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Life for Olympic Swimmers and All of Us - Pain and Persistence By Charles Hartley, Guest Contributor Here in America, we value persistence. If someone gets knocked around, rejected by a friend, fired from a job, loses a swimming race, we want to see that person come back, keep trying, be resilient, ...

Hallowed Hometowns of the United States' Paris Olympic Swimmers By Charles Hartley, Guest Contributor There’s a beautiful, patriotic, and down-to-Earth song called “Hometown” by Bruce Springsteen. If you’ve ever heard it, you’ll know exactly what I mean. It takes you right back to where you grew up,...

Loyola Marymount's Decision to Cut Six Teams Disproportionately Targets Women By Amanda Rives I have worked with middle schoolers in the New York City Department of Education for 22 years. As part of our social-emotional learning curriculum, we spend time discussing intent versus impact. I reflect d...

Motivational Monday: How a Senior Beat Challenges During Grueling Championship Meet By Elizabeth Kelley, Guest Contributor Breathe, it's only a 200, I tell myself. Eight laps butterfly — that’s all it is. A shiver runs down my spine as I think about the amount of pain my body is about to experience....

Sex Matters: Why Transgender Athletes Must Not Compete Against Biological Females With the news that Lia Thomas is seeking to overturn the ruling of World Aquatics regarding the participation of transgender women in women's sports, we rerun this piece from Olympic champion and women's rights advocat...

The Relationship Between Swimming and Wearable Technology By Brad Jones, Guest Contributor Wearable technology has become extremely popular in the endurance sports world. Runners, cyclists, and triathletes love the data these devices provide. In fact, wearable technology was named the No. 1 fitness ...

The Sometimes Neglected Aspects of Swimming On occasion, Swimming World accepts submissions from its readers. The following article was submitted by Luke Schwenk, a captain and All-American at St. Mary's College of Maryland. By Luke Schwenk By many coaches across the world, swimming is regarded as j...

In Latest Star Turn Of Already Global Career, Claire Curzan Set to Spark Stanford At NCAA Champs By Alex Dakers, Guest Contributor The women’s 400-yard freestyle relay at the 2022 North Carolina State Championships: One last race, the final chapter of a historic high school career. With just more th...

Sometimes the Magic Works: Reflections on Sports and Parents By Kate Mayer Mangan, Guest Contributor My nine-year old son told me recently that he was glad I didn’t understand his sport. He plays tennis; I swam. And he’s right that I have no idea what he’s doing on the court. I try, but I’m still le...

Betsy Kiunisala Medalla is Growing National Open Water Swimming Team Of the Philippines From the Ground Up By Jia H. Jung An increasingly global contingent of “tankers” with Filipino roots populates the competitive pool swimming scene. This past May, Chloe Isleta, Filipina swimmer and 2020 Arizona S...

Guest Commentary: ‘We’re Still Here’: How Michigan State’s ‘Unlucky 13’ Survived Program Cut Michigan State University cut its varsity swimming and diving program in October 2020. Despite a robust campaign of alumni and supporters fighting for its reinstatement, the university has not wavered on its...

Guest Commentary: Recommendations and Revisions For USA Swimming's Transgender Policy Guest Commentary - By Ethan Li When USA Swimming released its new transgender policy in February, it was clearly a response to the recent controversies surrounding Lia Thomas. Thomas began making headlines late las...

Guest Editorial: Five-Time Olympic Coach Dennis Pursley Calls For End Of Transgender Participation Five-time Olympic coach and former USA Swimming National Team Director Dennis Pursley has submitted a guest editorial which addresses the debate concerning transgender participation in the sport. Pursl...

Editorial: Distance Swimmers Deserve Better at U.S. Masters Nationals By Kelly Palace As I write this, I’m in attendance at the 2022 U.S. Masters (USMS) Spring National Championships in San Antonio. This is the 30th anniversary of my first ever USMS Nationals. The meet opened on the first day with b...

An Homage From An Official: How Erik Vendt Played the Starting Game to Perfection By Cynthia Millen Roberts It was at a Grand Prix Meet at the University of Michigan where I observed the full beauty and brilliance of swimming, and it was exhibited so perfectly by a swimmer who did not win a race. I ...

Amid Lia Thomas Controversy, An Open Letter to NCAA D-I Women Swimmers By Kelly Palace Dear Division I NCAA Women Swimmers, In this upcoming historic NCAA competition that will include the participation of University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, there will undoubtedly be controver...

Dryland Workout Tips: Building A Stable Foundation By J.R. Rosania Demonstrated by Mia Rankin & Amy Bilquist As we progress through the beginning stages of building a strong foundation, our focus should be on improving strength. This will allow the body to adjust to heavier loads and time under tens...

Data Analysis: How Enhanced Turn Performance Led Florian Wellbrock to WR in 1500 Freestyle (Visual Charts) By Marek Polach (Austria swimming federation, co-owner of swim analysis company umimplavat.cz) By Dennis-Peter Born (Swiss swimming federation, Swiss federal institute of Sport Magglingen) We.....

Guest Editorial: Defense of Lia Thomas Rang Hollow and Missed Point of Controversy In response to the recent guest editorial by Lucas Draper, which defended the participation of Lia Thomas as a member of the women's swim team at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Linda Blade has penned the followin...

Guest Editorial: NCAA Transgender Participation Policy Is Woefully Behind; Requires Immediate Amendment Swimming World is publishing the following letter submitted by Sharon Weiss, a former Division I swimmer at the University of Arizona. While the NCAA is “a member-led organization dedicated to the...