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Future Roommates Brody Hutchins and Carson Gillum Commit to Ouachita Baptist for 2025-26

Arkansans Carson Gillum (left) and Brody Hutchins (right) plan to room together at Ouachita Baptist this fall.

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How To Become An Olympic Photographer

SwimSwam Photographer, Jack Spitser, goes behind the scenes, tracing his journey from college swimming to capturing images at the Olympic Games.

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2025 World Junior Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

American Aiden Hammer is the 2nd seed in the boys 400 freestyle final tonight, just two tenths back of top seed Egor Babinich.

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NAB Athletes Lead Medal Table, U.S. With No Golds After Day 1 of World Juniors

Kayla Han (above) helped bring home a silver medal for the United States as part of the girls’ 4×200 freestyle relay team.

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Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits In The Girls’ High School Class of 2026

Charlotte Crush has established herself as the clear-cut top recruit in the class with ‘A’ final worthy times in the 100 back, 200 back and 100 fly already.

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Unrivaled: Katie Ledecky’s 13 Major 800 Freestyle Titles Define a Legacy

In addition to winning the 800 free world title a record-breaking seven times, Ledecky has also won the event at four straight Olympic Games.

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Comparing The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Venues To The Initial 2017 Bid

The official venues for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games have been unveiled and they are quite different then the proposed venues from 2017.

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Swims You Might Have Missed From Day One Of The 2025 World Junior Championships

Trinidad and Tobago’s Liam Carrington chopped 0.78 seconds off his 100 backstroke personal best on the first day of the World Junior Championships.

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Spartans of La Canada Nab Five 100-119 USMS National Records in Mission Viejo

Although not offical AQUA Masters Records, the Spartans swam two times that were faster than the current 100-119 times in the womens and mixed 200 free relays

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Alex Kostich Sets New “True Width” Record On Lake Tahoe

Kostich broke the previous record of 4:43.10 established on Aug. 2, 2019, by Jorge Angel, doing so by nearly 15 minutes. 

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Ian Lutz (2025) to Swim for Virginia Military Institute

ODAC’s Ian Lutz will bring conference-scoring times in free, fly, and back when he suits up for VMI in the fall.

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Brown Names Three-Time NCAA Champion Colin Zeng New Diving Coach

Zeng joins the Bears having spent the last four seasons on the coaching staff at Tennessee with the last two seasons as the assistant diving coach.

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Filip Nowacki Lowers Own British Age Record In 100 Breast With 59.24 In World Junior Semis

Nowacki blasted a time of 59.24 in the semis of the 100 breaststroke, lowering his own British Record for 17-year-old boys of 59.59 set last month.

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SwimSwam’s Official Ballot for the 2025 Golden Goggles Awards

Luca Urlando was the only U.S. swimmer to win a gold medal in a men’s event. Is that enough to outweigh Jack Alexy’s five medals and big relay performances?

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Gavin Keogh’s 53.52 100 Back Moves Him To #3 All-Time U.S. 17-18, Tops World Juniors Semis

NC State commit Gavin Keogh clocked 53.52 in the boys’ 100 backstroke, moving up to #3 in the U.S. 17-18 national age group rankings.

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