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Cornell Lands 2027 Verbal From Burlingame Aquatic Club's Alexa Chang NEW COMMIT: Cornell University has scored a new verbal commitment* for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Alexa Chang of Burlingame, Calif. Chang is a Junior National qualifier who specializes in backstroke and butterfly. She will ...

Breaststroker Ashlyn Anderson Lends 2027 Verbal to Rice NEW COMMIT: Rice University has scored a new in-state verbal commitment for the 2027-28 season and beyond from Ashlyn Anderson of Keller, Texas. Anderson is a Junior National qualifier who excels in breaststroke. She will join Lily Hineman in H...

Battle for LA28: Four Events That Will Feature Brutal Qualifying; Who Will Navigate 100 Butterfly in U.S.? Halfway to the 2028 Olympic Games, greater clarity has emerged around contenders for medals in Los Angeles. Of course, a few current hopefuls will fade by the time qualifying competitions are c...

The Power of the Mind Through Visualization By Taylor Byers, Swimming World College Intern. You are behind the blocks, staring down the end of your lane. The warm, chlorine air is strong. Coaches, teammates and parents are cheering and whistling for the swimmers currently racing in the water who are...

Katie Kubiak, Leanne Smith Open Para Pan Pacs with World Records Americans Katie Kubiak and Leanne Smith set World records on Night 1 of the Para Pan Pacific Championships. Kubiak set three American records and a world mark to start the meet at Mt. San Antonio College. She went 1:16.10 in the S5 100...

Water Polo Coaching Carousel Sends Ikaika Aki to Hawaii, Dustin Litvak to Loyola Marymount The water polo coaching carousel kicked off last week has added two new changes this week. After James Robinson-O’Brien stepped down from Hawaii to take the women’s head coaching job at UCLA, Hawaii hired Ikai...

Sara Curtis Leads Quintet of European Medalists into NCAA Campaign The NCAA stage has always sported tremendous international talent, its schools boosted by contributions from stars such as South Africans Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling to recent European standouts like Leon Marchand and Hubert Ko...

Lafayette College Removes Interim Tag from Mike Rinde; Named Head Coach of Leopards Lafayette College has removed the interim tag from Mike Rinde, naming him as the 13th head coach in the program's history. Rinde took over on an interim basis after Jim Dailey announced his retirement in early August...

International Swimming League (ISL) Confirms Geographic Teams for All-Star Match Just days after the International Swimming League (ISL) announced it will return with an All-Star Match in December in London, the league has revealed its planned format for the meet. The ISL website indicated that the ...

The All-Time Rankings of Leon Marchand; French Star Continues to Define Versatility We didn't get to see a full showcase of Leon Marchand's talent this summer. Due to an adductor injury suffered at the French Elite Championships, and a subsequent reaggravation, the French star opted to bypass the in...

By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern Swimming alone can be a struggle between staring at the black line and wanting to smash your incessantly beeping tempo trainer with your fins. Ideally, we swimmers would always have a team to practice with. Sometimes, though, life gets complicated. Sch...

6 Reasons Your Swim Team Becomes Your Family By Emma Foster, Swimming World College Intern Swimmers are a special breed. Even most non-chlorinated people understand that. On college campuses around the country, swimmers are the ones known for bringing that squeaky-clean chlorine smell into the class...

Jimmy Feigen Set for Induction Into San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame Two-time Olympian Jimmy Feigen will be inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame this weekend, the ceremony scheduled for Saturday night. Feigen was one of the United States' premier sprinters in the 2010s and first made his...

USA Water Polo Announces Rosters for Inaugural 4x4 Open Championships USA Water Polo has announced the athletes selected for competition at the inaugural 2026 World Aquatics Water Polo 4x4 Open Championships next week in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The world's newest water polo format takes center stage fro...

At LA28, Ruta Meilutyte Could Take a Page Out of Anthony Ervin's Book At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Ervin wrote one of the best stories the sport has seen. Sixteen years after he shared gold in the 50-meter freestyle at the Sydney Olympics, Ervin edged Frenchman Florent Manaud...

Guest Editorial: The Author's System of Sprint Swimming Biomechanics (Part III) Swimming World recently ran Parts I and II of Serhii Lysobei's extensive article, "The Author's System of Sprint Swimming Biomechanics." Now, we run Part III, which examines sprint swimming from a training perspective. P...

Kristof Milak Shakes Up All-Time Performer Lists (Men's Edition) From mid-July through the middle of August, the sport was treated to a trio of major international competitions. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow kicked off the high-level action, with the European Championships and Pan Pacific Champi...

Earning Your Ducks: A Summer Coach's Playbook for Teaching Young Swimmers a Positive Mindset Standing in the ice-cold water and ready to coach, I am watching kids splash and laugh around me. It's practice before a big home meet. The coaches want swimmers focused on the strokes they are going to race...

Survey Results Suggest Masters Swimmers Interested in Third Competition Group By Jennifer Rines - Guest Editorial Swimming World ran an informal poll during the summer, asking readers about possible competition category options for transgender athletes in U.S. Masters Swimming. The poll recorded a f...

Throwback Thursday: Alexander Dale Oen Wins Emotional Gold for Norway at His Final Major Meet The news was a gut punch not just for his family and friends but for the entire swimming community. Late at night on April 30, 2012,  Norwegian breaststroker Alexander Dale Oen passed away suddenly, his cau...