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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...

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...

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...

October 17 Declared Katie Ledecky Day by Montgomery County, Maryland October 17 was recognized as Katie Ledecky Day by her home of Montgomery County, Maryland. The native of Bethesda made a stop home on her post-Olympics tour, meeting with students from her alma mater, Stone Ridge School of the Sacr...

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 ...

1980 Olympian Ron Neugent Among 12 Inducted to Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Ron Neugent, a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic swim team, was among 12 inductees to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday. Neugent grew up in Wichita and attended Wichita East High School before a career at SMU and the Univ...

New Generation: National Team Nods a Spark to Greater Success For Emerging Stars Across the sports world, the opportunity to represent one’s country has always been a monumental achievement. But in the world of swimming, the opportunity to compete for one’s country means just a bit more. This select...

USA Roster Announces For Upcoming World Short Course Swimming Championships USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today released its roster for the 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships (25m), which takes place December 10-15 at ....

How Olympians Raced the 200-Meter Events: Analyzing Strategies of Success in Paris “Go out as fast as possible. Don’t hold back!” “Build the first 100, and then stay strong.” “Keep a consistent pace!” These are all strategies which have guided the ways athletes race the 200 freestyle, an event that ...

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Teams Visit White House to Recognize Paris Accomplishments; Torri Huske Delivers Speech Members of this year's delegation that represented the United States at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics this summer visited the White House Monday as President Joe Biden recognized th...

USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced the election of Nic Fink and the reelection of Kathy Fish to its Board of Directors.  The organization’s 10-Year Athletes elected Fink and its eligible voting members of the House of Delegates (...

Ashley Twichell Wall, Maritza Correia McClendon Honored By USA Swimming (Full List of Winners) A pair of U.S. Olympic swimmers received recognition Friday at the USA Swimming Workshop Award Luncheon, with Ashley Twichell Wall winning the Athletes Distinguished Service Award and Maritza Correia McCle...

Eddie Reese, Chris Plumb Honored For Coaching Accomplishments at USA Swimming Luncheon At the annual USA Swimming Workshop Award Luncheon, one of the most accomplished coaches in the sport's history was recognized for a career spanning nearly a half-century. Eddie Reese captured 15 NCAA team titles ...

SportsTravel Names Olympic Swimming Trials Best Amateur Event, Indianapolis Best Host City The historic 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Indianapolis is still on the minds of swim fans and travelers across the country. The event won the 2024 SportsTravel Award for best amateur event this week in Ana...

Golden Goggles Ballot: Which Star Captures Female Swimmer of the Year? (Part 2) In an 18-medal performance by the U.S. women’s swim team at the Paris Olympics, five individuals stood above the rest as the driving forces. One is the consensus greatest female swimmer ever, who added to her historical ...

Understanding the Potential Heartbreak of Chasing the Olympic Dream Will Licon is a world champion, Pan American Games champion and 11-time NCAA champion. Over the course of his career, he has proven his talent as a spectacular athlete. In 2016, he finished third in the 200-meter breaststroke at the...

Abbey Weitzeil, Michael Jenson Wed in Cal Celebration The big year of 2024 continued for Abbey Weitzeil and Michael Jensen, who were married on Saturday. Weitzeil is coming off of making her third Olympic team and was a relay medalist for Team USA. She is a three-time Olympian and six-time Olympic m...

How Torri Huske Rebounded From Disappointments to Win Gold, Become Multi-Event Star for U.S. in Paris Even on the occasions of her greatest triumphs, career-defining swims such as winning an Olympic gold medal, Torri Huske's natural instinct is to deflect. The unassuming 21-year-old from Arlington, ...