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Beata Nelson Has Been an Underappreciated Star Caught Up in Selection Net Beata Nelson has made herself known on the U.S. National Team for the better part of the last eight years. An accomplished short-course swimmer, the Wisconsin Badger has an impressive pedigree in the all-time rankings of her s...

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...

Passing the Torch: Swimming Has Been Defined by Inspirational Legacies Over the course of the 21st century, we have seen countless stories of legendary swimmers inspiring around the world as they have established themselves among the greatest in history. With that in mind, let's take a look at some ...

Major Potential: South Korea Has Flashed Steady Growth in Freestyle Events Over the course of the last four years, South Korea has quietly built a dangerous 800 freestyle relay. While consistently lowering its national record, South Korea has reached new international heights, with the core of the r...

Katie Ledecky Appears at Tech Conference; Discusses Career Steps and How to Manage Goals On the second day of MetLife's 2024 Triangle Tech X Conference, Katie Ledecky sat down for a 20-minute long interview to highlight some of her experiences throughout her career. The conversation went through all...

How Often Should You Be Swimming Fast? It's a New World On September 26, five-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown blasted a new short course meters 100 backstroke world record. Swimming a 54.56, McKeown undercut the previous record by a significant three tenths of a second. The performance came jus...

Understanding the Potential Heartbreak of Chasing the Olympic Dream Will Licon is a world champion, Pan American Games champion and 11-time NCAA champion. Over the course of his career, he has proven his talent as a spectacular athlete. In 2016, he finished third in the 200-meter breaststroke at the...

A Distance Swimming Renaissance, and Why Today's Athletes Offer Can't-Miss Action In arguably the greatest male race for the U.S. team at the Paris Olympics, Bobby Finke defended his 1500 freestyle Olympic gold medal in stunning fashion, taking down controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang’s 12-year-o...