News

UPDATE: Cal All-American Sarah Darcel Out of 2020 Pac-12s with Knee Injury

Sarah Darcel brought in 79 points for the Bears last season. She’s their 2nd highest returning scorer, behind only NCAA Champion Abbey Weitzeil.

  5 Comments

Charlie Swanson Wins 4th-Straight Big Ten Title in Men’s 400 IM

Leading a third-straight Michigan 1-2-3 finish in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships, Charlie Swanson is the third man to four-peat in the event.

  Comment First!

Carson Foster Swims 1:58 in 200 IM in “Semi-Finals” of Trials Simulation

In his 2nd of what will be three 200 IM swims this weekend in Oxford, Carson Foster swam a 1:58.83 in the 200 IM final on Friday.

  22 Comments

2020 WAC Championships Day 3: Air Force Freshman Zhang Posts 1:33 200 Free

Zhang’s time is half a second faster than what it took to make NCAAs last season (1:34.21) and ranks him 29th in the NCAA.

  3 Comments

2020 W. Pac-12 Championships: UCLA Making Moves on Day 3

Things will get interesting between UCLA and USC for 3rd, as the Bruins are projected to be 10 points ahead if we score prelims.

  Comment First!

Austrians Battle Germans On Day 1 Of 2020 Berlin Swim Open

Austrians Bernhard Reitshammer, Christopher Rothbauer and Marlene Kahler were among the day 1 winners here at the Berlin Swim Open.

  Comment First!

2020 Men’s Ivy Up/Mid/Downs Day 3: Zarian, Gures Set More Blodgett Pool Records

Columbia had the strongest morning overall, gaining 77 points from the psych sheet and placing 23 swimmers in finals.

  Comment First!

2020 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

USC’s Laticia Transom, who put up the fastest split of the field in the 800 free relay, swims the individual 200 free today.

  11 Comments

Christopher Rothbauer Crushes 19-Year-Old Austrian 200 Breast Record

Christopher Rothbauer snagged a big-time personal best in the men’s 200m breast, adding an Austrian national record and Tokyo-qualifying time to boot.

  Comment First!

W. Pac-12s: USC’s #2 Transom DQed in 200 FR Prelims (UPDATE: DQ Overturned)

USC’s Laticia Transom, a sophomore, raced to a 1:44.75 in prelims. However, she was ultimately disqualified for a false start. 

  8 Comments

Mack Horton Nominated For Australian Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award

Australian swimmer Mack Horton is nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for ‘Favorite Sports Star’ in Australia and New Zealand.

  2 Comments

Sun Yang Posts Unfiltered Response in The Wake of His 8-Year Doping Ban

Sun Yang, the Chinese Swimming Association and WADA have all released statements following the 8-year ban handed down by the CAS

  61 Comments

Carson Foster Will Use Unusual Strategy to Test-Run Olympic Trials This Weekend

The 18-year old Foster will use an unusual event plan this weekend at a sr meet in Ohio to test-run the experience of swimming semi-finals at Olympic Trials.

  57 Comments

2020 Men’s B1G Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Day 3 consists of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, and 3 meter diving.  

  24 Comments

Olympic Champion Sun Yang Handed 8-Year Ban Over Vial-Smashing Incident

Three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang has been handed an eight-year period of ineligibility over an out-of-competition doping test gone awry.

  140 Comments