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Lake Michigan Swimmer to Celebrate 250th Anniversary by Towing 250 Cannonballs To commemorate America’s 250th birthday with the construction of a memorial honoring U.S. Combat Veterans, Jim "The Shark" Dreyer plans to tow 250 cannonballs while swimming 22 miles from offshore in Lake Michigan to the ...

Caeleb Dressel to Test Speed Against Tough Competition in Indianapolis Since racing in his third Olympics in 2024, Caeleb Dressel has kept a relatively low profile in swimming. He skipped last year's U.S. Nationals as his wife, Meghan, was preparing to give birth to the couple's second child, but he...

With a Family and Full-Time Job, Ryan Murphy Chasing Return to Backstroke Elite in Time for Los Angeles Olympics Watching an NFL game taking place at SoFi Stadium, the venue set to host Olympic swimming in 2028, helped finalize the decision for Ryan Murphy to return to swimming and pursue a fourth O...

College Swimming League Gives Coaches Unique Opportunity College Swimming’s biggest headline entering the 2026-27 season has made its proper introduction. After months of rumors and anticipation, the newly founded “College Swimming League” unveiled the 12 teams set to compete in its inaugural season...

Backstroking Golden Girl Kaylee McKeown Chasing A Taylor-Made Treble In Glasgow Australian swimming’s golden girl Kaylee McKeown will head to Glasgow for what could well be her last Commonwealth Games next month, primed to emulate the gold medal feats of her sister Taylor. [caption id="attachment_6....

Six Paralympic Gold Medallists To Spearhead A Full Strength Australian Team to 2026 Para Pan Pacs Australia will send a full-strength team of 37 swimmers to this year’s Para Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Walnut, California in August - including six Paralympic champions with a total of 15 Pa....

Czech Junior National Finalist Daniel Mitka Pledges 2027 Verbal to Georgia Tech NEW COMMIT: The Georgia Institute of Technology has picked up a new verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season from Daniel Mitka of Denver, Colorado. Mitka is a Junior National qualifier who excels in breaststroke and IM. ...

European Junior Semifinalist Maari Randvali Verbally Commits to Michigan for 2027 NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has added another international verbal commitment for Fall 2027, this time from Maari Randvali of Tallinn, Estonia. She will join Wui Kiu Man and Sofia Szymanowski in Ann Arbor as...

Virginia Tech Snags 2027 Verbal From Turkish Standout Alisa Enercan NEW COMMIT: Virginia Tech has secured a verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Alisa Enercan of Istanbul, Turkey. Enercan excels in mid-distance freestyle and butterfly. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am be...

Mollie O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister Headline Aussie Rosters for Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships (Full Teams) After six days of competition in Sydney, Swimming Australia has announced the team rosters for this summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Pan Pacific Championships in...

The Silver Anniversary of UCLA Claiming First NCAA Women's Water Polo Crown By Alex Ellison There was an overwhelming level of excitement at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center on May 13, 2001. Stanford and UCLA were tied 4-4 with just 1:28 left on the clock when UCLA's Coralie Simmons broke free to go ...

Aussie Trials, Day 6, Finals: Ben Armbruster Sinks Two Olympic Champions To Snatch Dolphins Team Selection For Glasgow And Irvine Paris Olympian Ben Armbruster took just 22.90 seconds to sink two Olympic champions and gatecrash his way onto both the Australian Commonwealth Games and Pan Pac teams a....

North Carolina Names Gideon Louw and Kaersten Meitz to Coaching Staff The University of North Carolina swimming and diving program has added two elite assistant coaches in Gideon Louw and Kaersten Meitz to its staff, head coach Mark Gangloff announced Friday. Louw, a two-time Olympian who will serve...

North Florida Dives into High School Water Polo By Alex Ellison The first high school water polo league in Tallahassee, Florida, began with a simple realization. College students at Florida State University understood that if the sport was going to survive and grow in North Florida, somebody had to ...

Northwestern Lands 2027 Verbal From CIF State Champion Bella Parker NEW COMMIT: Northwestern University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Bella Parker of Irvine, Calif. Parker specializes in sprint backstroke and sprint freestyle, and she is a Junior Nationa...

Blue Devils Pick Up 2027 Verbal From Junior National Qualifier Aiden Yeo NEW COMMIT: Duke University has secured a new verbal commitment for Fall 2027 from Aiden Yeo of Pleasanton, Calif. Yeo is a Junior National qualifier who excels in butterfly and IM. He will join Grant O'Mara in Durham as a memb...

Aussie Trials, Day 5, Finals: Mollie O’Callaghan 52.33 and Meg Harris 52.63 Deliver A 1-2 Punch In 100m Freestyle Two-time world champion Mollie O’Callaghan has powered home to win the much-anticipated women’s 100m freestyle crown at the Australian Trials in Sydney -  clocking in 52.33 – the third ....

Aussie Trials, Day 5 Finals: Sam Short Seals Rare 200, 400, 800 and 1500m Freestyle Sweep In Sydney Queensland’s fearless freestyler Sam Short has joined swimming royalty after his never-say-die victory in the men’s 1500m freestyle at the Australian Selection Trials and National Championships in S.....

Argentina's Agostina Hein Quickly Moving Toward Superstar Status The last time a South American woman medaled in the pool at a full-fledged international competition (Olympic Games/World Championships) was 2019. In Gwangju, South Korea, Brazil's Etiene Medeiros claimed the silver medal in the 50-met...

As Disclosure Day Opens, a D-III Connection to Famed Director Steven Spielberg In celebration of Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Disclosure Day, opening on June 12, I thought it would be fun to highlight some of the results from Division III swimming from this past year in relation to the legendary...