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UCLA Hires James Robinson-O’Brien as Women’s Water Polo Head Coach UCLA on Tuesday announced the hiring of James Robinson-O’Brien as the head coach of its women’s water polo team. Monday, UCLA had publicized two additions to the men’s water polo coaching staff. That is the staff of head coach Adam W...

Mythical World Championships: Top Women's Performances from Recent Major Meets Over the past several weeks, most of the world's top swimmers have raced in their main long course competition for 2026. The Commonwealth Games came first in Glasgow, Scotland, before the European Championships in Paris a...

Junior Pan Pacs, Night Two Finals: Raito Numata Blazes to Title in 400 IM Japan's firepower in the 400-meter individual medley is impressive, led by reigning Olympic silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita, and it got even better on the second night of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Vancouver. ...

Pool and aquatics industry professional and lifelong swimmer Natalie Hood of the The Grit Game is taking her passion for the water beyond the pool this fall, tackling three open-water endurance races in support of Every Child A Swimmer (ECAS), an organization dedicated to providing children with acc...

The St Peters Western Machine Shined at Summer Champs; Dean Boxall Overseeing a Juggernaut The Pan Pacific Championships were over for less than an hour and Dean Boxall sat alone in the stands of the William Woollett Aquatics Center. The Australian coach - who oversees the high-powered program at St...

Watch 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Highlights & LIVE Streaming The next generation of international swimming stars are racing this week at the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, and you can watch the action live from Vancouver. Competition runs Aug. 17-20 at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Va...

Rich Burns Recognized with USMS' Ransom Arthur Award; Honored for Decades of Service By Daniel Paulling Rich Burns couldn’t figure out what was happening. Several of his teammates in the 1980s would disappear for a few days every September and come back talking about rule changes and national champ....

‘Chef’s Kiss’ Swims from Skyler Smith Vault Late Bloomer Up World Rankings Skyler Smith admits that she wears her heart on her sleeve. Around the fourth “super” of her interview Friday morning at the Woollett Aquatic Center, that explanation became redundant. Smith was stoked. She had just set the s...

Could Australia Take Down Legendary World Record in Men's 400 Freestyle Relay Before United States? Thanks to the heroics of Kyle Chalmers, Australia captured world titles in the men's 400 freestyle relay in 2023 and 2025, both in upset fashion. On both occasions, Australia had never led before Chal...

Hungarian Hubert Kos Tracks Down One Hall of Famer; Has Another Cornered In a way, Hubert Kos played a game of tag with a pair of Hall of Famers as he raced at the just concluded European Championships in Paris. On the final day of competition, Kos tapped countryman Laszlo Cseh, eliminating the 74-t...

Passages: Phillip Whitten, Former Editor of Swimming World, Dies at 82 Phillip Whitten, the former Editor-in-Chief of Swimming World, and its sister publications, Swimming Technique and SWIM (Masters), passed away on Saturday, August 15. He was 82. Whitten was a highly respected journalist, having c...

Be Safe: The Dangers of Hypoxic Training and Risks of Shallow Water Blackout From the Archive: Because safety is always a priority in the sport, Swimming World is re-running this piece from its archive that discusses the dangers of hypoxic training and shallow-water blackout. By Kristy Kinzer, Swimm...

Saint Mary’s Water Polo Era Begins August 28 at Triton Invitational; Gaels Set for Historic Inaugural 2026 Season Saint Mary’s College is days away from making water polo history. After months of recruiting, roster building and preparation under head coach James Lathrop, the Gaels have officially en...

Junior Pan Pacs, Night One Finals: Luka Mijatovic Breaks NAG in 800 Freestyle; Just Misses Phelps Mark in 200 Free The United States' Luka Mijatovic started his second appearance at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in style, as the University of Texas recruit defended his title in the 200-meter ...

College Swimming League Announces Sites for Inaugural Season The College Swimming League, which will debut this fall with some of the country's top programs participating, has announced the venues for this year's meets. The schedule will get underway on September 24 and 25 at the FMC Natatorium in W...

United States Swimmers and Coaches Not Sweating Imperfect Pan Pacs No international swim team selected one year in advance will be perfect. Inevitably, swimmers left off the team will drop massive swaths of time during the gap while others will struggle to replicate their form 12 months down the lin...

Guest Editorial: The Author's System of Sprint Swimming Biomechanics (Part I - Introduction) By Serhii Lysobei  Swimming World periodically will run guest editorials on its website that are intended to enhance the readership's appreciation or understanding of the sport. Today, we run the the first i...

Luka Mijatovic Could Go on Record Blitz at Junior Pan Pacific Championships Two years ago, Luka Mijatovic got his first taste of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, winning three titles when the competition was held in the Australian capital of Canberra. Aside from claiming gold medals in the 200-...

The 2026 European Aquatics and Pan Pacific Championships concluded with Great Britain and USA leading their respective gold-medal counts, while Italy and USA captured the most total medals overall.Great Britain finished atop the European standings with eight gold medals. Italy and Germany each won s...

Great Britain Head Coach Steve Tigg On "Incredibly Positive" Table-Topping Campaign At European Championships Great Britain head coach Steve Tigg described as “incredibly positive” the team’s performance at the European Championships where a final flourish saw them finish top of the medal table. Gre...