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arena Swim of the Week: Yumeki Kojima Drops 1:57.32 200 IM For Fastest Ever By a 16-Year-Old

The World Junior Record holder in the 400 IM, Kojima continued to amaze in Otopeni by swimming the fastest time ever recorded by a 16-year-old in the 200 IM.

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Kylie Kelce Says Swimming Is The One Sport She Doesn’t Want Her Daughters In

“I don’t wanna have to sit in a hot pool as the spectator and smell like chlorine when I leave, when I never f***ing touched the pool,” Kelce said.

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2025 World Junior Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

American Charlotte Crush takes on a double in tonight’s session with the semis of the girls’ 50 fly followed shortly by the final of the 200 back.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: 16-Year-Old Rylee Erisman Hits 52.79 100 Free At World Juniors

Erisman, 16, became just the third junior swimmer in history (18 & under by birth year) to break 53 seconds in the event, clocking 52.79.

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NCAA Oversight Committee Tables Swimming & Diving Championship Format Changes

The CSCAA told SwimSwam there are no anticipated changes to the structure of the 2026 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.

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Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits In The Girls’ High School Class of 2026

Charlotte Crush has established herself as the clear-cut top recruit in the class with ‘A’ final worthy times in the 100 back, 200 back and 100 fly already.

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Filip Nowacki Lowers Own British Age Record In 100 Breast With 59.24 In World Junior Semis

Nowacki blasted a time of 59.24 in the semis of the 100 breaststroke, lowering his own British Record for 17-year-old boys of 59.59 set last month.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 8/16/2025

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 44% Pick Men’s Team Struggles As Biggest U.S. Takeaway From Worlds

The U.S. men only won one gold medal at the 2025 World Championships, and failed to secure a relay title for the first time since 2001.

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arena Swim of the Week: Aussie Teen Semra Olowoniyi Blasts 27.93 50 Back For Victorian Record

Olowoniyi dropped down from 28.29 to 27.93 in the 50 back to break the 13-year-old Victorian Record and rank 12th all-time in Australia.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Van Mathias Rips 26.76 50 Breast At U.S. Summer Championships

Mathias clocked 26.76 in the men’s 50 breast final to shoot up into a tie for #3 all-time among Americans, matching Olympic gold medalist Kevin Cordes.

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LA28 To Award Venue Naming Rights For First Time In Olympic History

LA28 revealed the Comcast Squash Center at Universal Studios and the Honda Center as the first two named venues of the Games.

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Peter Andrew Announces New USRPT Program, Wants To Show The World “Science Is The Way To Go”

The news comes after Michael Andrew announced he was moving on from his father as his coach and heading to ASU to try a training program.

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Ginzburg Shines, Provincial Records Fall As Canadian SC Championships Wrap Up In Sherbrooke

Eric Ginzburg won the men’s 100 fly (51.64) and 50 free (21.69) on the final two days of the meet, with the latter ranking him #4 all-time in Canada.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 8/9/2025

Reed Spaulding set a pair of Cincinnati Marlins club records for 11-12 boys that were previously held by Grant House and Carson Foster.

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