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Mike Brady Named Director of Aquatics at Greensboro Aquatic Center Oak View Group (OVG) and Greensboro Complex are pleased to announce the hiring of Mike Brady as Director of Aquatics at Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC). Brady brings extensive experience in aquatic facility operations, competitive s...

College Swimming League Heads into Final Weekend; Championship to Be Determined The final weekend of the inaugural College Swimming League (CSL) season is upon us, with the wildcard matchup scheduled for Thursday and the championship match slated for Friday. Competition will take place at the Indian...

How Do Top Distance Swimmers Train In The Gym? Top Coaches Reveal Their Secrets Strength training for sprinters has become a swimming phenomenon.  Sprinter Cam McEvoy's success has sparked a new wave of sprinters eager to adopt the star’s methods. Many across the swimming sphere are testing differen...

American Men's Backstroke Shows Signs of Life at Short Course Trials, But Questions Remain The United States men have struggled mightily in backstroke for the past two years, at least since Ryan Murphy won bronze in the 100-meter race in Paris for his third consecutive Olympic medal in the event. Si...

The SEC has announced its weekly swimming and diving honors. SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Rex Maurer, Texas Texas’ Rex Maurer, a senior from Pasadena, Calif., earned a trio of individual event victories to lead the top-ranked Longhorns to their win at South Carolina. Maurer opened the meet with a....

Junior Pan Pac Champion Gabi Brito Verbally Commits to Cal for 2028 NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has picked up a huge verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from in-state standout Gabi Brito of Santa Monica, Calif. Brito, arguably the top recruit in the class, is a member of the 2026-...

How Kate Douglass Swam to a 49.64 in the 100 Freestyle At last week’s United States Trials for the Short Course World Championships, Kate Douglass swam some historic times. Her best swim of the meet may have been her last, the 100 freestyle. Going into the meet, Douglass already held the world recor...

When Swimming Stops Being Your Whole Identity You touch the wall, look at the scoreboard, and immediately wish you hadn’t. The time is slower than you wanted. Maybe slower than you thought was possible after all the hard work you put in. You think to yourself. Bad turns? Slow rate? Went out too fast...

Swim Across America Awards $450,000 Grant to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to Advance Innovative Ovarian Cancer Research Swim Across America, a national nonprofit dedicated to funding cancer research and clinical trials, has awarded its Colleen C. Wilcox/Swim Across America Ovarian Cancer Innovat....

American Women's Freestyle Relays Should Obliterate World Records at Short Course Worlds The United States has assembled its team traveling to the Short Course World Championships in Beijing, with the most but not all big-name American swimmers securing their spots at the biennial global meet. The c...

Junior National Qualifier Josh Carmichael Verbals to North Carolina for 2028 NEW COMMIT: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Josh Carmichael of Austin, Texas. Carmichael is a Junior National qualifier who excels in breaststroke and ...

Four-time Olympian Brent Hayden joins Nadina and Carla Zarifeh as new owners of Vancouver's Aquaventures Swim Centre, building on its 42-year legacy. Sponsored Article.

Blue Devils Secure First 2028 Verbal From Breaststroker Henry Yang NEW COMMIT: Duke University has scored its first public verbal commitment on the men's side from Henry Yang of San Marino, Calif. Yang is a Junior National qualifier who specializes in breaststroke. Regarding his commitment, he said:...

Michigan Adds 2028 Verbal From New York State Champion Una Diaz NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has added another verbal commitment for the 2028-29 season and beyond, this time from Una Diaz of Long Beach, N.Y. Diaz is a Summer Nationals qualifier who excels in distance freestyle, backstroke ...

Leon Marchand Headlines 18-Strong France Team for World Short Course Championships Leon Marchand headlines an 18-strong France team that will travel to Beijing next month for the World Short Course Championships. The team comprises five men and 13 women with Marchand seeking his first international ...

NCSA Medalist Jo Witdoeckt Sends 2028 Verbal Pledge to Louisville NEW COMMIT: The University of Louisville has received a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Junior National qualifier Jo Witdoeckt of Manassas, Va. Witdoeckt, who excels in backstroke, recently attended the National Select Camp. ...

ISL Announces United States Coaching Staff for All-Star Match The International Swimming League (ISL) has today announced the coaches of the United States Team, the second of the four teams that will contest the ISL All-Star Match at the London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Satu...

The New Era of ASCA Is Here: Modernized Certification, New Website, Mobile App and More Ways to Connect The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) launches a new digital experience, expanded educational content and enhanced resources to make coaching education, professional development and mem...

Ilya Kharun Wasted No Time Making His Mark as American Athlete; Time to Wear Team USA Colors Officially, Ilya Kharun became eligible to represent the United States in international competition on October 26 - a mere week ago. That date signified one year since the 21-year-old Kharun took the necessa...

Jack Alexy, Luke Hobson Leading Elite U.S. Men's Free Relays to Short Course Worlds The United States has assembled its team traveling to the Short Course World Championships in Beijing, with the most but not all big-name American swimmers securing their spots at the biennial global meet. The combin...