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Ilya Kharun Announces Decision to Shift from Canada to United States for International Competition After years of representing Canada at the international level, including as an Olympic medalist, Ilya Kharun took to social media on Monday to announce that he is changing his international representat...

The Longest Current Medal Streaks in International Swimming At last summer’s World Championships, Katie Ledecky continued one of the all-time great streaks in athletic competition. In the women’s 800 freestyle final, Ledecky held off spirited charges from Lani Pallister and Summer McIntosh to secure...

10 Things 'Swammers' Miss About the Sport There’s something about swimming that never really leaves you. Even after the early mornings end and the goggles are packed away for good, the sport lingers in muscle memory, daily routines and nostalgia. For former swimmers or “swammers,” as some like to sa...

Double Duty: Van Mathias Balancing Roles as Surging Breaststroke Star and Indiana Director of Ops A typical workday for Van Mathias looks similar to most of us. The University of Indiana Swimming’s Director of Operations works on answering emails, coordinating travel for the Hoosiers, and ensuring e...

The Excellent Swim Coach (From the Archive) Swimming is very much a sport of observation. Swimmers observe others' strokes underwater during practice and have a lot of time on deck during meets to watch the coach-swimmer dynamics surrounding us. I had 12 swim coaches in my 18 years of swimming. It's...

South Carolina Women Finish Unbeaten Dual Meet Season vs. Georgia Tech South Carolina finished a first unbeaten dual meet season since 1985 on Friday with a win over Georgia Tech in a cross-conference clash. The Gamecocks women’s team claimed a 197-102 victory down in Atlanta to go 7-0 on the season...

Anita Gastaldi Lowers 10-Year 200 Fly Meet Mark In Geneva; Clean Sweeps for Angiolini & Corbeau Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Anita Gastaldi lowered the 10-year meet record in the 200 fly as the Geneva International Challenge wrapped up. The Italian was neck and neck with Laura Cabanes Garzas at...

CSCAA Division III Poll: Kenyon Women Leap to No. 1 in Nation Kenyon’s women’s team leapt from third to first in the latest CSCAA Division III Poll for January, released on Friday. Kenyon was third in the December poll but rose to first this month in an extremely tight poll. Kenyon earned 363 points...

CSCAA Division II Polls: Drury Men, Tampa Women Stay On Top Drury’s men’s team and the University of Tampa’s women remain on top of the CSCAA Division II Polls for January, released on Friday. Drury leads an unchanged top four on the men’s side, with the same teams comprising the top 10 as in Decemb...

Nova Southeastern Sets Division II Record in Women’s 400 Free Relay Nova Southeastern set an NCAA Division II record in the women’s 400 freestyle relay on Friday in a dual meet. The Sharks’ quartet of Kristina Orban, Zsofia Kurdi, Maxine Egner and Maya Esparza became the first Division II relay to b...

World Champs Medalist Ksawery Masiuk Makes Texas Debut Just a couple of weeks after Louisville received an instant spark with the addition of Israel's Anastasia Gorbenko to the Cardinals' roster, Polish star Ksawery Masiuk made his debut for the University of Texas over the weekend. Gorbenko and Mas...

Kyle Lee Wins 5km National Title After Original Race Abandoned; Moesha Johnson Wraps Up Women’s Treble Local hero Kyle Lee had to survive a re-start and a strong challenge from Olympic teammate Sam Short before adding the 5km National crown to his gold medal tally on a disruptive final day of the A....

Lisa Angiolini Crushes 200 Breaststroke Meet Record En-Route To Double Gold In Geneva Results Day 1 report Lisa Angiolini set a meet record in the 200m breaststroke en-route to double gold on the second day of the Geneva International Challenge. First up was the 50m breaststroke in which she was the...

Notre Dame Victorious at Tim Welsh Classic The Tim Welsh Classic took place at Notre Dame Friday and Saturday, with the Fighting Irish coming out on top. The women's team scored 1114.5 points to beat out Illinois (886), Akron (824) and Indiana State (644.5) while the Notre Dame men were the only tea...

Kimmy Shannon Blasts 400 IM Record as Pitt Sweeps Villanova Kimmy Shannon lowered her Pittsburgh school record in the 400 individual medley as Pitt swept in-state foe Villanova Friday night. The Panthers’ women’s team prevailed by a 211-87 margin, the men by a 228-70 score. Pitt won 30 of 32 events ...

Hubert Kos Impresses in 200 Back as Texas Men, Louisville Women Win Eddie Reese Texas Showdown AM Competition Following a series of electric performances in Friday's finals session, the Eddie Reese Texas Showdown concluded with one more session Saturday morning. The combined scoring of the two morni...

Stanford Sweeps Events on Senior Day Win Over San Jose State The Stanford women's swimming and diving team defeated San Jose State 210-64 on Saturday, Jan. 24. Stanford celebrated senior day, where the Cardinal celebrated its 10 graduates - Lucy Bell, Jamie Brennan, Sophie Duncan, Charlotte Hook, To...

The Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving teams topped rival Purdue on senior day. The No. 9 Hoosiers won the women's meet 186-114 and the No. 3 Indiana men won 209.5-90.5 on Saturday, Jan. 24. Indiana's Mya DeWitt, Jonett Lagreid, Grace Hoeper and Inwon the 200 medley relay in 1:36.08. Clar...

Sam Short Makes His Mark With 3km Open Water Knockout Australian Title in WA Paris Olympian and former 400m freestyle world champion Sam Short has made a splash at the Australian Open Water Championships in Bunbury today, winning the newly added the 3km knockout National title, suggesting a sea ch.....

'Butterfly' Short Film Depicting Life of Alfred Nakache Receives Oscar Nomination (VIDEO) A swimming film has been nominated for the 98th Academy Awards in the Animated Short Film category. "Butterfly" depicts the life of Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics...