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USA Swimming today announced the names of the 104 athletes selected for the 2024 National Select Camp, held January 9-12 (boys) and January 23-26 (girls). View the complete girls roster here and boys roster here. “We are excited to welcome the 2024 National Select Camp athletes and their coaches to ...

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of swimming in the United States, has announced the appointment of Brendan Hansen as its National Junior Team Program Director, effective November 4. Hansen will lead all aspects of the National Junior Team by developing and maintaining programs that serve a...

As Ryan Murphy reached the pinnacle of his swimming career, he wanted to use that platform to help others. After winning three Olympic gold medals in Rio in 2016, he partnered with Goldfish Swim School Franchising, LLC, as a brand ambassador, helping to teach kids how to swim. Now, he has his own sc...

Multi-Event Standout Kate Douglass Puts Exclamation Point on 200 Breaststroke Dominance Most multi-event swimmers follow familiar patterns of versatility: butterfly and backstroke, mid-distance freestyle plus the 400 IM, sprint events across multiple strokes. Kate Douglass completely breaks that mol...

Week in Review: World Record From Regan Smith a Highlight of World Cup Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyEl0oH8to&feature=youtu.be There is one more stop to this year’s World Cup series, with Singapore serving as the host later this week. But before we shift attention to those upcoming three...

By Tera Bradham Commentary (From the Archive) Swimmer. It’s a word that encompasses a brutality known only by those to whom it pertains. There is no sport more excruciating than swimming. While other athletes make similar claims, we know one day in our lives would silence them forever. When an outsi...

FLASH! Regan Smith Sets 100 Back S/C World Record At World Cup Regan Smith nailed the 100m backstroke world record with a time of 54.41 at the World Cup in Incheon, South Korea. The US swimmer took 0.15 from Kaylee McKeown's short-lived standard of 54.56 set at the Australian Championships in Septem...

FLASH! Kate Douglass Blasts World Record in 200 Breaststroke at World Cup in Incheon A few months after claiming gold in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Paris, American Kate Douglass shattered the world record in the short-course version of the event on Thursday during World Cup a...

Special Sets: The Training of United States Olympian and Distance Ace Luke Whitlock Forty six of the more than 1000-plus pool swimmers who competed at Olympic Trials in Indianapolis represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Paris. Among them was Luke Whitlock, a Florida freshman, from No...

Swim Like A. Fish: 3 Cues to Produce Great Crossover Turns During their competitive days at the University of Georgia, Abbie Fish was an NCAA qualifier and Southeastern Conference (SEC) finalist on multiple occasions. These days, Fish operates Swim Like A. Fish, where their coaching tips, videos and...

Chris Plumb to Lead U.S. Swim Team at Short Course Worlds (Full USA Swimming Staff) After joining the Olympic team coaching staff for the first time this summer, Chris Plumb will be the head coach of a senior-level international team for the first time when he helms the U.S. roster bound for Budapes...

Get Ready for Gretchen Walsh Show at Short Course World Championships Elite swimmers regularly decline the chance to race at the Short Course World Championships. Katie Ledecky has never attended that meet, and Michael Phelps only did so once, when it was held in the United States. Fortunately for s...

A Look and Breakdown Of the Legendary 100 x 100s Set Of Mike Bruner About eight months before he set a world record in the 200-meter butterfly (1:59.23) and won a second gold medal in the 800 freestyle relay at the 1976 Olympics, Mike Bruner completed an aquatic first - swimming 10,000 yards in unde...

Great Races: When Tom Jager and Matt Biondi Took the 50 Freestyle Into Sub-22 Range Their duels produced one of the greatest rivalries the sport has seen, so it was only a matter of time before our Great Races Series featured one of the battles between Matt Biondi and Tom Jager. Together, Biondi and...

FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Crushes 100 IM World Record, Breaks Three More SCM American Records at Dual Meet The Gretchen Walsh show has returned to college swimming. The University of Virginia senior, just two-and-a-half months removed from her first Olympic Games, is already breaking records, this time ...

Kate Douglass Crushes American Record in 100 IM in Shanghai In her first international competition since the Paris Olympics, Kate Douglass picked up right where she left off. The U.S. star broke the American record (short-course meters) in the 100 IM at the World Aquatics World Cup stop in Shanghai ...

6 Ways to Shake Up NCAA Swimming Dual Meets: A Fresh Take for Fans and Swimmers NCAA swimming dual meets are cornerstones of the sport at the college level, showcasing the talent and competitive spirit of athletes across the country. These events have great potential, with ample room to turn up the ...

Janet Evans - Ahead of Her Time These days, Janet Evans is a driving force behind the Olympic Games returning to American soil, serving as the Chief Athlete Officer for LA28. Before she shifted into that role, Evans - of course - established herself as a distance-swimming legend. Here is a look back...

Olympian Alex Shackell De-Commits from Cal, Plans to Defer For a Year Olympian Alex Shackell has de-committed from Cal and will defer a year before starting her college career. Shackell, who had committed to Cal for next year, will remain in Carmel, Indiana, and swim at the Carmel Swim Club with coa...

Celebrating the Olympic Trifecta of Debbie Meyer At the 1968 Mexico City Games This week marks the 56th anniversary of the start of the 1968 Olympics Games in Mexico City. At those Games, Debbie Meyer completed her freestyle triple, winning gold in the 200, 400 and 800 distances. It was a feat that ...