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Hector Pardoe Named Athlete Of The Year At BBC Green Sport Awards Two-time Olympian Hector Pardoe has been named Athlete of the Year at the 2025 BBC Green Sport Awards after raising funds for a marine conservation charity following an historic open water challenge. Pardoe, who won 10k bronze at the ...

Updated by Swimming World Staff. First appeared April 2019 By McKenna Ehrmantraut, Swimming World College Intern  Swimmers live in the water, but remember that while you may be immersed in it, your body still needs to stay hydrated. Every swimmer has their go-to water bottle that they swear by. It’s...

NCAP Renaming Annual Invitational in Honor of Alum and Olympic Champion Katie Ledecky Nation’s Capital Swimming announced today that "The Nation’s Capital Invitational" swim meet held annually at the University of Maryland will be renamed "The  Katie Ledecky Invitational" hosted by Nation’s Capital ...

Shin Ohashi in Position to Challenge World Junior Records at World Cup Circuit Already the fastest man in the world for 2025 in the long-course version of the 200-meter breaststroke, Japan's Shin Ohashi is ready to put his short-course skill on display. The 16-year-old phenom is part of a strong Jap...

Cal Men Will Need March Magic to Continue Incredible Streak The California men’s swim team owns the most impressive streak in college swimming history, one that must rank among the best across all sports. At each of the last 15 NCA A Championships, the team has finished first or second place in the ...

Big Names Figure to Deliver World Records at World Cup Series Later this week, many of the world's top swimmers will be in action for the first stop of the World Cup series in North America. The three events (Carmel; Westmont; Toronto) will welcome Olympic champions, world champions and world-record...

Sarah Sjostrom Returns to Water After Becoming Mother A little more than a month after giving birth to her son, Adrian, Swedish superstar Sarah Sjostrom has returned to the water. The six-time Olympic medalist announced her return through social media, with the Instagram post showing Sjostrom perfor...

Intriguing Program Awaits Leon Marchand at Sole World Cup Stop The entry lists for this week’s Carmel stop of the World Aquatics World Cup show Leon Marchand in seven events. Whether the four-time Olympic champion contests every discipline will be determined by the Frenchman and his coach, Bob Bowma...

Indiana, Florida, Arizona State Seeking Improved National Standing in 2026 Order was restored at last season’s NCAA Men’s Championships as Texas took the win and Cal claimed second, the 12th time since 2010 that those two teams have occupied the top-two spots in the standings. But Indiana was not fa...

2026 Cutino Award Watch List Released: Nation's Top Water Polo Talent Recognized USA Water Polo, The Olympic Club, and the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches recently released the 2026 Peter J. Cutino Award Watch List, highlighting 20 of the best players in collegiate water polo. The list,...

U.S. Water Polo Olympian Maggie Steffens Announces Pregnancy U.S. water polo Olympian Maggie Steffens announced that she and her husband are expecting their first child. Steffens, 32, and husband Bobby Conner made the announcement on social media. View this post on Instagram ...

Three-time Irish Olympian Shane Ryan Steps Away from Competitive Swimming Shane Ryan, an American-born three-time Olympian for Ireland, announced via social media that he is stepping away from competitive swimming. Ryan made the post on social media. View this post on Instagram ...

Claire Curzan, Thomas Heilman Among Standouts at Virginia Intrasquad The Virginia Cavaliers held an intrasquad competition Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., swimming a series of off-distance events in an Orange vs. Blue format. The Orange team came out on top 252-216 while swimmers such as Claire Cu...

World Record on Alert as Stacked Field Gathers for Women's 50 Backstroke at World Cup When the athletes are called to the starting blocks for the women’s 50-meter backstroke at this week’s World Cup stop in Carmel (Ind.), an argument can be made that the event is the deepest on the female program. T...

Virginia Tech Cruises in Dual Meet Against George Washington The Virginia Tech Hokies traveled to take on George Washington in a Saturday dual meet and had no trouble leaving with a pair of wins. The men's team came out on top 212-87 while the women's score was nearly identical, 211-89. The Hokie me...

SMU Cruises to Home Wins Against Regional Competition Southern Methodist University welcomed a variety of regional opponents to Dallas Friday as the Mustangs begin their second season competing in the ACC. The SMU women beat North Texas 193.5-99.5 while also taking victories over Incarnate Word (204...

Stanford Men Debut at Pacific Invite as UC-Santa Barbara Wins Men's and Women's Competitions The Stanford men opened their season with strong efforts during Friday's morning and evening sessions at the Pacific Invitational, winning every event contested. The Cardinal did not return Saturday, allowin...

Women's 400 Freestyle Soared in 2025 with Best Days Seemingly Ahead In the second article in a series that examines event growth in the sport of swimming, we profile the women’s 400-meter freestyle and the combination of firepower and depth currently seen in the discipline. ******************** Afte...

Ilya Kharun Lights Up Scoreboard as Arizona State Opens Season Against UNLV The first stunning times of the 2025-26 college swim season came Friday evening in Tempe, Ariz., as the Arizona State Sun Devils welcomed the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in front of a huge crowd at Mona Plummer Aquatic Ce...

NCAA Swimming Championships Overhaul and New Event Lineup Approved The NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships will look drastically different in March 2026. The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced Friday that the NCAA Swimming and Diving Oversight Committee a...