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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 ...

Four-time Olympian Brent Hayden joins Nadina and Carla Zarifeh as new owners of Vancouver's Aquaventures Swim Centre, building on its 42-year legacy. Sponsored Article.

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 ...

Leon Marchand Headlines 18-Strong France Team for World Short Course Championships Leon Marchand headlines an 18-strong France team that will travel to Beijing next month for the World Short Course Championships. The team comprises five men and 13 women with Marchand seeking his first international ...

NCSA Medalist Jo Witdoeckt Sends 2028 Verbal Pledge to Louisville NEW COMMIT: The University of Louisville has received a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Junior National qualifier Jo Witdoeckt of Manassas, Va. Witdoeckt, who excels in backstroke, recently attended the National Select Camp. ...

ISL Announces United States Coaching Staff for All-Star Match The International Swimming League (ISL) has today announced the coaches of the United States Team, the second of the four teams that will contest the ISL All-Star Match at the London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Satu...

The New Era of ASCA Is Here: Modernized Certification, New Website, Mobile App and More Ways to Connect The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) launches a new digital experience, expanded educational content and enhanced resources to make coaching education, professional development and mem...

Ilya Kharun Wasted No Time Making His Mark as American Athlete; Time to Wear Team USA Colors Officially, Ilya Kharun became eligible to represent the United States in international competition on October 26 - a mere week ago. That date signified one year since the 21-year-old Kharun took the necessa...

Jack Alexy, Luke Hobson Leading Elite U.S. Men's Free Relays to 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 combin...

Aussie Breaststroker Gideon Burnes On Fire In Career Breakthrough Meet In Tokyo Australia’s emerging breaststroker Gideon Burnes is celebrating a career breakthrough meet at the 57th Tokyo International Swimming Centre Invitational – rocketing up the rankings en-route to LA28. The recently tur...

Savannah Skow Distance Double Leads Princeton to Cannon Trophy over Rutgers Savannah Skow pulled off the distance double to lead Princeton to a win over in-state rival Rutgers on Friday, 134-09. The win in their season debut gives Princeton the Cannon Trophy to show from their trip to Piscataway. Sk...

CSCAA Division III Poll: Emory Women Jump to No. 1 in Shakeup Emory jumped to No. 1 in the CSCAA Division III poll for October, with NYU falling to No. 3 in the rankings released on Friday. Denison holds onto the No. 1 spot in the men’s poll from the September preseason poll. Emory tallied 392 point...

Emily Jones Leads Alabama to Win over Miami Emily Jones won two individual events and was part of four victorious relays as Alabama topped Miami, 224-110, in a two-day non-conference meet. Jones and the sprint contingent led the way in Coral Gables. She won the 50 freestyle in 22.03 seconds, with te...

Sacha Velly Resets French 1500 Record & Beryl Gastaldello Claims Sixth Crown Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Day 3 report Sacha Velly set a French 1500 record and Beryl Gastaldello made it six titles as the French Elite Championships came to an end in Angers. Velly, winner of world and European ju...

Alex Walsh Ready to Show 'Untapped Potential' in 400 IM at Worlds After Making Four Events For years, the 400 IM made Alex Walsh so nervous that she didn't swim it much. After a breakthrough this summer, she is heading into the 2026 World Short Course Championships in what is currently her favorite ...

Gretchen Walsh Aims for More Epic World Record Clashes With Kate Douglass "Anything you can do, I can do better ... " If that song pops in your head watching Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass race, you aren't alone. The back-and-forth nature of their swimming performances is something we have not see...