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Funding Boost Fuels Aussies Ahead Of Tokyo

In a boost to Australian athletes, including its swimmers, in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Federal Government announced a funding injection of more than $54 million over the next 2 years.

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Santo Condorelli Says “I’m The Most International Swimmer” (Video)

Sporting a sizable mustache, 24-year-old Santo Condorelli earned his first national title since changing representation to the country of Italy.

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Penny Oleksiak Scratches 50 Fly On Night 1 Of Canadian Trials

Penny Oleksiak has scratched out of the 50 fly on night 1 of the Canadian Trials in Toronto.

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Women’s Recruiting Ranks In-Progress Analysis: All Classes Through 2019 NCAAs

We’ve looked at the freshmen and seniors compared to our recruit rankings. But how are #2 recruit Beata Nelson and her junior class doing? Or #4 Brooke Forde and the sophomores? We have the raw NCAA scoring data from all four women’s classes, crossed with our earlier recruit rankings, here.

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2019 Canadian Swimming Trials: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

The meet will act as a qualifier for all of the major international meets this summer, including the World Championships in Gwangju.

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Kylie Masse Now Owns Five Of The Ten Fastest 100 Back Swims In History

Kylie Masse fired off a 58.19 100 back this morning and now owns five of the ten fastest swims in history.

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4 More Worlds-Qualifying Swimmers Added To Italian Line-up

Fabio Scozzoli was one of four swimmers who notched Gwangju-worthy times in Riccione tonight.

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Scozzoli Tops Martinenghi, Pellegrini Produces World’s #3 200 Free

After having sworn off the 200m freestyle in months past, Italian swimming icon Federica Pellegrini pounded out a winning mark of 1:56.60 to crush the field tonight by over 2 seconds.

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2019 Women’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Taylor Ruck was the big freshman scorer, but all 7 of Stanford’s top-ranked recruits scored at NCAAs as rookies. Meanwhile one of our honorable mentions went off for big points.

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Ross Dant Clips 400 IM Meet Record during YNats Prelims

During the day 3 prelims session of the 2019 YMCA National meet, Ross Dant of Hickory set his second meet record of the meet in the 400 IM.

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Scalia Notches 50 Back Italian Record In Riccione

While competing on day 2 of the Italian Championships, the meet which qualifies swimmers for this summer’s World Championships, Silvia Scalia threw down a new national record in the women’s 50m backstroke.

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Molly McNamara Named Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Senior Molly McNamara of the Cleveland State University women’s swimming & diving team was named the Horizon League’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the 2018-19 Winter Season the league office announced.

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Upset Puts Stanford in CWPA #1 Spot, Bumping USC After 350 Days

USC’s nearly one year stranglehold on the top spot of the CWPA Top 25 poll has ended. Stanford takes over the #1 position after knocking off the then top-ranked Trojans 9-8 in overtime on Saturday.

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Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019

We ranked Cal’s recruiting class #1 back in the summer of 2015. How did they hold up in actual NCAA scoring compared to a juggernaut class from Stanford?

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Desirae Mangoang Breaks Philippines Records at Indy Sectionals

The 16-year old Mangaoang trains in the US but represents the Philippines internationally.

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