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Virginia Tech Adds Spanish National Luis Domínguez to Roster for 2021

Freestyle and IM specialist Luis Domínguez has verbally committed to swim for Virginia Tech beginning in the fall of 2021.

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Melanie Margalis Negative Splits 400 IM at San Antonio

Olympian Melanie Margalis won the 400 IM at the San Antonio Pro Swim Series by splitting the race 2:19 on the fly and back, and 2:18 on the breast and free.

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Blake Pieroni Was Surprised by his 200 Free Time After How Much it Hurt (Video)

Seliskar’s winning time of 1:47.01 was nearly 1.5 seconds faster than runner-up Blake Pieroni (1:48.68) after Pieroni took the victory in the 100 free

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19-Year Old Federico Burdisso Breaks Italian Record in the 200 Fly in Rome

The 19-year old Federico Burdisso took half-a-second off his old Italian Record in the 200 fly on Saturday in Rome at a regional meet.

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2021 Pro Swim Series, San Antonio (March) – Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Follow along as we recap the prelims session on the fourth and final day of the 2021 Pro Swim Series, San Antonio (March)

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

No team has pulled away after Michigan and Indiana caught up to Ohio State’s diving lead. With just four events left, every point matters more than ever. 

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Ryan Murphy Says Coach Durden “Wanted me to feel like I was swimming a 150”

Winning the 200 back by over three full seconds was Ryan Murphy, touching in at 1:56.06. That now re-writes his top US time this season of 1:56.82

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Federico Burdisso Record Italiano 200 Farfalla In Vasca Corta

Federico Burdisso record italiano nei 200 metri farfalla maschili in vasca corta con 1:51.98, per la prima volta sotto 1:52

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Paolo Barelli Makes His Case For Italian Athletes Getting Vaccination Priority

Barelli shared his opinion this week that Italian athletes should be among those given COVID-19 vaccination priority in the lead up to Tokyo.

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Bolles Establishes Clear Lead On Day 2 Of Florida Age Group Champs

Bolles picked up a number of wins on day 2 of the 2021 Florida Swimming Spring Age Group Championships to give them a clear lead over the field.

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16-Year Old Julia Podkoscielny Pops 4:44 400 IM at Plantation Senior Meet

Alia Atkinson (above) and Julia Podkoscielny were the stars of the show on day 1 of the Plantation Piranhas Senior Invite.

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Winding Up for the Final Day of the Big Ten Championships (HEAT SHEETS)

Swimming has given us another down-to-the-wire conference championship meet on the final day of the Big Ten Men’s Swimming Championships. Above: Brendan Burns

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Minimal Scratches On PSS Day 4: Weitzeil Drops 100 Back, Ledecky Drops 50 Free

Abbey Weitzeil and Katie Ledecky will each drop one event on day 4 of the meet in order to favor their main focus later on in the session.

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Top 5 American Women in 100 LCM Fly This Season Are All Teens Under 58.00

After Smith and Walsh cracked 58.00 in the 100 meter fly on Friday, the top 5 American women in the event this season are all under 20 years old and 58.00.

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Melanie Margalis Explains How Anxiety Led to 400 IM Negative Split (Video)

Throughout the whole IM race, Margalis split 2:19 on the 200 fly/back and 2:18 on the 200 breast/free coming home, effectively negative splitting the race

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