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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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2025 World Junior Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

Welcome to the 2025 World Junior Championships in Otopeni, Romania!

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Former Scottish Swim Coach Sentenced For Sending Sexually Explicit Image To Boy

Joel Valentine, 27, was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work after he was found to have sent an image of his private parts to a 15-year-old boy.

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Which Swimmers Saw The Biggest Boom on Social Media After The World Championships?

Anna Peplowski grew her Instagram following by a whopping 17.49 percent, the most of any other Team USA Woman at the World Championships.

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World Junior Champion Diver Alexa Fung Joining University of Florida For 2025

After originally committing to Texas, World Junior Champion Alexa Fung will now take her springboard talents to Gainesville this fall

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Neutral Athletes ‘B’ (Russia) Set New World Junior Record In Boys’ 4×100 Freestyle Relay

Neutral Athletes ‘B’ (Russia) clocked 3:15.38 to break Team USA’s World Junior Record in the boys’ 4×100 freestyle relay.

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3 for 1: Agostina Hein Shatters Championship, Argentine & South American Records in 400 IM

Hein won the 400 IM in 4:34.34, demolishing the Championship Record, South American Continental Record and Argentine National Record in one fell sweep.

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La Staffetta Femminile 4×200 Metri Stile Libero Conquista Il Bronzo Ai Mondiali Juniores

La giovane Italia brilla ancora sul podio mondiale juniores: la 4×200 stile libero femminile conquista uno splendido bronzo

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