Justin Ress on 50 Back World Title, Overturned DQ Saga, & Revitalized Career
After just 3 months of training, Ress went all best times at the US Trials in April, then came to Budapest and walked away with his first world title.
Sarah Rodrigues Breaks Through With 2:13.89 200 Back At Jeffrey Mace Summer Sizzle
Rodrigues swam a 2:13.99 in the 200 backstroke to nearly out-swim Stanford commit Natalie Mannion who won the event in a 2:13.89.
Olympic Gold Medalist Bill Woolsey, Indiana’s First NCAA Swimming Champion, Dies
Hawaiian Bill Woolsey was an NCAA and Olympic champion who after retirement founded a learn-to-swim methodology taught throughout Hawaii and California.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Bob Bowman
Bowman led four Sun Devil swimmers to strong showings at the World Championships, led by the breakout performances of Leon Marchand.
Carson Foster on Building His Mental Fortitude When Racing From Behind
Foster takes us through his first LCM world champs and describes the work that he’s been putting in towards his mental stamina, specifically in the 400 IM
Ultra Swimmer of the Month: Torri Huske
Huske won six medals at her debut LC World Championships, including an individual title and new American Record in the women’s 100 butterfly.
SwimSwam Breakdown: 2022 World Championships Edition
We discuss our World Champs fantasy draft, the most intriguing storylines from Budapest, and the rest of the summer moving forward.
York, PA Coach, Former College Swimmer, Suspended By US Center for Safe Sport
The US Center for Safe Sport, and by extension USA Swimming, have issued a temporary suspension for a former York YMCA lifeguard and former NCAA swimmer.
The Results Are In: Find Out Who Won SwimSwam’s 2022 World Champs Fantasy Draft
Find out whether Braden, Retta, Coleman, or Ben scored the most points in the fantasy draft (spoiler alert: it wasn’t Ben).
WATCH: Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin Get Inducted Into USOPC Hall of Fame
Phelps, Coughlin and the 1976 women’s 400 free relay were among the inductees into the USOPC Hall of Fame, Class of 2022 on Friday.
ASCA Coach Mentor Program Receives Rave Reviews
The deadline to apply to participate is July 21, 2022.
2022 Swammy Awards: World Championships — Men’s Edition
Find out which men from Budapest 2022 we designated as Swimmer of the Meet, Breakout Swimmer of the Meet, Junior of the meet, and more.
2022 Swammy Awards: World Championships — Women’s Edition
in this article, SwimSwam recognizes the best overall, breakout, relay, and junior female swimmers from this year’s world championship meet.
Katie Grimes Breaks Elizabeth Beisel’s 15-16 NAG In 400 IM At World Championships
Grimes’s silver-medal winning time of 4:32.67 beat out Beisel’s 13-year-old mark of 4:32.87 from the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Dressel, Ledecky, Snyder, And Long Nominated For 2022 ESPY Awards
Ten-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky (pictured) has been nominated for both the Best Women’s Athlete and Best Women’s Olympian awards.
