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FHSAA State Champion Lily Doyle Selects Duke For 2026 NEW COMMIT: Duke University is putting together an all-star 2026 recruiting class, and its latest verbal commitment comes from Junior National qualifier Lily Doyle out of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. She will join Quinn White, Addison Bittel and R...

Indiana Secures 2026 Verbal From Sprinter Brody Engelstad  NEW COMMIT: Indiana University has scored a new verbal commitment for Fall 2026 from Junior National qualifier Brody Engelstad of West Fargo, North Dakota. He will join Sam Wolf in Bloomington as a member of the Hoosiers' Class of 2030. Rega...

Sprinter Cora Skoog Stays In State With 2026 Verbal To Texas A&M NEW COMMIT: Texas A&M University has kept in-state standout Cora Skoog of Boerne, Texas, in the Lone Star State for her college career after she announced her verbal commitment. She'll arrive on campus in Fall 2026. Regarding her commi...

Bolles School's Liam Carrington Selects NC State For 2026 NEW COMMIT: NC State University has scored a new verbal commitment for its Class of 2026 from Junior National finalist Liam Carrington of Jacksonville, Florida. He will join Sam Marsteiner in Raleigh as a member of the Wolfpack's Class of 203...

18 Essentials to Pack for Your Training Trip By Kelsey Mitchell With many swimmers set to take part in a training trip, Swimming World hopes the following article can be useful.  Packing for your team's training trip can be difficult, especially if you are going directly from winter break to your tr...

A Swimmer's Starter Pack: What Screams 'Swimmer?' There are some things that just scream, “you’re a swimmer!” If swimmers had a starter pack, what do you think would be in it? Read along to see what critical items swimmers can’t live without, and what common looks identify a typical competitive swim...

Last-Minute Gift Guide for Swimmers, Coaches, and Parents Swimmers live and die by the clock—whether it’s hitting their splits or making intervals. With the holidays speeding closer, it’s time to dive in and find last-minute gifts! Here are trending gift ideas to delight swimmers, coaches, and paren...

Based on the TikTok Trend: We're Swimmers, Of Course We ... (Fill in the Blank)! Many of us have seen the TikTok trend, “We’re girls, of course we ALWAYS have a hair tie around our wrist!” Why not transition this trend to make it swimming-related? Read along for 10 relatable, “we’re swimmers…” phras...

Holiday Gift Ideas From a Swimmer: We Know What We Want...and Can Use By Casey McNulty & Edie Sawyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXhgy7f-SFA&feature=youtu.be It’s that time of the year again. The holiday season is upon us, which means it is time to start forming your list of gift ideas, to finis...

5 of the Hardest Winter Training Sets Winter training… aka, every swimmer’s worst nightmare. Winter training is known to be the hardest week of practice during the swim season. The part that makes it so difficult is the high intensity workouts and the increase in yardage. Listed below are five of th...

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Maximus Williamson, Teagan O'Dell Add More Victories on Final Day The Winter Junior Nationals careers for Maximus Williamson and Teagan O'Dell concluded Saturday evening in Austin, Texas, with both swimmers adding their fourth wins of the competition while Williamson late...

Speedo Winter Juniors East: Thomas Heilman, Rylee Erisman Take Down National Age Group Records One day after becoming the first 18-and-under swimmer to swim under 44 in the 100 butterfly, Thomas Heilman has again posted a groundbreaking effort in a butterfly race, this time over double the distance....

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Teagan O'Dell, Maximus Williamson Win Two Events Apiece High school seniors Teagan O'Dell and Maximus Williamson continued to impress at their final Winter Juniors meet, with both swimmers capturing first place in their respective 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke races Fr...

Speedo Winter Juniors East: Thomas Heilman Drops 100 Fly NAG to 43.86 Thomas Heilman twice lowered the national-age group record in his signature 100 butterfly Friday at the Speedo Winter Juniors East meet. Heilman went 44.55 in the morning at Greensboro Aquatic Club. That eased the 17-18 NAG held b...

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Maximus Williamson Opts for Sprint Focus, Drops 19.29 Maximus Williamson had an interesting night Thursday at the Speedo Winter Juniors West Championships. The reigning champion and record holder in the men’s 200 individual medley finished just third in that event at Aust...

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Maximus Williamson Helps Lakeside Scare 800 Free Record Maximus Williamson was the only holdover from the quartet that set a Speedo Winter Juniors record last year. Turns out, they’re still pretty fast thanks largely to Williamson. Williamson went 1:32.28 off the front of...

Speedo Winter Juniors East: Bolles Sweeps Boys Relays despite Thomas Heilman 1:32 Bolles School kicked off the Speedo Winter Juniors East meet Wednesday night in North Carolina by winning both of the boys relays on offer. The Sharks went 1:27.33 to win the 200 medley relay, then 6:26.00 to claim the...

Meet Warmup: A Step-by-Step Process to Get Ready to Race Once swimmers are no longer considered age-group or club swimmers, that means they are usually on their own when it comes time to warming up at meets. Without the guidance of their coach telling them exactly what to do, swimmers sometimes feel...

Motivational Monday: Swimming with Teens Helped Make Swimming Fun Again When I came home from college in May, I was burned out. I knew that if I wanted to hit the goals I set for myself for my senior season, I had to train often this summer. However, I was so emotionally, mentally and physically dra...

Canada's Laon Kim, Junior Pan Pacs Medalist, Commits To Texas For 2026 NEW COMMIT: Freestyler Laon Kim out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Texas beginning in Fall 2026. He will join Andrew Maksymowski, Rowan Cox and Austin Carpenter as a member o...