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Tennessee, Indiana Round Out Inaugural College Swimming League Roster Tennessee and Indiana were announced on Monday as the final two participants in the inaugural 2026-27 College Swimming League season. The last two additions make the inaugural squad, by traditional conference: Indiana, Ohio State,...

Italian Breaststroker Anita Bottazzo Transfers to Indiana Italian international Anita Bottazzo on Monday announced her transfer to Indiana. Bottazzo spent her first two NCAA seasons at the University of Florida. Bottazzo announced her decision on social media. View this post on Insta...

Ian Walsh has been named the University of Pittsburgh's head swimming coach, Director of Swimming & Diving Katie Kasprzak announced today. Walsh joins Pitt after spending the last eight seasons as Marshall's head swimming and diving coach. "After carefully evaluating what our program, current studen...

Patrick Sammon Builds Summer Momentum with Multiple Victories on Mare Nostum Tour When Patrick Sammon stepped onto the Arizona State University campus, lofty expectations were attached to the California native from Oak Ridge High School. As a National Junior Team member, Sammon had established himse...

Commentary: Swimmers Need Better Choices Than Swimming in Poverty or Going Enhanced Last week in Las Vegas, the Enhanced Games delivered life-changing money for swimmers while making a mockery of clean sport and competitive integrity and using those swimmers to not-so-subtly market controversial and...

Defying Age: 46-Year-Old Nicholas Santos Chasing Bid to 2028 Olympics in 50 Butterfly At the 2008 Olympic Games, Dara Torres delivered one of the greatest performances of all-time when the 41-year-old captured the silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle. Eight years later, at the 2016 Games in Rio de...

GRADUATES: Australia's top two graduates in the 100m freestyle at the 2023 World Junior Championships. Will they hold the keys to LA28 ? Photo Courtesy World Aquatics.

Siobhan Haughey Closes Out Mare Nostrum Series with 200 Freestyle Title; Ilya Kharun Sweeps Butterfly Events For the third straight time during this year's Mare Nostrum Series, Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey surged to the title in the 200-meter freestyle. After triumphs in Monaco and Canet, Haughey cap...

Pan Pacific Championships Will Be Light on Reigning Gold Medalists When the Pan Pacific Championships are held in Southern California in August, the international competition will feature only a handful of reigning titlists. Because the Covid-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2022 edition, ...

USA Swimming Announces Athletes Chosen for Zone Select Camps (Link to Roster) USA Swimming today announced the names of the 120 athletes selected for the 2026 Zone Select Camps. To optimize opportunities for athletes, the two camps will each select athletes from two combined zones. One camp will hos...

USA Water Polo Announces Men's Seven-Match Summer Series USA Water Polo on Thursday announced a set of seven matches in California this season that serve to honor retiring Olympians. The U.S. will play one match with China, then three-match series vs. Montenegro and Italy. All matches are available ...

Indiana Hires Dana Grindall As Assistant Coach Indiana on Friday hired Dana Grindall as an assistant coach and director of on-campus recruiting. Grindall joins the staff of head coach Ray Looze after three seasons as an assistant coach at Yale. "We are excited to welcome Dana to Indiana swimming," L...

Stanford, Cal, Louisville Bring CSL Up to 10 Teams for First Season Stanford, Cal and Louisville this week announced their participation in the inaugural season of the College Swimming League. The CSL is up to 10 of the 12 teams it is anticipating for its inaugural season in 2026-27. The teams will ...

IOC Prez Kirsty Coventry Clarifies Comments About Athlete Pay; Olympians Continue to Speak Out International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry has taken to social media to attempt to stem the backlash she has received in recent days following comments about athlete pay. In an intervi...

McKenzie Siroky Leads Strong Day for Team USA at Mare Nostrum Stop in Barcelona Following a dominant showing in the 50-meter breaststroke at the Monaco leg of the Mare Nostrum Series, the United States' McKenzie Siroky has now earned back-to-back triumphs in the 100 breaststroke during the tour, her...

Encore! Marrit Steenbergen Goes Sub-52 for Second Time in a Week in 100 Freestyle It's been quite the Mare Nostrum Series for Dutch star Marrit Steenbergen, who opened the tour in Monaco with a national record of 52.13 in the 100-meter freestyle. From there, the 26-year-old moved to the second leg i...

Mare Nostrum Series to Wrap Up in Barcelona; Duncan Scott Scheduled to Join Fray The final leg of this year's Mare Nostrum Series will take place this weekend in Barcelona, with eyes focused on the Netherlands' Marrit Steenbergen. The Dutchwoman is coming off a performance of 51.86 at the Canet stop...

World Aquatics to Test 10-Lane System and Wildcard Bids for World Short Course Championships World Aquatics, the global governing body for aquatic sports, has announced it will test a pair of new concepts connected to the 2026 World Short Course Championships in Beijing. The first trial will be the ...

Britain's Matt Richards Fires Back at IOC President Comments About Payment Days after Kirsty Coventry, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), commented that she doesn't "believe in paying athletes," Olympians continue to fire back against the sentiment. In a post on his LinkedIn...

Passages: Rob Schumacher, Longtime Arizona and Olympic Photographer, Age 62 One of the top sports photographers in the United States passed away recently. Rob Schumacher, who worked for the Arizona Republic and the USA TODAY network of papers, died on Sunday, May 17 at age 62. The cause of death was...