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ASCA Board of Directors Re-Elects President, Six Officers The American Swimming and Diving Coaches of America (ASCA) re-elected six officers, including the organization's president. There were two re-elected members of the ASCA Board of Directors. Tim Hill - Sharks Swimming Ian Murray - Dynamo Swi.....

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced its 2025-2026 U.S. National Team presented by Toyota. The roster is comprised of 121 swimmers from across the nation, based on results from the 2024-2025 swim season, ranging from September 1, 20...

World Aquatics has reached a settlement with a group of swimmers who filed a class action lawsuit in 2023. Olympians Tom Shields, Michael Andrew and Katinka Hosszu sued World Aquatics, then known as FINA, for anti-competitive conduct in 2023, regarding swimmers competing in the International Swimmin...

Teagan O'Dell Earns Second Swimming World Female High School Swimmer of the Year Award As a sophomore at Santa Margarita High, Teagan O'Dell was honored as the premier high school swimmer in the nation. A year later, she secured runnerup honors for the award. Now, as she begins her college career at...

In First Fall on Job, Greg Meehan Redefining Role of USA Swimming Coaches Part of the appeal for USA Swimming in hiring Greg Meehan, beyond the three national championships and slew of Olympians mentored, was his familiarity with what a coach needs. His 13 seasons at Stanford required an expansive v...

Top-20 Women's Swimmers in the World, Part 1: Standout Breaststrokers Make the Cut At the recent World Championships, swimmers competed for medals in 42 pool events, and the results clearly show the best swimmer in the world for each race. Comparing swimmers across events is a subjective task, with ...

Closing the Gap: How Long It Takes for Women's World Records to Catch Up to Men's Marks (Full Chart) Katie Ledecky. Summer McIntosh. Kaylee McKeown. There is no shortage of starpower on today's women's scene, with all-timers gracing the sport with their presence. Given this special era, a question a...

Are You Kidding? The Ridiculous Finishing Speed of the All-Time Top-Two Performances in the Men's 200 Backstroke As we await the start of the collegiate campaign and next month's World Cup action in North America, Swimming World will run a series titled, "Are You Kidding?" This mini project of short...

Maximus Williamson Repeats as Swimming World Male High School Swimmer of the Year A year ago, Swimming World recognized Keller High School's Maximus Williamson as its High School Male Swimmer of the Year. Well, the Texan finds himself in the same situation, as Williamson was the runaway choice for S...

Why Does Masters Swimming Continue to Grow? Fitness, Community and Adaptability are Key Reasons Before the sun rises each morning, hundreds of pools across the country open their doors for swimmers – but not the ones you might expect. Instead of college athletes or energetic age-group kids, these la...

A Look at Swimmer Muscles by Stroke By Bri Groves, Swimming World College Intern, in collaboration with the creator of Swim Science, Dr. G. John Mullen It’s no surprise that swimmers keep their bodies in peak shape and their commitment comes with an added benefit for fans. Not only can we watch them...

Dartmouth Hires Allison Henry as Assistant Coach Dartmouth Friday hired Allison Henry as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving staff. Henry arrives after wrapping up her college career at Virginia Tech in 2024. The Philadelphia native was an individual medley, breaststroke...

Carmel High Girls Lead Nation with Longest State-Championship Streak; Swim Programs Dominate List With the 2025-26 high school sports seasons now going strong, MaxPreps recently ran a feature on the longest active state-championship winning streaks. Of the top six streaks on the list, five were swim...

Zhang Zhanshuo Destroys World Junior Record in 400 Freestyle at Chinese Nationals A little more than a month after finishing fifth in the event at the World Championships in Singapore, China's Zhang Zhanshuo destroyed the world junior record in the 400-meter freestyle. Racing at the Chinese National...

By Chandler Brandes (From the Archive) Swimmers spend the majority of our time with our faces in the water staring at a black line lap after lap. Although we don’t get the opportunity to speak too often during practice, when we do get the chance to talk, we have a lot to say. In the rare instance wh...

Two-Time Olympic Champion Sharon van Rouwendaal Brings Curtain Down On Historic Career Sharon van Rouwendaal has announced her retirement after a career in which she became the most successful open water swimmer in Olympic history while claiming medals in the world and European long and short-course...

What Awaits Kevin Ring as New CEO of USA Swimming As he prepared to move into a new role guiding USA Swimming into an all-important home Olympics and beyond, Kevin Ring explained that the role felt like a great fit despite having no experience working in swimming. Ring told Swimming World that durin...

Todd DeSorbo Leads List of ASCA Coach of the Year Winners The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA), holding its World Clinic in Reno, has announced the names of its Coach of the Year recipients. The announcement revealed that the University of Virginia's Todd DeSorbo has been named the 2025 ...

Men’s 100 Backstroke: Pieter Coetze Leads Deepest Event in Men's Swimming For almost a decade, Ryan Murphy was an international stalwart in the men’s 100 backstroke, winning Olympic gold in 2016 and a world title six years later. He missed an international podium exactly once, by one hundredth of a ...

Hanging Up Your Goggles: The Ins and Outs of Retirement The only inevitability that comes attached with each part of life is that everything must come to an end. For a swimmer, this is no different. The number of considerations applicable to this point in a career are infinite. Some lose passion ext...