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Choosing the right swim school can be overwhelming — especially with so many great programs expanding across the U.S. From nurturing early swim experiences to developing strong stroke technique, the best schools share a commitment to safety, consistency, and confidence-building. Whether you're looki...

For the past 38 years, Sue Welsh has led the Hamilton Area YMCA Swim Team program. While building a successful team, she has helped her athletes achieve at every level from learning to swim to competing in Olympic Trials. She has coached high school, state and national champions along the way. Welsh...

The YMCA of Central Florida competitive aquatic sports have been disbanded indefinitely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida has been hit harder than most states during the pandemic and the YMCA made the decision to discontinue the competitive programs at the 22 YMCA of Central Florida location...

The YMCA Long Course National Swimming Championship will be held July 19 - 23, 2022, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C. Since its debut in 1986, this national tournament has served to highlight outstanding swimming competition and celebrate achievement by young athletes The YMCA Lo...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor With its signature event, the Junior Olympics—known simply as the JOs—less than three weeks away, USA Water Polo continues an ambitious plan to grow the sport in America. Today’s national relaunch of the organization’s Splashball program is a decisive ...

A lot of teenagers competed at the 2021 Olympic Trials this year, staking their claims in the future of the swimming world. Many of these teenagers came from USA Swimming-affiliated teams, or other feeder programs. That fact is more important than some people realize. Feeder programs work to get new...

When news broke on Thursday that the YMCA of Central Florida was eliminating its competitive aquatic sports program at 22 locations, reactions were swift. Some individuals floated the idea that the decision was using COVID-19 as a shield to make the unpopular cuts. Others were angered that their chi...

Splashbacks 2020-July-August: Iowa Program Is Axed; Arizona State Goes Redshirt Route The original schedule for July and August was for Swimming World to bring its readership coverage of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Of course, that plan was short-circuited by - all together now - the impact of the CO...

YMCA Championships Day 5: Upper Main Line, Greater Spartanburg Claim Titles The 2025 YMCA Swimming Championships concluded from Ocala, Florida, with Day 5. Upper Main Line claimed the women's team title with 622 points, followed by Lakeland Hills (510), York and York County (493), Greater Spartanbur...

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 25. TODAY'S edition of The Morning Swim Show continues our special two-part series looking at two swimming programs in cities named Springfield. Today's show takes us to Ohio and the Springfield YMCA team there. YouTube Measures Views Only For Episodes Watched On YouTube Subsc...

Thomas Heilman Blazes To YMCA National Title in 100 Butterfly; Greater Somerset Speeds To Relay Title One of the top age-group swimmers in the country, Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont’s Thomas Heilman highlighted the second day of the YMCA Short-Course Nationals in Greensboro with a victory in the 100-ya...

More than 20 aquatics organizations Wednesday announced the forming of a new group, the Aquatics Coalition, to aid the reopening of swimming pools in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic. The stated goal of the organization is to “help guide states and municipalities across the country in reopenin...

The 2025 YMCA National Long Course Swimming Championships kicked off on Tuesday in Ocala, Florida. The first day of the meet saw finals in the men's and women's 800 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 50 breaststroke, 100 freestyle and the 200 medley relay. After one day, Greater Spartanburg leads the men's m...

YMCA Nationals finished their fourth day of competition at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana with four Olympic trial cuts and one national record. In the women's 400 Freestyle, 16 Year old Abbey Erwin from Downtown Boise Idaho outpaced Emily Ilgenfritz (17) from York PA, and Lauren Soleo...

Daniel Diehl, Anna Moesch to Highlight YMCA Long Course Nationals in Greensboro For the first time since 2019, the top YMCA swim teams in the country will meet for a long course national championships. After the meet was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, the five-day YMCA Long Course Nationals will b...

In honor of Black History Month, ISHOF presents the inspirational story of Nate Clark.  The support for nominating Nate Clark to be inducted into the ISHOF, is the 2018 induction of Willie O’Ree into the Pro Hockey Hall of fame.  O’Ree played in only 46 games in the NHL, had four goals and ten assis...

YMCA swimming programs have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways depending on regions, including the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. The YMCA of Central Ohio has canceled its competitive swimming season, while YMCA of Central Florida went a step further and disbanded its competitive sw...

The 2025 YMCA National Long Course Swimming Championships continued from Ocala, Florida. The second day of the meet saw finals in the men's and women's 200 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 backstroke and 200 free relay. Upper Main Line leads the women's meet with 283 points. Lakeland Hills is second...

YMCA Championships Day 3: Jimmy Breeson Takes a First and Second as Spartanburg Leads The 2025 YMCA Swimming Championships continued from Ocala, Florida, with the Day 3 finals. The session included the 100 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 400 IM and 400 freestyle relay. Spartanburg leads the men's meet and...

By Kathleen Hannon On the third day of the 2014 YMCA Nationals, the announcer called out "AND HOW ABOUT THIS AIR?" and received an eruption of applause, stomping, and cheers in response. As busy as she was as Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC) Executive Director, Susan Braman admits she paused in the m...