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Virginia Shows Off Lineup Pursuing Six-Peat, With Claire Curzan and Anna Moesch Starring At the conclusion of the 2024-25 college swimming season, Virginia graduated two of the most accomplished collegiate swimmers ever. During her four years with the Cavaliers, Gretchen Walsh rewrote the record boo...

USA Swimming Will Select 2026 Pan Pacs Roster With Summer 2025 Championship Times; First-Timers in Line Already While most of the best swimmers from the United States are presently in Southeast Asia focused on winning medals at the upcoming World Championships, there is some attention already on nex...

World University Games, Day 6 Finals: Leah Shackley Claims Third Individual Title; Aleksandr Stepanov, Leah Hayes Win Second Golds The star of the swimming portion of the World University Games has been Leah Shackley, a 19-year-old from Bedford, Pa., and NC State University. On night six, Shackley c...

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...

Virginia Women Kick Off Post-Walsh Era With Loaded Roster Pursuing Another Title On the way to a fifth consecutive national title last March, the University of Virginia women did not have to worry about maximizing every last point at the NCAA Championships. On the contrary, their win was a forgone c...

American Women 200 Butterfly Juggernaut: Can Anyone Beat Hali Flickinger and Regan Smith? Five years ago at the FINA World Championships, as the United States won a then-record 38 medals in the pool with 18 golds, only two races went without an American finalist. In the men's 1500 freestyle, a 17-ye...

CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge: Virginia Women, Arizona State Men Advance to Final Virginia’s women’s team and the Arizona State men’s team advanced to the final of the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge on Saturday. At the first of three meets at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Virginia’s women clai...

U.S. National Championships: Caroline Bricker Passes Smith in Final Meters to Win 200 Butterfly The first night 2025 U.S. National Championships kicked off in Indianapolis with the finals of the women's 200 butterfly. Regan Smith has taken the reigns as the swimmer to beat in every big race in the U...

Aaron Shackell Blasts 3:47.00 400 Free at Junior Nationals; Luka Mijatovic With Another NAG Record Last week, Aaron Shackell watched his younger sister Alex swim on the biggest stage of her life and claim a World Championships silver medal by anchoring the American women to a silver medal in the 800...

After some of the nation’s fastest teenagers put on a display at June’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, USA Swimming today announced the names of 43 athletes who will represent the U.S. at the third and fourth legs of the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup. Those competitions will take place October ...

Leah Shackley Leading Promising American Group Heading to World University Games The favorites in the backstroke events entering U.S. Nationals got the job done in their respective events, but 19-year-old Leah Shackley left the outcomes in serious doubt as the former high school star showed off her ...

American Swimmers Have Two Chances Left to Secure Roster Spots for 2026 Pan Pacs USA Swimming will not hold a selection meet in 2026, instead naming the team for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships based on the results of this summer's major competitions. Times from finals at U.S. Nationals, the Worl...

U.S. Nationals: Cal's Gabriel Jett Leads Prelims of 200 Butterfly; Dakota Luther Paces Women's Field As Cal-Berkeley men stormed to the NCAA championship back in March, Gabriel Jett was one of several key performers for the Bears. While he wasn't one of the team's headliners, his contributions went ...

Tess Howley, Aaron Shackell Scorch 200 Fly Junior Nationals Meet Records After swimming in the 200 butterfly final at U.S. Nationals with international team qualifying on the line, 18-year-old Tess Howley has cut more than one second off her personal-best time at Junior Nationals to jump into the wo...

U.S. Nationals: Dakota Luther Explodes on Third 50 For 200 Fly National Title Five years ago, Dakota Luther was a surprise qualifier for the U.S. World Championships team in the women's 200 butterfly as a 17-year-old. Now, she again looks like one of the best in the country in that event after she p...

World University Games: Virginia Power on Full Display During Day Six Prelims; Tess Howley Shines in 200 Butterfly Heading into the Day Six preliminaries at the World University Games in Berlin, the United States held a commanding lead in the medals count. Of the 29 medals captured by Team USA, 16 h...

Rising Stars of Swimming in 2025: 5 Women Who Broke Through This Summer The year after a Summer Olympics brings chances for younger and less accomplished swimmers to step into the limelight at championship-level events, particularly as veterans step back from the sport to consider their future. The ...

U.S. Nationals, Day 1 Prelims: Regan Smith Serves Leading 200 Fly Tuesday morning brings the beginning of U.S. Nationals at the IU Natatorium, a five-day competition to select teams for this summer’s World Aquatics Championships and other international events. The first morning session is on the lig...

Scott Buff Blasts Meet Record 45.40 to Win 100 Butterfly At NCSA Championships Scott Buff of the Greater Toledo Aquatic Club put together the top performance during Friday night’s action at the National Club Swimming Association Championships in Orlando. Racing the 100-yard butterfly, Buff produced ...

The Week That Was, sponsored by Suitmate The Week that was featured the 2021 Master's Swimmers of the Year, Adam Peaty at British Championships, and news on Michael Brinegar. The Week That Was #1: Swimming World’s Masters Swimmers of the Year: The Top-12 For 2021 [caption id="attachment_272971" alig...