Former Arlington Aquatic Club Board President Mark Black Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case
Black faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring to sexually exploit multiple children between 2018 and 2021.
Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 1/26/2024
Our GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.
SwimSwam Pulse: 51% Pick 2:06 200 IM As Most Likely Women’s Barrier To Fall In 2024
Kaylee McKeown, Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh are all candidates for the first sub-2:06 in history in the 200 IM, as is Canadian star Summer McIntosh.
SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Women’s #50-41
Cate Campbell has a very good chance of returning to the Olympic podium in the 50 free 16 years after she claimed bronze in Beijing.
arena Swim of the Week: Ilya Kharun Enters Rarefied Air With 1:37.93 200 Fly
Kharun became just the fourth swimmer in history to break 1:38 in the 200 fly last weekend, putting him within striking distance of Jack Conger’s NCAA Record.
SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #60-51
The defending Olympic champion in the 400 IM, Chase Kalisz could be back on the podium in Paris, but he’ll need to be at the top of his game.
Swimming Australia Adds Olympic Runner Shaun Creighton To Board of Directors
Creighton joins the Board after representing Australia at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in men’s athletics, racing the 5,000 and 10,000 meters.
Paris Selected As Host of 2026 European Aquatics Championships
The event will follow up on the 2024 Olympic campaign slated for later this year, headlined by swimming superstar Leon Marchand.
World Aquatics Says Paolo Barelli Remains Suspended, Italian Federation Falsified Report
World Aquatics disputed a report from the Italian Swimming Federation that declared Paolo Barelli had won a CAS appeal and returned as President.
Paolo Barelli Reportedly Wins CAS Appeal Against World Aquatics
Barelli will return as the President of the Italian Federation after the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared him in a case against World Aquatics.
Navy SEAL, Former UMass And Maryland Swimmer Chris Chambers Declared Dead At Sea
Chambers, 37, died after heroically diving into the Arabian Sea to try and save fellow SEAL Team 3 member Nathan Ingram, 27.
SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Women’s #60-51
After breaking out in a big way in 2023, there’s a path for Kennedy Noble to the Olympics despite being in a stacked crop of female backstrokers in the U.S.
SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #70-61
Adam Peaty comes into the year as the two-time defending Olympic champion in the men’s 100 breast. Does he have a chance at a three-peat?
SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #80-71
Destin Lasco had a long course breakout in 2023, but the question now becomes can he perform well at back-to-back LC meets and win a medal on the big stage.
Brookfield Swim Club Hosts First-Ever U.S. National Ice Swimming Championships
Water temperatures were maintained between a frigid 38 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit in Chantilly, Virginia.
