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The Journey of Marrit Steenbergen: Surrounded by Greatness and Willing to Push Limits As her profile started to take shape on the international stage, a teenage Marrit Steenbergen was surrounded by spectacular talent as a member of the Dutch National Team. Take the 2016 Olympic Games for example. In...

Stroke and Turn Officiating – We Have Liftoff By Ron Van Pool Stroke and turn officials are indeed the “eyes of the referee.” The foundation of swimming officiating is to ensure that all the athletes are treated fairly and that any benefit of the doubt goes to the swimmer. Throughout the race, the s...

Expect American Women's Swim Team to Continue Domination at Pan Pacs This summer sets up as the quietest championship season for American swimmers since the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Tokyo Olympics back by a year. USA Swimming will not hold a selection meet, having picked the team for the Pan Pac...

Angharad Evans will channel the spirit of the Tartan Army when she makes her debut for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. "No Scotland, no party" was the rallying cry and unofficial anthem adopted by Scotland fans at the recent World Cup. [caption id="attachment_641931" align="align...

Washington State Hires Parker Hughes as Assistant Coach Washington State on Wednesday announced the hiring of Parker Hughes as an assistant coach for its women’s swimming and diving team. Hughes joins the staff of head coach of Russell Whitaker. Hughes swam for two seasons at the University of Michi...

Maggie Wanezek Makes Massive Leap in 200 Backstroke Rankings Only a few months ago, Maggie Wanezek ranked 170th all-time in the 200-meter backstroke. Among Americans, she sat just inside the top-50, a time of 2:09.75 her best mark. Then Wanezek competed at the Indianapolis stop of the TYR Pro Series...

Canada Ready to Shine at Commonwealth Games as Captains Named Canada's swimmers have arrived and are ready for the 2026 Commonwealth Games with a blend of proven champions, emerging stars and a leadership group entrusted by their teammates to guide one of the country's most balanced teams in Games h...

Psych Sheets Released for Commonwealth Games; Action Gets Underway on Friday The official entry lists for the Commonwealth Games have been released by the event's organizing committee, with action set to get underway on Friday from the Tollcross International Swimming Centre. The competition will ru...

Penn State Splashes Into 2028 Recruiting With Verbal From European Junior Finalist Levente Varga NEW COMMIT: Penn State University has received its first verbal commitment for its Class of 2032 from Levente Varga of Budapest, Hungary. Varga is a talented IMer and distance freestyler who will arrive ...

Lani Pallister Set Up for Huge Medal Haul Between Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs In her first Olympics, Lani Pallister showed incredible resilience as she overcame a COVID-19 diagnosis to help Australia win gold in the women's 800 freestyle relay, and she turned around a day later to reach the indi...

Commonwealth Games: Aussies Chasing Freestyle Dominance in Glasgow 36 Years After the Golden Glow of Auckland in 1990 Australia swimmers have the chance to turn the clock back 36 years as they chase a freestyle clean sweep at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, starting in Glasgow on Friday. Auckland host....

Audrey Derivaux Heading to Texas This Fall, Reclassifies into 2026 Class One of the top-ranked high school swimmers in the country will begin her college career one year earlier than expected. Audrey Derivaux, who won four gold medals at last year's World Junior Championships, will join the Texas Lo...

Leon Marchand’s Life after Paris Olympics Chronicled in ‘Beyond Gold’ The new documentary, “Leon Marchand: Beyond Gold,” takes a look at the four-time Olympic gold medalist’s life after his exploits in Paris in the 2024. Marchand was one of the stars of his home games in Paris, winning gold medals i...

Florida International Hires Alejandra Fuentes as Head Diving Coach Florida International on Tuesday hired Venezuelan Olympian Alejandra Fuentes as its head diving coach. Fuentes joins the staff of head coach Randy Horner after two seasons as the head diving coach for the men’s and women’s teams at S...

VMI Hires Le Moyne’s Adam Zaczkowski as Head Coach Virginia Military Institute on Tuesday announced that Adam Zaczkowski will take over the school’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs. Zaczkowski stepped down as the head coach of his alma mater, Le Moyne, earlier in the day. He had been ...

As Regan Smith Pursues Pan Pacs Title, is 56-Second 100 Backstroke Attainable? Is Regan Smith ready for the Pan Pacific Championships? Based on her performances from last week's Austin Sectionals, particularly her effort in the 100-meter backstroke, the answer is affirmative. During competition at t...

The Sites of Future International Swimming Championships; China Will Be Busy The Commonwealth Games will jumpstart what should be a stellar summer of swimming later this week, with that competition being followed by the European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships next month. Meanwhile, the ...

Commonwealth Games: Amalie Smith Eyes Senior Debut After Double European Junior Gold Fresh from securing double gold in continental junior waters, Amalie Smith will make her senior debut at the Commonwealth Games before continuing her summer journey at the European Championships in Paris. The 16-yea...

Max Litchfield has had a career spanning three Olympics and five World Championships but Glasgow 2026 will mark only his second Commonwealth Games, 12 years after his senior debut at the same Tollcross pool that hosts this year’s event. Litchfield made his senior bow at Glasgow 2014 representing Tea...

Backstroke Queen Kaylee McKeown Reveals She Has Endometriosis; Juggling Life and Goals for 2028 and 2032 A week after backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs with glandular fever, Australia’s five-time Olympic gold medallist opened up about life outsi....