International Swimming League

2020 Swammy Awards: US Female Swimmer of the Year, Lilly King

Lilly King is the most dominant woman in the ISL for two years in a row. In 2020, King broke American and World Records in the Budapest bubble.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Top 10 Swims of the Year

Though we did not get NCAAs, U.S. Olympic Trials, or the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games we were still fortunate to see some blazing fast swims in 2020.

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2020 Swammy Awards: CAC Female Athlete of the Year, Alia Atkinson

Atkinson finishes 2020 ranked 2nd in the world in the 100 SCM breaststroke (1:02.66) and 3rd in the world in the 50 SCM breaststroke (28.88).

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SSPC: Nic Fink on Double Wrist Injury to Double American Records During ISL

Fink takes us through the grueling “rehab” of having to swim while wearing soft casts on both hands as well as getting back into the swing of racing

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London Roar GM Rob Woodhouse on ISL Season 3, A Swimmer Draft, & Other Changes

London Roar GM Rob Woodhouse recently sat down to give his thoughts on Season 2 of the ISL and offer a preview of season 3, coming in 2021.

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QUIZ: Rapid-Fire Top 25 In ISL 2020 MVP Scoring

Can you name the top 25 individual MVP scorers of the 2020 International Swimming League season? Can you do it in just 90 seconds?

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SSPC: Marcin Cieslak on Going PR’s, Training Himself After 3 Year Break

Marcin went numerous best times during ISL Season 2, all the while training himself and sticking to his own plan during the training camp.

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SSPC: Can the ISL be Profitable?

We break down how the ISL ran things in their first 2 seasons, including their inability to pay all of their debts right away.

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Veronica Burchill Leaves Georgia, Begins Training with Tennessee Pro Group

Veronica Burchill won the 2020 SEC title in the 200 free as a senior. As she prepares to graduate from Georgia, she has begun training at Tennessee.

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ISL New York Breakers Season 2 Recap

Among the Breakers’ standout performers came from team captains Emily Escobedo and Michael Andrew, as well as Russian sprinter Arina Surkova.

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Grigorishin Thanks Staff, Says “Season 2 Has Set ISL on an Upward Trajectory”

The ISL Founder issued an open letter thanking the production crew, swimmers, coaches and team managers for making the second season of the league happen.

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Memory Lane: Photos & Articles From NCAA Swimmers Now In ISL

What a difference several years and thousands of laps can make as we compare present-day ISL swimmers to their younger selves.

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SSPC: Olivia Smoliga Breaks Down Training, Racing in the ISL Bubble

We sat down with 14-time World Champion and ISL Champion, Olivia Smoliga to get the inside scoop into the Cali Condor secret sauce

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Top 5 Swimmers In Each Event For The Entire 2020 ISL Season

It’s time for one last look back at the top 5 swimmers in the International Swimming League in each event across the course of the 2020 season.

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The 4 Swimmers & 2 Relays Still Unbeaten Through Two ISL Seasons

Lilly King is 10-for-10 in the 100 breaststroke across the 2019 & 2020 ISL seasons, leading a group of four swimmers and two relays to never lose an ISL race.

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