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Jan Prins' Book, Freestyle Biomechanics, a Must-Read for Coaches Jan Prins, Ph.D., respected swim scientist and coach, has spent decades advocating for the integration of sport science and kinesiology into practical swim coaching. A former assistant coach with Doc Counsilman at Indiana University, h...

Why Ireland Feels Like a Real Next Step for UCLA Star Rosie Murphy After a standout UCLA career, Rosie Murphy is preparing for a move to Dublin that could reshape her swimming future. But the opportunity comes with pressure on both sides: for Murphy, who would be leaving California and everything fa...

Commentary: Too Late, But Not - Nancy Garapick Deserves Hall of Fame Recognition Nuance has always been an aspect of subjective debate, and its role is inarguable across all Hall of Fame discussions. How electors view various factors - eras, injury, extenuating circumstances - is personal. Want some...

American Men Showing Elite Relay Potential With 100 Free Early Season Times Season-best times indicated that the United States had an enormous advantage in the men's 400 freestyle relay entering the 2025 World Championships. Jack Alexy was the newest member of the 46 club for the 100 free, and it to...

Brad Glenn Remembered for a Life in Service to Swimming Editor’s note: Swimming World welcomes tributes and memories from those who knew Brad Glenn. A memorial form link can be found throughout this article for readers who would like to share a message. Brad Glenn, a longtime swimming leader whose ....

Beyond the Blocks 2026 brings Olympians, Clinics and Leadership Training to Ohio State in a Format Built to Energize the Swim Community Swimming does not just need faster swimmers. It needs more energy around the sport itself. That is why Ohio Swimming’s Beyond the Blocks 2026 stands out. Set for A....

The Hardest Part of Coaching Starts After Practice Ends. Part I of a Three-Part Series on the Future of Swim Coaching Software. In this first article, we look at why more coaches are rethinking the patchwork of tools they use every day.  “I don’t want to be stuck behind a computer doing something th...

Summer McIntosh Dominating 400 IM At Spectacular Level An athlete’s dominance of an event can be measured in multiple ways. The number of consecutive global titles in a specific discipline. The gap between a world-record performance and the No. 2 performer in history. How many of the all-time top ma...

Commentary: Swimming Will Always Be There There is a moment, quiet and often unexpected, when it hits you: you’re done.  Maybe it comes after your final race, when the adrenaline fades and the crowd noise dissolves into something distant. Maybe it arrives a few days later, when you wake up and reali...

Why Great Ideas Often Start in the Water By Jordan Fargo The other day, I couldn’t help but have a flashback to my time on my college’s club swim team. It was nearly 9 p.m. by the time we finished practice. After a long, 20-minute walk through Cornell’s huge, gorgeous campus, you’d think that I’d be...

At Final NCAA Championships, Hubert Kos Instills Fear in Competitors, Augments Elite Credentials For some historically great swimmers, name recognition can defeat opponents before the race begins. Think Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and Leon Marchand — so many races begin with their rivals knowing v...

Claire Curzan is once again at the pinnacle of swimming, and not just because her Virginia Cavaliers won the NCAA championship. It is a feeling she really hasn't had, at least not completely since making the Olympic team at age 16. That also was a pinnacle. But like any young athlete who reaches the...

The Local Ecosystem: How B2B Partnerships Can Double Your Swim Club Membership By Milan Leposa Most local swim clubs waste a significant portion of their budget on traditional marketing. They print flyers, run Facebook ads, and hope parents stumble upon their website. In sports management, however,....

Guest Editorial: The Pool as a Place of Peace By Jordan Fargo Every August, I can’t help but remember all of the times my dad would wake up nice and early to drive me to Sunday morning swim practice for my club team. He’d make me a piece of toast, butter it, and leave it on the kitchen counter with ...

Chris Guiliano Shows Off 50-100-200 Range in Westmont Less than two years ago, Chris Guiliano became the first American man since Matt Biondi to qualify for individual Olympic berths in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle. Guiliano, a near-unknown before his surprise qualification for the World Championsh...

Isabelle Stadden Joins U.S. Women's Backstroke Mix With Breakout Westmont Performance For the last seven years, Isabelle Stadden has been nestled into the lower portion of the U.S. women's backstroke hierarchy, good enough to make a Nationals final and earn top-three finishes at the NCAA Championshi...

IWD: Setting the Pace: 5 Women Who Changed the Sport of Swimming Today, March 8, we celebrate International Women's Day. As a tribute to the women who have contributed to, grown and defined excellence in the sport, Swimming World will recognize some of the great women and achievements in swimming hi...

Awkward Conference Scenario for NCAA Swimming is Best-Case Scenario Surely, there must be some better way than the awkward destinations for conference championship swimming the past two seasons. Last week, the swim teams from Cal and Stanford traveled across the country to Atlanta for to compete aga...

Why My Identity Will Always Be Rooted in Swimming By Erin Himes (From the Archive) Exactly one week ago, I finished my 16 year swimming career. And while there have been many signs this season that it was certainly time for me to move on, I found myself emotional on that last day. To go from calling...

The Other Side of Championship Season: An Appreciation of Coaches With conference season here and championship season just around the corner, it’s easy to get caught up in the races, the splits, and the excitement. In the middle of all that energy, it is worth pausing to recognize the heroes behind ...