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[caption id="attachment_644698" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Ausmus & Dodd Win Cutino Award[/caption] 2026 Cutino Awards: First Timer Emily Ausmus, Two-Time Winner Ryder Dodd College water polo’s biggest individual honors went to sophomore USC standout Emily Ausmus and for the second year in a r...

Can the U.S. Men Keep Their Historic 200 Backstroke Streak at Pan Pacs Alive? Since the first Pan Pacific Championships in 1985, one thing has always stayed the same: An American man has won gold in the 200-meter backstroke. Lenny Krayzelburg, Aaron Piersol, Ryan Lochte, and Ryan Murphy are just a f...

2026 Cutino Awards Preview College water polo’s biggest individual honors will be awarded tonight, where the 2026 Peter J. Cutino Awards will be presented at The Olympic Club. The annual ceremony honors the top men’s and women’s NCAA Division I water polo players and brings together many of the spor...

Hubert Kos, Summer McIntosh, Simone Manuel Post Impressive Doubles at Longhorn Elite Invite Two of the world's best swimmers claimed a pair of first-place finishes Saturday while competing at their training base for the Longhorn Elite Invite. Both Summer McIntosh and Hubert Kos came in first in the ...

Summer McIntosh Swims Eighth-Fastest Time Ever in 400 IM at Longhorn Elite Invite; Regan Smith Breaks 56 in 100 Fly No single swimmer has dominated an event in recent years like Summer McIntosh has in the women's 400 individual medley. McIntosh is the Olympic champion and three-time world champion i...

Carson Foster Posts Personal Best During 800 Freestyle Win at Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite The first day of the Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite featured a mixed 800-meter freestyle, and Carson Foster delivered an impressive victory. The Team USA veteran registered a personal-best time of 7:52.oo on...

Ray Looze Gives In-Depth Interview on Lane One: Making Waves Podcast (View Here) The International Swimming Coaches Association (ISCA), in its latest Lane One: Making Waves podcast with Summer Finke, delivers an interview with Indiana University coach Ray Looze. The veteran coach oversees the high-p...

McKenzie Siroky Continuing to Deliver on Breaststroke Potential One year ago, McKenzie Siroky blasted her way onto her first World Championships team with an emphatic one-on-one victory. She had tied for second place in the 50 breaststroke at U.S. Nationals, a poor finish leaving her in a dead-heat ...

USA Swimming Releases New Selection Criteria for National Team and National Junior Team USA Swimming has released its selection criteria for athletes to be named to the 2026-27 National Team and National Junior Team. Athletes selected to the team will hold National Team status from Sept. 1, 2026 thr...

Does Long Course Swimming Matter for College Recruiting? For many swimmers navigating the college recruiting process, one question comes up again and again: does long course performance really matter? Many swimmers think that because they are going to swim short course in college and don’t have plan...

Pan Pacs Team Imperfect, But 2026 is Best Year for No U.S. Selection Meet Any list of the world's fastest women in the 100 freestyle must now include Anna Moesch, who ranks third-fastest in history following her American-record-setting performance at the recent AP London International. Isabelle Stad...

Patrick Sammon Builds Summer Momentum with Multiple Victories on Mare Nostum Tour When Patrick Sammon stepped onto the Arizona State University campus, lofty expectations were attached to the California native from Oak Ridge High School. As a National Junior Team member, Sammon had established himse...

USA Swimming Announces Athletes Chosen for Zone Select Camps (Link to Roster) USA Swimming today announced the names of the 120 athletes selected for the 2026 Zone Select Camps. To optimize opportunities for athletes, the two camps will each select athletes from two combined zones. One camp will hos...

Ryan Erisman Makes Statement With World-Class Distance Times in London One year ago, Ryan Erisman clobbered his best times at U.S. Nationals to nearly put himself on the World Championships team. In the 400 freestyle final, the teenager sat in fifth place throughout before charging down the stretch,...

POLL: Who is the Biggest Omission from Team USA for This Summer's Pan Pacific Championships? The United States' selection procedures for this summer's Pan Pacific Championships hinged on several meets from last year, an approach that has been used by USA Swimming in the past. The competitions that c...

How the Enhanced Games Tried - and Failed - to Make Swimming Spectacle It's no secret that swimming is a once-every-four-years event for most people. For all the joys of a competitive championship meet, the leaders who bear the responsibility of running swim meets have understood that obtaining larg...

Quintin McCarty Uses Mare Nostrum Series to Rise Up Sprint Ranks Heading into the opening leg of this year's Mare Nostrum Series, Quintin McCarty ranked 17th all-time among American athletes in the 50-meter freestyle. A time of 21.79 served as McCarty's best in the event, delivered at last summer's ...

The Real Deal: Anna Moesch Proves Long Course Capabilities in London Breakout The signs have pointed toward a huge breakout summer as Anna Moesch emerged as a national-championship-caliber freestyler in short course yards during her sophomore season at Virginia. Each season has brought significant i...

Swim-Flation: The Post-House Reckoning Comes for College Club Swimming By Alexander L. Ballard On April 10, 2026, Walker Davis swam a 100-yard backstroke in 45.81 at the  Greensboro Aquatic Center. Less than a year earlier, he finished 25th in that event at the NCAA  Championships. His time in Green...

Major Drop by Anna Moesch Sparks Memories of Ian Crocker in Barcelona In itself, the 51.94 performance of Anna Moesch in the 100-meter freestyle on Memorial Day was stunning. Produced at the AP Race London International, the mark was good for an American record. It was just the third sub-52 effort i...