National

Katie Ledecky Now Holds Top 20 Performances All-Time In Women’s 1500 Freestyle After 15:30.02

Ledecky broke her own Olympic Record today that she swam in 2020. She now holds the top 20 performances in the 1500 all-time.

  10 Comments

Swimmers Pieroni and Gatt Join the COVID List at the Olympics; Johnston Still Trying to Race

While swimmers who are done racing are being moved to hotels further from the Olympic village after testing positive for COVID, Johnston is…

  32 Comments

Shane Eckler Posts 50.01 In Boys 100 Free To Open YMCA Summer Nationals

Eckler dropped over a second and a half in his win and was just off of what would have been the US Trials cut if it were a few months ago.

  2 Comments

2024 Paris Olympics: US Coaches Make Right Decision With Smith Anchor (Day 4 Relay Analysis)

Despite some questioning the decision to anchor Kieran Smith on the men’s 4×200 free relay for the US, the coaches made the right decision.

  31 Comments

Paris 2024, North America Day 4: Three Finals And Three Silver Medals For Team USA

Four days into the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and Team USA is already experiencing deja vu that brings them back to the 2023 World Championships.

  15 Comments

Despite Relay Legacy, Luke Hobson Is First Olympic Medalist From Texas In Men’s 200 Free

Texas has churned out elite male 200 freestylers for decades, but Hobson’s bronze on Monday made him the first Longhorn Olympic medalist in the event.

  3 Comments

2022 Worlds Silver Medalist Katie Grimes Misses 1500 Final In Paris

Grimes won silver at 2022 Worlds in the event and was the #7 seed coming into Paris but missed the final swimming the 10th fastest time of prelims.

  54 Comments

2024 Olympic Water Polo: US Women Fall to Spain in Rematch of 2021 Olympic Final (Day 3 Recap)

In a rematch of the Tokyo Olympic final, the reigning Olympic Champion US women fell to Spain by a score of 13-11 on day 3 of the 2024 Olympic tournament.

  Comment First!

Have the USA’s Expected Medley Relay Line-Ups Changed After Day 3? I’d say, Yes

Torri Huske’s win in the 100 fly and posting the fastest split in the 4×100 free relay throws a wrench in the possible women’s and mixed medley relay line-ups.

  80 Comments

Paris 2024, North America Day 3: Team USA Is Getting Hits And Misses By The Closest Of Margins

There’s been a ton of close races at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Team USA has been on both the good and bad side of them.

  6 Comments

Paris Olympic 100 Back Bronze Medalist Ryan Murphy And His Wife Are Expecting A Baby Girl

Murphy found out the gender of his baby just moments after he won his third consecutive Olympic medal in the men’s 100 backstroke.

  5 Comments

NCAP Sweeps Medley Relays on Day 4 of Richmond Futures

NCAP’s A-team of Jt Schmid, Lleyton Arnold, Rian Graham, and Josh Howat took the win in the 4×100 medley relay in 3:41.91.

  Comment First!

Princeton Recruit Logan Noguchi Clocks PB 22.85 50 FR on Final Day of Sacramento Futures

It was a huge swim for the 18-year-old,  clearing his previous best of 23.26 by nearly half-a-second. 

  Comment First!

Cal Recruit Ryan Erisman Clocks Career Best 8:01 800 FR to Close out Huntsville Futures

The Cal recruit swam an 8:01.65, taking down his previous best of 8:04.82 in the event. That swim makes Erisman the #21 American in the event this year.

  Comment First!

Nic Fink Becomes Oldest 1st-Time U.S. Olympic Swim Medalist Since 1904 ‘Plunge for Distance’

Fink became the oldest first-time U.S. Olympic swimming medalist in 120 years if you count Edgar Adams and his 1904 silver medal in the “plunge for distance.”

  26 Comments