SwimSwam Pulse: 58.3% Favor U.S. Over Australia In Women’s 4×100 Free Relay Heading To 2026
Well over half of readers favor a fully-powered U.S. relay of Gretchen Walsh (pictured), Torri Huske, Kate Douglass and Rylee Erisman over the Aussies.
arena Swim of the Week: Ei Kamikawabata Blasts 1:55.39 200 Fly At Japan Student Championships
Kamikawabata lowered his previous best time of 1:56.45, set at the 2024 Japan Open, to win the title in come-from-behind fashion.
USA Swimming Announces Legends Golf President Kevin Ring As New President and CEO
Ring’s hiring comes 371 days after Tim Hinchey officially resigned as USA Swimming CEO last August.
Olympic Champion David Popovici Takes On Open Water Racing
Popovici competed in a 3×500-meter relay with his coach, Adrian Radulescu, and one of his training partners, Andrei Enache, in Romania.
Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Gavin Keogh Sets Junior National Meet Record In 200 Back
Keogh clocked 1:57.88 in the boys’ 200 back to dominate the field by two and a half seconds and lower the championship record by more than half a second.
LSU Team Members Accuse Coaches Rick Bishop, Leah Stancil of Bullying, “Toxic Behavior”
Numerous complaints from LSU swim and dive team members centered on head coach Rick Bishop and former associate head coach Leah Stancil in exit interviews.
Former Connecticut High School Swim Coach Has Voyeurism Case Dismissed
Daniel Barillaro Jr. was charged with voyeurism after a 16-year-old female student said he recorded her with his cell phone inside the school bathroom.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Sean Quinn
Quinn has been leading the National Prep group at Mecklenburg under head coach David Geyer since 2021.
Ultra Swimmer of the Month: Rylee Erisman
Erisman piled up eight medals at the World Junior Championships, the most any swimmer has ever won at a single edition of the meet.
2026 College Swimming Previews: Young Core, Key Additions Give Optimism To #10 NC State Women
Leah Shackley was a standout for NC State in her freshman year, and she’ll be a driving force behind their success in 2025-26 as they field a talented roster.
U.S. Masters Swimming Closes Review on Swimmer’s Participation
U.S. Masters Swimming found that the swimmer in question is a ciswoman, garnering her eligible to compete in the female category at Spring Nationals.
SwimSwam Pulse: 55.8% Don’t Like Selecting Pan Pac Team One Year Early, 33.9% Indifferent
Bella Sims was bumped from the Pan Pac roster on Friday after Kennedi Dobson clocked 4:06.66 to win bronze in the 400 free at World Juniors.
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.
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.
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.
