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Women's College Performance of the Year: Gretchen Walsh Goes Out With a Bang One final time, Gretchen Walsh is the clear choice for the year's superior performance among college swimmers. The University of Virginia star concluded her run in NCAA competition this March as she led the Cavaliers to a f...

Cal Freshman Ryan Erisman Deserving of Attention as Mid-Distance Freestyle Upstart When the surname Erisman arises in conversation, there is a tendency to assume the focus of the chat is Rylee Erisman. As a multi-time gold medalist at last summer's World Junior Championships, the 16-year-old is rega...

Historic Set: The Legendary 100 x 100 Of Olympic Champion Mike Bruner (Splits Included) A tradition at some clubs during winter training is for athletes to complete a 100 x 100 workout. The set is an Ironman/Ironwoman accomplishment. So, as some swimmers prepare to tackle this grinding set, we visit...

USA Swimming Pro Series Action for 2026 Just Around the Corner at University of Texas Less than a week remains in 2025, so let's look ahead to the first major competition of the next year. Just two weeks into the New Year, the USA Swimming Pro Series will get underway, with action slated for Jan. 14...

What Was the Year? An Event-By-Event Look at the Last Time the USA Won Olympic Gold (Men's Edition) No country has won as many gold medals at the Olympic Games as the United States. The American arsenal has always been stacked, from the early days of Johnny Weissmuller to the greatness of Mark Spitz...

USA Swimming Announces 2024-25 Scholastic All-American Honorees USA Swimming has announced the complete list of 2024-25 Scholastic All-America recipients. The list consists of 1,741 athletes in grades 9-12 who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and met any of the competition criteria...

As holiday training prepares to ramp up, Swimming World is running this piece from the archive that emphasizes the connection between an athlete and the grueling nature of holiday work in the water and the weight room. The piece stresses the importance of this time of year, so get yourself ready to ...

How Long Has It Been? Event-By-Event Look at Last Time the USA Won Olympic Gold (Women's Edition) Given its century-long dominance in the pool, it's rare for the United States to go too long without capturing Olympic gold in a specific event. Sure, some events yield greater production than others, b...

Top Women's Performances of 2025: Summer McIntosh Tops List With Her First Record of the Year With the final days of 2025 approaching, it's time to look back on the year of swimming and determine the top performances in the pool. The list will emphasize long course and championship-winning performan...

Luka Mijatovic Downs One Final NAG Record in 2025, Clipping Own 1000 Free Mark A sensational year of competition for 16-year-old Luka Mijatovic came to a close Monday at the Sectionals meet in Walnut, Calif., as he downed more more National Age Group record. Mijatovic swam a time of 8:36.74 in the 1...

International Swimming League Planning Return in 2026 The International Swimming League is planning a relaunch in 2026, it said in an exclusive interview with Reuters. The league is working with a “reshaped commercial model” that it hopes will capitalize on the momentum being built toward the 2028 O...

Lukas Maertens Enjoyed Banner Year, Highlighted by Venture to Previously Unvisited Territory The highlight of Lukas Maertens' season is obvious. It arrived in April, when the German star raced at the Swim Open Stockholm and took down Paul Biedermann's 15-year-old world record in the 400-meter freest...

Top Men's Performances of 2025: Leon Marchand Shines Again With 200 IM World Record With the final days of 2025 approaching, it's time to look back on the year of swimming and determine the top performances in the pool. The list will emphasize long course and championship-winning performances, and e...

College Swimming League CEO Robert Kent Discusses Innovative New Venture On a normal December afternoon, the sport of college swimming may have changed forever. The Collegiate Swimming League (CSL) announced itself to the world on December 9, offering 12 of college swimming’s top programs the chance...

The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Swimmers, Coaches, and All Aquatic Athletes Throughout the season, we shared three Holiday Gift Guides highlighting some of our favorite products for the aquatics community. Now, we’ve compiled them into one master gift guide for anyone still looking to check off ...

Super Week for Olivia Wunsch and Ollie Moclair at NSW Senior State Championships Freestyle sprint stars Olivia Wunsch and Ollie Moclair have led a week of exciting “Super Finals” introduced for the 2025 Senior State Championships at the famed Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The “Super Finals” .....

Best of the Best: Stacking Up Summer McIntosh Performances From 2025 A run of world records at June's Canadian Trials gave Summer McIntosh numerous options to be considered as the top performance of the year 2025. The versatility of McIntosh is a trademark, and so is the dominance she has demonstrat...

Denison Jumps to No. 1 in CSCAA Division III Men’s Poll It’s a tale of two polls in the latest CSCAA Division III dual meet polls, released on Friday. On the men’s side, Denison rose to the No. 1 spot in a poll full of upheaval, while the women’s poll retains the top five without change, led by Emor...

Tampa Moves to No. 1 in CSCAA Division II Women’s Poll The University of Tampa moved to the top seed in the latest CSCAA Division II women’s dual meet poll, released on Friday. Tampa (4-1) had been second in the November poll. But the Spartans moved one point ahead of Nova Southeastern into the top ...

U.S. Men’s Water Polo Fall to Spain Despite 4 Goals from Nicolas Saveljic Nicolas Saveljic scored four goals on Friday, but the U.S. men’s water polo team fell to a consistent effort from Spain, 16-9, in a match in Barcelona. The game is the first of two for the U.S. in Spain as part of its Christma...