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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...

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...

YMCA Nationals: Leah Shackley, Brendan Whitfield, Schroeder Relay Break Meet Records After winning two events on Tuesday, Leah Shackley picked up right where she left off at the 2023 YMCA National Swimming Championships. In the first event of Wednesday's finals from Greensboro Aquatic Center, Shackl...

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...

The Beauty of Swimming: A Sport For Everyone When it comes to swimming, everyone wants to be like Michael Phelps or Katie Ledecky. Gliding through the water like nothing and making swimming look easy. However, swimming isn’t always about being the best. It can be a great source of exercise for peopl...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Championships: Upper Main Line, Spartanburg Close in on Titles The 2025 YMCA Swimming Championships continued from Ocala, Florida, on Friday with the Day 4 finals. The events for the session include the men's and women's 400 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 800 free...

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...

COVID-19 Leads to YMCA Long- and Short-Course Nationals Cancellations for 2021 The YMCA of the USA announced Monday that YMCA Nationals would be cancelled throughout 2021 as the country continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision cancels “all national competitive sports events,” with ...

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...

Without the YMCA national championship this year, local YMCA coaches and volunteers are putting together a YMCA Swimming Festival. The national championship was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s convening restrictions and safety considerations for athletes. The YMCA Swimming Festival ...

The YMCA National Masters Meet and the YMCA National Diving Championship will return in 2022. Both events will be held April 7-10, 2022, at the Rosen YMCA Aquatic & Fitness Center, Orlando, Fla.   The National Masters Meet is a supportive and inspiring event for adult swimmers who are YMCA members.....

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 Soak - Swim News In Brief Collated weekly Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of March 10-16, 2020 ...

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...

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...