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Maximus Williamson, Alex Shackell Lead NISCA All-America Lists For 2023-2024 The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) has posted its All-America lists for the 2023-2024 season, highlighting the top performances from around the country in high school swimming. While the women's l...

Olympic Relay Analysis: Dressel's Return Plus Young Sprint Stars Make American Men 400 Free Relay Favorites The United States has a complicated recent history with the men's 400 freestyle relay. The Americans had never lost the event in the Olympics before the start of the 21st century, but in four ...

Olympic Relay Analysis: Australian Women Favored For Fourth Straight 400 Free Relay Gold The last time Australia was not victorious in the women's 400 freestyle relay at a major international competition was 2017, when the United States won a tight World Championships final at a meet when Cate Campb...

Top 8 Performances of U.S. Olympic Trials: Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith Lead Way With World Records Nine nights of swimming at Lucas Oil Stadium produced record-setting races in front of record-sized crowds, and by the end, the United States had assembled a team of 46 pool swimmers (20 female, 26 mal...

Michael Brinegar Formally Issued Four-Year Suspension After Competing at Doha Worlds During Appeal At last week's U.S. Olympic Trials, Michael Brinegar competed in the prelims of the 400 and 800 freestyle but withdrew from the 1500, his best event, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reim...

Olympic Relay Analysis: Great Britain Favored in Men's 800 Free, Americans in Pursuit The United States had never missed an Olympic relay podium until 2021, when the men's 800 freestyle relay group faded out of contention and ended up fourth. But since then, a young group of 200 freestylers have bui...

Michael Phelps, Allison Schmitt Testify Before Congressional Subcommittee on Anti-Doping Measures, WADA As news has emerged about 23 Chinese positive drug tests from 2021 and the subsequent nondisclosure of those results, top American swimmers and officials have spoken out against the World Anti-Dop...

Olympic Relay Analysis: U.S. Women Facing Huge Deficit in 800 Freestyle Relay At last year's World Championships, the United States women took the lead over Australia with one leg remaining in the 800 freestyle relay. But the standings at that point were a mirage: the Americans had put all of their ...

United States Finishes Trials With Huge Medal Chances; How Much Will Be Gold? The United States is looking for retribution. After falling to Australia in the gold-medal count at last year’s World Championships, the Americans have set the target of catching up at the meet which matters most, the Olym...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Dave Durden Among Assistant Coaches for American Squad Bound For Paris With nine days of competition at the U.S. Olympic Trials complete, USA Swimming has picked the staff who will accompany the Olympic team to Paris under the leadership of National Team Managing Director Lindsa...

U.S. Olympic Trials: 46 Pool Swimmers Heading to Paris Olympics (Full Roster) At the conclusion of the U.S. Olympic Trials, USA Swimming has announced the roster of swimmers who will represent the Stars and Stripes at next month's Paris Olympics. The Olympic team will include one swimmer heading to ...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Two More Finals Before Team is Named (Day 9 Finals Heat Sheet) The U.S. Olympic Trials will conclude with one last finals session Sunday evening, with the women's 50 freestyle and men's 1500 freestyle finals scheduled before the Olympic team is officially named. Click here to vi...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Dave Durden Among Assistant Coaches for American Squad Bound For Paris With nine days of competition at the U.S. Olympic Trials complete, USA Swimming has picked the staff who will accompany the Olympic team to Paris under the leadership of National Team Managing Director Lindsa...

U.S. Olympic Trials, Day 8 Finals: Kate Douglass Sets U.S. Open Record in 200 IM, Moves to Fourth All-Time; Alex Walsh Makes Team University of Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo typically defers to his swimmers when considering their event lineups. Prefer not to race a particular event? DeSorbo will ...

Flying to France: U.S. Women Taking Full Roster But Men's Sixth-Place Relay Swimmers in Jeopardy Entering the last two sessions of the U.S. Olympic Trials, only 10 Olympic-team slots remain available, with the men's 100 butterfly, women's 200 IM and men's 800 freestyle finals Saturday evening follow...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Ledecky, Dressel to Conclude Trials Racing Saturday Night (Day Eight Finals Heat Sheet) The eighth finals session of the U.S. Olympic Trials will include the men's 100 butterfly final, women's 50 freestyle semifinals, women's 200 IM final and women's 800 freestyle final. Click h...

Caeleb Dressel Ready to Take On Nathan Adrian Role in Third Olympics After Nathan Adrian won Olympic gold in the men's 100 freestyle at the 2012 London Games, breaking a two-decade American drought in the event, Adrian became the standard-bearer to whom all young American sprinters looked up to. Adr...

U.S. Olympic Trials, Day 8 Prelims: Torri Huske Leads 50 Free Prelims; Kate Douglass Scratches Having already qualified for the Olympic team in the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle, Torri Huske owns a strong chance of adding the 50 freestyle to her slate for the Paris Games, which will also include a...

U.S. Olympic Trials: 46 Pool Swimmers Heading to Paris Olympics (Full Roster) At the conclusion of the U.S. Olympic Trials, USA Swimming has announced the roster of swimmers who will represent the Stars and Stripes at next month's Paris Olympics. The Olympic team will include one swimmer heading to ...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Women's 50 and Men's 1500 in Last Session of Prelims (Heat Sheet) Saturday's prelims will be the final day session of the U.S. Olympic Trials, with the women's 50 freestyle and men's 1500 freestyle on the slate. The 50 will then go to the semifinal round Saturday evening before ...