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Starting Strong: How Central Aquatics of PA Launched with Commit

Courtesy of Commit Swimming, a SwimSwam partner Starting Strong: How Central Aquatics of PA Launched with Commit Starting a brand-new…

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Elliot Leasure Picks Up 2nd NAG Record of Weekend, Clocks 55.86 100 Back, First Sub 56 13-14 Ever

Fresh off a record-setting 50 back, Elliot Leasure added a second NAG mark on the weekend, blasting 55.86 in the 100 back.

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Sara Curtis Closes NCAP Qualifier With 53.76 100 Free, Greenwaldt Wins 50 Fly

Curtis was half a second off her lifetime best in the 100 free. Bryn Greenwaldt made her debut in the LCM 50 fly and earned the win.

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Sara Curtis Scares Italian Record With 24.31 50 Free On Night 3 of NCAP Qualifier

Curtis was only 0.02 off her Italian Record that she swam in April. Her 24.31 is the 2nd fastest swim of her career.

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Beyond Dryland: A Philosophy of Athletic Development for Swimmers

The problem with the term dryland is that it encourages us to think about training outside the water as a separate activity

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Starting Strong: How Central Aquatics of PA Launched with Commit

Courtesy of Commit Swimming, a SwimSwam partner Starting Strong: How Central Aquatics of PA Launched with Commit Starting a brand-new…

Elliot Leasure Picks Up 2nd NAG Record of Weekend, Clocks 55.86 100 Back, First Sub 56 13-14 Ever

Fresh off a record-setting 50 back, Elliot Leasure added a second NAG mark on the weekend, blasting 55.86 in the 100 back.

Sara Curtis Closes NCAP Qualifier With 53.76 100 Free, Greenwaldt Wins 50 Fly

Curtis was half a second off her lifetime best in the 100 free. Bryn Greenwaldt made her debut in the LCM 50 fly and earned the win.

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Sara Curtis Scares Italian Record With 24.31 50 Free On Night 3 of NCAP Qualifier

Curtis was only 0.02 off her Italian Record that she swam in April. Her 24.31 is the 2nd fastest swim of her career.

Beyond Dryland: A Philosophy of Athletic Development for Swimmers

The problem with the term dryland is that it encourages us to think about training outside the water as a separate activity

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Elliot Leasure Destroys 13-14 NAG Record in 50 Back, Blasts 26.00 at AQJT Summer Spectacular

Elliot Leasure lowered the 13-14 NAG record in the 50 backstroke to 26.00 and added top-five all-time age-group performances in the 100 and 200 back.

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Ariarne Titmus on Enhanced Games: “It Makes my Blood Boil”

Titmus questioned the legitimacy of Enhanced Games performances, joking that athletes might as well “put fins on” given the advantages allowed.

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Caleb Goodavish Clocks 54.65 100 Free to Down 11-12 NAG Record at 2026 SWAT Summer Grand Prix

Caleb Goodavish rewrote the boys’ 11-12 national age group record books, blasting a 54.65 100 free and adding the third-fastest 200 free in history.

Louisville Lands Big In-State Commitment from Freestyle Ace Ethan Gover for 2026

Louisville adds another sprint freestyle weapon with the commitment of Baylor Swim Club’s Ethan Gover to its 2026 recruiting class.

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Tennessee High School State Champion Quincy Topping Commits to Boston College (2026)

Quentin Topping from Ensworth Aquatics is headed north to Boston College, where he will join the Eagles’ class of 2030.

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U.S. Air Force Academy Adds Georgia High School State Finalist Sam Fields To 2027 Recruiting Class

Fields is a rising senior at Walton High School in Georgia and trains year-round with SwimAtlanta; he specializes in backstroke, freestyle, and IM.

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Sam Short Becomes First Australian Man to Win 200, 400, 800, 1500 Freestyle Since Hackett in 2005

Sam Short swept the 200, 400, 800, and 1500 free events at the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials to become the first man to do this since Hackett in 2005.

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Two-Time Connecticut HS State Champion Ellison Charette Verbals To Georgetown For Fall 2027

Over the course of the 2025-26 season, Charette dropped over 21 seconds in the 1650 free and over four seconds in the 500 free.

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WATCH: Meg Harris Swim Fastest 50 Free in the World This Year and Other Night 6 Swims

Watch: Meg Harris swim 24.08 in the 50 free, setting the top time in the world this season and all the night 6 race videos.

Koehn Boyd Picks Up Three Event Wins On Day 1 at 2026 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Nationals

On the first night of the 2026 Paralympic Swimming Championships, Koehn Boyd picked up three wins in the 400 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and 400 IM.

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Australian Pan-Pacs and Commonwealth Teams Announced: 42 for Commonwealth and 38 for Pan-Pacs

Shayna Jack made the same decision as Cameron McEvoy and Kyle Chalmers to only attend this summer’s Commonwealth Games.

West Virginia Adds Four-Time West Virginia HS State Champion Owen Guthrie To 2026 Recruiting Class

The future Mountaineer recently graduated from Bridgeport High School, and trains year-round with Mountain State Storm.

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Louisiana State Record Holder Eric Ring Set to Join Drury (2026)

Ring’s times in the 200 free and 500 free would have been fast enough to qualify for the ‘B’ final at the 2026 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.

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