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USA Swimming has announced the finalists for the 2024 Golden Goggle Awards. The award ceremony will take place Nov. 23 in Indianapolis. Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh lead the field with four nominations based on their performances during the Paris Olympics. The nomination list can be found below, w...

ISCA Hall of Fame Class to be Honored at Eastern States Clinic; Big Names to Be Recognized (Video Tributes) The International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) will induct three coaches into its Hall of Fame next week. Dick Shoulberg, Sid Cassidy and Jack Bauerle make up the Class of 2024. The inducti...

Elizabeth Beisel Marries Jack Nichting in Rhode Island Celebration Many of the country's best swimmers past and present flocked to Rhode Island this weekend, not for a meet, but for the wedding of Elizabeth Beisel and Jack Nichting. The celebration of was attended some of the biggest names in the sp...

Mallory Weggemann has won Paralympic medals before, but this year everything is different. Since the last Paralympics, the U.S. swimmer has given birth after a long fertilty process and her outlook on life changed heading into the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Her total was bumped up to four Paral...

The 2024 Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame Class was enshrined Friday evening by the Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association inside the Ford Hall of Champions at the 46th Burgess Banquet. The class consisted of Cammile Adams ‘14 (Women’s Swimming & Diving), Breeja Larson ’14 (Women’s Swimming & Diving), Al...

Swim for the Alligator Lighthouse Open Water Race Continues to Raise Money for Florida Keys Landmark More than 300 swimmers from the United States and several other countries competed in an 8-mile open-water challenge Saturday to raise awareness to fund restoration of an aging lighthouse off the Fl....

Paralympics Day 9 Finals: Leanne Smith Breaks World Record; Raleigh-Crossley Wins Again Day 9 of the 2024 Paralympic Games continued from La Defense Arena in Paris. China's Guo Jincheng and Lu Dong, USA's Leanne Smith and Canada's Sebastian Massabie set world records while USA's Christie Raleigh-Cro...

Florida’s men’s and women’s swimming head coach Anthony Nesty was honored as the 2024 ASCA George Haines Coach of the Year recipient Thursday night at the Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Celebration during the ASCA World Clinic at the Rosen Centre Resort in Orlando, Florida. This award is present....

Jeff Cavana, a former head coach of the LSU Swimming and Diving program for four seasons, died this week. He was 67. Cavana became LSU’s head swimming coach in August of 2000 after serving as an assistant coach for the Tigers for 10 seasons. Cavana joined LSU as an assistant to then-head coach Rick ...

Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby is turning pro. The breaststroker from Alaska will forgo her eligibility at the University of Texas and become a professional swimmer. Jacoby made her announcement on Instgram. "After careful consideration and with the support of my coaches and loved ones, I have decide...

The University of Utah has entered into a groundbreaking four-year partnership with FINIS, the world’s leading swimwear and aquatic innovation company. As part of this agreement, the University of Utah swim teams will become the flagship FINIS team, showcasing the latest in cutting-edge swim technol...

The 2024 Paralympic Games continued from Paris with the Day 6 finals from La Defense Arena. Ihar Boki and Daria Lukianenko claimed world records, while several Paralympic records were broken. Live Results Day 1 Recap Day 2 Recap Day 3 Recap Day 4 Recap Day 5 Recap Here is a look at the events: Men's...

Christie Raleigh Crossley Victim of 'Disgusting' Online Bullying After Winning Paralympic Medal Winning a medal at the Paralympics was supposed to be the highest moment for Christie Raleigh Crossley. But it wasn't. After setting a world record in the prelims, then winning a silver medal in the 50 fr...

Paralympic Games: Swimmers to Watch During 10 Days of Competition in Paris With the 2024 Paralympic Games set to begin, the world's top athletes will take center stage at La Defense Arena in Paris. The Paralympic swimming competition runs from Aug. 29 through Sept. 7. The U.S. has 23 returning Paral...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced the candidates for the ASCA Board of Directors, following a nominating process overseen by the ASCA Governance Committee.  Ten candidates are vying for five full-term and one partial-term positions on the 12-member Board. ASCA's Governan...

Paralympic Games: What You Need to Know about Swimming in Paris Competition is about to rev back up in La Defense Arena in Paris. After an historic 2024 Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games are set to take center stage as athletes from around the world will compete in a variety of swimming events. Th...

Scottsdale Aquatic Club coach Bob Platt died on Saturday at age 58. Platt has been an inspiration in the swim community through his coaching and also his advocating for the LGBTQ+ community and any other people he felt were marginalized. No cause of death has been released. He has coached several el...

The US Masters Swimming Summer National Championships concluded from Mission Viejo California on Sunday. Ther were 35 USMS records set and 19 World Aquatics age group world records set at the meet. Gabrielle Rose led a group of 11 Olympians who competed in the meet, a group that also included  Jeff ...

Carmel High Claims Another Swimming World Girls Mythical National Championship The Carmel (Ind.) High School swimming dynasty has been nothing short of remarkable. The Greyhounds have won 38 consecutive Indiana girls state championships, a national record that grows yearly. This year, they are once ...

City Swim Project in Buffalo Thriving With Diversity, Building Toward Future of Swimming Mike Switalski grew up in a mostly white town, went to a mostly white college and competed in a mostly white sport. It gave him a narrow understanding of swimming, but when he got to Buffalo, everything changed....