The Enhanced Games Didn’t Really Teach Us Anything About the Troubled Economics of Olympic Sports
Miller cleared half-a-million in prize money at the Enhanced Games. That’s a life-changing amount of money. But is it a sport-changing amount?
3-Time Olympian Elli Overton Reframes Success In TEDx Talk
“Defining Success After Three Olympics and No Medals,” Overton examines what that label means when it does not come with the one thing…
SwimSwam Pulse: 46.2% Think Will Modglin Is Top U.S. 100 Backstroker In 2027, 20% Back Ryan Murphy
Modglin, who just turned 22, was the fastest American last year in the LCM 100 back (52.54) and reset the American Record in SCY this past fall (43.26).
SwimSwam Pulse: 69.5% Think Gretchen Walsh Lowers Sjostrom’s 50 Fly World Record This Year
Walsh has been rewriting the record books in the sprint butterfly events in SCM, SCY and the LCM 100 fly, but the long course 50 mark still eludes her.
SwimSwam Pulse: 81.9% Think Leon Marchand Takes Down 400 IM World Record This Summer
The vast majority of readers believe Marchand will take down the world record this summer, with 37.5% predicting him to go 4:01.
Thank You, Charlie
From FFT founder David Arluck: Swimming is more than fast times. It is friendship, mentorship, and a lifelong love for the sport.
SwimSwam Pulse: 71.3% Think U.S. Men Have Better Shot At 4×100 Free Relay WR Than Brits In 4×200
Led by Jack Alexy and Patrick Sammon, the American men have a legitimate chance at breaking the 18-year-old world record in the 4×100 free relay this summer.
SwimSwam Pulse: 64.7% Think Men’s 200 Free Stands In The Way of Aussie Free Sweep At Comm Games
Edward Sommerville is the top Aussie hope in the men’s 200 free in Glasgow, and that may be the only event standing in the way of a clean freestyle sweep.
SwimSwam Pulse: Separating Swimming & Diving, Combining Men & Women Voted Top Future NCAA Changes
Two-thirds of coaches want to see a combined NCAA Championship meet with diving first, and the fans are echoing that sentiment.
Silver Linings: Changes within the NCAA Championship
The CSCAA has shown it is willing to make difficult decisions. Will it respond constructively to this year’s changes and the criticism in the aftermath?
The 19 Club – Exercising Caution on Breakout German Johannas Liebmann’s 800 Free
Johannes Liebmann is not the first young distance swimmer to threaten one of the world’s great swimming records. But is history on his side?
SwimSwam Pulse: Virginia’s Return To Top 10 Voted Biggest Surprise of Men’s NCAAs
The Cavaliers, 12 months removed from scoring just 14 points for a 32nd-place finish at NCAAs, placed 9th with 192 points.
Let Your Opinions On The 2026 NCAA Championships Be Known
We’ve created a Google Form where SwimSwam readers can respond to the CSCAA coach survey regarding NCAA Championship changes.
SwimSwam Pulse: Clark’s 1:39 200 Free Voted Most Impressive Freshman Swim of Women’s NCAAs
Clark and Anna Moesch became the first two women ever with multiple sub-1:40 swims in the NCAA final, with Clark also clocking 1:39.70 on the 800 free relay.
TV Points vs Real Points: 27% of Men’s NCAA Scoring Happened Off The Broadcast
Although Texas won the title by 29.5 points over Florida, only three points separated the two teams based on what we saw on TV.
