Read moreCary Futures, Day 4: Gingrich Shines As Dynamo Wins Cary Futures Championships05 August 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Day 4 of Cary Futures saw competition in the women's and men's 100 free, 200 back, 200 IM, and 400 medley relay, as well as the women's 1500 free and the men's 800 free. After three tough days of hard racing and fast swimming, Day 4 saw perhaps the m...
Read moreCary Futures, Night Three: Dynamo In Full Control As Henry Sweeps Breaststrokes04 August 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Night three of action at the 2018 Cary Futures Championships saw the women's and men's 200 fly, 50 free, 200 breast, 100 back, and 400 free take place. Another night of phenomenal swimming and massive time drops shone through as countless impressive ...
Read more1Dynamo Swim Club Emerges On Night Two Of Cary Futures03 August 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Action continued today at the 2018 Cary Futures Championships, with the women's and men's 200 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, 400 IM, and 400 free relays. Lots of incredible time drops and gutsy swims lit up the pool in Cary tonight. Women's 200 Free Addi...
Read moreSmith, Legge, Payne Highlight Fast Night Of Swimming At Cary Futures02 August 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. The 2018 Cary Futures Championships kicked off today with the women's 800 free, the men's 1500 free, and the women's and men's 800 free relays. Fast swimming was abound today, with some big time drops highlighting our distance freestyle events. Women...
Read moreFast Swimming Descending On North Carolina For Cary Futures Championships02 August 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. The Cary Futures Championship Series is set to take place August 2-5 in Cary, NC. The meet features many up-and-coming talented swimmers from states ranging as far south as Florida to as far north as Michigan. The meet's psych sheet shows that a lot ...
Read moreA Preview of USA Women's 100 Free at the 2018 Summer National Championships20 July 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. This summer's U.S. National Championships are less than a week away, and the swimming world is gearing up to see the country's best take to the pool in Irvine, Calif. to fight for spots for this summer's Pan Pacific Championships team. The meet is se...
Read more1Pushing the Boundaries in 2018: Three of the Most Breakable Suited World Records06 July 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Last week at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy, we saw Andrii Govorov break the world record in the men's 50-meter butterfly. He clocked a new record of 22.27 to smash the old record of 22.43. The significance of the old record was that it was he...
Read moreA Preview of USA Men's 200 Breaststroke at the 2018 Summer National Championships22 June 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. As the summer begins to heat up and taper season edges closer and closer, many American swimmers will be setting their sights on the 2018 Summer National Championships, which will serve as the qualifying meet for the Pan Pacific Championships later i...
Read moreThe New, Young Faces of USA Women's 200 Backstroke Events in 201808 June 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Last weekend at the Mel Zajac Invitational in Vancouver, 15-year-old phenom Isabelle Stadden swam an incredible 2:08.37 in the women's 200 back, placing first overall and vaulting to eighth in the world for the 2018 long course season. Stadden, who s...
Read more4Katie Ledecky's Era of Dominance25 May 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. In her first meet as a professional swimmer, Katie Ledecky stunned the world with remarkable swims and silenced a lot of her recent critics at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianpolis. She put up a new world record in the 1500 freestyle and strong worl...
Read more3Top Five Mid-Major Stars at the 2018 NCAA DI Championships11 May 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Every year at the NCAA DI Championships, we get to see some otherworldly swimming by all the best collegiate swimmers across the United States. This past season was no different, as swimmers like Katie Ledecky, Ella Eastin and Caeleb Dressel stole th...
Read moreAnalysis: Female High School Seniors Set to Score at NCAAs07 March 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Two weeks ago, I took a look at the incoming class of college freshmen men's times swum for their club or high school teams this season, and compared them to what it took to place 16th or better at the 2017 DI NCAA Championships. With the women's NCA...
Read moreAnalysis: Male High School Seniors Set to Score at NCAAs22 February 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Every season, the NCAA Championships meet is among the most competitive and exciting in the country. Even qualifying for this exclusive meet takes a massive amount of motivation, talent, and training. It's even tougher to make it into the top sixteen...
Read more2John Healy, Connor Dalbo Lead Green Hope Boys to NC 4A State Title10 February 2018Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. At the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, North Carolina tod...
Read more2Lilly Higgs, Heidi Lowe Lead Hough Women to NC 4A State Title10 February 2018Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Out at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary tonight, a ragi...
Read more2Julia Menkhaus Leads Charlotte Catholic Girls, Marvin Ridge Boys Victorious at NC 3A State Championships09 February 2018Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. On Thursday in Cary, North Carolina, the NC 3A public high schools met up to compete against each other in t...
Read moreGrace Countie, Max Edwards, Kenna Haney Highlight NC 4A States Psych Sheets08 February 2018Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. North Carolina high school state championship meets are se...
Read more1Julia Menkhaus, Noah Henderson, Ben Scott Lead NC 3A States Psych Sheets08 February 2018Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. February 8th marks the beginning of a weekend of high scho...
Read more3Analysis: USA High School Swimming Records by State07 February 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. The winter high school swimming and diving season is beginning to wind down, but not before many athletes across the country take the blocks to take aim at some insanely fast USA high school swimming national records. The USA high school swimming rec...
Read moreFive American Records to Watch this Championship Season27 January 2018By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. As the NCAA season begins to wind down and anticipation begins to build for the multitude of conference championships, all culminating with the NCAA Championships themselves, all eyes turn to the pool to watch swimmers achieve some amazing feats in t...