Read moreUSA Swimming Announces Roster for 2024 National Select Camp (View Full Lists)29 October 2024USA 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 ...
Read moreUSA Swimming Appoints Brendan Hansen as National Junior Team Director28 October 2024USA 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...
Read moreRyan Murphy Celebrates Grand Opening of Goldfish Swim School Near Hometown28 October 2024As 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...
Read moreMulti-Event Standout Kate Douglass Puts Exclamation Point on 200 Breaststroke Dominance28 October 2024Multi-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...
Read more1Week in Review: World Record From Regan Smith a Highlight of World Cup Action (Video)28 October 2024Week 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...
Read more61You Are Defined By the Bad Days28 October 2024By 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...
Read moreFLASH! Regan Smith Sets 100 Back S/C World Record At World Cup25 October 2024FLASH! 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...
Read more1FLASH! Kate Douglass Blasts World Record in 200 Breaststroke at World Cup in Incheon24 October 2024FLASH! 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...
Read moreSpecial Sets: The Training of United States Olympian and Distance Ace Luke Whitlock24 October 2024Special 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...
Read more3Swim Like A. Fish: 3 Cues to Produce Great Crossover Turns (Video)23 October 2024Swim 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...
Read moreChris Plumb to Lead U.S. Swim Team at Short Course Worlds (Full USA Swimming Staff)22 October 2024Chris 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...
Read more1Get Ready for Gretchen Walsh Show at Short Course World Championships21 October 2024Get 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...
Read more9Historic Set: An Appreciation and Breakdown Of the Legendary 100 x 100s Of Olympic Champion Mike Bruner21 October 2024A 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...
Read more5Great Races: When Sprint Legends Tom Jager and Matt Biondi Took the 50 Freestyle Into Sub-22 Range (Video)21 October 2024Great 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...
Read moreFLASH! Gretchen Walsh Crushes 100 IM World Record, Breaks Three More SCM American Records at Dual Meet18 October 2024FLASH! 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 ...
Read moreKate Douglass Crushes American Record in 100 IM at World Cup in Shanghai18 October 2024Kate 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 ...
Read more36 Ways to Shake Up NCAA Swimming Dual Meets: A Fresh Take for Fans and Swimmers18 October 20246 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 ...
Read more10Janet Evans and Her Seoul Super Show in the 400 Freestyle; A Back Half to Behold (Video)18 October 2024Janet 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...
Read moreOlympian Alex Shackell De-Commits from Cal; Plans to Defer For a Year17 October 2024Olympian 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...
Read more9How Debbie Meyer Made History At the 1968 Mexico City Games16 October 2024Celebrating 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 ...