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The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has released the December edition of the Division I Top 25 dual meet poll, with the University of Virginia women and Texas men retaining their top spots to close out the calendar year. The committee, consisting of Division I coa....

Many of the top male artistic swimmers from around the world came together for an elite camp in Barcelona. Under the guidance of expert coaches, the event showcased the growing prominence of men’s artistic swimming. The camp, Dec. 13-15,  at Sant Cugat, Barcelona, brought together 36 male athletes—1...

Mary-Sophie Harvey had dreamed about being on the podium for an individual race at a major international competition. She was so close at the 2024 Paris Olympics - heartbreakingly close - finishing fourth four times. Instead of letting that sink her, the 25-year-old Canadian star got back to work an...

World records are some of the most exciting moments in swimming. The 2024 Short Course World Championships in Budapest was loaded with them. How loaded? How about 30 in one meet. While short-course worlds usually has more world records than other big-time meets, 30 is just an astounding number, espe...

The eighth-ranked Lady Vol swimming & diving team capped the fall slate with a commanding 200-99 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats. The Kentucky men beat the No. 11 Vols 173-127. The Tennessee women won all 14 of their races and swept five of the events during the dominant performance. Nine differe...

University of Iowa swimming and diving defeated Iowa State in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series meet, 215-84, on Friday night inside the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. “The whole team came out with a ton of energy tonight to get the rivalry started,” Iowa head coach Nathan Mundt said. “First of a...

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Ilya Kharun Ties Meet Record in Golden 200 Fly Swim It wasn't quite a world record but Canada's Ilya Kharun tied the meet record and broke the Americas record in the 200 butterfly at the 2024 Short Course World Championships on Thursday in Budapest. Kharun led from the s...

As USA Swimming heads into a new year with new leadership, something that has been questioned for the future is the way coaches are named for Team USA events. The American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) has voiced concerns about the selection process and transparency within that process. "ASCA supp...

SwimMAC Making History with Ultra Finals Long Course/Short Course Meet One of the hottest topics in swimming is making non-championship meets more fun and interesting. College dual meets are limited in number and not the focus of the season, and club meets can have the same feel at times. SwimMAC Ca...

The final night of the Minnesota Invitational saw the Cal Golden Bears sweep the team titles behind some fast racing. Fifth-year Isabelle Stadden lead a 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 backstroke for the Golden Bears. She got to the wall in 1:50.93, finishing ahead of freshmen teammates Finley Anderson (1:54...

The first full evening of the Minnesota Invitational brought the first individual events of the midseason meet and a lot of fast swimming, especially by Cal. Through the second day of competition, the Cal men lead with 683 points. Rounding out the standings are Minnesota (366), Harvard (329), UNLV (...

Entry lists for the 2024 Short Course World Championships have been released by World Aquatics. The meet begins Dec. 10 in Budapest. The psych sheet has not been released yet, but a complete list of athletes is released. There are a few notable absences, but the meet is loaded with star power, inclu...

Colorado Time Systems (CTS), a leader in sports timing and display solutions, proudly announces the launch of its newest software innovation, the Record Board Image Generator. Designed to enhance swim timing operations and streamline record board creation, this tool empowers users to craft professio...

USA Diving Wins Five Medals at World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships USA divers won five medals – two gold, two silver and one bronze – at the World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships in Rio de Janeiro from November 24-December 1. Josh Sollenberger (Fort Wayne, Ind./Indiana University) won .....

Allison Schmitt Announces Engagement to Gavin Walker Olympic champion Allison Schmitt is engaged. The four-time Olympian announced her engagement to Gavin Walker on social media on Monday. "Cheers to planning our most special day of 2025," she said. View this post on Instagram ...

Former U.S. National Team member Emily Brunemann Klueh is battling cancer. According to a GoFundMe post, Brunemann Klueh, 38, noticed a change in her body, saw her doctor immediately and received several tests that eventually showed eight masses in her chest and at least three lymph nodes that looke...

Dressel Family Growing as Caeleb, Meghan Announce They are Expecting Second Child The Dressel family is growing by one. Caeleb Dressel and his wife Meghan Dressel announced they are expecting their second child. "OOPS! We did it again. We are overjoyed to share our family is growing again🥰 Baby Dre...

The NCAA Men’s Water Polo field is set. Six conferences have been granted automatic qualification into the bracket and two teams were selected at large. The championship will take place Dec. 6-8 at the Avery Aquatic Center, hosted by Stanford University. First-round games and the semifinals will be ...

The 2024 Golden Goggle Awards took place in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 23. Here is a look at the moments captured by Swimming World Chief Photographer Peter H. Bick. Take a look: [gallery type="slideshow" columns="1" size="full" ids="600303,600299,600300,600301,600302,600297,600296,600295,600291...

Texas A&M Swims to Art Adamson Invite Sweep Texas A&M Swims to Art Adamson Invite SweepThe Texas A&M men's and women's swim teams finished off a sweep of their annual Art Adamson Invitational on Friday. The men scored 1,134 points to overtake Utah (878), TCU (832.5), Air Force (341) and Incarnate Wo...