High School

How Do You Navigate the New Era of College Recruiting? College swimming recruiting is more competitive than ever. With evolving NCAA rules, NIL, roster caps, and changes to scholarship funding, the landscape today is unlike anything the sport has seen before. High schoolers are only getting faster —...

Illinois Standout and World Junior Champs Qualifier Thomas McMillan Commits to North Carolina State St. Charles (Ill.) native Thomas McMillan has announced his verbal commitment to continue his swimming and academic career at North Carolina State University, beginning in the fall of 2026. A standou....

Water Polo and Swimming: Sharing More Than Just Pool Space By Alex Ellison For years, swimming and water polo have been two sports that shared a pool but little else. Yet for a growing number of athletes, the lines between these disciplines are beginning to blur. Historically, Duke Kahanamoku, Johnn...

The Road to Pride: How to Survive a Swim Practice Most swimmers dread that first moment of hopping into the pool. It’s the start of another practice, and no matter how much someone loves the sport, there’s always that second of hesitation before diving in. You are warm, about to be cold. You are tir...

Updated by Swimming World Staff. First appeared April 2019 By McKenna Ehrmantraut, Swimming World College Intern  Swimmers live in the water, but remember that while you may be immersed in it, your body still needs to stay hydrated. Every swimmer has their go-to water bottle that they swear by. It’s...

Complete Event Results for Swimming World's 2024-25 Boys' Mythical High School Championships Earlier this month, Swimming World revealed that Hinsdale Central High School (Illinois) captured the mythical national championship. En route to that title, Hinsdale Central was fueled by its national recor...

Complete Results for Swimming World's Mythical Girls' High School Championships A few weeks ago, we announced that Carmel High School (Indiana) was crowned Swimming World's girls' national champion for the 2024-25 high school season. Now, we present the full results of the mythical championship mee....

The Tribulations of Returning After Summer Break September signifies the start of the swimming season. A blank slate. Everything from the past year is forgotten as you prepare yourself for another roller-coaster year. This time can be exciting. Perhaps you had a rough year and want to move on. You m...

Why the First Second of a Race Changed Forever Every swimming race is won or lost in four moments: the start, the stroke, the turn and the finish. In competitive swimming, every fraction of a second counts, but it all begins with the start. A race can be won or lost before a swimmer even enters the ...

How to Balance the Transition to the Fall Season By this point in the year, high schools have begun their fall semesters. The summer heat begins to dwindle, classes pick up and swimming kicks off its next season. Although it’s a transition many swimmers have experienced for years, it can still prese...

Sean Green, Gabi Brito Lead 2025-26 U.S. Junior National Team Sean Green and Gabi Brito are among the headliners on the 2025-26 U.S. Junior National Team, released on Monday by USA Swimming. The roster features 91 individuals, who posted the top-five times in each event among swimmers aged 18 and yo...

Carmel Named Swimming World Girls' National High School Champion for 10th Time (Full Results) For the 10th time, Carmel High School (Indiana) can celebrate being named Swimming World’s girls’ national high school champion. And this latest title might come with a little more excitement, as the Greyho...

Hinsdale Central (Ill.) Claims Swimming World Boys' National Team Championship (Full Results) On its way to capturing a third consecutive Illinois state championship during the winter, Hinsdale Central highlighted the run by breaking the national high school record in the 200-yard medley relay. Now,...

Teagan O'Dell Earns Second Swimming World Female High School Swimmer of the Year Award As a sophomore at Santa Margarita High, Teagan O'Dell was honored as the premier high school swimmer in the nation. A year later, she secured runnerup honors for the award. Now, as she begins her college career at...

Maximus Williamson Repeats as Swimming World Male High School Swimmer of the Year A year ago, Swimming World recognized Keller High School's Maximus Williamson as its High School Male Swimmer of the Year. Well, the Texan finds himself in the same situation, as Williamson was the runaway choice for S...

Carmel High Girls Lead Nation with Longest State-Championship Streak; Swim Programs Dominate List With the 2025-26 high school sports seasons now going strong, MaxPreps recently ran a feature on the longest active state-championship winning streaks. Of the top six streaks on the list, five were swim...

By Chandler Brandes (From the Archive) Swimmers spend the majority of our time with our faces in the water staring at a black line lap after lap. Although we don’t get the opportunity to speak too often during practice, when we do get the chance to talk, we have a lot to say. In the rare instance wh...

5 Reasons to Appreciate Your Coaches A new season is set to dawn for many swimmers around the country. Some have taken a summer break. Others have eased off the pedal over the past couple months. But the time to go full blast is once again on the horizon. A chance to set new goal times. The opportun...

Making the Jump: Tips for Student-Athletes Entering College  Starting college can be an overwhelming change. Starting college as a student-athlete can be even more overwhelming. As a freshman swimmer, you are about to juggle harder practices, tougher competition, and a brand-new lifestyle. It can fe...

An Open Letter to My Support System Note: Swimming World is running this article from its archive because many swimmerd will be able to relate with its content. By Ashlee Weingarten Playing any sport at a competitive level is a hard thing to do. Without a support system, it's difficult to continuall...