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Aussie Young Gun Ed Sommerville Charges To SC 200m Free National Record (1:40.64) After Dislocating His Shoulder - Sixth Fastest Man In History Queensland teenager Edward Sommerville has recovered from a dislocated shoulder to set a new Australian record in Adelaide overnight, securing a place on t....

Virginia Women, Cal Men Top Preseason CSCAA Poll The Virginia women’s team and University of California men occupy the top spots in the preseason College Swim Coaches Association of America Poll. The Cal men scored 365 points in the first poll of the season, released Thursday, just nine more than Fl...

Gettysburg Swim Team Releases Statement Affirming ‘Character of This Team’ The Gettysburg College Swim Team on Wednesday released a statement regarding the recent racial incident at the campus involving two swimmers, backing the character of the team’s culture. The Division III institution has been ...

Tokyo Olympic Champion Maggie Mac Neil Announces Retirement Maggie Mac Neil, the Olympic champion in the women’s 100 butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics, announced her retirement from swimming on Thursday. Mac Neil bids farewell to the sport at age 24. Mac Neil made the announcement on social media. .....

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 ...

FLASH: Kaylee McKeown Shatters 100 Backstroke World Record at Aussie Short Course Champs Australian swimming’s “Miss Unstoppable” Kaylee McKeown has tonight continued her world record backstroking assault, setting a new short course global mark in the 100m backstroke in Adelaide, clocking a time of....

Penn State Hires Loren Smith as Head Diving Coach Loren Smith has been hired as the head diving coach at Penn State, the university announced on Monday. Smith, who also goes by the nickname Buck, has spent the last 24 seasons at Eastern Michigan University. He heads south to join the staff of new he...

Lyle Yost Becomes Full-Time Assistant Coach at Ohio State Lyle Yost has joined the coaching staff at his alma mater Ohio State as a full-time assistant coach, the first in the program’s history. The two-time NCAA champion on men’s 1-meter wrapped up his college career last year. He also dove interna...

Summer McIntosh, Ilya Kharun to Lead Canada at World Short-Course Championships Summer McIntosh and Ilya Kharun are among 15 Olympians comprising the 18-person Canadian squad for the World Short Course Championships in December. The team was released on Wednesday by Swimming Canada. It’s headlined b...

Australian Short Course Championships: Unstoppable Kaylee McKeown Preparing To Set Record Straight It has been a spectacular eight years since Kaylee McKeown first made an appearance on the international swimming scene as a 15-year-old from Queensland on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The kid sister.....

Derek Maas Joins NYU Staff as Assistant Coach Derek Maas has been hired as an assistant coach of the New York University men's and women's swimming teams. He will be assisting with on-deck coaching and recruitment. A member of the men's swimming and diving team during the 2023-24 season, Maas' time ...

Katie Ledecky Joins Unfiltered Waters Podcast for Fantastic Interview (Video) The guests who have appeared on the Unfiltered Waters Podcast account for a Who’s-Who of stars in the sport, and beyond. But in this episode, which spans more than an hour, hosts Katie Hoff and Missy Franklin welcome the g...

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...

How to Avoid Burnout as a Collegiate Student-Athlete Burnout: A feeling of disinterest or dissatisfaction that many student-athletes feel at some point during their athletic career. As unfortunate as it sounds, burnout is a common feeling that athletes commonly face. For some athletes, burnout may b...

Ksawery Masiuk Announces Verbal Commitment to Swim For Texas Beginning in Spring 2025 In his first season guiding the Texas men's team, head coach Bob Bowman will have another piece to deploy during championship season with Polish backstroker Ksawery Masiuk announcing his intention to head to Austin...

Teen Star Alex Shackell Breaks Down Sensational Summer With Social Kick Podcast A standout for the legendary Carmel club and high school programs, high school star Alex Shackell recently paid a visit to the Social Kick Podcast to discuss her spectacular summer. Shackell left the Olympic Games in Par...

Swimmer Involved in Racial Incident at Gettysburg College ‘No Longer Enrolled’ The swimmer who is accused of perpetrating a racial incident at Gettysburg College is “no longer enrolled” in the school, a college statement released Monday said. The college released a pair of statements in response to ...

5 Men’s Olympic Medalists Poised For Big College Seasons International swimming is largely the domain of older, stronger swimmers, with American and foreign stars using the college level as a jumping-off point to reach World Championship and Olympic stardom. Leon Marchand surely did that, with three...

Finishing Strong: The Power of ‘Last One, Fast One’ Every swimmer knows the popular phrase, "Last One, Fast One." You can hear it echoing across the pool at the end of the main set at any practice. It helps swimmers rally for the final session of multi-day meets. For all of us, "Last One, Fast One,"...

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...