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London will stage the final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup on 29-31 October 2027 where athletes can qualify for the LA 2028 Games in the men’s 50m breaststroke and women’s 50m backstroke. The meet will take place at the London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and marks t...

North Carolina State Proving Status as Elite Combined Program During CSL Competition The traditional setup of college swimming measures success for women's teams and men's teams independently. For most of the sport's history, the most successful programs operated under separate coaching staffs, a tr...

ASCA Fellows Research Project Identifies Practical Solutions to Improve Swim Coach Retention and Career Sustainability Who will coach the next generation of swimmers if the profession cannot retain the coaches it has today? A new study from the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Timothy We...

Dario Verani and Klaudia Tarasiewicz are confirmed as the overall winners of the European Aquatics 2026 Open Water Swimming Cup with full prize money awarded despite only two of the scheduled four legs completed because of bad weather. The second and third legs were fulfilled in Tenero and Razanac b...

NJCAA Powerhouse Indian River State College Swimming and Diving In Jeopardy of Being Cut The school with the longest national championship title streak might lose its swim program. Indian River State College in Florida has had a dynasty at the National Junior College Association of America (NJCAA) l...

IOC Sets Out Seven Candidates, Next Steps for Hosting 2036 Olympics The International Olympic Committee has set forth a handbook for potential hosts of the 2036 Olympics, of which seven candidates have stepped forward. The IOC has set an Oct. 31, 2026, deadline for interested parties. Each intereste...

What Happens When a Fin Adds Speed Without Changing the Kick? Inside the Data Behind the FINIS SlipFin Pro What Makes the FINIS SlipFin Pro Different? A closer look at what happens when a fin adds speed without changing the kick Coaches have used fins for decades for a simple reason: they work. They...

Abbey Weitzeil Has Eye on LA28 After Return: 'We Can Be a Mom and Still Chase Our Dreams' Abbey Weitzeil wasn't sure how she would feel diving in for her first race in nearly 2 years. The three-time Olympian was competing in her first race since getting married and giving birth after the 2024 Paris ...

Freestyler Nola Waldbuesser Hands Princeton Tigers 2028 Verbal Commitment NEW COMMIT: Princeton University has received a verbal commitment* for Fall 2028 from Nola Waldbuesser of Philadelphia, Pa. Waldbuesser is a Junior National qualifier who excels in middle-distance freestyle. She will join Clar...

Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh Leading Speed Revolution in Women's Freestyle At the start of 2026, no one would have considered the 50 freestyle as the best event for either Kate Douglass or Gretchen Walsh. Douglass had gone on a two-year run to establish herself as the world's dominant force in the ...

Michigan Earns 2028 Verbal From Minnesota State Champion Bobbi Simmons NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has added a new verbal commitment for its incoming class for the 2028-29 season from Bobbi Simmons of Minneapolis, Minn. Simmons is a Junior National qualifier who excels in sprint free, bac...

Erika Fairweather Headlines 11-Strong New Zealand Squad for Short-Course Worlds Erika Fairweather is one of 11 New Zealand swimmers named on Monday to lead the Kiwis to the World Short-Course Championships in Beijing. Fairweather is the only medalist from New Zealand out of the last four editions of...

Junior National Silver Medalist Brenley Bonez Selects Alabama For 2028 NEW COMMIT: The University of Alabama has scored a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Brenley Bonez of Chesterton, Ind. Bonez is a Junior National qualifier who excels in breaststroke and sprint freestyle. She will join Pai...

Backstroker Savannah Lerch Pledges 2028 Verbal to Army West Point NEW COMMIT: Bealeton, Va. native Savannah Lerch has announced her verbal commitment to the United States Military Academy at West Point beginning in Fall 2028. Lerch specializes in backstroke She will join Mia Jones on campus as a mem...

It took four months and nearly 900 miles, but Catherine Breed completed Swim California, an open water swim from the Oregon border to Mexico. Breed, 33, began the expedition on July 1. She completed the route in stages, supported by a boat and crew, with GPS waypoints linking successive swims and ob...

Louisville Sprinter Nikita Sheremet Chasing New Goals As Profile Rises on International Scene On his fifth 50-yard freestyle of the meet, Nikita Sheremet began to feel it.  The Louisville star was putting on a show during his first College Swimming League meet, the effort further establishing his id...

World Aquatics Announces Open Water World Cup Schedule World Aquatics has today unveiled the schedule for the Open Water Swimming World Cup 2026/27, where the world's best open water swimmers will compete across five stops spanning Mexico, Egypt, Italy and Portugal as momentum builds toward the Worl...

How Dual Boards Sparked a Single-Arm Fly Open-Water Swim For longtime swim coach Kristen Lavery, a training tool sparked an unexpected return to the pool and, eventually, an open-water race completed entirely with single-arm butterfly. For more than 15 years, Coach Kristen Lavery dedicated her time ...

World Cup Data Gives Cam McEvoy Starting Point in Consideration of 100 Freestyle There's a reason Cam McEvoy is nicknamed, "The Professor." The Australian veteran operates via an analytical approach, constantly digesting data. The method has proven successful for the four-time Olympian, who is the r...

Swimmers' Villain Origin Stories: The Moments That Created a Personal Vendetta In swimming, there are few things more devastating than realizing you have another 50 yards to swim after you have already taken off your goggles. Or missing a championship cut by .02. Or getting disqualified after droppi...