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Northwestern Lands 2027 Verbal From CIF State Champion Bella Parker NEW COMMIT: Northwestern University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Bella Parker of Irvine, Calif. Parker specializes in sprint backstroke and sprint freestyle, and she is a Junior Nationa...

Blue Devils Pick Up 2027 Verbal From Junior National Qualifier Aiden Yeo NEW COMMIT: Duke University has secured a new verbal commitment for Fall 2027 from Aiden Yeo of Pleasanton, Calif. Yeo is a Junior National qualifier who excels in butterfly and IM. He will join Grant O'Mara in Durham as a memb...

Aussie Trials, Day 5, Finals: Mollie O’Callaghan 52.33 and Meg Harris 52.63 Deliver A 1-2 Punch In 100m Freestyle Two-time world champion Mollie O’Callaghan has powered home to win the much-anticipated women’s 100m freestyle crown at the Australian Trials in Sydney -  clocking in 52.33 – the third ....

Aussie Trials, Day 5 Finals: Sam Short Seals Rare 200, 400, 800 and 1500m Freestyle Sweep In Sydney Queensland’s fearless freestyler Sam Short has joined swimming royalty after his never-say-die victory in the men’s 1500m freestyle at the Australian Selection Trials and National Championships in S.....

Argentina's Agostina Hein Quickly Moving Toward Superstar Status The last time a South American woman medaled in the pool at a full-fledged international competition (Olympic Games/World Championships) was 2019. In Gwangju, South Korea, Brazil's Etiene Medeiros claimed the silver medal in the 50-met...

As Disclosure Day Opens, a D-III Connection to Famed Director Steven Spielberg In celebration of Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Disclosure Day, opening on June 12, I thought it would be fun to highlight some of the results from Division III swimming from this past year in relation to the legendary...

USA Swimming, ASCA Announce Partnership to Strengthen Coaching Profession In a landmark move for the American swimming community, USA Swimming and the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) today announced an agreement that brings together two of the sport's most influential organizations in s...

Egor Kornev Blazes To 46.96 100 Free At Russian Championships; Yulia Efimova Claims Crown Results Egor Kornev sped to his second sub-47sec 100 free in as many days in 46.96 on the final night of the Russian Championships in Kazan. The 22-year-old became the first Russian to break 47secs when he went...

Aussie Trials, Night 4, Finals: King Kyle Chalmers Turns The Clock Back 11 Years To Celebrate A Decade Of Domination LIVE RESULTS Australian freestyle king Kyle Chalmers has turned back the clock 11 years in Sydney tonight – celebrating an unbeaten domestic record of more than a decade in swimming.....

Three-Time World Champion Maxime Grousset Out Of French Championships After Fracturing Left Foot Three-time world champion Maxime Grousset has withdrawn from the French Championships due to a fractured left foot, throwing his hopes of competing at Paris 2026 into doubt. Grousset, who won the 50/100 ...

Rio Olympics 50 Free Champion Pernille Blume Expecting First Child Pernille Blume is expecting her first child 10 years after winning the 50 free at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Dane revealed the happy news on social media, saying: "Ten years ago I reached a big milestone in my life in b...

Backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown has tonight swum into a realm where only she and US rival Regan Smith have ventured as she chased her first personal in three years - her own world record - on night four of the Australian Trials at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. And the unstoppable McKeow....

Is the Australian Men's 800 Freestyle Relay a Contender for Gold Medals in 2026? The 2026 Australian Trials saw a very exciting final in the men's 200 freestyle. Sam Short wound up taking the gold in a time of 1:45.16, with Kai Taylor not far behind at 1:45.30. The top five in the race were all unde...

Hubert Kos Among Top 200 Backstroke/200 Butterfly Performers This Century (See List) During last weekend's Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite, Hungarian Hubert Kos lowered his personal best in the 200-meter butterfly to 1:55.11. That performance chopped nearly a second off his prior record, a 1:56.01 fr...

Alabama Hires Ryan Purdy as Assistant Coach Alabama on Tuesday announced the addition of Ryan Purdy to the swimming and diving coaching staff. Purdy will serve as an assistant coach, replacing Michael White, who last week was hired by Arizona State. Prudy arrives on the staff of head coach Margo Gee...

Georgia Tech to Reprise Dual Meet Tournament for Second Season Georgia Tech on Tuesday announced that it will return its dual meet tournament for a second season, hosting seven other teams. Auburn, Florida State, Kentucky, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Penn State, and George Washington will join the Yellow...

Army Hires Scott Thacker as Director of Swimming and Diving Army on Monday hired Scott Thacker as its director of men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Thacker, who was previously at Virginia Military Institute, becomes the 11th head coach in Army men’s history and eighth for the women’s program. H...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced the 2025 Top 50 Age Group Teams for extra-large, large, medium and small size teams.  Working collaboratively with USA Swimming, who provided the data, ASCA updated the criteria this year to recognize more teams and more coaches who are ...

Aussie Trials, Night 3, Finals: Fearless Sam Short Pops 800 Freestyle Textile Suit World Record of 7:36.73 LIVE RESULTS A fearless and confident Sam Short has set a new 800m freestyle textile suit world record of 7:36.73 in the bravest swim of his career in Sydney tonight. Short snuck under the t...

Aussie Trials, Night 3 Finals: Mollie O’Callaghan’s 1:52.86 Shakes The Life Out Of the Women’s 200m Freestyle World Record Australia’s Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan has shaken the life out of the women’s 200m freestyle world record in Sydney tonight – Mollie O just missing the mark set when c....