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The 2026 USA Swimming Short Course World Championship Trials continued with the Day 3 prelims from Westmont, Illinois. The events on the docket are the men's 400 IM, women's 100 backstroke, men's 50 backstroke, women's 200 IM, women's 200 free, men's 100 free, women's 50 butterfly, men's 200 fly, wo...

Alabama Lands 2028 Verbal From U.S. National Junior Teamer Denzo Senekal NEW COMMIT: The University of Alabama has scored a new verbal commitment for the 2028-29 season and beyond from Denzo Senekal of Oviedo, Fla. Senekal, who is among the top recruits in this cohort, is a member of the 2026-27 U.S...

U.S. Short Course Trials: Van Mathias Still Wondering 'Does the Van Makes the Mustache or the Mustache Makes the Van?" When Van Mathias was warming up, fans were shouting toward him. More wanted to talk about his mustache than his swimming. But since Mathias grew his mustache, he has become one of t...

Claire Weinstein wasn't sure she was going to be back to an elite swimmer for the USA Swimming Short Course World Championship trials. She wasn't sure she would ever be back to elite status. Weinstein battled viral meningitis for most of 2026. It took a complete toll both physically and mentally on ...

Kate Douglass Ties 50 Freestyle World Record to Conclude Brilliant Double Less than 20 minutes had passed since Kate Douglass won the 200 breaststroke at the U.S. Short Course World Championship Trials. Douglass was back out on pool deck, swimming in the middle of the pool in the 50 freestyle agains...

Van Mathias Breaks World Record in 100 Breaststroke By day, Van Mathias is the Director of Operations for Indiana University swimming, where the American starred during his collegiate days. The 26-year-old Mathias can also call himself a world-record holder after his exploits on Thursday night, as h...

U.S. Short Course Trials, Day Two Women's Finals: Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith Secure Beijing Spots as World Records Fall Two years after Gretchen Walsh dominated the Short Course World Championships with seven gold medals, she officially booked her ticket back to the global meet Thursday evening in ...

Katharine Berkoff Sets Her First World Record in 50 Backstroke at U.S. Short Course Trials For the past four years, Katharine Berkoff has been wracking up international medals in sprint backstroke, a stretch highlighted by a long course world title in the event last year. Now, Berkoff can claim the ...

U.S. Short Course Trials, Day Two Men's Finals: Caeleb Dressel Grabs Title in 50 Freestyle to Return to International Waters There should be plenty of record assaults during Day Two of men's competition at the United States World Short Course Championships Trials in Westmont, Illinois. Following a m...

Results Maxime Grousset and Beryl Gastaldello each captured double gold on the opening day of the French Elite Short Course Championships in Angers. Three-time world champion Grousset led the way in the 100 fly in 49.09 ahead of Clement Secchi who also went inside 50secs in 49.76 with Amaury Albar ...

Texas A&M Earns 2028 Verbal From TISCA State Champion Ellie Stanley NEW COMMIT: Maryville, Tenn. native Ellie Stanley has announced her verbal commitment to Texas A&M University beginning Fall 2028. Among the top recruits in the class, Stanley specializes in butterfly and IM. She will join Kate Bout...

U.S. World Short Course Trials, Day Two Prelims: Tyler Ray, Van Mathias Hit Records Tyler Ray and Van Mathias started the first full day of U.S. World Short Course Trials with record swims Thursday morning. Ray equaled the U.S. Open record in the men’s 100 butterfly by going 48.47 in the first event...

A Voice For the Sport: Countdown to Home Olympic Games in Full Effect There’s a selection meet this week, with some of the top names in American swimming descending on the FMC Natatorium in Suburban Chicago for the United States World Short Course Championships Trials. Invitations to December’s Worl...

BYU Starts 2028 Recruiting With Verbal From Freestyler Josh Pendleton NEW COMMIT: Brigham Young University has received its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Josh Pendleton of Columbus, Ind. Pendleton is a Junior National qualifier who excels in distance freestyle. Regarding his comm...

Junior National Finalist Michael Wang Sends 2028 Verbal to Princeton NEW COMMIT: Princeton University has recorded a new verbal commitment* for the 2028-29 season and beyond from Michael Wang of Irvine, Calif. A Summer Nationals qualifier, Wang is among the top recruits in the class who specializes ...

Butterflyer Siggy Nymo Verbally Commits to Florida for 2028 NEW COMMIT: The University of Florida has scored a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Siggy Nymo of Minneapolis, Minn. A U.S. Open qualifier, Nymo is one of the top butterflyers in this class. She will join Zona Smith, McKenzie Cory, ...

Club Wolverine's Justin Okopny to Remain In State With 2028 Verbal to Michigan NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has secured an in-state verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Justin Okopny of Northville, Mich., located about 20 miles from Ann Arbor. Okopny is a Junior National qualifier who exce...

U.S. World Short Course Trials, Day One Finals: Ryan Erisman Moves to No. 5 All-Time American in 800 Freestyle The first night of the United States World Short Course Championships Trials was brief, but Cal's Ryan Erisman provided a highlight by winning the men’s 800-meter freestyle in commanding fa...

Li Bingjie Leads Five Asian Records to Fall at Chinese Championships Li Bingjie lowered the Asian record in the women’s 1,500 freestyle as part of a record onslaught at the Chinese Championships. Zhang Yufei, Zhang Zhanshuo and Xu Jiayu added marks at the short-course meet in Beijing this week. That...

Saint Leo Reinstates Varsity Swimming Three Years After Cuts Saint Leo University this month reinstated its men’s and women’s swimming programs after axing them in the spring of 2023. The Division II program in Florida will return first as a club program in 2027-28 before returning to NCAA competiti...