Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

High-Level International Meets For December 2021

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers will be bouncing from the ISL to Abu Dhabi as 1 of 2 swimmers from his nation competing at the Short Course World Championships.

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36-Year-Old Kristel Kobrich Qualifies For 10th World Championships

While competing at the Provincial Tournament in Córdoba, Argentina, 36-year-old Kristel Kobrich of Chile qualified for her 10th FINA World Championships.

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Brazilian Teenager Caribé Swims 22.3 in 50 Free at S. American Youth Champs

Brazilian teenager Guilherme Caribé is next-up in the long line of great Brazilian male sprinters, having broken a championship record this weekend at the South American Youth Championships

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Olympic Silver Medalist Rachele Bruni Leaves Italy To Train In Brazil

Bruni is moving on from coach Fabrizio Antonelli and will train in Brazil under Kiko Klaser at Grêmio Náutico União in Porto Alegre.

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No Canada, US at Inaugural Junior Pan American Games (Psych Sheets)

Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands will send swimmers to the Jr. Pan American Games, but the mainland US and Canada will both be absent from the inaugural event.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Lydia Jacoby Wins 2 Titles in Final Alaska State Meet

A pair of Tokyo 2020 Olympians, Lydia Jacoby (above) and Jillian Crooks, won two individual events each at the Alaska High School State Championship meet.

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2021 FINA World Cup Kazan: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov was in a league of his own in this morning’s 100m backstroke heats. We’ll see what he has in store in tonight’s finals in Kazan.

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McKeon Nabs Double Top Seeds, Kolesnikov 50.0 In 100 Back In Kazan Heats

We’re now on the final day of the final stop of the 2021 FINA World Cup Series with this competition here in Kazan set to conclude with tonight’s session.

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Co-Founders of Nica Nadadores Discuss Growing Swimming to Nicaragua

We sat down with Timmy Hayes, Scot Robison, and Kyle Shoemaker, the 3 co-founders of Nica Nadadores in Nicaragua.

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2021 FINA World Cup – Doha: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers headlines a loaded field in the men’s 100 free on Day 2 finals at the 2021 FINA World Cup stop in Doha.

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Hwang Sunwoo Leads Stacked 100 Free Field At Day 2 Prelims of Doha World Cup

The 18-year-old put up a time of 47.08 to lead the likes of Jesse Puts, Kyle Chalmers and Vladimir Morozov in the men’s 100 free preliminaries.

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Doha Stage Set For Matt Sates & Hwang Sunwoo 200 Free Battle

We have a week until the next FINA World Cup stop happening in Doha but we’re already looking at the intense battles which lay ahead.

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Andres Dupont, #15 in Class of 2022, Gives Verbal Commitment to Stanford

Andres Dupont, a 44.0/1:35.6 freestyler from Mexico, has announced his verbal commitment to Stanford’s class of 2026.

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Texas A&M Aggies Snag In-state IMer Roberto Bonilla, #15 Recruit from 2023

Roberto Bonilla, the top 400 IMer in the high school class of 2023, has verbally committed to the in-state Aggies.

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Kristof Milak Rips Near Lifetime-Best In 100 Fly To Kick-off Budapest

Stop #2 of the 2021 FINA World Cup Series got underway this morning in Budapest, with Kristof Milak making his presence known from the get-go.

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