News

Roadmaps 2.0 – Mapping International Swim Stars: Men’s 50 Free

There have been many men who have held the title of “fastest in the pool”, but who has what it takes to hold the title at Tokyo 2021?

  29 Comments

Miami Secures Commitment From Kazakhstan National Teamer Korlan Amirkhanova

Amirkhanova will be right on the brink of being able to swim on the Hurricanes sprint freestyle relays at ACCs if her career-best times convert out correctly.

  Comment First!

Georgia State Champion Alex Clark Has Committed to Swim for Air Force in 2021

Clark will arrive at the Academy in 2021 to a team of girls that hosts several girls that have best times within a second of her best butterfly times.

  2 Comments

Swimming From Home: Bruno Fratus on Keeping his Mind Active, Swimming History

Though you may be more familiar with his recent work (back-to-back 50 free silvers at world champs), Fratus has been in the swimming game for a long time

  3 Comments

Ronn Jenkins Retires From Coaching Diving At WCU

Legendary West Chester diving coach Ronn Jenkins steps down after 49 years at the helm.

  6 Comments

Swim For Life: John F. Kennedy and the PT 109 Rescue

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. — John 15:13.

  3 Comments

Charlotte Bonnet Is Working on Her Mental Game During Quarantine

Charlotte Bonnet and her boyfriend and fellow European Champion Jeremy Desplanches are quarantined together in Nice along with their 2 cats.

  1 Comment

Lena Spear Named To Northeastern’s Prestigious Huntington 100

Northeastern’s Lena Spear was selected as one of the university’s Huntington 100, recognizing students for work in the classroom and in the community.

  Comment First!

Open Water Star Marc-Antoine Olivier Is Still Training for 5 Hours Per Day

Olivier is doing about 5 hours of training per day at his family home in the northern French countryside along with his girlfriend Océane Cassignol.

  3 Comments

SwimSwam’s Guide to the 2020 NFL Draft

The swim fan’s guide to the NFL Draft. Is Ryan Murphy built like a linebacker or are linebackers built like Ryan Murphy?

  19 Comments

How Many Swimmers Would Have Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Trials?

If we rewrote 2020, without the coronavirus pandemic, how many late qualifiers would there have been for the Olympic Trials? History has a clue.

  16 Comments

Notre Dame All-American Zach Yeadon Enters NCAA Transfer Portal

All-American distance swimmer Zach Yeadon has entered the NCAA transfer portal after three seasons with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

  35 Comments

Spoiler Alert: Answers To The First SwimSwam Crossword Puzzle

Let’s get started on SwimSwam’s first-ever crossword puzzle, a brainteaser both to challenge your knowledge and scratch that swimmer’s itch.

  70 Comments

Highland Park Swimmer Emily Morrow Named School’s Prom Queen in Joyful Ceremony

Emily Morrow, a senior at Highland Park High School in Dallas, was named her school’s prom queen in a joy-filled ceremony.

  3 Comments

2008 – Phelps vs Cavic; 1988 – Biondi vs Nesty

2018 marked the anniversary of two epic Olympic races in the men’s 100 fly: Anthony Nesty vs Matt Biondi in 1988, and Michael Phelps vs Milorad Cavic in 2008.

  17 Comments