SwimSwam’s 11 Most-Liked Instagram Photos of 2020
4 of SwimSwam’s 10 most-liked Instagram photos of 2020 were Caeleb Dressel. If you’re not sure who swimming’s biggest star is going into Tokyo, now you know.
SwimSwam’s Top 10 Most-Viewed Instagram Videos of 2020
Many pools were closed in 2020, but that didn’t stop swimmers around the world from finding creative ways to perfect their strokes.
Olivia Della Torre Will Follow in Her Sister’s Footsteps as a Georgia Bulldog
Olivia Della Torre, who won 3 Georgia state titles last year as a sophomore, will join the same Georgia team where her older sister Danielle is a senior.
50 More Men, 23 Women Have Qualified for Olympic Trials Post-Quarantines
Samantha Pearson, the #18 ranked recruit in the high school class of 2020, has hit Olympic Trials cuts in 4 events since the quarantine has lifted.
Pennsylvania State Championship Qualifier Baily Trettel Commits to St. Francis
Trettel dropped 5 seconds in just 4 months in the 200 backstroke during her junior season to become an instant-impact scorer for Saint Francis University.
14-Year Old Lana Pudar Swims 59.8 in Women’s 100 Fly in Bosnia & Herzogovina
Pudar also broke the National Record in the women’s 50 fly in Sarajevo, while Jovan Lekic dropped 6 seconds to break the National Record in the 200 free.
2020 Olympic Hosts Japan Will Close Borders on Monday to Most Foreign Nationals
The official football test event for the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games is scheduled for January 1, and the country has stopped ticket sales amid a rise in cases.
Jessica Franco, 4th Place Finisher at AZ State Championship, Commits to CSUB
Backstroker and middle distance freestyler Jessica Franco has verbally committed to swim for Cal State Bakersfield beginning in the fall of 2021.
2022 Commit Ben Grottle Joins Deep Cincinnati 200 Backstroke Lineup
SwimAtlanta’s Ben Grottle has committed to join the Cincinnati Bearcat in the fall of 2022. Grottle is primarily a middle-distance swimmer.
Arkansas Building Sprint Group’s 2nd Act with 2022 Commit Delaney Harrison
After the graduation of Anna Hopkin, one of the country’s best sprint freestylers, Arkansas’s coaching staff has been building off that success in recruiting.
Cam Abaqueta, One of 2022’s Most Versatile Swimmers, Commits to Florida
Rated as “Best of the Rest” in the backstrokes, Cam Abaqueta has emerged from the pandemic as arguably a better breaststroker than backstroker.
Kayla Wilson Breaks 33-Year-Old Olympian-Held Record at NOVA Holiday Champs
Tide Swim Team’s Kayla Wilson broke an LSC Record that was set 33 years ago by triple Olympic medalist Whitney Hedgepeth.
Olympic Gold Medalists Katie Ledecky Talks Quarantine & Vaccines on TODAY Show
The 23-year old Ledecky spoke on NBC about what she’s been doing in quarantine, whether she will get the COVID-19 vaccine, and finishing her Stanford degree.
ITA Launches Long-Term 10-Year Storage Plan for Doping Samples
The ITA announced a plan on Monday to store collected anti-doping samples for 10 years in a single facility to allow for re-analysis.
Judge Grants Injunction Against Cutting Iowa Women’s Swimming & Diving Team
Four members of the women’s swim team have won a temporary injunction against the University of Iowa’s plan to cut the program at the end of this season.
