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Pan Pacific Championships Will Be Light on Reigning Gold Medalists When the Pan Pacific Championships are held in Southern California in August, the international competition will feature only a handful of reigning titlists. Because the Covid-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2022 edition, ...

USA Swimming Announces Athletes Chosen for Zone Select Camps (Link to Roster) USA Swimming today announced the names of the 120 athletes selected for the 2026 Zone Select Camps. To optimize opportunities for athletes, the two camps will each select athletes from two combined zones. One camp will hos...

USA Water Polo Announces Men's Seven-Match Summer Series USA Water Polo on Thursday announced a set of seven matches in California this season that serve to honor retiring Olympians. The U.S. will play one match with China, then three-match series vs. Montenegro and Italy. All matches are available ...

Indiana Hires Dana Grindall As Assistant Coach Indiana on Friday hired Dana Grindall as an assistant coach and director of on-campus recruiting. Grindall joins the staff of head coach Ray Looze after three seasons as an assistant coach at Yale. "We are excited to welcome Dana to Indiana swimming," L...

Stanford, Cal, Louisville Bring CSL Up to 10 Teams for First Season Stanford, Cal and Louisville this week announced their participation in the inaugural season of the College Swimming League. The CSL is up to 10 of the 12 teams it is anticipating for its inaugural season in 2026-27. The teams will ...

IOC Prez Kirsty Coventry Clarifies Comments About Athlete Pay; Olympians Continue to Speak Out International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry has taken to social media to attempt to stem the backlash she has received in recent days following comments about athlete pay. In an intervi...

McKenzie Siroky Leads Strong Day for Team USA at Mare Nostrum Stop in Barcelona Following a dominant showing in the 50-meter breaststroke at the Monaco leg of the Mare Nostrum Series, the United States' McKenzie Siroky has now earned back-to-back triumphs in the 100 breaststroke during the tour, her...

Encore! Marrit Steenbergen Goes Sub-52 for Second Time in a Week in 100 Freestyle It's been quite the Mare Nostrum Series for Dutch star Marrit Steenbergen, who opened the tour in Monaco with a national record of 52.13 in the 100-meter freestyle. From there, the 26-year-old moved to the second leg i...

Mare Nostrum Series to Wrap Up in Barcelona; Duncan Scott Scheduled to Join Fray The final leg of this year's Mare Nostrum Series will take place this weekend in Barcelona, with eyes focused on the Netherlands' Marrit Steenbergen. The Dutchwoman is coming off a performance of 51.86 at the Canet stop...

World Aquatics to Test 10-Lane System and Wildcard Bids for World Short Course Championships World Aquatics, the global governing body for aquatic sports, has announced it will test a pair of new concepts connected to the 2026 World Short Course Championships in Beijing. The first trial will be the ...

Britain's Matt Richards Fires Back at IOC President Comments About Payment Days after Kirsty Coventry, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), commented that she doesn't "believe in paying athletes," Olympians continue to fire back against the sentiment. In a post on his LinkedIn...

Passages: Rob Schumacher, Longtime Arizona and Olympic Photographer, Age 62 One of the top sports photographers in the United States passed away recently. Rob Schumacher, who worked for the Arizona Republic and the USA TODAY network of papers, died on Sunday, May 17 at age 62. The cause of death was...

Ryan Erisman Makes Statement With World-Class Distance Times in London One year ago, Ryan Erisman clobbered his best times at U.S. Nationals to nearly put himself on the World Championships team. In the 400 freestyle final, the teenager sat in fifth place throughout before charging down the stretch,...

Tarnished Gold: How the Success of Kristin Otto Was Smoke and Mirrors With the Enhanced Games recently concluded, it revealing nothing of what a true athlete can achieve, we visit the vault to explore the story of East Germany's Kristin Otto, whose success arrived under dark clouds. When Kristin Ott...

Siobhan Haughey Sets Mare Nostrum Record En-Route To Golden Double In Canet Results Day 1 report Siobhan Haughey set a Mare Nostrum 200 free record en-route to a golden double on day two of the Canet stop of the series. First up for the four-time Olympic medallist was the 50 free which she took in 2...

Texas A&M Director of Swimming & Diving Blaire Anderson has added 2020 Olympian and two-time Aggie Heart Award winner Munzy Kabbara to her staff as External Relations & Recruiting Assistant. In this role, Kabbara, who finished his standout collegiate swimming career earlier this year, supports exte....

How Maryland’s Rip Current Sports Caught the Attention of iHeart Media Maryland-based Rip Current Sports and its founder, Jose-Luis Gallagher, were recently featured on iHeart Media’s Maryland Business Spotlight. Gallagher’s interview was also highlighted by Reach for the Wall, a nonprofit swimming ...

POLL: Who is the Biggest Omission from Team USA for This Summer's Pan Pacific Championships? The United States' selection procedures for this summer's Pan Pacific Championships hinged on several meets from last year, an approach that has been used by USA Swimming in the past. The competitions that c...

Marrit Steenbergen Scares World Record in 100 Freestyle at Canet Stop of Mare Nostrum Series Just two days after Anna Moesch set an American record in the 100-meter freestyle to become the No. 2 performer in history, the Netherlands' Marrit Steenbergen joined the 51-second club by blasting a mark of...

Mikayla Tan Could Soon Become Breaststroke Force for Singapore A pair of victories at this weekend's Pro Swim Series in Sacramento, Calif., represented the most significant career accomplishments thus far for Mikayla Tan. The San Ramon Valley swimmer topped the 200 breaststroke Friday in 2:26.35, ca...