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Who's Back? A Look at the Returning NCAA Finalists for the 2026-27 Season (Women) With the collegiate dual-meet season set to get underway, it seemed like an appropriate time to glance at the NCAA women's landscape for the upcoming campaign. Of the 104 finalists in the 13 individual events contested...

The Coaching Trio Behind Caeleb Dressel: Unique Collaboration Produced Stellar Results In 2025, Caeleb Dressel raced sparingly and only in 50-meter events. He skipped U.S. Nationals as he and wife Meghan prepared for the birth of their second child, although Dressel did compete at USA Swimming's Sum...

The Inglorious Truth About the First Week Back at Practice Nothing is quite as humbling as that first week back at swim practice. After weeks of relaxing, traveling, and enjoying life out of the pool, going back to practice can be painful. You walk onto the pool deck, mesh bag in hand, and the famil...

Penn State Earns 2028 Verbal Pledge From Distance Ace Adam Giersch NEW COMMIT: Penn State University has received its second public verbal commitment for its Class of 2032 from Adam Giersch of Virginia Beach, Va. Giersch is a Junior National qualifier who excels in distance freestyle. He will join L...

Tomoyuki Matsushita Entering Rarified Air With 4:05 Breakthrough in 400 IM Ever since Tomoyuki Matsushita graduated to senior-level international competition, he has reliably performed at his best when it counts. Matsushita was just a year removed from winning the world junior title in the 400 IM wh...

A Look at the Asian Games Schedule; Prelims-Finals Format Adopted The Asian Games are less than three weeks away, action scheduled for the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The meet is the last major international long-course competition of the year, coming on the heels of the Commonwealth Games, European Cham...

Coaches Corner: Why Are Swimmers Now Able to Produce More Consistently Fast Performances Throughout the Year? In the past, swimmers tended to produce fast times only once or twice per year. Now, we are seeing consistently swift performances across the calendar. Why? In this Coaches Corner, several c...

NC State Splashes Into 2028 Recruiting With Verbal From CARIFTA Champion Jaden Mills NEW COMMIT: North Carolina State University has earned its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028, as Jaden Mills announced his verbal commitment. Hailing from Chattanooga, Tenn., Mills is a Junior National qu...

Team USA Triathlete Spencer Korwin Dies in Apparent Drowning Accident Spencer Korwin, who represented the United States at the 2012 World Triathlon Championships in New Zealand, was found dead on Wednesday, the victim of an apparent drowning. The 38-year-old was on vacation with his family and found...

Results Italy’s Dario Verani pulled away on the final lap and Louna Kasvio of Finland edged a photo finish to clinch their respective 10k races as the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2026 finally got underway in Tenero, Switzerland. The stop in Tenero effectively became the season opener ...

NCAA Releases Video Compilation of Gretchen Walsh's Nine Individual College Titles (Watch Here!) From 2021-2025, Gretchen Walsh produced one of the finest collegiate careers in history. As a University of Virginia standout, she helped the Cavaliers win four consecutive NCAA team titles and she was a...

Poolside Passport - Hugo Gonzalez: Playing Hoops, Watching Harry Potter and Denying Desserts Spain's Hugo Gonzalez has been a factor on the international scene for more than a decade, first as a medalist at the World Junior Championships and later as an Olympian and medalist at the World Championshi...

Patrick Sammon, Michael Andrew Find GoPro Belonging to NBA Player Jaylen Brown in Ocean When swimmers Patrick Sammon and Michael Andrew retrieved a lost GoPro from the ocean in Hawaii, they hoped that posting the footage to social media might reconnect it with its original owner. They didn’t expect ...

Russia Picks up Three Golds at Junior Open Water World Championships Russian swimmers picked up three gold medals and four total medals at the Junior Open Water World Championships on Friday. It was a Russian 1-2 in the 14- and 15-year-old 5-kilometer race in Santa Fe, Argentina, with Kira Guseva to...

Court Order Makes Indiana's Zalan Sarkany and Owen McDonald Eligible for Upcoming NCAA Season At least for now, it looks like the Indiana University men’s program will be significantly bolstered for the 2026-27 season. Indiana circuit court Judge Kara Krothe issued a temporary restraining order (TRO...

Which Men's Medley Relay is the Best in Team USA History? (VOTE HERE!) As impossible as it might be to get a definitive answer, debating sports across eras is part of being a fan. Michael Jordan or LeBron James? Choosing which legend is the greatest in NBA history has been a hot topic over the years...

A Look at the NCAA Women's Records: Claire Curzan Rules 200 Backstroke as UVA Chases Another Title In a few weeks, the University of Virginia will begin the 2026-27 season with competition in the College Swimming League. That meet will officially jumpstart the Cavaliers' chase for a seventh consecut...

World Aquatics Releases Masters Top-Performer Lists; All-Time and 2025 Rankings Posted While several months remain in the 2026 season, thus providing athletes with the chance to shake up the rankings, World Aquatics has released its lists of top Masters performers for the 2025 campaign. Additionally...

Olympic Silver Medallist Mehdy Metella Retires At 34 Mehdy Metella has retired at the age of 34 after winning Olympic silver and clinching world and European titles. The Frenchman shared the news on social media, 10 years after he led off the French quartet that won 4x100m freestyle silver at Rio 20...

College Swimming League Three Weeks from Debut; FMC Natatorium the Site of Opening Matches Next month, the FMC Natatorium in Westmont, Illinois will serve as the site of the United States Trials for the World Short Course Championships. The competition will run in late October and select the Team US...