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'Swimming Pretty' A Groundbreaking History of Artistic Swimming is Pivotal Work As the 2024 Paris Olympics reach audiences around the world, there will be plenty of focus on the water. From swimming to diving to open water and water polo, aquatics athletes will be on display. It is also the biggest ...

The Noblesville Swim Club in Indiana and Noblesville High School jointly announced the hiring of Jess Preston as head coach beginning August 1. Preston comes to Noblesville from Penn High School in Mishawaka, Ind., and Irish Aquatics. As head coach of the Kingsman girls and boys swim teams since 200...

A remarkable piece of Olympic history is up for grabs as Boston-based RR Auction offers a complete winner’s medal set from the Munich 1972 Summer Games. This extraordinary set, awarded to legendary U.S. swimmer Steve Genter, comprises his gold medal in the 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay, his silver m...

Maya Merhige, a 16-year-old marathon swimmer has successfully conquered the English Channel  making her one of the youngest swimmers in history to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. Merhige swam the English Channel (20.5 miles or 33 km) in just 11 hours and 39 minutes on July 13, 2024....

USA Swimming has announced its four captains for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Katie Ledecky and Abbey Weitzeil were selected as the women's team's captains, while Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink were tabbed as captains for the men's team, USA Swimming announced. Ledecky is headed to her fourth Olympics. She qu...

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) today announced the 592-member 2024 U.S. Olympic Team that will compete at the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024. The Opening Ceremony will take place Friday, July 26, with competition beginning Wednesday, July 24 and concluding Sunday, Aug. 1...

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming, today announced its roster for the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, to be held August 21-24 in Canberra, Australia. Athletes qualified based on results from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, presented by Lilly. “....

After an independent prosecutor cleared the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) of any bias toward China in a recent finding, it did not take the U.S. Anti-Doping Agencey (USADA) long to respond. “The WADA report issued by Mr. (Eric) Cottier today provides athletes and the world with some additional inf...

The USC men's and women's swim team has hired Keith Dawley to the position of assistant coach, head coach Lea Maurer announced on Monday, July 8. "We are excited to have Keith joining the USC family. He has experience that will certainly elevate our team in every area, but we are most excited about ...

Karlyn Pipes Book Still Rings True: 'Never Too Late for a Do-Over' Second chances are pivotal. They can mean a fresh start at work, in a relationship or in a life outlook. For Karlyn Pipes, a second chance broke her from the chains of addiction. The Hall of Fame swimmer told all in "The Do-Over, My ...

Allison Schmitt is a mainstay around the pool deck at big events, but after making four Olympic teams, she was at Lucas Oil Stadium in a different capacity. "I love the adrenaline and the lights and the swimmers in the water," Schmitt said. "It brings back so many emotions." The Olympic gold medalis...

Swimming Canada Announces Olympic Captains for 2024 Swimming Canada’s team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will feature four team captains, selected by a vote of their teammates. The group includes Kylie Masse, a four-time Olympic medallist set to compete at her third Games, second-time Olympians Ma...

Isabelle Odgers walked out to the thunderous applause of an Olympic Trials final. The former All-American at USC and former Swimming World intern had never experienced a race of quite that magnitude. But there she was walking out for the final of the 200 breaststroke with a chance of making an Olymp...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter & Faster are pleased to announce the Top 50 Age Group Coaches of the Year for 2024. The results were compiled using the USA Swimming Power Points of the top ranked 11-14 year-old swimmers for the 2023 Long Course season and 2023-24 Short Co...

The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has named over 2,000 swimmers and divers to its Scholar All-American Team for the 2023-24 season. To qualify for First-Team Scholar All-America, student-athletes must have earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher and participated in their na...

A cornerstone of Stanford’s run of three consecutive NCAA titles from 2017-19 is coming back to The Farm, as Kim Williams ’19 returns as the newest addition to the Cardinal coaching staff, announced by head coach Greg Meehan on Thursday. It’s an exciting day for our program to announce Kim Williams ...

Abbey Weitzeil's 2024 Includes Olympics, a Wedding and More Cowbell Abbey Weitzeil knew 2024 was going to be a year she would never forget. She made sure of it - twice. She set a September wedding date with fiancé Michael Jensen - late enough for some last-minute planning after the second big event ...

On the surface, it would seem like Emma Weyant has just been cruising in the fast lane - making the Olympic team in the 400 IM in two consecutive Olympic Trials. But beneath the surface, it has been a tumultuous journey back to the team for Weyant. Since winning the silver medal in Tokyo in the 400 ...

Blake Pieroni didn't believe he could make another Olympic team - he just wanted to swim in an NFL stadium. Then when he was already qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium, something happened. Pieroni, 28, was racing at a smaller meet and threw down a time that made him start bel...

United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) presented the 2024 Max Ritter award, posthumously, to Dr. Donald Catlin. Dr. Catlin was a pioneer and a champion of worldwide anti-doping efforts throughout his career. United States Aquatic Sports President Patty Miller was joined by USA Swimming President and CE...