NEC Postpones Swimming & Diving Championships To April 7-10
The Northeast Conference (NEC) has postponed its Women’s and Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships to April 7-10 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Rausch & McKenna Join Olympic Trials Qualifiers With Huge Time Trial Drops
At a time trial meet in Lewisville, 17-year-olds Malia Rausch and Conor McKenna each put up huge time drops to log their first Olympic Trials cuts.
MAAC Joins Several Other DI Conferences In Postponing Swimming Championships
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced the postponement of its 2020-2021 Swimming & Diving Championships to the spring.
IOC Says It Has Achieved 85% of ‘Olympic Agenda 2020’
In 2014, the IOC adopted an agenda of 40 reform items called the Olympic Agenda 2020. The IOC says it has achieved 85% of those recommendations.
QUIZ: Rapid-Fire Top 25 In ISL 2020 MVP Scoring
Can you name the top 25 individual MVP scorers of the 2020 International Swimming League season? Can you do it in just 90 seconds?
WATCH: LZR Bodysuited Caeleb Dressel Challenges 20-Second Barrier in 50 SCM FR
Speedo put world record-holder Caeleb Dressel in a 2008-era LZR Fastskin full-body suit to see how fast he could go in a 50-meter freestyle.
Virtual Winter Juniors Dec 10 Update: Late Week 1 Meets Added
A few more meets from last weekend have made their way into official results, and we’ve got updated top 20s and team scores from the Winter Championships.
Lucy Bell Moves To #16 in 15-16 Age Group History With 1:54.9 200 Fly
Lucy Bell has dropped almost a second in the 200 fly over the past month and a half. She climbed the all-time 15-16 rankings with a 1:54.93 over the weekend.
Dolfin Swim of the Week: Arno Kamminga’s 2:06.86 in 200 BR
Arno Kamminga moved to #4 all-time in the long course 200 meter breaststroke with a 2:06.85. He’s just the fourth man ever to break 2:07.
Judge Denies Iowa Swimmers Request For Injunction on Program Cut
A judge denied a request for injunction just one day after Iowa swimmers asked the court to halt the cuts to the Hawkeye swimming & diving program.
SwimSwam Pulse: 35% Pick Florida To Be #3 in Men’s NCAA Power Ranks
Florida (35%) and Georgia (30%) led a very divided poll for the #3 men’s team in all of NCAA swimming & diving for 2020-2021.
16 International NCAA Athletes Suing U.S. Government Over Immigration Policies
16 international student-athletes are suing DHS and ICE over restrictions keeping them from their campuses and sports teams.
Zoe Skirboll Adds Olympic Trial Cut With 56.2 in Long Course 100 Free
16-year-old Zoe Skirboll of Racer X Aquatics added a third U.S. Olympic Trials cut this week, going 56.28 in the 100-meter freestyle.
Brendan Burns Swims 45.8 Back, 46.1 Fly, Frankel Shines at IU Time Trials
Sophomore Brendan Burns was just .05 seconds off a lifetime-best in the 100-yard backstroke at Indiana’s two-day time trial meet.
Torri Huske Leads 4 Events Midway Through Virtual Winter Junior Championships
The qualifying period is halfway through, and Arlington Aquatic Club’s Torri Huske leads four events in USA Swimming’s current Winter Juniors result ranks.
