Read more2Throwback Thursday: Misty Hyman and the Anniversary of Her Epic Olympic Upset (Video)19 September 2024Throwback Thursday: Misty Hyman and Her Epic Olympic Upset (Video) On Sept. 19-20, 2000, Misty Hyman navigated a three-race journey that landed her Olympic glory. Twenty-four years later, we take a look at Hyman's epic upset of Susie O'Neill in the final of the 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Olympi...
Read moreIan Finnerty Poised to Make Most of ISL — In and Out of Water17 September 2019Ian Finnerty, DC Trident. In the lead-up to the first International Swimming League pro-team season, Swimming World will look at some of the pioneers of a new chapter unfolding in the sport. Today: Fastest breaststroker in NCAA history. Pioneers Of Pro-Team Swimming • Olivia Smoliga • Katie McLaugh....
Read more2018 TYR Pro Swim Series to Open Next Week in Austin03 January 2018A strong field of Team USA Olympians, world champions and USA Swimming National Team members will kick off 2018 at next week’s TYR Pro Swim Series at Austin, set for Jan. 11-14 at the University of Texas’ Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. The four-day meet opens Thursday, Jan. 11 and continues...
Read moreHow Kaitlin Sandeno Has Had an Effect on Swimming Beyond the Pool07 July 2024The Kaitlin Sandeno Effect on Trials & Swimming Goes Beyond the Pool Kaitlin Sandeno has been around the sport of swimming for almost her entire life. Sandeno, a two-time Olympian and four-time Olympic medalist, is a model of everything that USA Swimming represents; someone who has achieved excelle...
Read more5Mark Schubert Returns to Mission Viejo as Associate Head Coach03 October 2016Mark Schubert has accepted the position as the Associate Head Coach of the Mission Viejo Nadadores. For Schubert, his career will be coming full-circle as he returns to the post he thrived in for 13 years in the 1970s and 1980s. "My job description will be running the club. Bill and I have a great r...
Read more13Favorite Pools: John Lohn on the History and Aura of the Indiana University Natatorium21 December 2022Favorite Pools. What are yours? As the swimming-less summer of 2020 draws on, the team at Swimming World will take a look at some of the great pools we love the most, why and what makes them so special. We’d like you to join in the fun and memories with your own suggestions, either by leaving a comm...
Read moreOlympian Kaitlin Sandeno to Host Swimming for 2018 Warrior Games05 June 2018Olympic Gold Medalist Kaitlin Sandeno will be the host for swimming at this year’s Warrior Games, presented by The Department of Defense. The Warrior Games are a Paralympic-style competition for wounded, ill and injured service members. Athletes from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and ...
Read moreOlympic Day 4 Finals18 September 2000By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, Sept. 19. It's the half-way point of the swimming portion of the Olympics. Excitement is still at a fever pitch and every event seems to be a new world or Olympic record, produce a surprise winner, or hold a special story. Tonight's competition at...
Coaches Vic and Renee Riggs Move to Florida30 December 2001GAINESVILLE, FL., Dec. 29. VIC and Renee Riggs have left the Golden State for the Sunshine State. The former coaches of current USC freshwoman star Kaitlin Sandeno, have forsaken Orange County, where they headed up the Nellie Gail Gators Saddleback Valley (NGSV), for Gainesville, where they are the ...
Read moreWhat's In Store For Swimming As Andrew & Krazelburg Talk About Taking Sport Into Another League09 September 2019What's In Store For Swimming? Think Disney meets the NFL, AFL, Premiership Tina Andrew is hard at work building market value for the NY Breakers to capitalise from the first season of the International Swimming League. Her rival manager, double Olympic backstroke champion, Lenny Krayzelburg, is wor...
Read moreISL Managers Set Out Their Stall For Mentors At Dawn Of New Era In Swimming05 September 2019ISL Managers and Mentors Talk Through Challenges of New Pro Era The International Swimming League (ISL), the pioneering global Pro-Team tour that gets its first season underway next month, offers “the only chance in history” to drag the sport into a truly professional era. The quote came from John ...
Read moreSwimming World Throwback Thursday Video: Brooke Bennett Repeats As 800 Free Olympic Champion29 May 2014PHOENIX, Arizona, May 29. YESTERDAY marked 800 days until the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and we celebrated with a look back at the history of the women's 800 free through the past 10 Olympics. Today's Throwback Thursday video features one of those Olympic finals. In 2000, Brooke Bennett repe...
Read moreOlympics - Day 1 Finals (Complete)15 September 2000By Phillip Whitten and Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 16. WORLD records fell in all four final events on the first night of competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. In fact, five world marks fell in the four events. Women's 400 IM - FINALS GOLD - Klochkova UKR 4:33.59 WORLD RECORD! SI...
MUNZ, DOLAN: THEY'RE BAACK!!28 March 2000March 29. FEDERAL STORY. They're baaaack! Diana Munz and Tom Dolan, that is. Munz and Dolan, who both were sidelined with injuries last year, came up big winners on the first night of competition of USA Swimming's Spring Nationals. Munz took the women's 800m freestyle in a very strong 8:...
Mission Viejo Day 3: Japanese Continue to Dominate23 June 2000MISSION VIEJO, June 24. JAPANESE swimmers continued to dominate competition at the Mission Viejo Nadadores 2000 Swim Meet of Champions, winning four of five women's events and two of five men's events today. Maki Mita led a one-two-three Japanese sweep in the 200 free, clocking a meet record...
Read moreAdrian, Murphy, Kalisz, Sjostrom, Pellegrini Slated for TYR Pro Series Atlanta -- PSYCH SHEET23 February 2018Click here to view the full psych sheet for the TYR Pro Swim Series Atlanta. A talented mix of Olympic champions and standout age-group swimmers are slated to compete at next week’s TYR Pro Swim Series at Atlanta, set for March 1-4 at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center. The four-day meet opens .....
Read moreKaitlin Sandeno Discusses Finding a Path in Life on Champion's Mojo Podcast01 October 2020Kaitlin Sandeno Discusses Finding a Path in Life on Champion's Mojo Podcast An Olympic gold medalist and the General Manager of the ISL’s D.C. Trident, Kaitlin Sandeno knows that in order to find your true path in life, you have to face your doubts and fears head on. Sandeno talks with the Champion’...
Read more2The Fast and Furious Frenzy of the ISL — And Its Feasible Fatal Flaws07 September 2021The Fast and Furious Frenzy of the ISL — And Its Feasible Fatal Flaws Swimming deserves a real professional league, and through two full seasons plus the start of a third with the International Swimming League (ISL), the benefits to the sport have been obvious. Elite swimmers have the opportunity to...
Read moreKaitlin Sandeno Steps Down as GM of DC Trident, Ending Groundbreaking Role10 February 2022Kaitlin Sandeno has stepped down as general manager of the DC Trident. Sandeno was one of the original GMs in the International Swimming League (ISL), one of the few front-office females in professional sports. She confirmed she is stepping down from her role. She also hired Cyndi Gallagher as head ...
Read more310 Things Olympians Wish They Could Tell their Younger Selves12 August 2020By Daniela Navarrete, Swimming World College Intern. Being one year away from the Olympics, swimmers from all over the world look forward to qualifying. It could mean achieving an A or B-cut, participate in National trials to come in as one of the fastest two, or being selected by FINA through the u...