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Liberty Clark and Camille Spink Continue Upward Trajectory as Promising Team USA Contributors As the United States prepares for the Pan Pacific Championships, its women's roster is stacked with talent. It's an embarrassment of riches, really, with minimal weak points identifiable. Team USA is expect...

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Gertrude Ederle and Her English Channel Crossing August 6 will mark the 100-year anniversary of Gertrude Ederle becoming the first woman to swim across the English Channel. One hundred years ago, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman and sixth individual to swim...

Improved American Freestyle Depth Bodes Well for Relay Prospects At the past three years of international competitions, the gold-medal podium has been an elusive target for the United States in freestyle relays. The U.S. men dominated the 400 free relay in Paris, and the mixed 400 free relay secured...

The Complete Schedule for the Pan Pacific Championships; Tight Format May Require Tough Decisions The Pan Pacific Championships get underway next week in Irvine, California, and the action will be fast and furious due to the tight, four-day format for the meet. Competition will take place from Augus...

U.S. Olympian Claire Weinstein Out of Pan Pacific Championships After '3 Weeks in a Hospital Bed' U.S. Olympian Claire Weinstein has pulled out of the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships. Weinstein made the announcement on social media, citing three weeks in a hospital bed. Last week, Weinstein indicated...

Junior Nationals, Day One Finals: Madi Mintenko Claims 800 Freestyle Title; Complements Senior Crown in 400 Free It's been quite a week for Madi Mintenko in Southern California. First, the University of Virginia sophomore captured the title in the 400-meter freestyle at the United States National Ch...

American Women Setting Up World Record Challenge in 400 Freestyle Relay Australia has not lost the women's 400 freestyle relay in nine years, a stretch dating back to the 2017 World Championships. Most recently, the Aussies scraped out a win over the United States by less than a half-second at the S...

Nick Rounds Breaking Out For South Dakota, a Program on the Rise California. Florida. Texas. Indiana. They are states known for routinely producing some of the top swimmers in the United States, including a hefty percentage of Olympians. South Dakota? It will never be known as a regular hotbed of ta...

U.S. Nationals, Day Five Men's Finals: Caeleb Dressel Rips 21.35 in 50 Freestyle to Cap Sterling Meet It wasn't hard to pinpoint the top performance of prelims during the fifth day of the United States National Championships. When Caeleb Dressel fired off a 21.45 performance in the 50-meter freestyl...

U.S. Nationals, Day Five Women's Finals: Gretchen Walsh Scares World Record in 50 Freestyle Can the final night of the United States National Championships match the excitement of the afternoon time trials? Following prelims on Saturday, Kate Douglass threw down the gauntlet with a clocking of 51.93...

Kate Douglass Rips 51.93 in 100 Freestyle Time Trial at National Championships A little more than two months after Anna Moesch became the first American women to break the 52-second barrier in the 100-meter freestyle, one of her teammates has joined the club. During a time trial on Saturday at the U...

U.S. Nationals, Day Five Men's Prelims: Caeleb Dressel Rockets to 21.45 in 50 Freestyle All eyes will be on Caeleb Dressel during the final day of the United States National Championships, as the three-time Olympian is scheduled to contest the 50-meter freestyle at the William Woollett Aquatics Cent...

U.S. Nationals, Day Five Women's Prelims: Gretchen Walsh Pops Sub-24 Outing in 50 Freestyle University of Virginia superstar Gretchen Walsh, the world-record holder in the 50-meter freestyle, will be in action in that event on the final day of the United States National Championships in Irvine, Cali...

U.S. Nationals, Day Four Men's Finals: Alexei Avakov Pulls Away in 100 Breaststroke, Joins Sub-59 Club This year's U.S. Nationals has produced a new series of standout American breaststrokers, with Josh Bey and Gabe Nunziata going 2:07s in the 200-meter race before Watson Nguyen pulled off a shock w...

Luka Mijatovic Overtakes Ryan Erisman in Electric 400 Freestyle Battle, Crushes NAG Record With 3:43.45 Two up-and-coming mid-distance freestylers went head-to-head in the men's 400 freestyle final at U.S. Nationals Friday evening. Ryan Erisman, a 20-year-old coming off a strong freshman year at Cal...

A big session for the University of Virginia is expected on Night Four of the United States National Championships in Irvine, California. The Cavaliers claimed the top seed in all three events that will be contested on Friday night at the William Woollett Aquatics Center, including Isabelle Stadden ...

McKenzie Siroky Blasts Personal Best in 100 Breaststroke to Claim National Title By now, the story of McKenzie Siroky is well-known in the sport. She was a former ice hockey standout who arrived late to the pool, only to rapidly develop into a standout at the University of Tennessee. Part II of Siro...

Gabi Brito Entered in Seven Events for Junior Nationals (Psych Sheets) In between the United States National Championships and the Pan Pacific Championships, the William Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, California will play host to the Junior National Championships. The meet will run from August ...

Day Three of the 2026 USA Swimming Toyota National Championships is in the books. There were several memorable moments on the third night. Swimming World Chief Photographer Peter H. Bick was on deck to capture those moments. Here is a look at the top photos from day three in Irvine. [gallery columns...

U.S. Nationals, Day Four Men's Prelims: Luka Mijatovic Tops 400 Free But Heading to 18-and-Under Final Prelims of three men's events took place Friday morning at U.S. Nationals in Irvine, Calif., with action in the 400 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke. An unusual scenario played out in...