Breaking Added To 2024 Olympics; Swimming Quota Drops by 26 Athletes
Breaking – or breakdancing – will be added to the 2024 Olympics. Meanwhile the overall athlete quota will drop by more than 500, with swimming dropping by 26.
Gretchen Walsh Moves To #2 All-Time For 17-18s With 21.41 in 50-Yard Free
Gretchen Walsh hit career-bests in the 100 fly, 100 back, and 50 free. The 21.41 free swim moves her to #2 all-time among U.S. 17-18s
Germonprez Crushes 1:45.41 In 200-Yard IM, #11 In All-Time 15-16 Ranks
16-year-old Aubree Brouwer smashed three-and-a-half seconds off her lifetime-best in the 200 breast to move into the top 20 in USA Swimming age group history.
UNC Invite Day 2 Prelims: Berkoff Goes 50.9, Miller 1:33.8
Coming off a lifetime-best 100 back leading off last night’s medley relay, NC State sophomore Katharine Berkoff went 50.9 this morning to qualify first.
Iowa Swimmers File For Injunction To Stop School From Cutting Women’s Swim/Dive
Student-athletes at the University of Iowa have filed for an injunction that would stop the school from eliminating its women’s swimming & diving program.
Knight Commission Recommends Separating FBS From NCAA
The Knight Commission recommended that the top level of college football split away from the NCAA to govern itself, leaving swimming under the NCAA umbrella.
Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 12/4/20
In our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series, we celebrate swimmers of every age and experience level who showed big improvements.
Fail Goes 4:18; Schlicht & Knelson Back To Competition At Arizona Invite
Arizona will get two key contributors back from Olympic gap years. David Schlicht (redshirt) and Faith Knelson (deferral) competed at this morning’s invite.
2020-2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: December Edition
Cal and Texas continue to duel for the nation’s top spot, with veterans like Reece Whitley (pictured) and Drew Kibler leading the way and rookies stepping up.
Dolfin Swim of the Week: McKeown’s World Record 1:58.94 in 200 BK
Australian 19-year-old Kaylee McKeown trailed Katinka Hosszu’s world record pace the whole way – but made up a half-second on the Iron Lady in the final 50.
SwimSwam Pulse: 64% Pick Dressel’s 100 IM As Most Impressive Swim of ISL Season
64.1% of voters picked Caeleb Dressel’s 100 IM as the most impressive swim of 2020 ISL season, and Dressel’s swims combined for 87.5% of the total votes.
Evie Pfeifer hits 4:38.6 in 500 Free At Texas Invite Prelims
Senior Evie Pfeifer swam the third-fastest 500 free in the NCAA this season, blasting a 4:38.66 at prelims of Texas’s Hall of Fame Invite.
WADA I&I Audit Calls For 3 New Employees, Raises Concerns About Rodchenkov Act
WADA published audit results on its Intelligence & Investigations Department, calling for 3 new employees and raising concerns about the US’s Rodchenkov Act.
Swimmers Naber, de Varona Elected to USOPA Board Seats In Revote
After an ethics committee ordered a new election, swimmers John Naber & Donna de Varona were elected to USOPC Board seats through an alumni organization.
Penn Commit Matt Fallon Hits Lifetime-Best 1:53.4 In 200 Breast
#8-ranked recruit and high school senior Matt Fallon went seven-tenths of a second under his lifetime-best in the 200-yard breaststroke.
