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Three Words, Three Worlds: How Coaches Describe Their Different Swim Teams Describe an entire swim team in three words. Simple enough, right? Until you try to sum up thousands of laps, exhausting practices, team traditions, and the people who make showing up to the pool worthwhile. When I asked coac...

Erisman Siblings Positioned to Reach Short Course Worlds Together Over the past few months, Ryan Erisman has emerged as one of the country's best in the mid-distance and distance freestyle events. Erisman exceled while representing the United States in London in late May, and then he captured U.S. n...

Marrit Steenbergen and Sean Niewold are among 15 swimmers selected for the Netherlands team for the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Beijing in December. Ten women and five men will compete in China from 1-6 December with their selections based on performances at the Dutch Qualifiers in ...

Iowa State Grabs First 2028 Verbal From NCSA Finalist Avery Antoniewski NEW COMMIT: Iowa State University has received its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Avery Antoniewski of Big Bend, Wisc. Antoniewski is a Junior National qualifier who excels in backstroke. Regarding her commitm...

Stellar Lineup Set for ASCA Pacific Swim Coaches Clinic; Registration Link Included The American Swimming Coaches Association is bringing an outstanding lineup of coaching talent to California wine country for the 2027 ASCA Pacific Swim Coaches Clinic, January 8–10 at the Napa Valley Marriott in Nap...

YMCA National Champion Meghan Ayres Lends 2028 Verbal to UNC Tar Heels NEW COMMIT: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has landed a big verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Crozet, Va. native Meghan Ayres. Ayres is a Junior National qualifier who excels in distance freestyle, IM and bre....

Jada Duncan, Anna Wetteland Lead UCLA to Big Ten Tri Sweep Jada Duncan and Anna Wetteland won one individual race and two relays each as UCLA captured a Big Ten tri-meet against Purdue and Iowa. The Bruins claimed wins of 180-120 over Iowa and 162.5-137.5 over Purdue at the meet Friday in Iowa City....

Sheldrick Sisters From Rival States Among 25 Australians to Embark On The 57th Tokyo Invitational Swim Meet While the elite Dolphins are preparing for December’s World Short Course Championships, 25 emerging Australian swimmers – 16 from Queensland and nine from Western Australia will contest the 5....

Pool Records from Jakub Poliacik, Levente Balogh Help Virginia Tech Split with Duke Jakub Poliacik and Levente Balogh set pool records as Virginia Tech split a dual meet with Duke on Saturday. The 11th-ranked Virginia Tech men claimed a 206-94 win over the Blue Devils in Durham, while the No. 21 Duk...

Cancer Immunotherapy Funded by Swim Across America Gains FDA Approval An immunotherapy treatment for rectal cancer whose early-stage research was funded by Swim Across America has received accelerated approval from the FDA. The drug – Jemperli (dostarlimab) – for rectal cancer was developed in a res...

Merrimack College to Add Men’s Swimming Team Merrimack College announced last week that it is adding men’s swimming to its athletic offerings in 2027-28. Men’s swimming was one of four squads added by the Division I college in Massachusetts as part of an athletics restructuring last week. It already...

FSU Seminoles Snag 2028 Verbal From CIF State Finalist Rosa Houborg NEW COMMIT: Junior National qualifier Rosa Houborg of San Ramon, Calif. has announced her verbal commitment to Florida State University beginning in Fall 2028. Houborg is a talented mid-distance freestyler and IMer. She will join Li...

Poolside Passport: Lani Pallister Loves Harry Potter; But Avocado Can Go Extinct Much is rightfully made about the richness of Australian distance freestyle, the Land from Down Under regularly producing some of the greats in the sport. On the women's side, Lani Pallister is Australia's latest supers...

Ilya Kharun Ready to Seize Opportunity in First U.S. Selection Meet Four years ago, Ilya Kharun was slated to represent the United States at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, only to lose his spot on the team because he was not an American citizen. Kharun had grown up in Las Vegas but was born i...

Hofstra University Announces Addition of Men's and Women's Swimming At a time when swimming and diving programs are too often in jeopardy, positive news comes out of the Northeast with the announcement that Hofstra University will add men's and women's swimming and diving, beginning with the 2027-28...

All the Links to Follow the U.S. World Short Course Championships Trials The United States squad for the World Short Course Championships will be determined this week when USA Swimming holds its selection meet at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont, Illinois. The U.S. World Short Course Champs Trials wil...

The Importance of Showing Up: Why Being There Matters More Than You Think  In swimming, we spend a lot of time talking about hard work, dedication, and consistency. We talk about the importance of getting to practice on time, putting in the yards, and doing everything we can to get a fraction of a s...

Expect a Marrit Steenbergen Medal Rush at Short Course Worlds In June, Marrit Steenbergen broke the first world record of her career, and it was a significant one. A 100 freestyle time of 51.68 knocked off the mark held by Sarah Sjostrom for nine years, going back to the 2017 World Championships. Th...

Michigan Garners 2028 Verbal Pledge From Butterflyer Spencer Greene  NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has procured a new verbal commitment for the 2028-29 season and beyond from Spencer Greene out of Englewood, Colo. Greene is a Junior National qualifier who specializes in butterfly. He will j...

Kate McKinnon, Junior Pan Pacs 50 Free Runnerup, Chooses Tennessee for 2028 NEW COMMIT: The University of Tennessee has secured a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from standout sprinter Kate McKinnon of Centennial, Colo. McKinnon is a member of the 2026-27 U.S. National Junior Team in the 50 and ...