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Katie Ledecky, Ryan Murphy, Caeleb Dressel Well-Positioned For Another Successful Trials Top American swimmers have begun their final preparations for next month’s Olympic Trials, with most having completed their final in-season races prior to their all-important trip to Indianapolis. All of their t...

Summer McIntosh Confirms Star Power With Prolific, Record-Breaking Trials Performance During her heyday, Katinka Hosszu was perhaps the most dominant women’s medley swimmer ever, winning four consecutive world titles over both the 200 and 400-meter distances, none of the wins particularly close, as ...

The Century of the Elite Water Polo/Swimming Dual-Sport Athlete By Jeff Moulton and Russ Hafferkamp In the 20th century, it was not uncommon for American male athletes to excel in both water polo and swimming.  Indeed, several of the top ten American male swimmers were excellent water polo players a...

Swimming Canada Names 29 Swimmers to Paris Olympic Team Swimming Canada concluded its Olympic trials in Toronto this week by naming a 29-member delegation for the Paris Olympics. The squad includes world record holder Summer McIntosh and leading sprinter Josh Liendo as well as reigning Olympic gold ...

Canadian Olympic Trials, Night 7: Josh Liendo Sets World No. 1 100 Fly Josh Liendo raised expectations by setting a Canadian record in the men’s 100 butterfly Sunday morning at Canadian Olympic Trials. Safe to say he exceeded them at night. Liendo blasted a time of 50.06 to re-set the record and cre...

Canadian Olympic Trials, Day 7 Prelims: Josh Liendo Fires National Record in 100 Fly Josh Liendo’s form remains excellent, as a morning national record in the men’s 100 butterfly Sunday showed. Liendo clocked in at 50.33 seconds to chip .01 off his national mark in the 100 fly, which had been set in...

Indiana swimming coach Ray Looze was one of the keynote speakers at the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) annual conference. He discussed a number of things, including the future of the sport and how women's swimming and diving needs to be pivotal in the NCAA as well...

Ryan Murphy Swims 53.16 100 Backstroke in Irvine (Club Excellence Challenge Men's Roundup) Veteran backstroker Ryan Murphy continues to round into form as he approaches this summer's Olympic Trials. The reigning world champion in the 100 back will try to put himself in position to reclaim the Olympi...

Kasia Wasick Leads Fast Pack of 50 Freestyle Performances (Club Excellence Challenge Women's Roundup) During the fourth and final day of racing at a trio of meets comprising USA Swimming's Club Excellence Challenge, designed as one final tune-up prior to next month's Olympic Trials, the speediest wo...

Canadian Olympic Trials, Night 6: Finlay Knox, Josh Liendo Fire National Records After the women have taken center stage most nights at Canadian Olympic Trials, Saturday’s penultimate evening was a chance for the men to shine. Then again, it takes a national record these days to knock Summer McIntos...

Canadian Swimming Trials, Day 6 Prelims: Tristan Jankovics, Finlay Knox Set 200 IM Battle Both Finlay Knox and Tristan Jankovics have been in fine form this week at Canadian Olympic Trials. Knox is the do-everything stroke star, a winner in the 100 breaststroke and a relay piece in the 400 freestyle...

Ryan Murphy Notches His Fastest 200 Back Performance of 2024 (Club Excellence Challenge Men's Roundup) The top U.S. men's backstroker of the past decade, Ryan Murphy, is hoping to win medals at a third consecutive Olympics this summer, and he appears to be rounding into form just in time for the upc...

Katie Ledecky, Emma Weyant Impressive at Atlanta Classic (Club Excellence Challenge Women's Roundup) During the first two days of the Atlanta Classic, seven-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky set herself up for a strong Olympic summer with the world's fastest time in the 1500 freestyle and then tyi...

Canadian Olympic Trials, Day Five Finals: Penny Oleksiak Triumphant in 100 Freestyle Thanks to a world record in the 400-meter individual medley from Summer McIntosh a night earlier, the fifth finals session at the Canadian Olympic Trials faced a difficult act to follow. And while the night didn't m...

Canadian Olympic Trials, Day 5 Prelims: Penny Oleksiak Top Seed in 100 Free Penny Oleksiak didn’t have the opening event she would’ve wanted at Canadian Olympic Trials, barely making the finals of the women’s 200 free. Friday was more like what we’re used to seeing from Canada’s most decorated Olymp...

Richard Pound Wants Legal Action Taken Against USADA For "Outrageous Conduct" Over China Drug Positives Richard Pound has called for legal action to be taken against the United States Anti-Doping Agency for its "outrageous conduct" in regard to the Chinese doping case in which 23 swimmers tested pos...

With the 2024 Paris Olympics in full focus, Olympic champion Michael Phelps sat down with NBC's "Meet the Press" to discuss his experiences at the pinnacle of swimming. The full interview will air on Sunday on NBC. Phelps is a 23-time Olympic gold medalist and 28-time overall medalist in Olympic com...

Caeleb Dressel Clocks 48.30 100 Freestyle at Atlanta Classic (Men's Roundup) Last year's Atlanta Classic marked the first meet in which Caeleb Dressel raced in almost a year, and since then, he has steadily progressed back toward top form as he aims to qualify for his third Olympic team next month. ...

Katie Ledecky Breaks 4:00 in 400 Freestyle at Atlanta Classic; Dakota Luther Shines in Austin (Women's Roundup) Meets in Atlanta, Austin and Irvine comprise the USA Swimming Club Excellence Challenge Series, providing the last major racing opportunity for top swimmers prior to the U.S. Olympic Trial...

Flash! Summer McIntosh Breaks 400 IM World Record at Canadian Trials Summer McIntosh has never been shy about revving up for Trials meets, and the pool at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in particular seems to suit her. She added a third world record there on Thursday. McIntosh swam 4:24.38 to trim jus...