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USA Swimming Announces 2026 Pan Pacific Championships Roster USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced its pool roster for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships, which takes place August 12-15, 2026, in Irvine, California. “It was exciting....

Los Angeles Olympic Qualification Procedures Present New Obstacles for American Swimmers Around the world, the qualification process for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles will look different than in previous years. Swimmers aiming to qualify for the newly-added 50-meter stroke events will have t...

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...

The Sydney Six: A Group of Teenagers Launched a Special Era for USA Swimming Today, September 15, marks the silver anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Over the next week, Swimming World will celebrate some of the iconic performances from the Olympic Ga...

Regan Smith Deserved Nomination for Female Athlete of the Year Award Later this month, at the Golden Goggle Awards in Denver, USA Swimming will announce award winners in five categories. When Female Athlete of the Year is revealed, an acceptance speech will be given by Katie Ledecky, Gretchen Walsh,...

Dick Shoulberg Honored with ISHOF Lifetime Achievement Award A multi-time Olympic coach and the man behind the powerhouse Foxcatcher/Germantown Academy program, Richard "Dick" Shoulberg was honored on Saturday night by the International Swimming Hall of Fame. At ISHOF's annual awards ceremony, Shoul...

U.S. Masters Announces Election Results and Award Winners at 2025 Annual Meeting U.S. Masters Swimming elected officers to its Board of Directors and honored many deserving volunteers and coaches with awards at its 2025 annual meeting. Elections The following officers were elected or re-elected: Ed ...

Tickets on Sale for First Stop of World Cup Tour in Carmel (Ind.); Stacked Field Ready to Race Carmel High School is known for its powerhouse status in the sport, but the Indiana school will take on a different identity when it hosts the first stop of the World Aquatics World Cup circuit next month....

When USA Swimming announced its National Team of 121 athletes for 2025-26, a number of swimmers made the jump from the National Junior Team. Twenty members of the 2024-25 USJNT were named to the National Team roster, including World Championships squad members Luka Mijatovic and Campbell McKean. On ...

Michael Norment and His Journey to Notre Dame: 'The People Make This Place Special' Michael Norment was happy at the University of Georgia. After swimming for the Bulldogs and spending the past two seasons as the program's Associate Head Coach, Norment enjoyed being part of what Neil Versfeld was bu...

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced its 2025-2026 U.S. National Team presented by Toyota. The roster is comprised of 121 swimmers from across the nation, based on results from the 2024-2025 swim season, ranging from September 1, 20...

In First Fall on Job, Greg Meehan Redefining Role of USA Swimming Coaches Part of the appeal for USA Swimming in hiring Greg Meehan, beyond the three national championships and slew of Olympians mentored, was his familiarity with what a coach needs. His 13 seasons at Stanford required an expansive v...

Why Does Masters Swimming Continue to Grow? Fitness, Community and Adaptability are Key Reasons Before the sun rises each morning, hundreds of pools across the country open their doors for swimmers – but not the ones you might expect. Instead of college athletes or energetic age-group kids, these la...

What Awaits Kevin Ring as New CEO of USA Swimming As he prepared to move into a new role guiding USA Swimming into an all-important home Olympics and beyond, Kevin Ring explained that the role felt like a great fit despite having no experience working in swimming. Ring told Swimming World that durin...

Todd DeSorbo Leads List of ASCA Coach of the Year Winners The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA), holding its World Clinic in Reno, has announced the names of its Coach of the Year recipients. The announcement revealed that the University of Virginia's Todd DeSorbo has been named the 2025 ...

New USA Swimming CEO Kevin Ring: ‘I’m Going to Call Michael Phelps Very Quickly’ A common thread in the professional experience of new USA Swimming CEO Kevin Ring, whose hiring was announced Thursday, is managing relationships. The role he fills atop USA Swimming has seen a rupture in the link betwe...

With Outsider's Perspective, Kevin M. Ring Aspires to 'Smart Growth' for USA Swimming Kevin M. Ring’s work experience in sports has cut across different dimensions. He’s been in the for-profit sector and on the governing body side. He’s been a part of established brands and relatively young ones. He...

USA Swimming Hires Kevin Ring as New CEO After Year-Long Search A year after the job initially became vacant, USA Swimming has landed on its new leader. Kevin Ring, who has been President of Legends Golf for the past three years, takes over the organization during the critical leadup to an Olympics ...

Dave Durden: Running Toward the Fire, Building Efficiency and Finding Joy in Coaching Dave Durden, the head coach of the University of California men’s and women's swimming programs and a U.S. Olympic coach, has built his career on resilience, precision, and an unwavering commitment to learning. In ...

ASCA Coaches Receive Timely Updates on Leadership, Coaching and Performance At the ASCA World Clinic in Reno, coaches are receiving timely insights on leadership changes, international performance, and a shared vision for the future of the sport. Swimming World continues to provide the most up-to-da...