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Florida State Sweeps Georgia Tech in Tight Dual Meet Showdown Two of the ACC's strong swimming programs met in Atlanta at the site of this year's NCAA Championships, the McAuley Aquatic Center, and the visiting Florida State Seminoles took down the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in both the women's and...

Jake Magahey and Georgia Cruise to Wins Over South Carolina Following some impressive efforts in a pair of dual meet wins over North Carolina Friday, the Georgia Bulldogs returned to racing Saturday when they hosted the South Carolina Gamecocks. Georgia again won both meets, with scores of 167-125 o...

FINA World Cup Doha: Emma McKeon, Daiya Seto Each Win Two Events on Day Three The third day of the FINA World Cup stop in Doha saw the world's most prolific female swimmer in 2021, Australia's Emma McKeon, pick up two more victories in two of her best events, while rebounding Japanese star Daiya Set...

Today marks 11 years since the death of Fran Crippen in an open-water race in Dubai that should have never taken place due to extremely high water temperatures. October 23, 2010 changed Dick Shoulberg's life forever. It was on that day that Fran Crippen tragically lost his life at age 26 during an o...

Report: Athletes Considering Boycott of ISL Playoffs Over Missed Payments According to a report by veteran journalist Phil Lutton of the Sydney Morning Herald, athletes competing in the International Swimming League (ISL) have discussed the possibility of a playoff boycott due to unpaid wages dating...

NC State Wolfpack Swim Teams Dominates Auburn and Kentucky; Tigers Beat Wildcats The NC State Wolfpack swim teams made a statement Friday with their women and men's teams each taking two dual meet wins each in a high-profile three-way showdown against Auburn and Kentucky. The Wolfpack women, the NCA...

Duke Women, Virginia Tech Men Victorious in ACC Swimming Clash The Duke Blue Devils and Virginia Tech Hokies met in a dual meet Friday afternoon in Christiansburg, Va., as Duke made the three-hour trip north from Durham. Duke's women won 170-130 as freshman Yixuan Chang swept the 1000, 200 and 500 f...

Caeleb Dressel Announced as Recipient of AAU James E. Sullivan Award The James E. Sullivan award recognizes the top athlete in the United States in any sport, and one of this year's recipients is Caeleb Dressel. Dressel was named a winner of the award at a Friday luncheon, and then he was announced ...

Hugo Gonzalez on Fire as Cal Men Dominate Utah Cal senior Hugo Gonzalez is one of the world's most versatile swimmers, and he led his Golden Bears to a dominant win at Utah Friday afternoon. Gonzalez was second in the 200 IM at last year's NCAA championships and third in the 200 breaststroke, and wh...

Dakota Luther, Luca Urlando Sweep Butterfly Races as Georgia Beats North Carolina The Georgia Bulldogs competed in their first dual meet of the season Friday afternoon at home in Athens as Jack Bauerle's group took on Mark Gangloff's North Carolina Tar Heels, and Georgia swam away with victories in ...

THEMAGIC5 Co-Founders to Appear on ABC’s Shark Tank Rasmus Barfred and Bo Haaber, the founders of THEMAGIC5, will appear on the Oct. 29 episode of ABC’s Shark Tank to showcase their product. Barfred and Haaber’s company is billed as the first and only system for custom-fitting swim goggles. Utilizin...

Kyle Chalmers was 10 when Amaury Leveaux set the 100 free short-course world record of 44.94 at the 2008 European Short-Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. Kyle Chalmers Goes Third All-Time With 45.03  FINA World Cup results It was one of four world marks for the Frenchman at the December meet ...

Is it Time? A Couple of Reasons Why Quitting is NOT the Answer When should I quit? Does it matter anymore? I’m not getting any faster! Should I just be done? Swimming is a difficult sport. It always has been and it will continue to be far into the future. And - for many high school athletes - it tak...

Kyle Chalmers went third all-time as he blasted a shuddering 45.03 100 free at the World Cup stop in Doha. That was just 0.09secs off the world record of 44.94 held by Amaury Leveaux since 2008 amid the shiny-suit chaos and demolished the Australian mark of 45.46 set by Matt Abood in 2009. As well a...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Friday, October 22, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Who was the most impressive male swimmer during the ISL regular season? The options in this poll were Cali Condors Caeleb Dressel and Coleman Stewart,...

A Century Later, Johnny Weissmuller - Champion Ape Man - Remains An Iconic Figure It's been a century since Johnny Weissmuller won the first national title of his illustrious career, and nearly 100 years since his first world record. The legacy of the man who would become Tarzan endures. The wa...

By Jamie Kolar, Swimming World College Intern. Dara Torres once said, “Age is just a number.” In many ways she was right. Swimming is one of the few sports that you can start at any age and continue doing for the majority of your life. Through your career and as you get older, you learn different le...

NEW COMMIT: Olympic Trials qualifier Macky Hodges of Ladera Ranch, California, has given the University of Southern California their first early verbal commitment for the fall of 2023. She told Swimming World: "I am so beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at the Universi...

Retirement of Andro Buslje Continues Generational Change for Croatia Men’s Water Polo Croatia men’s water polo captain Andro Buslje has announced his international retirement, one of several key veterans to end their international careers after the Tokyo Olympics. Vice-captain Maro Jokovic and cente...

Tennessee Secures Sweep Over Louisville to Jumpstart Weekend College Action Getting a one-day jump on the rest of the country, Tennessee and Louisville battled in dual-meet action on Thursday, with the Volunteers claiming a sweep. The Tennessee men topped the Cardinals, 158-142, while the Tennessee ...