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43 years of excellence! Headed by three-time Olympic and Texas head men’s coach Eddie Reese, 2019 World University Games and head women’s coach Carol Capitani, associate head women’s coach Roric Fink and 2018 Team USA Pan Pac and assistant men’s coach Wyatt Collins, the Longhorns Swim Camp is the mo...

NCAA Swim Meet of the Week January is coming to a close and senior days have been happening all across the country. The college duel meet season is starting to wind down and taper is around the corner. As we inch closer to championship season, we are starting to get a clearer picture of who the cont...

The script for the 34th LEN European Water Polo Championship could not have been better for Hungary and its rabid fans; a tie match between the home team and Spain, and a gripping shootout decided on the last shot as the Hungarians won 14-13 to capture gold at Budapest’s Duna Aréna. After Gergo Zala...

The Soak - Swim News In Brief 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 January 27-February 2, 2020 Saturday,...

The Australia Day Long Weekend came to a close in Adelaide today with the cream of Australia’s open water swimmers and Olympic hopefuls putting the finishing touches to three spectacular days of racing at SA’s Brighton Beach. Noosa’s individual brilliance at the Australian Open Water Swimming Champi...

Kobe Bryant, the 41-year-old retired N.B.A. star and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, were among nine people who lost their lives in a helicopter that crashed near Calabasas, California, on Sunday. The party was travelling to an academy where Bryant coached his daughter's team. Bryant is rated as on...

Noosa’s three-time Australian 10km open water champion Nick Sloman will headline a six-strong group of Australians to Doha next month. They will contest the 2020 Marathon Swim World Series Event on February 15 –the next stop on the road to Tokyo Olympic selection. It’s a big deal – the top two from ...

Sarah Sjostrom fired a shot across the bows of her rivals with a thunderous 53.02 in the 100m free as she claimed her fourth gold medal and second meet record on the final day of the Euro Meet 2020 in Luxembourg. The Swede had already taken down her own meet mark in the 100 fly to 56.71 and there we...

202os Vision - Swimming Culture - Sunday Essay The name’s Shane Gould. Dr. Shane Gould. At 15, she raced to what remains the single biggest solo-swims medal haul at one Olympic Games, three of five orbs the colour gold. Pour a rip tide under that bridge and look up. At 61, she became the oldest winn...

Shoma Sato put the cat among the pigeons in the curtain-closing 200m breaststroke at Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo with a a cracking 2:07.58 victory over former world-record holder Ippei Watanabe, on 2:07.86. That rocketed Sato, 18, from 10th to 5th in the all-time Japanese 200m breaststroke rankings...

Flying Dutchman Ferry Weertman certainly showed no ill-effects from his 10km victory on Saturday to back up to complete the Brighton Beach double with a commanding Australian 5km Championship victory on Australia Day in Adelaide today. [caption id="attachment_412574" align="alignnone" width="700"] R...

The Wisconsin men's and women's swimming & diving teams competed in a senior day dual meet with conference foe Northwestern on Saturday. Twelve senior athletes said their UW Natatorium goodbyes as the Badgers split the meet. Men's: Wisconsin 161, Northwestern 139 Women's: Northwestern 166.5, Wiscons...

California swimming set four pool records in the 200-yard medley relay, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 400 individual medley on the way to a 160-119 men's dual meet victory over Arizona State on Senior Day at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Sophomore Reece Whitley stole the show by breaking the 10...

The South Carolina College Invite, hosted by the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, concluded Saturday in Columbia. The host Gamecocks dominated the visiting teams of Queens and University of North Carolina - Wilmington in their last competition before SEC championships in February. Day 1 Recap...

In a matchup between two colleges located about three miles apart, the Eagles of Boston College emerged victorious over the Terriers of Boston University. The meet took place on Saturday at Boston College. SCORES BC men - 176, BU men - 112 BC women - 192, BU women - 107 Results Boston College Reca.....

The eighth-ranked University of Georgia men's swimming and diving team took down the undefeated No. 12 Tennessee Volunteers, 176.5-122.5, on Saturday in the Gabrielsen Natatorium, while the No.12 Lady Bulldogs fell to the fourth-ranked Lady Vols (7-0). Team Scores: Men: #8 Georgia 176.5, #12 Tenness...

The Michigan State Spartans swimming and diving teams hosted the Cleveland State Vikings on Friday, January 24th. The home Spartans swept the visiting Vikings, claiming victories at their final home meets of the season. SCORES MSU men - 163.5, CSU men - 135.5 MSU women - 216, CSU women - 78 Results ...

The Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams set five facility records in their win against North Carolina Saturday at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. The No. 6 Cavalier women defeated No. 15 North Carolina 171.5-125.5, and the No. 17 Cavalier men topped the Tar Heels 181-118 to close ou...

The University of Nebraska swimming and diving team hosted the University of Illinois on Saturday, January 25th. This meet served as Senior Day for the home Cornhuskers, marking their last home competition in Lincoln for the 2019-20 season. SCORE Nebraska - 185, Illinois - 115 Results Nebraska Rec.....

In its first dual action in over two months, the No. 9 University of Florida swimming and diving team handled conference foe Auburn 204-96 in a Senior Day dual in front of a capacity crowd at the O'Connell Center Natatorium on Saturday. Florida sophomore Bobby Finke put up the second fastest time in...