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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...

U.S. Short Course Trials, Day Three Women's Finals: Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh Just Miss World Records; Liberty Clark Posts American Record Thursday evening's finals at the U.S. Short Course World Championship Trials began with a stunning performance from Claire Curzan, who took down veterans Kat...

Claire Curzan Drops World Record in 100 Backstroke Upset Over Katharine Berkoff and Regan Smith The women's 100 backstroke final at the U.S. Short Course World Championship finals featured the woman who holds the world record in both short course and long course plus another who has collected medals...

U.S. Short Course Trials, Day Three Men's Finals: Jack Alexy Rips World Record; Luca Urlando and Van Mathias Pop American Marks The world-record siren could blare again during Night Three men's competition at the U.S. World Short Course Championships Trials in Westmont, Illinois. One night after he ...

What Your Halloween Costume Says About You as a Swimmer  Halloween is finally here! It's the one night of the year when swimmers can trade their caps and goggles for something a little more exciting. Whether you're dressing up as your favorite superhero, a spooky character, or even an Olympic champi...

U.S. Short Course Trials Day 3 Prelims: Van Mathias Blasts American Record in 50 Breaststroke The 2026 USA Swimming Short Course World Championship Trials continued with the Day 3 prelims from Westmont, Illinois. The events on the docket are the men's 400 IM, women's 100 backstroke, men's 50 backstr...

U.S. Short Course Trials: Van Mathias Still Wondering 'Does the Van Makes the Mustache or the Mustache Makes the Van?" When Van Mathias was warming up, fans were shouting toward him. More wanted to talk about his mustache than his swimming. But since Mathias grew his mustache, he has become one of t...

Claire Weinstein wasn't sure she was going to be back to an elite swimmer for the USA Swimming Short Course World Championship trials. She wasn't sure she would ever be back to elite status. Weinstein battled viral meningitis for most of 2026. It took a complete toll both physically and mentally on ...