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USA Swimming Foundation Awards $507,461 in 2019 Make A Splash Funding

The  USA Swimming Foundation announced today that it has awarded $507,461 to learn-to-swim programs across the country through its first-round of 2019 grant funding for Make a Splash Local Partners.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Voters Pick Texas Over Cal By Narrow 1.1% Margin

Voters are extremely split on who will win the 2019 men’s Division I NCAA title: Texas led our poll, but by barely more than one percentage point, and by just 7 total votes.

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2019 M NCAA Previews: Wide Open Field to Fill Dressel-Sized Shoes in 50FR

With the first non-Dressel champion to be crowned in the 50 free since 2014, it is almost anyone’s game to fill the shoes.

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Dolfin Swim of the Week: The Swim That Won The Title For Stanford

During the busy NCAA season, we have a tradition with our Swim of the Week: using it to pick out ‘the swim that won the meet’.

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Olympic Champion Michael Phelps Insists On ‘No Comebacks’

Despite shake-ups happening in the sport that 28-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps changed forever, the 33-year-old retired icon insists that he is not coming back.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Kelly Kremer, Minnesota

Competitor Coach of the Month is a recurring SwimSwam feature shedding light on a U.S.-based coach who has risen above…

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Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month: Paige Madden, Virginia

Virginia out-performed its psych sheet scoring projections by a +41 margin. Paige Madden accounted for +35 of those points by herself.

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Learn from Olympic Coach David Marsh & His Team Elite Swimmers Online

Learn from USA Olympic head coach David Marsh. Along with demonstrations from Team Elite Aquatic swimmers, this MentorMatched course offers you the unique opportunity to hear from one of the worlds most successful coaches through an in-depth online course.

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Hayley Masi Named Maine Maritime Head Coach

Hayley Masi has been named Maine Maritime Academy’s Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach.

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Loughborough Takes BUCS Team Title

Loughborough took the BUCS Team Championships Trophy over the weekend.

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Stirling Stars Add Punch To 2019 Scottish National Age Group C’ships

Excitement is building for the 2019 Scottish National Age Group Championships, the 5-day meet kicking off in Glasgow tomorrow, Wednesday, March 27th

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Top 25 (+1) Quotes from the 2019 Women’s NCAA Championships (Video)

The 2019 Women’s NCAA Championships had some fantastic highlights. Hear these topics covered in our Top 25 (+1) Quotes from the media room at the 2019 NCAA Championships.

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2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Official SwimSwam Previews Index

As we tick down the days to the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships, keep track of all our event-by-event previews and winner picks here.

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2019 M. NCAA Previews: It’s Hard to Bet Against Lanza in 100 Fly

Indiana’s Vini Lanza is a safe enough bet to win this race. (Not that you should be gambling on swimming.)

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Ostrander Named to 2019 Bryant Athletics Hall of Fame Class

The Bryant University Department of Athletics is pleased to announce the addition of nine new members to the prestigious Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019, including women’s swimmer Casey Ostrander.

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