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Mexico's Miguel Alejandro de Lara Surging Toward Paris Games in 200 Breaststroke Miguel Alejandro de Lara has become the first Mexican swimmer to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. De Lara qualified in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:09.60 at the Mexican qualifying meet. This w...

Overcoming an Injury: A Personal Reflection and Realization Is it a real pain, or am I just sore? Or maybe I’m just tired. I can keep going. I can keep swimming. It is fine. It does not hurt “that much” anymore. These are some of the thoughts I had in my head for more than two years, and that probab...

NAIA Nationals Recap: Keiser Registers Title Sweep For Second Year In a Row The NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championships concluded on March 4 with Keiser on top of the podium once again. Keiser swept the podium for the second year in a row, taking both the women’s and men’s titles. The Keiser...

The NAIA Swimming and Diving Championships will take place from March 1- 4, 2023, in the Columbus Aquatic Center in Columbus, GA. There will be a total of 300 swimmers in the meet, 140 men and 160 women, and 16 divers - eight men and eight women. This year the NAIA has used a new selection process a...

Life After Swimming: How To Prepare For What Comes Next Senior year for college student-athletes might mean the end of many things, including their sports career. Nonetheless, at best, that means a new chapter in their life. With graduation getting closer, college swimmers start facing what might be...

Swimming is More Than an Individual Sport Swimming might seem like an individual sport. Nonetheless, any swimmer that has gone through a distance practice or an extended set knows that they would not have done it without the person swimming next to them. Your teammates in college will add to your li...

How to Handle Anxiety Heading Into a Big Race Or Stretch Of the Season Am I good enough? Are all the hours that I have practiced going to pay off? What if I do not drop any time? These are some of the questions that might go through a swimmer’s head before a race. With conference championships and n...

The Winter Break Of a Swimmer Isn't Always Restful; Finding the Right Balance Winter break means nothing for college swimmers. After midseason invitationals, most college swimmers think Christmas/Winter break is around the corner. But do we ever get a real break? Winter break varies from a month to ...

Getting the College Recruiting Process Started: Some Early Steps Choosing which college to attend can be overwhelming, especially as a student-athlete. If you are a junior in high school, this might be the right article for you to look at. Every type of question crosses the mind of those who want to...

Jose Angel Martinez and Hector Ruvalcaba Making History for Mexico Jose Angel Martinez and Hector Ruvalcaba recently finished their debuts in the FINA World Cup with historic participation for Mexico. While Ruvalcaba finished fifth in the 400 individual medley at the Indianapolis meet, breaking his ...

Hugo Gonzalez Confirms Return to Cal For Fifth Year; Spaniard's Presence Is Huge Boost For Bears There has been considerable speculation about the plans of Cal's Hugo Gonzalez, the reigning NCAA champion in the 400-yard individual medley. Will he race for the Golden Bears this season, as a fifth-yea...

An Inside Look From College Swimmers on the Impact of a Closing Program For different reasons, some swimming college programs have been discontinued, with the decision affecting swimmers around the country. Most swimmers enter their first year of college expecting to stay at the school for the rest ...

The Positives that Covid-19 Brought to College Swimmers It has been two years since COVID-19 shackled not only our health, but also our lives. There was no exception for student-athletes in college. With the pandemic, NCAA and NAIA championships got canceled. Therefore, many seniors in college lost ...

An NAIA Power: The Secret of Success for the Keiser Men's Swimming Program The Keiser men’s swimming program has risen to the pinnacle of the NAIA. Four straight NAIA National Championship. Twenty-eight NAIA individual national champions. Four NAIA Swimmer of the Year awards. Three NAIA Swimmer of t...

The NAIA Changes its National Championship Invitational Rules Once Again After the 2020 NAIA National Championships, organizational officials made changes after realizing the competition was not selective. There were 214 men and 265 women who qualified for the meet. Some coaches agreed the meet need...