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NEW COMMITS: The University of Minnesota has received a pair of in-state verbal commitments for their growing Class of 2025 from Minnetrista, Minn. native Josh Johnston and Thomas McCarthy of Edina, Minn. Both swimmers will suit up for the Golden Gophers along with Chris Morris, Bar Soloveychik, Jac...

NEW COMMIT: Florida State University has picked up a verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season from Junior National qualifier Jaydon Cunningham of Chesapeake Beach, Md., who announced his decision via social media. He will arrive in Tallahassee as a member of the Seminoles' Class of 2026. Regarding h...

Aussie Young Gun Thomas Neill ‘s New Junior Short Course WR of 3:38.00 for 400m freestyle Australia's rising distance swimming star Thomas Neill (Rackley) set his first World Junior Record in the 400m freestyle at the Queensland State Short Course Championships today and heart-breakingly missed anot...

24 hours after breaking a 12-year-old African record in the 200 breaststroke, 23-year-old Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa narrowly broke her own African record in the 100 breaststroke in short course meters. Schoenmaker, who finished sixth in this event at the 2019 Worlds, swam a 1:05.40 to just...

The Virginia swim team returned Saturday with a long course time trial in Charlottesville a day after swimming a short course intrasquad meet on Friday night. After six months away from racing, the Cavaliers opened up the 2020-21 season with some solid times as we enter the season of the coronavirus...

NEW COMMIT: Marshall University has received a new verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Ocean Springs, Miss. native Gabrielle Ivey. She will join Jenna Bopp, Leigh Lopez-Silvers and Sofia Bormett in Huntington as a member of The Herd’s class of 2025. She told Swimming World: "I a...

Great Races: Women's 100-Meter Backstroke at the 1964 Olympics By Dave Bartlett and Brenda Borgh Bartlett “In one drop of water is found all the secrets of all the oceans.” – Kahlil Gibran Dedication: We would like to dedicate our article to all female swim coaches over the decades, including one of...

Yu Hexin Delivers Record in 50 Free at Chinese Nationals While much of the world either remains limited from a competitive standpoint or is easing back into competition, the Chinese Nationals opened seven days of action on Saturday. Highlighting the opening day of the meet, which is being held in Qi...

The English Channel has been crossed by swimmers on record for more than a century. But most crossings happen between similar points, on in England and the other across the channel in France. Kirstie Beechey was determined to swim the channel from one of her favorite points to another, so she set ou...

How COVID-19 Changed Everything: A Coach's Perspective By Eleanor Martin, Swimming World Intern When COVID-19 shut down everything in mid-March, swimmers all over the globe were heartbroken. No more meets that athletes had been focusing on for the past six months, no more practices to leave it all i...

NEW COMMITS: Miami University of Ohio has already formed an impressive recruiting cohort for the Class of 2025, and they have recently received two more valuable additions: Madeline Padavic of Downers Grove, Ill. and McKenzie Reid of Vandalia, Ohio. Both talented swimmers will join Jordyn Homoki, Er...

Newly Retired Jon Urbanchek Honored at USA Swimming Convention Six-time U.S. Olympic Swimming Team coach Jon Urbanchek was named this year’s recipient of the USA Swimming Award during the USA Swimming Virtual Convention on Friday, September 25. Established to recognize exceptional contributions to t...

By Jennifer Yoo, Swimming World College Intern. The only people who can truly understand the ins and outs of a sport are the people directly involved. Many people only associate swimming with the Olympics yet don’t see the daily struggles and satisfying moments that swimmers share with their team an...

NEW COMMIT: Brown University has received a new verbal commitment* for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Landsdale, Pa. native and Junior National qualifier Nick Clark. He will join Chris Ma, Harrison Powe and Kaan Kilinc in Providence as a member of the class of 2025. He told Swimming World: "I am...

Maddy Gough Joins Short Course Record Rumble With The Fifth Fastest 1500m In History It was Maddy Gough’s turn to keep the records rolling in Brisbane today with the 21-year-old Queenslander from the Gold Coast demolishing her own Australian 1500m freestyle mark, clocking the fifth fastest time in h...

Two-time Olympic silver medallist Duncan Scott went 1:41.94 over 200 free at short-course time trials at the University of Stirling - a time only he has bettered among British men. Elite swimmers in Scotland were allowed to return to the water in July after having to look on as their counterparts in...

Japan’s new prime minister Yoshihide Suga insists the Tokyo Olympics will take place next year as “proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic.” Tokyo 2020 was postponed in March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and there are ongoing doubts that the rescheduled Games will go ahead in J...

The University of Virginia returned to competition on Friday afternoon as the Cavaliers and their pro group put down some solid September times after the COVID-19 summer. Conger, who is one of the post-grads swimming with coach Todd DeSorbo, swam a 1:41.61 in the 200 butterfly in his first official ...

Swimming Canada Friday announced that it had a “very positive call” with 18 of the federation’s athletes competing in the 2020 International Swimming League season, aimed at sharing the best information possible about their participation. Swimming Canada CEO Ahmed El-Awadi, High Performance director...

Five members of the Australian Swim Team In Sydney 2000 Slip Down Memory Lane To Tell Us What They Are Up To Now For the Australian Swim Team and so many members of the 2000 Olympic team, Sydney was a dream come true and will be remembered as “The Time Of Their Lives” - a home Games seven years in t...