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Marshall Adds Nicole McConnell to Rebuilt Staff Marshall University on Wednesday hired Nicole McConnell as an associate head coach, joining the staff of head coach Phoebe Campbell. McConnell was most recently an assistant coach at Penn State. She previously spent four seasons as an assistant coach a...

Recent NC State Graduate Kyle Ponsler Starts Coaching Career at Northern Colorado Recent NC State graduate Kyle Ponsler was hired last week as an assistant coach at Northern Colorado. Ponsler wrapped up a distinguished swimming career in Raleigh in the spring, serving as the captain of the Wolfpack ...

Swimming Canada Names 44 Swimmers for Pan Pacs, 20 for Para Pan Pacs Swimming Canada has named a 44-swimmer roster for this summer’s Pan Pacific Championships, after the conclusion of Bell Canadian Trials. Summer McIntosh and Taylor Ruck will lead the 20 women and 22 men at the August meet in Irvine...

European Juniors, Day 4 Finals: Czech Republic's Jan Foltyn Mines Gold in 50 Freestyle The European Junior Championships have moved into their back half in Munich, with the Day Four finals featuring eight medals races on Friday night. The boys' 200 breaststroke will feature Turkiye's Doruk Yogurtcuo...

A Half-Century Later, Some of Swimming's Leading Women Chasing Down Legend of Mark Spitz On September 4, 1972, Mark Spitz exited the pool for the final time at the Olympic Games in Munich. He had just handled the butterfly leg of the United States' 400-meter medley relay, which prevailed behind a wo...

European Juniors, Day 4 Prelims: Vivien Jackl Navigates 200 Fly & 800 Free Double Results Day 1 Prelims Wrap Day 1 Finals Wrap Day 2 Prelims Wrap Day 2 Finals Wrap Day 3 Prelims Wrap Day 4 Finals Wrap Vivien Jackl returned to the Munich pool the morning after winning 1500 free silver for a double ti...

Can Ahmed Jaouadi, Sam Short and Bobby Finke Lead Assault on Vaunted 800 Freestyle World Record? For almost 17 years, the world record in the men’s 800 freestyle has stood as an impossible challenge for the world’s best distance swimmers. China’s Zhang Lin achieved the mark of 7:32.12 at the 2009 Wo...

Plan vs. Strategy: The Ways to Approach the 200 Butterfly Ah, the butterfly. It is routinely acknowledged as a "power" stroke, and the 200 distance is where the rubber meets the road. Butterfly may be the event where there is the least amount of crossover by distance. What I mean by this, is that yo...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 5: Taylor Ruck Finishes 5-for-5 Trials It’s been a banner week for Taylor Ruck. She finished it off on Thursday night with her fifth win in as many events, going 25.93 in the women’s 50 butterfly to pick up the win. All the action from the final night of trials in Montrea...

Is Commonwealth Games Door Now Open for Mollie O’Callaghan To Replace Kaylee McKeown in 100 Backstroke? How do you fill the shoes of Kaylee McKeown? The loss of the world’s premier backstroker from this year’s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs with glandular fever leaves a huge hole in the Australian....

Australian Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown Withdraws from Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific Championships Australian Olympic gold medalist Kaylee McKeown has medically withdrawn from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Championships. McKeown, who turns 25 on Wednesday, confirmed to...

European Juniors, Day 3 Finals: Theodora Taylor Speeds to 50 Freestyle Crown Through two sessions of finals at the European Junior Championships in Munich, the Neutral Athletes (Russia) have been impressive with a pair of world junior records. Following a WJR in the boys' 400 freestyle relay on the ...

College Visit Guide for Swimmers | Official & Unofficial A visit is one of the most important steps in the college swimming recruiting process. Visits allow swimmers to see the facilities, campus resources, meet potential future teammates and coaches, assess team culture, and get a feel for campus l...

B Finals Back: Why NCAA Swimming Dumped Consols for 2026, Reinstated Them for 2027 For the first time, last season's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships did not include consolation finals. Athletes earned points for their teams based on their ninth through 16th-place finishes in prelims. The resu...

European Juniors, Day 3 Prelims: Luca Hoek Rattles Spanish 50 Free Record Results Day 1 prelims wrap Day 1 finals wrap Day 2 prelims wrap Day 2 finals wrap Luca Hoek was within touching distance of his Spanish 50 free record as he posted the top time in prelims on day three of the European Junior Ch...

Dame Sarah Storey Retires as Great Britain's Most Decorated Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey has retired after a career in which she won five Paralympic golds in the pool and a further 14 titles in cycling to leave the sporting arena as Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian. Storey has decided to...

Penny Taylor Honored with Prestigious Max Ritter Award Carol Jane "Penny" Pence Taylor has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Max Ritter Award, annually presented by United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) to an individual or nation that has contributed the most to the advancement of understandi...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 4: Taylor Ruck Gets Fourth Win, Ella Jansen Wins Third The absence of big names from Bell Canadian Trials has been to the advantage of others at Bell Canadian Trials. Enter Taylor Ruck and Ella Jansen. Ruck won the women’s 50 freestyle for her fourth win in as many nights...

Mary-Sophie Harvey has pulled out of the 200 IM final at the Bell Canadian Trials. The Olympian announced her decision on social media. "Unfortunately, I've had to withdraw from tonight's 200 IM final," Mary-Sophie Harvey wrote on Instagram. "I've been dealing with some health issues since the start...

European Juniors, Day 2 Finals: Neutral Athletes Set Another WJR In Mixed Freestyle Relay Results Day 1 prelims wrap Day 1 finals wrap Day 2 prelims wrap The second night of the European Junior Championships in Munich ended with another world junior record by a neutral athletes relay squad in the mi...