Top 10 Women’s Swimmers Who Never Won an Olympic Gold Medal
American swimmer Katie Hoff broke American Records, World Records and won 3 Olympic medals in ’08, but in spite of huge expectations, none of them were gold.
Opinion: Lamenting The Closure Of Nearby City’s Public Summer Pools
From a water lover’s perspective, a bit of sad news came out of a Kentucky city’s overall coronavirus combatting campaign.
SwimSwam Pulse: 81% Would Rather Have Olympic Gold Over World Record
A vast majority of SwimSwam voters said they’d rather have an Olympic gold medal than a world record in the most-voted SwimSwam poll in history.
SwimSwam Pulse: 38% Think Farris Should Delay Harvard Return Until After Tokyo
It was a relatively close poll result, with 38% of voters saying Dean Farris should take another year to focus on the Olympics before returning to Harvard.
Shouts From The Stands: Leveling the Playing Field
COVID-19 has hit a massive reset button. So, what exactly does this mean? Opportunity.
Would You Rather Break A World Record Or Win An Olympic Gold Medal? (POLL)
Would you rather break a world record, or win an Olympic gold medal? Vote on which side of the fence you fall on.
SwimSwam Pulse: 47% Support Postponing 2020 Olympics
Our poll ran both before and after the IOC postponed the 2020 Olympics. Nearly half of voters supported postponement over cancellation or ‘wait-and-see’.
Shouts From The Stands: The Aftermath
Little did we know that our “Treat Every Day Like It’s Your Last Day to Race” would actually turn into our actual last day to race.
SwimSwam Pulse: 57% Had Picked Texas To Win Men’s NCAAs
The meet won’t happen due to the NCAA’s cancellation, but a solid majority of SwimSwam voters expected Texas to win the men’s NCAA title.
Shouts From The Stands: Shutdown, But Not Shutout (A Win In Wake Of COVID-19)
“This growth will carry over to the next championship meet. Their quench for success will be even greater. The drive to bounce back will be stronger.”
Editorial: Coronavirus Can’t Take Your Season Away
Though you may not see the improvements you’ve made show up on a scoreboard in numeric form, the growth in who you are and how you swim is still there.
SwimSwam Pulse: 50% Picking Stanford To Win Women’s NCAAs
Just over half of voters are picking Stanford to repeat as NCAA champs on the women’s side, compared to just under 25% for Virginia.
The Real Reason Why Coronavirus Won’t Cancel the 2020 Olympic Games
Whether you believe the coronavirus will be a pandemic, or you believe it will pass with the coming of spring, one thing is clear: the Olympic impact…
SwimSwam Voters Picks: Week 3 of Major 2020 NCAA Conference Championships
We’ve spent the past few weeks using our periodic SwimSwam polls to let readers weigh in on the coming conference swimming & diving championships.
SwimSwam Pulse: 88% Pick Cal Men To Win Pac-12s
88% are picking the Cal men to win their third-straight Pac-12 title – that’s one of the most overpowering results of our conference champs poll series.
