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Long-Time Bucknell Head Coach Dan Schinnerer Departs for NCAP Bucknell head men’s and women’s swim coach Dan Schinnerer stepped down this week after 20 seasons in charge to take a senior coaching position at Nation’s Capital Aquatic Club. Schinnerer has been at Bucknell since 2006. He’s the longest-...

Michigan Hires Chris Vidale as Women’s Water Polo Head Coach The University of Michigan on Thursday announced the hiring of Chris Vidale to take over as head coach of the women’s water polo program. Vidale fills a role that has been open since early March when Cassie Churnside resigned. Sami Tai, wh...

Brown Hires Lauren Sullivan As Assistant Coach Brown this week hired Lauren Sullivan as an assistant coach on new head man Mitch Dalton’s staff. Sullivan spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator at the University of Arizona. "I am incredibly excited to continue...

Passages: Australian World Champion Open Water Swimmer Melissa Cunningham, 51 September 4, 1994 was Melissa Cunningham’s day to shine as this vibrant young Australian announced herself onto the marathon swimming stage – crowned the 25km World Champion in Rome. It was a stage Cunningham would conti.....

Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 3 Finals: Carles Coll Marti Claims 200 Breast The 200-stroke events at the Pro Swim Series in Sacramento this weekend are in the spotlight, with semifinals in addition to prelims. On the women’s side Friday night, that favored youth. In the men’s, it was to the advant...

University of Georgia Joins Virginia in College Swimming League The University of Georgia announced on Friday that it will join the first season of the College Swimming League. The Bulldogs are the second of 12 teams to announce their participation, joining the University of Virginia. Both the men’s...

Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 3 Prelims: Luka Mjjatovic Leads Way in 400 Free Luka Mijatovic is in a rich vein of form, the California teenager setting best times and serving notice among the senior national team set. He’ll have another chance to do that Friday night in Sacramento. Mijatovic led t...

Mare Nostrum Series Set to Open in Monaco; Jack Alexy Headlines Star-Filled Entry List The first leg of this year's Mare Nostrum series will begin this weekend (May 23-24) with competition in Monaco. The tour has been a longtime staple of the swimming calendar, annually featuring the sport's premier...

Less Than a Month Separated Luka Mijatovic From Iconic Age-Group Record When Luka Mijatovic cracked the 15-minute barrier in the 1500-meter freestyle for the first time on Wednesday night, the rising freestyle star just missed breaking one of the most iconic age-group records in the sport. The 17-ye...

Team Scotland Announces Squad of 25 for Commonwealth Games Team Scotland has announced a 25-strong squad for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Duncan Scott and Angharad Evans were preselected and will be joined by a further 23 swimmers including the likes of Archie Goodburn, Katie Shanahan and Kean...

Jan Prins' Book, Freestyle Biomechanics, a Must-Read for Coaches (Available Now! - See Link) Jan Prins, Ph.D., respected swim scientist and coach, has spent decades advocating for the integration of sport science and kinesiology into practical swim coaching. A former assistant coach with Doc Counsil...

Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 2 Finals: Torri Huske Wins Again in 100 Fly Several of the world's best swimmers were in action in their premier events Thursday evening in Sacramento, Calif., at the latest stop of USA Swimming's Pro Swim Series. Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske was racing in the 10...

Virginia Announced as First Program for Upcoming College Swimming League The College Swimming League (CSL) today announced that the University of Virginia will compete in its inaugural season as one of the league’s participating institutions. UVA joins a field of top NCAA programs in the CSL’s debut...

The USA Swimming 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Sacramento continued on Thursday, May 21. A plethora of Olympians both foreign and domestic are on the slate for a fast meet, hosted by DART Swimming. The Day 2 events are the 100 butterfly, 200 breaststroke, 50 backstroke and 400 IM. Here is a look ...

How the Furniss Brothers - Steve and Bruce - Were Robbed Of An Epic Olympic Showdown With the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal approaching, Swimming World continues its series of new and archived articles of key moments from those Games. In this installment, we look at how brot...

Every Swimming Journey is a Little Different: Focus On Your Own Path Comparison can be one of the fastest ways to lose joy in swimming.  It can happen in a single practice. You may look at your teammate in the next lane holding faster paces; you may see someone your age dropping time every meet whil...

Roos Vanotterdijk & Lucas Henveaux Among Nine-Strong Belgian Squad Headed to European Championships Nine swimmers have been selected to represent Belgian at the European Championships in Paris. Roos Vanotterdijk, Florine Gaspard and Lucas Henveaux are among the team that will compete across 21 indiv...

The Bob Bowman Medley Tree: Dominance Cannot Be Denied At last summer's World Championships in Singapore, the medalists in the men's 200-meter individual medley were quite familiar with one another. While they represented three different countries, they saw each other on a daily basis, under the wat...

Claire Weinstein Pulls out of Sacramento Pro Series After Migraine Lands Her in ER U.S. Olympian Claire Weinstein will not compete in the 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series in Sacramento this week. Weinstein pulled out of the event after experiencing a severe migraine headache that landed her in the emergency...

Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 1 Finals: Luka Mijatovic Dominates 1500 Freestyle With First Sub-15:00 Performance The USA Swimming Pro Swim Series resumed Wednesday in Sacramento, Calif., with numerous high-level swimmers competing for the first time in months. Three-time Olympian Ryan Murphy was c...