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Roos Vanotterdijk & Lucas Henveaux Among Nine-Strong Belgian Squad Selected for European Championships Nine swimmers have been selected to represent Belgian at the European Championships in Paris. Roos Vanotterdijk, Florine Gaspard and Lucas Henveaux are among the team that will compete across 21 in...

The Bob Bowman Medley Tree: Dominance Cannot Be Denied At last summer's World Championships in Singapore, the medalists in the men's 200-meter individual medley were quite familiar with one another. While they represented three different countries, they saw each other on a daily basis, under the wat...

Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 1 Finals: Luka Mijatovic Dominates 1500 Freestyle With First Sub-15:00 Performance The USA Swimming Pro Swim Series resumed Wednesday in Sacramento, Calif., with numerous high-level swimmers competing for the first time in months. Three-time Olympian Ryan Murphy was c...

The USA Swimming 2026 TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Sacramento kicked off on Wednesday, May 20. A plethora of Olympians both foreign and domestic are on the slate for what looks to be a fast meet, hosted by DART Swimming. The Day 1 events are the 200 IM, 50 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 200 free. H...

Katie Ledecky Recognized with Honorary Degree by Yale University Distance freestyle legend Katie Ledecky added another accolade to her list of achievements last weekend, when Yale University awarded the 29-year-old with an honorary doctorate of humane letters. The recognition was part of Yale's comm...

Your Summer Reading List: Sacramento Opens, Pan Pacs Brings the Fireworks to Greater LA 2026 TYR Pro Preview: Schedule, Psych Sheets & Must-Watch Races Think of this as your California summer reading list. Different? Totally. Kind of perfect? Also yes. Only this list trades short beach stories for l...

Following Strong Freshman Campaign, Kennedi Dobson Preparing for Senior Team Debut at Pan Pacs A bronze-medal-winning performance at the World Junior Championships last August had ramifications that went beyond just the podium finish. Kennedi Dobson finished in 4:06.66, behind the Chinese duo of Yan...

Claire Weinstein Chasing Breakthrough Performances in Middle-Distance Freestyle Among the Olympians scheduled to race at this week’s TYR Pro Series stop in Sacramento is Claire Weinstein, still a teenager but already a longtime staple for Team USA at the international level. Is the 19-year-old’s bes...

National Records from Erika Fairweather, Milan Glintmeyer Highlight New Zealand Champs New Zealand records set by Erika Fairweather and teen Milan Glintmeyer highlighted the New Zealand Championships last week at Auckland’s National Aquatic Centre. Fairweather went 1:55.06 on the second day of the m...

Virginia Hires Reed Fujan as Associate Head Coach The University of Virginia has hired Reed Fujan as an associate head coach for the swimming program, it announced on Tuesday. Fujan spent the last three years in the same role at Louisville. He previously spent three seasons in the same position at A...

The seventh edition of the Madeira Island Ultra Swim (MIUS) is ready to kick off in the Atlantic shores of the Porto Santo in the Madeira Archipelago. The Madeira Island Ultra Swim is one of the most prestigious open-water swimming events in the Atlantic. It combines elite sport with the unique natu...

New Mexico Scores 2027 Verbal From South Carolina State Champion Peighton Johnson NEW COMMIT: The University of New Mexico has scored a verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Peighton Johnson of Elgin, South Carolina. A Futures qualifier, Johnson is a talented sprint freestyler. Re...

Oregon State Champion Brecken Egeland Lends 2027 Verbal to Arizona NEW COMMIT: Junior National qualifier Brecken Egeland of Bend, Oregon, has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Arizona beginning in Fall 2027. Egeland is a talented freestyler and butterflyer. Regarding his commitmen...

Already an All-Time Backstroke Great, Ryan Murphy Returning With Eyes on Home Olympics A decade ago, Ryan Murphy became the sixth man to sweep Olympic gold medals in the 100 and 200 backstroke, joining the likes of East German Roland Matthes plus fellow Americans John Naber, Rick Carey, Lenny Krayze...

How Many Super-Suit Marks Remain in the All-Time Top-25s? (Women's Edition) A scan of the all-time women's event rankings reveals a collection of times that were produced during the sport's super-suit era, which unfolded from 2008-09. The most notable performance from that stretch is undoubtedly the...

Andy Dobrzanski Drops Best Time in 100 Breast at Sun Devil Open Andy Dobrzanski dropped a best time in the men’s 100 breaststroke at the Sun Devil Open on Saturday. Dobrzanski went 1:00.49 to win the event at the long-course meters event in Tempe. He had started the three day meet on Friday by setti...

Mark Gangloff Inks Three-Year Extension at North Carolina North Carolina head coach Mark Gangloff agreed to a three-year contract extension through June 30, 2029. The university announced the extension on Monday. "Mark has done an outstanding job elevating both our men's and women's swimming and div...

Big West Discontinues Sponsorship of Swimming and Diving The Big West Conference earlier this month discontinued its championships sponsorship of swimming and diving. The Big West added the sport for the 2024-25 season, and the experiment ends after two seasons. The announcement was made after the A...

Pepperdine Hires Emma Durham as Assistant Coach Emma Durham – nee Emma Sticklen – has been hired as an assistant coach by Pepperdine. Durham joins the staff of Dan Marella in California. She spent her first season post-graduation at the University of Pennsylvania as an assistant coach. Durham wrappe...

Olympic Gold Medalist Tyler McGill Returns to Staff at Auburn American Olympic gold medalist Tyler McGill returned to his alma mater as an Director of External Engagement and Performance Science at Auburn on Monday. McGill joins the staff of head coach Ryan Wochomurka. He was a 15-time All-American ...