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How Kate Douglass Swam to a 49.64 in the 100 Freestyle At last week’s United States Trials for the Short Course World Championships, Kate Douglass swam some historic times. Her best swim of the meet may have been her last, the 100 freestyle. Going into the meet, Douglass already held the world recor...

Swim Across America Awards $450,000 Grant to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to Advance Innovative Ovarian Cancer Research Swim Across America, a national nonprofit dedicated to funding cancer research and clinical trials, has awarded its Colleen C. Wilcox/Swim Across America Ovarian Cancer Innovat....

American Women's Freestyle Relays Should Obliterate World Records at Short Course Worlds The United States has assembled its team traveling to the Short Course World Championships in Beijing, with the most but not all big-name American swimmers securing their spots at the biennial global meet. The c...

ISL Announces United States Coaching Staff for All-Star Match The International Swimming League (ISL) has today announced the coaches of the United States Team, the second of the four teams that will contest the ISL All-Star Match at the London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Satu...

The New Era of ASCA Is Here: Modernized Certification, New Website, Mobile App and More Ways to Connect The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) launches a new digital experience, expanded educational content and enhanced resources to make coaching education, professional development and mem...

Ilya Kharun Wasted No Time Making His Mark as American Athlete; Time to Wear Team USA Colors Officially, Ilya Kharun became eligible to represent the United States in international competition on October 26 - a mere week ago. That date signified one year since the 21-year-old Kharun took the necessa...

Jack Alexy, Luke Hobson Leading Elite U.S. Men's Free Relays to Short Course Worlds The United States has assembled its team traveling to the Short Course World Championships in Beijing, with the most but not all big-name American swimmers securing their spots at the biennial global meet. The combin...

Alex Walsh Ready to Show 'Untapped Potential' in 400 IM at Worlds After Making Four Events For years, the 400 IM made Alex Walsh so nervous that she didn't swim it much. After a breakthrough this summer, she is heading into the 2026 World Short Course Championships in what is currently her favorite ...

Gretchen Walsh Aims for More Epic World Record Clashes With Kate Douglass "Anything you can do, I can do better ... " If that song pops in your head watching Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass race, you aren't alone. The back-and-forth nature of their swimming performances is something we have not see...

Caeleb Dressel Uses Swimsuit, Monkey Suit to Put Together Memorable Trials Meet as He Turns To Worlds On the first full night of the meet, Caeleb Dressel was giving high-fives, talking to kids up in the stands. "Hey, they were chirping at me first," Dressel said jokingly. The last night of the meet ...

USA Swimming Announces Full Roster for Short Course World Championships The 38-athlete roster features a combination of Olympic medalists, world champions, and rising stars who will represent the United States on the international stage. Multiple reigning short course world record holders will rep.....

Claire Weinstein Wins 800, but Declines Short Course Worlds Spot for Health Reasons Claire Weinstein claimed two victories and earned a spot to go to the short course world championships, but gave up those spots on Saturday. Weinstein made the announcement on her on-deck interview that she will skip...

When Kate Douglas Dives in World Records Are on Notice - That is What Makes a Generational Superstar Kate Douglass has become must-see TV. Every time she dives in the water, it seems like something incredible is going to happen. There are not many swimmers that give that feeling for a several-year s...

U.S. Short-Course Trials: Kate Douglass Blasts 100 Free WR Kate Douglass had an idea that a world record might be possible Saturday night in the 100 freestyle. When the five-time Olympic medalist gets that notion, it’s time for everyone else to watch out. Douglass knew she’d need to attack the front...

U.S. Short Course World Trials, Day 4 Women’s Finals: Skyler Smith Punches Ticket in 50 Breast  Skyler Smith was, as the broadcast at Short Course World Trials pointed out Saturday, about as happy as one could be with a medal at the Pan Pacific Championships this summer. At the FMC Natatorium in Wes...

U.S. Short Course World Trials, Day 4 Men’s Finals: Ilya Kharun Drops No. 4 All-Time 50 Fly Men’s butterfly has gotten a shakeup at the Short Course Worlds Trials this week in Westmont. Tyler Ray and Ilya Kharun set U.S. Open records in the 100 fly, the latter getting the win. Luca Urlando downed th...

The 2026 USA Swimming Short Course World Championship Trials continued with the Day 4 prelims from Westmont, Illinois. The events on the docket are the men's 200 breaststroke, women's 50 breaststroke, men's 200 IM, women's 400 IM, men's 50 butterfly, women's 100 butterfly, men's 100 backstroke, wome...

With Four First-Time World Record Holders, Let's Remember Just How Difficult the Feat Truly is With Katie Ledecky, Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass seeming to regularly be on world record pursuits, as well as Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh, it is easy to forget just how incredible a world-record...

U.S. Short Course World Trials: Teammates Pushing Each Other Toward World Records as 'Iron Sharpens Iron' As much of an individual sport as swimming is, it is also a team sport. It doesn't have to be a college meet for teammates to reap the benefits of having each other. Teammates facing off with a ...

Jack Alexy Destroys World Record in 100 Freestyle at U.S. Short Course Trials Four weeks after Russia’s Egor Kornev equaled the world record in the short-course version of the 100-meter freestyle during World Cup competition, the global standard in the event was dropped on Friday night at the FMC Na...