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Records keep falling for Melanie Margalis, the Cali Condors IMer adding the 100 individual medley American record to the pile Tuesday. Margalis won the 100 IM in 57.94 seconds, just .22 ahead of the New York Breakers’ Abbie Wood, in the fourth match of the International Swimming League season. The t...

For the second time this year, Cali Condors ended up on top, winning ISL Match 4 in emphatic fashion Tuesday. But with 610.5 points, the highest winning score in the International Swimming Leaague's second season, the Condors sent a message. Ahead of next week’s meeting with the London Roar, who won...

The University of Arizona was served with a Notice of Allegations by the NCAA that includes alleged violations by swimming coach Augie Busch. The letter, which the university acknowledged receiving on Friday, includes nine allegations of misconduct. Five of them are Level I violations, the highest l...

The USA Men’s Water Polo team had been scheduled to return to competition next week in Croatia, but a positive COVID-19 test from a Croatian athlete has cancelled the tournament. USA Water Polo announced the decision Friday, citing the Croatians’ cancellation. The USA Men's National Team was set...

The International Swimming League's two newest teams get underway in ISL Match 3, with the Tokyo Frog Kings and Toronto Titans each hitting the water for the first time. They're joined by two teams looking to make up ground after difficult starts. The LA Current finished third against a difficult fi...

Tokyo Olympics officials Wednesday offered demonstrations of some of its preventative measures for a competition in the world of COVID-19, hoping to assuage fears about next summer’s games. The organizers held the event at the Big Sight convention complex in Tokyo, home of the media center. Among th...

Lia Neal and Jacob Pebley Working for Change in Swimming (From October's Swimming World Magazine) In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, elite swimmers Lia Neal and Jacob Pebley created Swimmers for Change to promote diversity and to make swimming a more inclusive sport and a more inclusive...

The Age-Old Debate: What is the Hardest Event in Swimming? By Elise Devlin, Swimming World Intern There’s nothing worse than getting a wide eyed, worrisome expression from your friend after you answered their question, “So, what event do you have next?” We’ve all been there. Lurking somewhere in you...

Citing the requirements of Title IX, William & Mary Monday reversed its decision to cut three sports, reinstating women’s swimming and diving. The university also reinstated women’s gymnastics and women’s volleyball at the Division I level. From a statement: "The university wants those teams to thri...

You could see it behind the block as Ky-Lee Perry brought home the mixed freestyle relay, or in the DC Trident team box as Linnea Mack dueled through the women’s skins race. The Trident weren’t near challenging the London Roar in their first match of the 2020 International Swimming League season. Bu...

The comment from Rowdy Gaines, just after the 200 backstrokes at ISL Match 2, couldn’t have been more spot on. “We’re not knowledgeable about where everyone sits,” the commentator said, just after assumed favorite Katinka Hosszu was upset in the 200 back, fading to a distant fifth place. With the ra...

A study by a Stanford postdoctoral fellow published last week finds that Olympic swimmers are more than a third of a second faster, on average, in the evening than in the morning. The study is titled, “Gold, silver or bronze: circadian variation strongly affects performance in Olympic athletes.” It ...

The University of Arizona’s swimming and diving team took part in the Social Justice Tread-A-Thon to honor George Floyd on what would’ve been his 47th birthday this week. As part of the national demonstration, the Wildcats treaded water for 8 minutes and 46 seconds Wednesday, the amount of time that...

The 2021 USA Swimming Foundation Learn-to-Swim grant application for lesson providers is now open. Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET. The USA Swimming Foundation has awarded more than $6.3 million dollars since 2007 to help fund learn-to-swim programs across...

Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Murphy Chasing ‘Race Shape’ as 2020 ISL Season Dawns The restlessness started to set in for Caeleb Dressel in late August. He’d been training somewhat regularly throughout the summer, with only slight intrusions from the COVID-19 pandemic on his training with Gregg Troy at the U...

Members of 20 varsity teams at Dartmouth have signed a letter to the college’s president and athletic director urging them to reconsider the cutting of men’s and women’s swimming and diving. The letter, sent to school president Phil Hanlon and AD Harry Sheehy, voiced displeasure with how the school ...

USA Swimming and Phillips 66 Wednesday unveiled a new partnership focused on water safety called Saving Lives is Always in Season. This initiative will increase access to learn-to-swim programs as part of a nationwide effort to increase drowning prevention. Spearheading the effort on the USA Swimmin...

UNC Wilmington on Monday announced that a cluster of seven positive COVID-19 tests have been linked to the schools swimming and diving team. Individuals who’ve tested positive have been isolated and receiving medical monitoring and treatment. UNCW did not release names of anyone testing positive. Fr...

Mount St. Mary’s announced Tuesday that Hall of Fame coach Lynn Kachmarik will join the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant for the water polo program’s inaugural seasons. Kachmarik is a legend in the water polo community and the first woman to be inducted to the College Water Polo Hall of Fame....

Augustana College (Ill.) this week announced that it will name its new aquatic facility after alumna and athletics pioneer Anne Greve Lund. Lund, a 1926 graduate of Augustana, was the school’s first director of women’s athletics, assuming the position while still an undergrad and serving from 1924-3...