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USA Swimming Announces Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Clubs

Congratulations to the top 200 teams recognized as Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal clubs in the 2025-26 Club Excellence program by USA Swimming. The program annually recognizes the highest-performing clubs in developing athletes aged 18 years and younger. To learn more about the program and see the be...

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USA Swimming Board Chair Natalie Coughlin to Step Down

USA Swimming Board Chair Natalie Coughlin to Step Down USA Swimming Board of Directors chairperson Natalie Coughlin announced on Thursday that she is stepping down, effective early November. Coughlin has been on the board since 2016 in various capacities. She was elected vice-chair in 2023 and later...

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USOPC Appoints Koby Langley as Chief Operating Officer

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) today announced the appointment of Koby Langley as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Langley will report directly to USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland and will relocate to Colorado Springs. His official start date is November 10, 2025. As COO, Langley wi...

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SafeSport Launches First National Survey of Coaches

SafeSport Launches First National Survey of Coaches The U.S. Center for SafeSport on Monday launched a first-of-its-kind survey of coaches to share experiences about safety in sport. The National Coaches Survey: Building Safer Sports Together has been created to solicit information from coaches on a...

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Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26

Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26 With the college swimming season underway for the 2025-2026 year, there’s no shortage of storylines to follow. Between up and coming competitors, returning stars, new coaches and movement among conferences, this NCAA season should have it all. He...

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The Fifth Stroke: Dolphin Kick Drills That Can Improve Performance

The Fifth Stroke: Dolphin Kick Drills That Can Improve Performance By Mark McCluskey, Swimming World College Intern In recent years, we have consistently watched the sport of swimming develop and grow as we discover ways to become faster. One of the biggest discoveries is the importance of dolphin k...

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Regan Smith Again Clips American, World Cup Records in 200 Fly

Regan Smith Again Clips American, World Cup Records in 200 Fly At the opening World Cup stop, Regan Smith was on the verge of becoming the third swimmer in history to crack 2:00 in the short course meters 200 butterfly, only fall less than three tenths at the finish. This time in Westmont, Ill., Smi...

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What Gretchen Walsh Has Done in the 50 Butterfly is Mind-Boggling

What Gretchen Walsh Has Done in the 50 Butterfly is Mind-Boggling With the second stop of the World Cup circuit slated for this weekend, an obvious question lingers: What will Gretchen Walsh do next? The 22-year-old Walsh might be the greatest short-course swimmer in history, having blasted a bevy o...

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How Emily Klueh Has Turned to Mental Health Role in Post-Athletic Career

How Emily Klueh Has Turned to Mental Health Role in Post-Athletic Career “Do you have one more lap in you?” “Do you have one more rep in you?”  In the sport of swimming, we are constanrly asked, whether by ourselves or our coaches, to push ourselves to the limit. The questions are made to ensure we’...