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USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, has announced the election of Caitlin Leverenz Smith and the re-election of Katie Meili to its Board of Directors. The organization’s eligible athlete members elected these Directors to four-year terms to not o...

Olympians Hali Flickinger, Kyle Salyards Lead Pennsylvania Aquatics Hall of Fame Class of 2025 Olympians Hali Flickinger and Kyle Salyards lead the members of the Class of 2025 to the Pennsylvania Aquatics Hall of Fame. Joining them are fellow Olympian Tom Tretheway, diver and official Dave Lewis, s...

Michael Andrew Begins Training at Arizona State University A disappointing performance at the U.S. Olympic Trials denied Michael Andrew a spot on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team, with Andrew falling to eighth in the 100 breaststroke, an event in which he holds the American record, and fifth in the 50 fre...

Could Bob Bowman and University of Texas Propel U.S. Men in Future Years? The highlight of an Olympic swimming competition where very little went right for the U.S. men came on the final day, when Bobby Finke won gold in the men’s 1500 freestyle in world-record time. Finke helped the team avoid bein...

The Value and Joy of Every Level of College Swimming About one in 13 high school athletes go on to compete in a varsity college sport, or a little bit above 7%. Less than two percent of those athletes compete at a Division I school. In 2023, USA Swimming had 316,263 registered athletes. As all of th...

The Presidential History of Swimming Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. once said, "I think swimming is a wonderful thing." Roosevelt's father, Franklin D. Roosevelt (the 32nd President of the United States), swam a great deal during his lifetime. But FDR was not the only one of our Commanders-in-Chief who e...

Missy Franklin Johnson and Hayes Johnson have announced their family is growing. In a post-Halloween Instagram post, Franklin released the news in costume. "We couldn’t be happier to share that we’re adding another superhero to the family!! Baby girl Johnson number two making her entrance in March. ...

USA Swimming today announced the top 200 clubs recognized as Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal clubs in the 2024-25 Club Excellence program. The program annually recognizes the highest-performing clubs in developing athletes aged 18 years and younger. To learn more about the program and see the benefits...

USA Swimming today announced the names of the 104 athletes selected for the 2024 National Select Camp, held January 9-12 (boys) and January 23-26 (girls). View the complete girls roster here and boys roster here. “We are excited to welcome the 2024 National Select Camp athletes and their coaches to ...

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of swimming in the United States, has announced the appointment of Brendan Hansen as its National Junior Team Program Director, effective November 4. Hansen will lead all aspects of the National Junior Team by developing and maintaining programs that serve a...

Multi-Event Standout Kate Douglass Puts Exclamation Point on 200 Breaststroke Dominance Most multi-event swimmers follow familiar patterns of versatility: butterfly and backstroke, mid-distance freestyle plus the 400 IM, sprint events across multiple strokes. Kate Douglass completely breaks that mol...

Chris Plumb to Lead U.S. Swim Team at Short Course Worlds (Full USA Swimming Staff) After joining the Olympic team coaching staff for the first time this summer, Chris Plumb will be the head coach of a senior-level international team for the first time when he helms the U.S. roster bound for Budapes...

Get Ready for Gretchen Walsh Show at Short Course World Championships Elite swimmers regularly decline the chance to race at the Short Course World Championships. Katie Ledecky has never attended that meet, and Michael Phelps only did so once, when it was held in the United States. Fortunately for s...

October 17 Declared Katie Ledecky Day by Montgomery County, Maryland October 17 was recognized as Katie Ledecky Day by her home of Montgomery County, Maryland. The native of Bethesda made a stop home on her post-Olympics tour, meeting with students from her alma mater, Stone Ridge School of the Sacr...

FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Crushes 100 IM World Record, Breaks Three More SCM American Records at Dual Meet The Gretchen Walsh show has returned to college swimming. The University of Virginia senior, just two-and-a-half months removed from her first Olympic Games, is already breaking records, this time ...

1980 Olympian Ron Neugent Among 12 Inducted to Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Ron Neugent, a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic swim team, was among 12 inductees to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday. Neugent grew up in Wichita and attended Wichita East High School before a career at SMU and the Univ...

New Generation: National Team Nods a Spark to Greater Success For Emerging Stars Across the sports world, the opportunity to represent one’s country has always been a monumental achievement. But in the world of swimming, the opportunity to compete for one’s country means just a bit more. This select...

USA Roster Announces For Upcoming World Short Course Swimming Championships USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today released its roster for the 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships (25m), which takes place December 10-15 at ....

How Olympians Raced the 200-Meter Events: Analyzing Strategies of Success in Paris “Go out as fast as possible. Don’t hold back!” “Build the first 100, and then stay strong.” “Keep a consistent pace!” These are all strategies which have guided the ways athletes race the 200 freestyle, an event that ...

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Teams Visit White House to Recognize Paris Accomplishments; Torri Huske Delivers Speech Members of this year's delegation that represented the United States at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics this summer visited the White House Monday as President Joe Biden recognized th...