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By Olivia McKelvey, Swimming World College Intern. When it comes to nutrition, swimmers - like any other athletes - tend to take on the "body is my temple approach." Meaning that the elite of the elite preach new health fads, supplements, and other information about nutrition that can lead them to t...

A List of Every Swimmer's Worst Nightmares By Olivia McKelvey Life is full of the unknown. It likes to take abrupt twists and turns and throws the occasional curveball just to keep you on your toes. So, when it comes time to put on your game face and dip your toes into the immense puddle of competit...

The Silent Assassin: Is Chlorine Hurting Swimmers More than it is Helping? By Olivia McKelvey Distinctly recognizable with its pungent, bleach-like odor, chlorine is worn as a swimmer's perfume whether they like it or not. Yet these chlorinated scents wafting off of swimmers' bodies is not the only ...

By Olivia McKelvey, Swimming World College Intern.  'Tis the season for coaches to inflict unlimited hours of training and pain upon their swimmers is now. In order to help all aquatic athletes - college, club, high school etc. - Swimming World has accumulated a list of tips and tricks to help you g...

Men's 50 Free (Ryan Held) Defending his top seed from this mornings prelims session and taking home a national title in the men's 50 free was 2016 Olympian Ryan Held. Held swam a quick time of 21.87, dropping one hundredth of a second off of his personal best. Held is now 13th in the world for 2019 ...

Women's 50 Free (Erika Brown) Tennessee Aquatics swimmer, Erika Brown, moved up one spot from her seed going into finals and overcame the top seed, Anna Santamans. The University of Tennessee senior swam a speedy 24.71, earning herself both a gold medal and a personal best. Brown is now 18th in the ...

Men's 800 free (Bobby Finke) Bobby Finke is racking up national championship titles this week. In addition to his gold medals in the men's 1500 free and the men's 400 I.M., Finke adds another one to the collection. Posting a time of 7:47.58, Finke earned himself his third national title as he won th...

Men's 200 I.M. (Ryan Lochte) Nothing's better than a belated birthday gift such as a national championship title. Ryan Lochte, the now 35-year-old, 12-time Olympic medalist, took home gold in the men's 200 I.M. Lochte's backstroke split of a speedy 29.47 was instrumental in him for getting ahead. In...

Women's 200 I.M. (Madisyn Cox) Madisyn Cox is on fire at this years 2019 national championships. Cox defended her seed time from this morning, shaved time off her FINA national ranking, and took home her second national championship title. Cox brought home the freestyle leg in a solid 31.15, finishi...

Women's 1500 Free (Ally McHugh) Ally McHugh has had spectacular meet at the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships. The Penn State graduate has been a powerhouse in multiple events. Taking home yet another gold medal, this is not McHugh's first, nor second, but third national championship title. At...

Grit, resilience, utter determination, and raw hunger to be the "best of the best," has been exemplified session after session at the 2019 Phillip 66 U.S. National Championships. Athletes have poured their hearts and souls into five days of intense and exciting racing. As the last session of the mee...

Men's 100 Back (Shaine Casas) Shaine Casas defended his prelims time in the men's 100 back, won the event and took home gold, got a personal best, and swam the fifth fastest time this year so far in the event according to FINA rankings. Hitting the touch pad at a speedy 52.72, the Aggie Swim Club me...

Women's 100 Back (Amy Bilquist) Defending her top seed from her prelims swim this morning, Scottsdale Aquatic Club swimmer Amy Bilquist is the 2019 national champion in the women's 100 back with a time of 59.64. After coming back from a recent hand injury, the Cal-Berkeley swimmer demonstrated resil...

Men's 100 breast (Devon Nowicki) Many "Michiganders" seem to be making appearances at tonight's final session on day four of the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships. From Schmitt to Tucker and others, Devon Nowicki adds onto that list that as he takes home a gold medal in the men's 100 breast. T...

Women's 100 Breast (Breeja Larson) Just missing qualifications for the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Breeja Larson, the 2012 Olympian who helped team USA take home gold in the women's 400 medley relay, proved to be even hungrier for the rapidly approaching 2020 Tokyo games. Defending her prelim top seed fro...

Men's 400 Free (Elijah Winnington) The top of the leader board in the men's 400 free was filled with some youngsters as 19-year-old Australian swimmer, Elijah Winnington, took home his second 2019 national championship title. The Aussie beat 18-year-old, Carmel Swim Club member, Jake Mitchell. Winni...

Ally McHugh has been a dominating force at the 2019 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships. The Wisconsin Aquatics team swimmer already has two national championship titles under her belt — one in the women's 800 free and another in the women's 800 free relay, she also took home a bronze medal in t...

Hundreds of swimmers continue to battle each other out in the lanes of the Stanford Avery Aquatic Center on day four of the 2019 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships. This mornings prelims' consisted of close finishes, intense competition, and both familiar faces and fresh names eager to make the...

Day four of the 2019 World University Games in Naples, Italy featured swims from the most elite swimmers across the globe. The line-up for today's session consisted of the women's 1500 free, the women's 200 I.M., the men's 100 free semi-final, the women's 100 fly semi-final, the men's 200 breast fin...

It is day four of the 2019 French Championships and competition is expected to be intense. Previous sessions have demonstrated speedy swims as well as witness swimmers that have made qualifying cuts for Fina World Championships. Today's line up consisted of the women's 50 back, the men's 100 free, t...