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Northwest Conference: Whitworth Men, Whitman Women Defend Titles

2019 Northwest Conference Championships February 7th-10th, 2019 Federal Way, WA Championship Central Full Meet Results The 2019 Northwest Conference Championships…

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Livestream Andy Previews the MIAC Conference Championships

It’s championship season, which means Livestream Andy is back in action. 

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SwimSwam Pulse: Voters Pick Cal Men #1 By 5% Of Votes

43.8% of SwimSwam voters picked the Cal men as the #1 team in the nation compared to just 38.7% for four-time defending champs Texas.

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Adam Peaty Will Not Race FINA Champions Series, Calls it ‘Step in the Right Direction’

Citing his training for Worlds ‘and beyond,’ the Olympic champion will not race the inaugural FINA Champions Series.

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Stanford Women Jump To #1 In Final 2019 CSCAA Dual Meet Poll

Two-time defending NCAA champs Stanford have risen to #1 in the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of American (CSCAA) dual meet poll for the first time this season.

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2018-2019 Men’s NCAA Power Rankings: February Edition

It’s the calm before the conference storm in our Power Rankings, with the uneasy split of #1 votes remaining identical to our last ranks.

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Katharine Berkoff Finishes HS Career with 16 Montana State Titles

2019 Montana High School State Championship Meet Girls February 8th-9th, 2019 Bozeman Swim Center, Bozeman, Montana 25y, prelims/finals; A/B finals…

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Practice + Pancakes: Alabama Uses Sponges, “Doritos” for Resistance

We dropped in on a Friday morning in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to the University of Alabama. On Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings, the tide go long course.

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2019 Vic Open Doubles As Para Swimming World Series

Unique to the 2019 edition of the Victorian Open Championships is the fact that it is incorporating the Melbourne 2019 World Para Swimming World Series. This is the first World Series event ever held in the Oceania region.

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Japanese Swimmers Race For Ikee At This Weekend’s 2019 Konami Open

A ‘who’s who’ within the Japanese swimming ranks is set to descend upon the Tatsumi International Swimming Center this weekend to compete at the annual Konami Open. However, this year will have a different meaning, as the nation’s star female athlete, Rikako Ikee, will no longer be taking part, instead addressing her recently-disclosed illness of leukemia.

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Big Guns Prepare For BUCS Long Course Championships

Duncan Scott will try to work his magic alongside University of Stirling teammates and stop another Loughborough BUCS long course team title.

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Banned Ohio Coach Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge

John ‘Jay’ Smith has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of child endangering after originally being charged with sexual imposition, disorderly conduct and phone threats. He remains banned by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.

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Adams State To Reinstate Division II Men’s Swimming Program

Less than three years after announcing that men’s swimming was cut, Adams State University is reinstating the program for the 2019-2020 school year, sources tell SwimSwam.

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View the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Pre-Selection Psych Sheets

The psych sheets offer little in the way of useful information about teams’ plans at this year’s ACC Championships.

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Hellgate Boys Win 6th-Straight Montana High School State Championship

Matching their girls, the Missoula – Hellgate boys won their 6th-straight state title on Saturday, relying almost exclusively on seniors.

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