Articles by Torrey Hart

Lilly King Remains Undefeated in ISL Season, Hits US Open Record in 200 Breast

King is now 11-for-11 in individual races during the 2019 International Swimming League Season, with only her signature 100 breast to go Saturday.

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Caeleb Dressel Resets Florent Manaudou’s 50 Free (SCM) World Record at 20.24

Dressel downed Manaudou’s five-year-old record while the two swam next to each other at day one of the ISL Grand Finale.

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Daiya Seto Takes Down 9-Year-Old 400 IM (SCM) World Record in ISL Debut

Energy Standard’s Daiya Seto broke Ryan Lochte’s short course meters 400 IM world record in his ISL debut Friday in Las Vegas.

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Cali Condors’ Lilly King, Nic Fink Hit American Records in 50 Breast

The Cali Condors set two American and US Open records as to open the inaugural ISL Grand Finale in Las Vegas.

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SwimmersBest Drill of the Month: Countdown Sprints

December’s drill of the month comes to us to us from Jonathan Kaplan, head coach at Swim RVA in Richmond, VA.

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ISL Finale Features a Temporary Pool with Clear Acrylic Wall

The temporary Myrtha pool at the Mandalay Bay Events Center has clear walls down the long side, so everything happening underwater is visible.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Start the Bidding at $120K

W’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets!

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Hugo Gonzalez Was Absent from Minnesota Invite to Prep for Swim Cup Amsterdam

Cal’s Hugo Gonzalez, the third-fastest short course 400 IMer in history, will compete for the Spanish national team in Amsterdam this weekend.

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Gioffreda and Meyers Set World Records on Day 2 of US Para Nationals

Becca Meyers set her second world record in as many days at the 2019 U.S. Paralympics National Championships in Lewisville, TX.

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Becca Meyers Breaks Decades-Old SM12 400 IM WR at US Para Nationals Day 1

Meyers, 25, took just under 12 seconds off Trischa Zorn’s decades-old 400 IM SM 12 world record on day one of the 2019 U.S. Para Swimming Nationals.

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2019 US Open Championships: Leah Smith Scratches 200 IM B-Final

Leah Smith and Khader Baqlah were the only swimmers to scratch A- or B-finals Thursday. Smith is the No. 2 seed in the 400 free.

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2019 US Open Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Prelims on day 2 of the 2019 U.S. Open will feature the women’s and men’s 400 free, 200 IM and 50 free.

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2019 US Open Championships: Who is Ziyang Zhang?

Looking to improve his 10k prospects, Thursday morning’s top qualifier in the men’s 400 free started training with Team Santa Monica this fall.

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WATCH: Fastest 800 Free Heats from Night 1 of 2019 US Open

Watch Brazil’s Guilherme Costa down his own South American record in the 800 free by multiple seconds.

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