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Olympian David Johnston Reveals Car Accident Injuries Keeping Him Out of the Water American Olympic distance swimmer David Johnston this week revealed “persistent neurological symptoms” that have kept him from competing the last 13 months. Johnston made a lengthy post on Instagram shedding light on ...

The Events Nobody Volunteers to Race: How Swimmers Are Valued Swimmers who regularly take on demanding or less popular events give their teams flexibility. They fill gaps in the lineup, compete outside their specialties, and accept combinations of races that others would rather avoid. But when that ...

College Swimming League Championship: NC State Stuns the Field to Win the First-Ever CSL Championship By Brendan Oswald & Adam Denn The inaugural season of the College Swimming League (CSL) has reached its conclusion, with Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina State and Indiana battling for the champi...

Guest Editorial: Swimming Is the Sport College Sports Can't Afford to Lose By Alex Versen Every American Olympic swimmer has a story that starts at about 5 a.m. A parent warming up the car. A bag that smells permanently of chlorine. A coach on the deck with a stopwatch, a whistle and a cup of coffee...

Luca Urlando 'On the Right Path for Short Course Worlds' After Record-Setting Trials Since narrowly missing out on the Olympic semifinals in the event two years ago, Luca Urlando has been on a roll in the 200 butterfly. In 2025, he lowered the fastest time ever in the 200-yard fly on three occasions...

Rylee Erisman Cracks World Junior Record in 100 Freestyle; Continues Sharp Upward Trajectory The final event of last week's United States Trials for the World Short Course Championships will be remembered for the world record of Kate Douglass in the 100-meter freestyle. Clocking a time of 49.64, Dou...

Mike Brady Named Director of Aquatics at Greensboro Aquatic Center Oak View Group (OVG) and Greensboro Complex are pleased to announce the hiring of Mike Brady as Director of Aquatics at Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC). Brady brings extensive experience in aquatic facility operations, competitive s...

American Men's Backstroke Shows Signs of Life at Short Course Trials, But Questions Remain The United States men have struggled mightily in backstroke for the past two years, at least since Ryan Murphy won bronze in the 100-meter race in Paris for his third consecutive Olympic medal in the event. Si...

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...