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A Look at the ASCA World Clinic Speakers and Session Topics The 2026 ASCA World Clinic is scheduled for September 9-12 in Orlando, and registration at the reduced rate is available through July 30. The annual clinic will feature presentations from some of the top coaches in the world, with the topic...

Swimming World Accepting Applications For 2026-27 School-Year Internship Program Become a Journalism or Social Media Intern Build Your Resume and Gain Valuable Skills! Swimming World Magazine, as part of a longstanding tradition, is seeking a gifted group of writers and social-media content creators...

Dual Olympian Tommy Neill The Latest Withdrawal From Australia’s Commonwealth Games Swim Team For Glasgow. Australia’s Commonwealth Games swim team for Glasgow has been dealt another blow with the withdrawal of Queensland’s dual Olympian Tommy Neill with a hand injury on the eve of the team’s depar....

What Can We Expect from Caeleb Dressel at U.S. Nationals? Caeleb Dressel is back searching for a return to the top. The nine-time Olympic gold medalist has been consistently racing since the U.S. Open in December. He will look to have his best meet at the U.S. Nationals in Irvine, Calif., to close o...

Commonwealth Games: Lauren Cox Talks 2022 Catalyst & Rues Kaylee McKeown Absence The 2022 Commonwealth Games served as a real eye-opener for Lauren Cox and offered her a glimpse of what she could achieve on the international stage. Cox made her senior debut at the Games in Birmingham where she led o...

Go for a Swim for These 6 Mental Health Benefits By Proteeti Sinha Researchers have found that swimming promotes both physical and mental well-being; this isn't news to anyone who regularly frequents the pool deck. But there are additional benefits that you may not be aware of that extend beyond the...

A Reminder of the Team USA Swimmers for the Pan Pacific Championships (Full Roster) The Pan Pacific Championships are less than a month from unfolding, which means final preparations are underway for the athletes headed to Southern California and the William Woollett Aquatic Center. Several members ...

Taylor Ruck Soaks in 'On Fire' Canadian Trials; Aims for Another Big Pan Pacs A few years ago, Taylor Ruck was at the top of her game, swimming to NCAA championships, making another Olympic team for Canada and throwing down her best race ever at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships. But since graduati...

Long-Form Feature: The Rivalry of Alexander Popov vs. Gary Hall Jr.; 30th Anniversary of Atlanta 1996 To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Swimming World examines - through a long-form feature - the sensational and intense rivalry between sprint legends Gary Ha...

Shaine Casas Cruises to Title in 200 IM at Austin Sectionals; Regan Smith Pads Victory Count Less than a month out from the Pan Pacific Championships, Shaine Casas is looking good on his way to Southern California. Coming off a sub-51 performance in the 100-meter butterfly the previous night, Casas ...

NISCA Releases High School All-America Lists for 2025-26 Season The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) has released its All-America lists for the 2025-26 high school season. NISCA recognizes the top-100 times in each event contested at the high school level, following the subm...

UC San Diego Hires Matt Martinez, Molly Spano as Assistant Coaches UC San Diego on Friday announced the hiring of Matt Martinez and Molly Spano as assistant coaches. Martinez will also hold the title of recruiting coordinator on head coach Marko Djordjevic’s staff. Martinez’s experience has taken hi...

Vanderbilt Adds Jenn Cahill, Emma Moll to Coaching Staff Vanderbilt on Friday announced the addition of Jenn Cahill and Emma Moll as assistant coaches. Cahill had previously coached under Jeremy Organ at Vandy before leaving coaching for four years. She will serve as an assistant coach and recruitin...

Duncan Scott has had a mural painted in his honour and a stand named after him at Tollcross International Swimming Centre named ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Scott, who has won three golds among 13 Commonwealth medals since his 2014 debut for Team Scotland, is featured in one of seven ...

Tom Dean Recalls Historic Relay Tussle With Kyle Chalmers Amid Countdown To Commonwealth Games Tom Dean made history at Birmingham 2022 when he held off the challenge of Kyle Chalmers on the anchor leg of the men’s medley relay to become the first home nations athlete to win seven medals in a single...

Commonwealth Games, Glasgow: Cam McEvoy Launches 50m Freestyle World Record Attack With Personal Best Training Time in German Camp The world’s fastest human Cam McEvoy is on track to launch another full-scale attack on his 50-meter freestyle world record when the 23rd Commonwealth Games kicks off n....

Regan Smith Cruises to Victory in 200 Backstroke at Austin Sectionals Night Three of the Austin Sectionals continued to be dominated by members of the University of Texas pro group. After securing first-place finishes in the 200-meter butterfly and 100 backstroke during the first two days of the mee...

Adam Wright Officially Resigns as Head Coach of UCLA Women's Water Polo Seven months after stepping away from his day-to-day role as head coach of the UCLA women's water polo, Adam Wright has officially resigned from the position. UCLA Athletics announced Wright's decision in a press release that wa...

Michael Phelps Makes MSN List of Unbreakable Sports Records for 23 Olympic Gold Medals A recent article from MSN identified 14 sports records that are deemed unbreakable, and Michael Phelps' total of 23 Olympic gold medals made the list. The Hall of Famer, who won 28 overall medals during his career...

Chasing Barriers: Hubert Kos and Pieter Coetze Targeting 1:52 Territory in 200 Backstroke At one time, the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly was deemed untouchable. It took 16-plus years for the elimination of Liu Zige's standard, but Summer McIntosh eventually vanquished the super-sui...