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Virginia Lands First 2028 Verbal Pledge From Versatile Shelby Hutchinson NEW COMMIT: The University of Virginia has kickstarted its Class of 2032 recruiting with a verbal commitment from Shelby Hutchinson of Haddon Township, N.J. A Nationals qualifier, Hutchinson is among the top recruits in her cla...

Catherine Breed stepped into the Pacific Ocean at the Oregon-California border on July 1. End goal: Mexico. Breed is in the middle of a 900-mile "Swim California," an open water adventure spanning the entire coast of California. She is swimming in stages and has done more than 500 miles of the swim ...

Asian Games Preview: South Korea, China Could Threaten Seven-Minute Barrier in 800 Freestyle Relay Great Britain has accomplished the feat on four occasions. So has the United States. Otherwise, only Russia has broken the seven-minute barrier in the 800-meter freestyle relay, doing so once. At the u...

Retired Olympic Gold Medalist Tatjana Smith Returns for Short-Course Champs Retired South African Olympic gold medalist Tatjana Smith is returning to the water for this month’s South African Short-Course Championships. Smith, who also competed under her maiden name Tatjana Schoenmaker early in her c...

Lani Pallister And Sam Short Headline Australian Short Course Championships Entries Australia’s two most successful swimmers from 2026, Lani Pallister and Sam Short, will headline the entries for this year’s Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney, which is devoid of a host of other big nam....

Lehigh University Men's Program Suspended for Hazing Allegations; Investigation Underway Lehigh University has suspended all activities related to its men's swimming and diving program due to hazing allegations, according to a report by SwimSwam. The suspension took effect on September 15 and the un...

Army West Point Lands First 2028 Verbal From IMer Mia Jones NEW COMMIT: The United States Military Academy at West Point has secured its first verbal commitment for the 2028-29 season and beyond from Mia Jones of Lexington, Ky. Jones is a Junior National qualifier who excels in butterfly, breaststro...

SEC Championships Format Moves to Seven Days The Southeastern Conference has (SEC) established a scheduling format for the 2027 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships, which will take place Feb. 14-20, 2027, at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. All sessions of the 2027 SEC ...

Sprinter Lizzy Johnson Gives In-State FSU Seminoles First 2028 Verbal Commitment NEW COMMIT: Florida State University has earned its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from in-state standout Lizzy Johnson of Windermere, Fla. Johnson is a Junior National qualifier who excels in sprint frees...

The Protect College Sports Act is headed toward a vote. The act, a bill led by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), revolves around costs to keep college sports growing, and the burden it has become on the institutions. During this latest rise in costs the pas...

Poolside Passport: Playing the Violin and Driving an Original Car with Kasia Wasick Already a five-time Olympian, Poland's Kasia Wasick isn't slowing down. Over the summer, the 34-year-old sprint star captured the gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the European Championships, clocking a nationa...

Pan Zhanle Trying to Reclaim 100 Freestyle Dominance at Asian Games Two years ago, Pan Zhanle was the envy of the sprinting world. Days before his 20th birthday, Pan unleashed in the Olympic final of the men's 100 freestyle, dominating the field by more than a second and shattering the world record....

Jack Bauerle, Russell Mark Headline ASCA Eastern States Clinic’s 50th Anniversary The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) will celebrate a major milestone this fall when the 50th Annual Eastern States Swim Clinic brings coaches together October 16–18 at the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia–King of...

Seven swimmers have been pre-nominated for the Sweden team for the World Short-Course Championships in Beijing in December. Sara Junevik, Victor Johansson and Robin Hanson are among the swimmers put forward for the event which runs from 1-6 December in the Chinese capital. The selection was based on...

USA Swimming Announces Dates for 2028 Olympic Trials in Indianapolis USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced the 2028 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming will take place June 9-17, 2028, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The nine-....

Asian Games Preview: Tang Qianting Targeting Longstanding World Record in 100 Breaststroke The world record in the women's 100-meter breaststroke is nearly a decade old, held by Lilly King since the 2017 World Championships. In Budapest, King ripped a performance of 1:04.13, and no one has come with...

After Golden Summer, McKenzie Siroky Entering Fall With Opportunities to Continue Momentum Perhaps no American woman put together a better summer season than McKenzie Siroky. The 21-year-old Division I ice hockey commit-turned-standout breaststroker qualified for her first World Championships team i...

Georgia Bulldogs Land 2028 Verbal From SwimMAC Carolina's Eli Sweet NEW COMMIT: The University of Georgia has scored its second public verbal commitment for Fall 2028, this time from Eli Sweet of Belmont, North Carolina. Sweet, one of the top recruits in the class, is a versatile Nationals qualifier...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter & Faster Swim Camps have announced the WINNERS FORNAGE GROUP COACH OF THE YEAR for small, medium, large and extra-large teams. The recognition is based on athletes ages 10-14, using the total number of athletes achieving AAA and AAAA+ durin...

Men's 100 Freestyle Short Course World Record Should Fall This Winter An October 2021 World Cup in Kazan, Russia, played host to Australian sprinter Kyle Chalmers as he sought the first world record of his already-accomplished career. Chalmers had narrowly missed the world mark in the short course 1...