Princeton Women Pick Up a Pair of Difference-Makers for 2019-2020
Jen Secrest and Christina Bradley have nearly-identical ratings on collegeswimming.com. They are the 140th and 141st-ranked swimmers in the class of…
FINA Champions Series Will Be Hosted in US, Hungary, and China
According to Russian swimming legend Vladimir Salnikov, who is a member of the FINA Bureau, the three-meet series will be hosted in the US, China, and Hungary from March through May.
2018 Swammy Awards: Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year James Wilby
Great Britain now has the two fastest active breaststrokers in the world (Adam Peaty, middle; James Wilby, right), further emphasizing their huge medley advantage headed toward Tokyo.
Russian Journalists Name Kliment Kolesnikov 2018 Athlete of the Year
Kliment Kolesnikov has been named one of the top 10 athletes of Russia in 2018.
2018 Swammy Awards: Oceania Female Swimmer of the Year Ariarne Titmus
To see all of our 2018 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here. 2018 Oceania Female Swimmer of the Year:…
2018 Swammy Awards: Euro Male Swimmer of the Year Kliment Kolesnikov
Kolesnikov piled up a huge number of medals in 2018 and broke a World Record, even at only 18-years old.
Top 50 Most Read SwimSwam Articles of 2018
Caeleb Dressel’s other-worldly 2018 collegiate season was the biggest lightning-rod of the swimming year.
New Jersey Swim Instructor Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges
Tenafly, New Jersey swim instructor Kevin Guo, 24, has been charged with sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13…
OFFICIAL TRAILER: A Film Called Blacks Can’t Swim
Ahead of its February, 2019 release, Ed Accura’s documentary called “A Film Called Blacks Can’t Swim” has its first trailer….
Diver Marian Tiemeier Commits to West Virginia University
Diver Marian Tiemeier from Alexandria, Kentucky, just outside of Cincinnati, has verbally committed to West Virginia University. The Campbell County…
2018 Swammy Awards: Canadian Male Athlete of the Year Markus Thormeyer
Markus Thormeyer won the Canadian men’s only medal in swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Jenna Joerger Commits to Northern Michigan
Joerger’s best time in the 200 IM is just a few tenths from what it took to qualify for the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championships
2018 Swammy Awards: CAC Male Athlete of the Year Dylan Carter
Dylan Carter had a breakthrough year in 2018, with his first major international medals at the senior level.
2018 Heart of a Champion Award: Maarten van der Weijden
Van der Weijden’s story has all of the makings of a perfect Heart of a Champion candidate: overcoming a huge challenge to become the best in the world, an incredible feat of endurance, and finally an enormous financial impact upon cancer research.
Swimmer Pat Gallant-Charette Named to Maine Sports Hall of Fame
Among many other record-breaking distance achievements, earlier this year Pat Gallant-Charette became the oldest person in history to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming when she circumnavigated the island of Manhattan.
