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What the Midterms Mean for the Future of the Protect College Sports Act By Alexander L. Ballard With the bill looking increasingly likely to stall in Congress, swimmers have a window to weigh in on what a new  college sports law should protect before the next draft is written.  Democrats won both ch...

Rylee Erisman Cracks World Junior Record in 100 Freestyle; Continues Sharp Upward Trajectory The final event of last week's United States Trials for the World Short Course Championships will be remembered for the world record of Kate Douglass in the 100-meter freestyle. Clocking a time of 49.64, Dou...

SMU Men Take Down TCU in Wednesday Dual Meet A pair of Lone Star State men's swimming and diving teams raced Wednesday afternoon in Dallas as Southern Methodist hosted Texas Christian. SMU came out on top comfortably by a 202-92 margin. SMU's Thad Austin, Trey Clervi, Tate Bacon and George Gonzalez ...

China's Xu Jiayu Getting Better with Age; Backstroker Continues to Fire in His 30s It's been more than a decade since Xu Jiayu claimed his first major international medals at the 2014 edition of the Asian Games. That trip to Incheon, South Korea saw Xu reach the podium in all three backstroke events...

The Big Ten Conference announced its swimming and diving weekly honors on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Here is a look at the honorees: Big Ten Men's Swimmer and Freshman of the Week Aran Bissett, Purdue Fr. – Crowborough, England  Helped Purdue win its two-day dual vs defending Horizon League champion Oakland...

Alabama Secures 2028 Verbal From Canadian Trials Finalist Elleigh Wise NEW COMMIT: The University of Alabama has received a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Canadian international Elleigh Wise of Calgary, Alberta. Wise excels in freestyle. She will join Brenley Bonez, Paige Kowal and Claire ...

Mike Brady Named Director of Aquatics at Greensboro Aquatic Center Oak View Group (OVG) and Greensboro Complex are pleased to announce the hiring of Mike Brady as Director of Aquatics at Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC). Brady brings extensive experience in aquatic facility operations, competitive s...

College Swimming League Heads into Final Weekend; Championship to Be Determined The final weekend of the inaugural College Swimming League (CSL) season is upon us, with the wildcard matchup scheduled for Thursday and the championship match slated for Friday. Competition will take place at the Indian...

How Do Top Distance Swimmers Train In The Gym? Top Coaches Reveal Their Secrets Strength training for sprinters has become a swimming phenomenon.  Sprinter Cam McEvoy's success has sparked a new wave of sprinters eager to adopt the star’s methods. Many across the swimming sphere are testing differen...

American Men's Backstroke Shows Signs of Life at Short Course Trials, But Questions Remain The United States men have struggled mightily in backstroke for the past two years, at least since Ryan Murphy won bronze in the 100-meter race in Paris for his third consecutive Olympic medal in the event. Si...

The SEC has announced its weekly swimming and diving honors. SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Rex Maurer, Texas Texas’ Rex Maurer, a senior from Pasadena, Calif., earned a trio of individual event victories to lead the top-ranked Longhorns to their win at South Carolina. Maurer opened the meet with a....

Junior Pan Pac Champion Gabi Brito Verbally Commits to Cal for 2028 NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has picked up a huge verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from in-state standout Gabi Brito of Santa Monica, Calif. Brito, arguably the top recruit in the class, is a member of the 2026-...

How Kate Douglass Swam to a 49.64 in the 100 Freestyle At last week’s United States Trials for the Short Course World Championships, Kate Douglass swam some historic times. Her best swim of the meet may have been her last, the 100 freestyle. Going into the meet, Douglass already held the world recor...

When Swimming Stops Being Your Whole Identity You touch the wall, look at the scoreboard, and immediately wish you hadn’t. The time is slower than you wanted. Maybe slower than you thought was possible after all the hard work you put in. You think to yourself. Bad turns? Slow rate? Went out too fast...

Swim Across America Awards $450,000 Grant to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to Advance Innovative Ovarian Cancer Research Swim Across America, a national nonprofit dedicated to funding cancer research and clinical trials, has awarded its Colleen C. Wilcox/Swim Across America Ovarian Cancer Innovat....

American Women's Freestyle Relays Should Obliterate World Records at Short Course Worlds The United States has assembled its team traveling to the Short Course World Championships in Beijing, with the most but not all big-name American swimmers securing their spots at the biennial global meet. The c...

Junior National Qualifier Josh Carmichael Verbals to North Carolina for 2028 NEW COMMIT: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Josh Carmichael of Austin, Texas. Carmichael is a Junior National qualifier who excels in breaststroke and ...

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Blue Devils Secure First 2028 Verbal From Breaststroker Henry Yang NEW COMMIT: Duke University has scored its first public verbal commitment on the men's side from Henry Yang of San Marino, Calif. Yang is a Junior National qualifier who specializes in breaststroke. Regarding his commitment, he said:...

Michigan Adds 2028 Verbal From New York State Champion Una Diaz NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has added another verbal commitment for the 2028-29 season and beyond, this time from Una Diaz of Long Beach, N.Y. Diaz is a Summer Nationals qualifier who excels in distance freestyle, backstroke ...