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Rio Olympics 50 Free Champion Pernille Blume Expecting First Child Pernille Blume is expecting her first child 10 years after winning the 50 free at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Dane revealed the happy news on social media, saying: "Ten years ago I reached a big milestone in my life in b...

Backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown has tonight swum into a realm where only she and US rival Regan Smith have ventured as she chased her first personal in three years - her own world record - on night four of the Australian Trials at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. And the unstoppable McKeow....

Is the Australian Men's 800 Freestyle Relay a Contender for Gold Medals in 2026? The 2026 Australian Trials saw a very exciting final in the men's 200 freestyle. Sam Short wound up taking the gold in a time of 1:45.16, with Kai Taylor not far behind at 1:45.30. The top five in the race were all unde...

Hubert Kos Among Top 200 Backstroke/200 Butterfly Performers This Century (See List) During last weekend's Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite, Hungarian Hubert Kos lowered his personal best in the 200-meter butterfly to 1:55.11. That performance chopped nearly a second off his prior record, a 1:56.01 fr...

Alabama Hires Ryan Purdy as Assistant Coach Alabama on Tuesday announced the addition of Ryan Purdy to the swimming and diving coaching staff. Purdy will serve as an assistant coach, replacing Michael White, who last week was hired by Arizona State. Prudy arrives on the staff of head coach Margo Gee...

Georgia Tech to Reprise Dual Meet Tournament for Second Season Georgia Tech on Tuesday announced that it will return its dual meet tournament for a second season, hosting seven other teams. Auburn, Florida State, Kentucky, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Penn State, and George Washington will join the Yellow...

Army Hires Scott Thacker as Director of Swimming and Diving Army on Monday hired Scott Thacker as its director of men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Thacker, who was previously at Virginia Military Institute, becomes the 11th head coach in Army men’s history and eighth for the women’s program. H...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced the 2025 Top 50 Age Group Teams for extra-large, large, medium and small size teams.  Working collaboratively with USA Swimming, who provided the data, ASCA updated the criteria this year to recognize more teams and more coaches who are ...

Aussie Trials, Night 3, Finals: Fearless Sam Short Pops 800 Freestyle Textile Suit World Record of 7:36.73 LIVE RESULTS A fearless and confident Sam Short has set a new 800m freestyle textile suit world record of 7:36.73 in the bravest swim of his career in Sydney tonight. Short snuck under the t...

Aussie Trials, Night 3 Finals: Mollie O’Callaghan’s 1:52.86 Shakes The Life Out Of the Women’s 200m Freestyle World Record Australia’s Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan has shaken the life out of the women’s 200m freestyle world record in Sydney tonight – Mollie O just missing the mark set when c....

Can Sienna Toohey Help Australia Contend in Women's Medley Relay? Over the last decade, the United States has dominated the women's 400 medley relay. The streak started at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as the team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel stormed to gold. A...

Commentary: Growing Pains for College Club Swimming - Are Former NCAA Swimmers the Cause, or the Scapegoat? By David Chen During the 2026 TYR College Club Swimming National Championship, controversy arose about former varsity swimmers competing on behalf of Cal Poly Swim Club and UNC (Chapel Hill) C...

Aussie Selection Trials, Day 3, Heats: Queensland Young Gun Jamie Jack Upstages Cam McEvoy, Grabs Lane Four For Tonight’s 50m Freestyle Final   LIVE RESULTS Emerging Queensland sprinter Jamie Jack has upstaged world record holder Cam McEvoy in the heats of the men’s 50m freestyle on day three of t.....

Gretchen Walsh, Katie Ledecky Headline Star-Filled Field for Indy Stop of Pro Series (Psych Sheets) The next stop of the USA Swimming TYR Pro Series is just a week away, with competition scheduld for June 17-20 at the famed Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis. According to the psych sheets...

Washington State Earns 2027 Verbal From Oregon 6A State Champ Tessa Aberle NEW COMMIT: Washington State University has secured a verbal commitment for Fall 2027 from Tessa Aberle of Clackamas, Oregon. Aberle is a Futures qualifier who excels in sprint freestyle and backstroke. Regarding her commitme...

Egor Kornev Goes Fifth All-Time in 50 Free With 21.06 Blast in Kazan Results Egor Kornev went fifth all-time in the 50 free with a sizzling 21.06 at the Russian Championships in Kazan. Kornev delivered his show of speed a day after posting 21.12 in the semis to go sixth in the all-time rankings in a...

Aussie Selection Trials, Day 2, Finals: Teenage Stars Sienna Toohey and Henry Allan Emerge As The New Faces Of Australian Swimming Two teenage stars came of age on night two of the Australian Trials and Australian Championships Meet in Sydney – with 17-year-old regional champions Sienna Toohey and ....

FSU Gains 2027 Verbal From Juniors West Bronze Medalist Nicolas Lee NEW COMMIT: Florida State University has picked up a new verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Nicholas Lee of Hillsboro, Oregon. Lee is a Junior National qualifier who excels in backstroke, freestyle and IM. He w...

Aussie Selection Trials, Day 2, Finals: Kaylee McKeown Digs Deep To Keep Unbeaten Backstroke Record Intact  LIVE RESULTS Australia’s Olympic backstroking queen Kaylee McKeown showed why she remains unstoppable in Sydney tonight, keeping her seven-year unbeaten record in major finals intact, despit.....

With Bronte Campbell Now Retired, Looking Back on Two Decades of Campbell Sisters Dominating Sprint Freestyle The chapter of the Campbell sisters reigning in the sprint freestyle events has officially closed. Bronte Campbell announced her retirement from swimming just before the start of this year's...