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ISL American Derby - Day Two The two American spots in the International Swimming League finale next month in Las Vegas are all but guaranteed, the Cali Condors and L.A. Current standing head and shoulders above their United States opposition, the D.C. Trident and New York Breakers. After holding th...

ISL American Derby (Day One) Vegas Baby! As the International Swimming League season resumed on Saturday with the American Derby at the Eppley Recreation Center in College Park, Maryland, there was one over-arching emphasis: Nail down a berth to next month's championship competition in Las Vegas. Wh...

Chase Kalisz will make his International Swimming League debut less than 30 miles from the city where hours of practice alongside Michael Phelps helped propel him to the silver medal in the 400m individual medley at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 25-year-old was born in Baltimore, Mar...

A jury in the Jane Doe v. USA Swimming case in Stockton, California, today found that USA Swimming was not responsible for the actions committed by a coach employed by a California swim club. USA Swimming Press Release USA Swimming is grateful to the jury for their time and consideration of this ext...

Elizabeth Beisel issued an apology for her controversial conduct on an episode of “Survivor” where she and another contestant, Missy Byrd, played up charges of inappropriate touching against another player for strategic advantage. The three-time Olympian issued a statement on Twitter about the situa...

After a brief rest period, the International Swimming League will pick back up this weekend in College Park, Maryland as the four American-based teams (Cali Condors, Los Angeles Current, DC Trident, and New York Breakers) vie for spots in the final match set to take place in December in Las Vegas. T...

Four-time US Olympian Ryan Lochte appeared on Alex Rodriguez's show Back in the Game on Wednesday to discuss his ongoing struggle with his fallout from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Lochte, 35, lost all of his sponsorships after he filed a false police report in Rio claiming that he and three other te...

17-year-old Regan Smith was named to TIME Magazine's 100 Next list for her performance at the 2019 World Championships this summer. Smith broke two world records in the 200 and 100 backstroke, winning a gold medal in her lone individual event -- the 200 back. Smith's world record in the 100 came lea...

TYR Pro Series (Greensboro) - Day 4 Finals The sprints might have more scintillating finishes. Some events have better rivalries. But when it comes to the 800-meter freestyle, it can be argued that Katie Ledecky’s prowess is the finest artistry in the sport. Want to debate that statement? Ok. Start ...

TYR Pro Swim Series (Greensboro) The gold medal captured by Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle at last summer's World Championships would suffice for most athletes. However, the American star's trip to Gwangju was anything but was what was envisioned a year shy of the next Olympic Games. That win fo...

Heavy demand for tickets to the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming in Omaha has led event organizers to release single day tickets earlier than ever before. A complete sellout of the Olympic Swimming Trials, which will be held at CHI Health Center Omaha June 21-28 event, is expected to wat...

TYR Pro Swim Series (Greensboro) With the Olympic year just around the corner, Simone Manuel used the first stop on this year's Pro Swim Series to deliver a strong performance, as the reigning world champion in both sprint-freestyle events blew away the field in the 100 freestyle. After posting the ...

For the first time in her professional career, Hali Flickinger is swimming for a new club. After training with the Athens Bulldog Swim Club since graduating from Georgia in 2016, Flickinger has moved west, joining the post-grad program at Arizona State with coach Bob Bowman and will be training alon...

The 2019-20 TYR Pro Swim Series in Greensboro, North Carolina started Wednesday night with the heats of the 1500 free as Ashley Twichell won the women's race at 16:11.19 and Zane Grothe won the men's race at 15:18.71. Women's 1500 Free Twichell is racing in her first pool meet since the 2019 World C...

Catherine Kase, nee Vogt, of the University of Southern California and Trojan Swim Club, has been named the open water head coach for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team. USA Swimming today announced that Kase will lead a team of three Americans competing in the Olympic 10km Marathon, so far schedul...

Ashley Twichell, one of three swimmers to have already secured spots on the 2020 United States Olympic Team. The year 2020 is a significant one in the sport of swimming for obvious reasons. It is the light at the end of a long tunnel that is - for many swimmers - four years in the making. 2020 marks...

Psych sheets for first stop of TYR Pro Swim Series for 2019-20 season The psych sheets for the first stop of the 2019-20 TYR Pro Swim Series have been released as some of USA Swimming's best athletes will be in attendance this weekend in Greensboro, North Carolina. The meet will begin November 6 (We...

Andrew Gemmell's Red Flag To FINA: Athlete Safety In Focus It is "only a matter of time until we have another tragedy that will do more to diminish the stature of the sport than any amount of 'complaining' might do" if FINA's leadership fails to step in and stop open water events going ahead in cond...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Marathon Goes North for runners and walkers - swimmers deserve the same safety protections: time to Go North, move the swim 500 miles upstream Commentary: The Coordination Committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is meeting in Tokyo this week. If they have a scintilla of interes...

NCAA Revolution Ahoy The NCAA today cleared the way for college athletes to begin profiting from their sports careers and any profile built from their success and fame. In a landmark decision that will dramatically alter college sports and its economics, and with them one of the bedrocks of the grea...