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In 2024, thousands of swimmers and volunteers committed to fighting cancer will be making waves against cancer by participating in charity swims with Swim Across America. The swims take place April 20 through October 6, 2024. This year's schedule includes 24 communities with open water swims and hun...

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Canadian Star Summer McIntosh Joins Unfiltered Waters Podcast For Wide-Ranging Discussion Since debuting the Unfiltered Waters Podcast, hosts and Olympic medalists Katie Hoff and Missy Franklin have welcomed some of the biggest names for conversations. This week’s episode features an athlete who wil...

Matt Fallon Established as Leading American 200 Breaststroker, Chasing Olympic Medal Whenever a swimmer takes down Leon Marchand in one of the Frenchman’s main events, that accomplishment deserves recognition. Marchand is clearly established as the world’s best swimmer, and he is coming off an NCAA ...

American Women’s Swimming Depth Ratchets Up Pressure With Olympic Trials Approaching The meet that all elite American swimmers have been anticipating for almost three years is now less than two months away. The stakes of that competition, set to be held in the largest venue ever to host a swim meet,...

Surging Torri Huske Shakes Up Indy and Paris Status Quo The 2023 World Championships did not go as planned for Torri Huske. Individually, she swam only the 50 and 100 butterfly, and she fell to bronze in the 100-meter race after swimming almost one second off her American record. After racing on fou...

Ali Truwit: Triumph Over Adversity and the Quest for Paralympic Glory Just after graduating from Yale University, Ali Truwit was the victim of a shark attack while on vacation in Turks & Caicos. Doctors and a teammate rushed to save her life and while she lost her foot and part of her leg, she has p...

Katie Grimes Swims World's Fastest 400 IM Among Four Wins at Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions While most top American swimmers travelled to San Antonio this weekend for the final stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series, a handful of west-coast-based Olympic contenders swam in Mission Viejo, Calif., at th...

TYR Pro Series San Antonio, Day Four Finals (Men's Events): Matt Fallon, Chase Kalisz Dial Up Impressive Victories Since returning to training and competition following a break from the sport, Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel has gradually returned to form. That progress has been clear during this we...

TYR Pro Series San Antonio, Day Four Finals (Women's Events): Regan Smith, Kate Douglass Shine on Star-Studded Night Over the first three days of the USA Swimming TYR Pro Series stop in San Antonio, one thing has been abundantly clear. The athletes competing at the Northside Swim Center are moving t...

Summer McIntosh Closes Canadian Open With Dominant Victory in 200 IM Heading into the final day of the Canadian Open, 17-year-old star Summer McIntosh already owned victories from the meet in the 100-meter freestyle 200 free and 100 butterfly. She capped her weekend with another victory, this time i...

The TYR Pro Swim Series stop in San Antonio continued with the Day 4 prelims on Saturday morning. The events of the day are the women’s and men’s 100 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and 50 free before moving to the slowest timed final heats of the women's 800 free and men's 1500 free. This meet...

TYR Pro Series San Antonio, Day Three Finals (Men’s Events): Caeleb Dressel, Hubert Kos Tie For 100 Butterfly Win Two of the world's most prominent men's swimmers were scheduled to swim in their signature events Friday evening at the TYR Pro Swim Series in San Antonio, Texas. Fresh off another recor...

TYR Pro Series San Antonio, Day Three Finals (Women’s Events): Torri Huske Just Misses American Record in 100 Butterfly A collection of top American and international swimmers are racing in San Antonio this week at the final stop of this year's TYR Pro Swim Series as they zero-in on upcoming Olympic...

Behind Personal Best, Summer McIntosh Edges Olympic Champ Maggie Mac Neil in 100 Butterfly at Canadian Open For several years, including as the world champion in 2022 and 2023, Summer McIntosh has been the premier female in the world in the 200-meter butterfly. On Friday night, while racing at the C...

The TYR Pro Swim Series stop in San Antonio continued with the Day 3 prelims on Friday morning. The events of the day are the women's and men's 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 400 IM and 100 butterfly. This meet is full of star power as swimmers prepare for the Olympic Trials in the U.S. or the Paris...

Speedo Canadian Open: Summer McIntosh Supplies Power with 100 Free Win Summer McIntosh provided the power on Thursday night at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, a little before the lights in the facility dimmed in a brief power outage. McIntosh won the women’s 100 freestyle over a field of Olympics,...

TYR Pro Series San Antonio, Day Two Finals (Men's Events): Caeleb Dressel, Leon Marchand Storm to Victories Many of the premier American athletes in the sport, and a quality group of international stars, have gathered in San Antonio this week for the latest stop of the USA Swimming TYR Pro Series. J...

TYR Pro Series San Antonio, Day Two Finals (Women's Events): Katie Ledecky Swims 2024's Second-Fastest Time in 400 Freestyle A strong field has assembled this weekend in San Antonio for the final TYR Pro Swim Series meet before the 2024 Olympic Trials, with many top Americans and foreign swimmers in...

The TYR Pro Swim Series stop in San Antonio continued with the Day 2 prelims on Thursday morning. The events of the day are the women's and men's 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly and 400 freestyle. This meet is full of star power as swimmers prepare for the Olympic Trials in the U.S. o...