The American team needed an answer in the men’s 1500 free. Connor Jaeger was retired and Jordan Wilimovsky focusing on open water, and in their stead, no one entered in the event at this year’s U.S. Nationals had ever previously broken the 15:00 in the event. That meant trouble, sin...

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. Despite a few impressive performances, no meet records fell at the Florida 4A Boys High School Swimming Stat...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. Just like the American women’s team, the U.S. men did well for themselves in Rio last summer. Like the women, the men won half of the gold medals handed out at the pool, and they swept gold in all three relays. And then Michael Phelps retired. Filling the void of the ...

Kyle Chalmers: Destined For Greatness By David Rieder Kyle Chalmers never dreamed of swimming in the Olympic Games, winning a gold medal and watching the Australian flag hoisted into the rafters of a 15,000-seat arena while the tune of “Advance Australia Fair” echoed through the building. No, Chalm....

Caeleb Dressel showcased a great pair of individual swims tonight in Orlando. Dressel won both the butterfly and freestyle 50-meter races. The sophomore who swims for University of Florida, won the 50 yard freestyle at the NCAA meet this past march. And tonight he showed his 50 speed once again. Cae...

Florida swimming and diving will begin the 2020-21 season in a top-10 showdown with Georgia on Friday, Oct. 30 at 10:00 a.m. inside Gabrielsen Natatorium. Florida fans can catch the action on SEC Network+, or follow along with live results on the MeetMobile app and Georgia's website. On Tuesday, the...

Olympics: Mykahlio Romanchuk Top Seed in 800 Free National Record Bonanza National records fell in abundance in the first men’s Olympic 800 free, led by Mykhalio Romanchuk of the Ukraine. In all, five of the eight finalists downed national marks, plus a handful of others in the non-qualifiers for th...

The Georgia Tech Invitational came to a close on Sunday night as the home team Yellow Jackets got wins on the final night from junior Caio Pumputis in the 200 breast and Christian Ferraro in the 200 fly. Pumputis was up first with a 1:53.88 in thee 200 breast, winning ahead of East Carolina's Lyubom...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Swimming World Presents Hasty High Pointers: Celina Li and Robert Finke Sponsored By Hasty Awards Click here to download the complete March 2021 ...

By David Rieder. More than 30 years ago, Jennifer Hooker was fresh off swimming at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal when she moved west to train with Mark Schubert and the Mission Viejo Nadadores. Three decades later, her son, Michael Brinegar, followed the same pathway, from Indiana out to Southern Ca...