SwimSwam Pulse: 41% Pick Weinstein’s 200 FR As Top Women’s Surprise of Trials
Weinstein became the fastest 15-year-old in U.S. history en route to locking down an individual spot at the World Championships in the women’s 200 freestyle.
The Game Changers: How Will the NCAAs Top 5 Transfers Impact Their New Teams?
Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil isn’t the only big-name women’s NCAA transfer this off-season, but she’s the one due to have the biggest impact.
Is NIL Really Threatening Olympic Sports Like Swimming?
At last week’s annual Pac-12 spring meetings, Arizona athletic director Dave Heeke warned of the existential threat that NIL poses to sports like swimming.
Maxime Rooney Retires as the 3rd-Best American Ever in This Category
Maxime Rooney never got over the hump for an open-age U.S. international team, but he did have one of the fastest single-meets that swimming has ever seen.
7 Things My Swim Mom Did For Me When Nobody Else Could
Swim moms are special people. They give selflessly to us and our careers and our lives. Here are 7 ways my swim mom helped me survive childhood.
SwimSwam Pulse: 58% Believe Women’s 200 Fly World Record Will Stand Longest
China’s Liu Zige set the seemingly unreachable world record of 2:01.81 in the women’s 200 butterfly back in 2009.
Which Aquatic Athletes Will Be in the 2022 USOPC Hall of Fame Class?
Michael Phelps with his 28 Olympic medals is a sure-fire first ballot Hall-of-Famer. But which of the other 6 aquatic nominees might join him?
My 10 Favorite Swims from the 2022 US International Team Trials
The Magic Man had a Magic Moment last week with the only World Record of the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro.
SwimSwam Pulse: Women’s 100 Back, 100 Breast Are Deepest Events In The U.S.
Readers believe the women’s 100 back and 100 breast would be the most likely events the U.S. could sweep at Worlds, but maybe now it’s the 200 breast?
After Dust Settles at US Trials, Australia Is Still the Women’s 4×100 Favorites
A personal best by Torri Huske led a slew of positive stories for the U.S. in the women’s 100 free final, but none of it seems like enough.
Mallory Comerford Swims Her Fastest 100 Free in Two Years in Prelims
24-year old Mallory Comerford swam her fastest 100 free since before the pandemic on Tuesday morning, qualifying 4th through to the final.
SwimSwam Pulse: 56.5% Say Märtens’ Stock Rose Most During International Trials
Germany’s Lukas Märtens now leads the 2021-22 world rankings in the men’s 200, 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle events.
SwimSwam Pulse: Split Vote On Who Will Emerge As The Top US Woman In 100 Free
26.6 percent of readers think Claire Curzan will be the top American in the 100 free this year, though a pair of NCAA stars are close behind.
SwimSwam Pulse: 31.6% Pick Burns’ 200 Fly Triumph As Biggest NCAA Upset
94% of people picked Nicolas Albiero or Luca Urlando to win, but Brendan Burns emerged as the upset victory in the men’s 200 fly at the NCAA Championships.
SwimSwam Pulse: 70.9% Think Texas Women Exceeded Expectations The Most At NCAAs
The Longhorns outscored their projected psych sheet points by 83.5, the most of any team at the championships, en route to placing second overall.
