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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...

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...

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...

World Cup Toronto - Day One Prelims: Kylie Masse Gets Fast Start at Home Stop The final stop of the World Cup circuit begins on Thursday morning in Toronto, which takes over hosting duties after previous legs in Carmel (Ind.) and Westmont (Ill.). Action North of the Border will be highlighted by the...

Kate Douglass Has Renewed Chase for Sub-50 Performance in 100 Freestyle In 2017, when Cate Campbell sped to a clocking of 50.25 in the short-course version of the 100-meter freestyle, there was chatter. Are we on the cusp of the first sub-50 performance by a woman in the event? Ultimately, that stor...

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...

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...

FLASH! Kate Douglass Takes Down Cate Campbell's World Record in 100 Freestyle at World Cup As a collegiate star at the University of Virginia, Kate Douglass established herself as a multi-event marvel. That identity was proved on Sunday night when Douglass clocked the latest world record of her care...

World Cup Westmont - Day Three Finals: Lani Pallister Pops Aussie Record in 1500 Freestyle; Becomes No. 2 Performer in History Just one session remains of the World Cup stop in Westmont, and if the opening days of action are any indication, the evening should provide some dazzling performances. Alre...

World Cup Westmont - Day Three Prelims: Gretchen Walsh Closes in on Another Record Swim The final day of the World Cup stop in Westmont will unfold on Sunday, with the series then shifting to Toronto for its final leg. Action in the Chicago suburbs has been sensational, highlighted on Saturday night...

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...

FLASH! Regan Smith Equals Own World Record in 100 Backstroke at World Cup When Regan Smith raced to a world record of 54.02 in the 100-meter backstroke at last year's World Short Course Championships in Budapest, there were expectations for a career-best performance. On Saturday night, Smith wasn't ...

World Cup Westmont - Day Two Finals: Ellen Walshe Grabs Title in 400 IM (Live Recap) The second stop of the World Cup series got off to an impressive start on Friday night, with circuit records registered by Australian Lani Pallister (400 freestyle) and the American duo of Regan Smith (200 butterfly...

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...

Can Regan Smith Join Sub-2:00 Club in 200 Butterfly as World Cup Resumes A little more than a decade ago, Mireia Belmonte made history when she became the first woman to break the two-minute barrier in the short-course version of the 200-meter butterfly. The Spaniard accomplished the feat when she c...

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...

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’...

Entry Lists Released for Westmont Stop of World Cup Circuit; UVA Sending College Stars The entry lists for the next stop of the World Cup series have been released by World Aquatics and while the majority of the athletes who raced at the first leg are set to compete again, there are a few new additi...

World Cup Carmel - Day Three Finals: Kaylee McKeown Pops Aussie Record to Win 200 Backstroke The opening leg of the three-stop World Cup tour will come to an end tonight in Carmel, the weekend having produced some stellar performances. World Cup action is typically conducted in Europe and Asia, but ...

World Cup Carmel - Day Three Prelims: Gretchen Walsh Positioned to Chase World Record in 100 Butterfly A world record from Gretchen Walsh in the 50-meter butterfly and an American standard by Shaine Casas in the 200 individual medley highlighted the second night of competition at the World Cup stop ...