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European Juniors, Day 6 Finals: Luca Hoek Repeats as Champion of 100 Freestyle The final day of the European Junior Championships in Munich is packed with 12 finals, with the girls' 200-meter individual medley and boys' 100 backstroke leading off the program. The competition will conclude with final...

European Juniors, Day 6 Prelims: Grigorii Vekovishchev Gets 400 Free Defense Underway After Friday Double Results Day 1 Prelims Wrap Day 1 Finals Wrap Day 2 Prelims Wrap Day 2 Finals Wrap Day 3 Prelims Wrap Day 3 Finals Wrap Day 4 Prelims Wrap Day 4 Finals Wrap Day 5 Prelims Wrap Day 5 Finals Wrap G...

How Sam Short and Daniel Wiffen Match Up for the 2026 Commonwealth Games With the Commonwealth Games coming up in just a couple of weeks, the men's 800 and 1500 freestyles could emerge as two of the best races of the meet. Sam Short, the 22-year-old from Australia, and 24-year-old Daniel Wiffen of I...

5 Female Swimmers Staring at Breakout Summers: Isabelle Stadden Ready to Continue Rise Over the next few months, stretching through the Asian Games in September, several of the biggest names in the sport will add to their legacies. It could be Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky starring at the Pan Pa...

European Juniors, Day 5 Finals: Vivien Jackl Adds Butterfly Title to Collection Many of Europe's rising stars were back in the water on Saturday for the fifth day of the European Championships in Munich. There were five finals scheduled for the session, with a plethora of semifinals to set up the fi...

Cal's Mary-Ambre Moluh Has Emerged as Shining Star for France on Way to European Champs For the past two years, Mary-Ambre Moluh has played a key role in Cal-Berkeley's climb back to prominence in NCAA women's competition. The Frenchwoman has flourished in Northern California, establishing school re...

Results Day 1 Prelims Wrap Day 1 Finals Wrap Day 2 Prelims Wrap Day 2 Finals Wrap Day 3 Prelims Wrap Day 3 Finals Wrap Day 4 Prelims Wrap Day 4 Finals Wrap Nathan Muratory returned to the Munich pool the morning after his dominant 200 back victory to lead the 100m prelims at the European Junior Cha...

Montclair State Head Coach Brian McLaughlin Retires after 37 Years Montclair State head swimming and diving coach Brian McLaughlin announced his retirement after 37 years. McLaughlin has spent nearly four decades at the Division III school in New Jersey, leading its men’s and women’s swimming and di...

Marshall Adds Nicole McConnell to Rebuilt Staff Marshall University on Wednesday hired Nicole McConnell as an associate head coach, joining the staff of head coach Phoebe Campbell. McConnell was most recently an assistant coach at Penn State. She previously spent four seasons as an assistant coach a...

Recent NC State Graduate Kyle Ponsler Starts Coaching Career at Northern Colorado Recent NC State graduate Kyle Ponsler was hired last week as an assistant coach at Northern Colorado. Ponsler wrapped up a distinguished swimming career in Raleigh in the spring, serving as the captain of the Wolfpack ...

Swimming Canada Names 44 Swimmers for Pan Pacs, 20 for Para Pan Pacs Swimming Canada has named a 44-swimmer roster for this summer’s Pan Pacific Championships, after the conclusion of Bell Canadian Trials. Summer McIntosh and Taylor Ruck will lead the 20 women and 22 men at the August meet in Irvine...

European Juniors, Day 4 Finals: Czechia's Jan Foltyn Mines Gold in 50 Freestyle The European Junior Championships have moved into their back half in Munich, with the Day Four finals featuring eight medals races on Friday night. The boys' 200 breaststroke will feature Turkiye's Doruk Yogurtcuoglu, th...

A Half-Century Later, Some of Swimming's Leading Women Chasing Down Legend of Mark Spitz On September 4, 1972, Mark Spitz exited the pool for the final time at the Olympic Games in Munich. He had just handled the butterfly leg of the United States' 400-meter medley relay, which prevailed behind a wo...

European Juniors, Day 4 Prelims: Vivien Jackl Navigates 200 Fly & 800 Free Double Results Day 1 Prelims Wrap Day 1 Finals Wrap Day 2 Prelims Wrap Day 2 Finals Wrap Day 3 Prelims Wrap Day 3 Finals Wrap Vivien Jackl returned to the Munich pool the morning after winning 1500 free silver for a double ti...

Can Ahmed Jaouadi, Sam Short and Bobby Finke Lead Assault on Vaunted 800 Freestyle World Record? For almost 17 years, the world record in the men’s 800 freestyle has stood as an impossible challenge for the world’s best distance swimmers. China’s Zhang Lin achieved the mark of 7:32.12 at the 2009 Wo...

Plan vs. Strategy: The Ways to Approach the 200 Butterfly Ah, the butterfly. It is routinely acknowledged as a "power" stroke, and the 200 distance is where the rubber meets the road. Butterfly may be the event where there is the least amount of crossover by distance. What I mean by this, is that yo...

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 5: Taylor Ruck Finishes 5-for-5 Trials It’s been a banner week for Taylor Ruck. She finished it off on Thursday night with her fifth win in as many events, going 25.93 in the women’s 50 butterfly to pick up the win. All the action from the final night of trials in Montrea...

Is Commonwealth Games Door Now Open for Mollie O’Callaghan To Replace Kaylee McKeown in 100 Backstroke? How do you fill the shoes of Kaylee McKeown? The loss of the world’s premier backstroker from this year’s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs with glandular fever leaves a huge hole in the Australian....

Australian Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown Withdraws from Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific Championships Australian Olympic gold medalist Kaylee McKeown has medically withdrawn from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Championships. McKeown, who turns 25 on Wednesday, confirmed to...

European Juniors, Day 3 Finals: Theodora Taylor Speeds to 50 Freestyle Crown Through two sessions of finals at the European Junior Championships in Munich, the Neutral Athletes (Russia) have been impressive with a pair of world junior records. Following a WJR in the boys' 400 freestyle relay on the ...