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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 ...

Kate Douglass Ties 50 Freestyle World Record to Conclude Brilliant Double Less than 20 minutes had passed since Kate Douglass won the 200 breaststroke at the U.S. Short Course World Championship Trials. Douglass was back out on pool deck, swimming in the middle of the pool in the 50 freestyle agains...

Van Mathias Breaks World Record in 100 Breaststroke By day, Van Mathias is the Director of Operations for Indiana University swimming, where the American starred during his collegiate days. The 26-year-old Mathias can also call himself a world-record holder after his exploits on Thursday night, as h...

U.S. Short Course Trials, Day Two Women's Finals: Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith Secure Beijing Spots as World Records Fall Two years after Gretchen Walsh dominated the Short Course World Championships with seven gold medals, she officially booked her ticket back to the global meet Thursday evening in ...

Katharine Berkoff Sets Her First World Record in 50 Backstroke at U.S. Short Course Trials For the past four years, Katharine Berkoff has been wracking up international medals in sprint backstroke, a stretch highlighted by a long course world title in the event last year. Now, Berkoff can claim the ...

U.S. Short Course Trials, Day Two Men's Finals: Caeleb Dressel Grabs Title in 50 Freestyle to Return to International Waters There should be plenty of record assaults during Day Two of men's competition at the United States World Short Course Championships Trials in Westmont, Illinois. Following a m...

U.S. World Short Course Trials, Day Two Prelims: Tyler Ray, Van Mathias Hit Records Tyler Ray and Van Mathias started the first full day of U.S. World Short Course Trials with record swims Thursday morning. Ray equaled the U.S. Open record in the men’s 100 butterfly by going 48.47 in the first event...

A Voice For the Sport: Countdown to Home Olympic Games in Full Effect There’s a selection meet this week, with some of the top names in American swimming descending on the FMC Natatorium in Suburban Chicago for the United States World Short Course Championships Trials. Invitations to December’s Worl...

U.S. World Short Course Trials, Day One Finals: Ryan Erisman Moves to No. 5 All-Time American in 800 Freestyle The first night of the United States World Short Course Championships Trials was brief, but Cal's Ryan Erisman provided a highlight by winning the men’s 800-meter freestyle in commanding fa...

'Stars Align': LA28 Announces Official Slogan for Upcoming Olympic Games LA28 today unveiled “Stars Align” as the official slogan of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Launching worldwide with a 60-second campaign film, “Stars Align” is both a rallying cry and an invitation for athletes to compe...

Could Longstanding American Records Fall at U.S. Selection Meet? Short course meters meets in the United States are few and far between. Most swimmers follow the familiar pattern of short course yards from September through April, long course meters April through August. College and high school comp...

Erisman Siblings Positioned to Reach Short Course Worlds Together Over the past few months, Ryan Erisman has emerged as one of the country's best in the mid-distance and distance freestyle events. Erisman exceled while representing the United States in London in late May, and then he captured U.S. n...

Stellar Lineup Set for ASCA Pacific Swim Coaches Clinic; Registration Link Included The American Swimming Coaches Association is bringing an outstanding lineup of coaching talent to California wine country for the 2027 ASCA Pacific Swim Coaches Clinic, January 8–10 at the Napa Valley Marriott in Nap...

Cancer Immunotherapy Funded by Swim Across America Gains FDA Approval An immunotherapy treatment for rectal cancer whose early-stage research was funded by Swim Across America has received accelerated approval from the FDA. The drug – Jemperli (dostarlimab) – for rectal cancer was developed in a res...

Ilya Kharun Ready to Seize Opportunity in First U.S. Selection Meet Four years ago, Ilya Kharun was slated to represent the United States at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, only to lose his spot on the team because he was not an American citizen. Kharun had grown up in Las Vegas but was born i...

All the Links to Follow the U.S. World Short Course Championships Trials The United States squad for the World Short Course Championships will be determined this week when USA Swimming holds its selection meet at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont, Illinois. The U.S. World Short Course Champs Trials wil...

The Importance of Showing Up: Why Being There Matters More Than You Think  In swimming, we spend a lot of time talking about hard work, dedication, and consistency. We talk about the importance of getting to practice on time, putting in the yards, and doing everything we can to get a fraction of a s...