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Watanabe, Sakai & Irie Headed To FINA Champions Series

World Record holder Ippei Watanabe, 2016 Olympic silver medalist Masato Sakai and triple medalist from the 2012 Olympic Games Ryosuke Irie have now been confirmed as FINA Champions Series swimmers. 

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NCAA Rules Hugo Gonzalez Eligible to Swim For Cal This Fall

Hugo Gonzalez will not eligible to compete for Cal this season, but will be able to swim beginning in the fall of 2019.

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Setting the Field for the North Carolina Head Coaching Job

Virginia seems to have done well by stealing an assistant from a conference rival. Will UNC learn from them and go after Tyler Fenwick?

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Westmont Granted Membership to Pacific Coast Swim Conference

Westmont Women’s Swimming, which will begin competing next year, has been granted membership in the Pacific Coast Swim and Dive Conference. The conference features four NAIA schools as well as teams from all three divisions of the NCAA.

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2019 Men’s Pac-12 Championships Fan Guide: Cal Looking As Deep As Ever

Andrew Seliskar leads a stacked Cal group that’s looking for their second consecutive Men’s Pac-12 title.

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Louisville’s Mallory Comerford Stays True to Word, Skips 500 at NCAAs

Holding true to her word from ACCs, Louisville senior Mallory Comerford will not swim the 500 free at the 2019 NCAA…

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Weber Takes Double Gold At South African Open Water C’ships

The 2019 South African Open Water Championships took place at Marina Martinique in Jeffrey’s Bay over the weekend. 

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Zmushka Clocks Belarusian NR At Latvian Championships

Alina Zmushka cracked a new Belarusian national record in the women’s 50m breaststroke while competing in Latvia over the weekend.

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USA Diving: What to Watch for at Beijing World Series Stop

After competing last week in the Sagamihara World Series in Japan, Team USA has arrived in Beijing, where all seven divers will compete at The National Aquatics Center – Water Cube, the home of Beijing 2008, for the second circuit of the World Series.

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2 Korean National Records Go Down At WUGs Trials

The first of two national swimming trials for Korea took place over the weekend, with Asian Games swimmers Moon Jaekwon and Kim Seoyong both in the water vying for qualification times for this summer’s World University Games (Summer Universiade).

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6 Belgians Own World Championships Qualifying Times

The 2019 Flemish Swimming Championships took place in Antwerp, Belgium over the weekend, with the long course competition representing one of the nation’s qualifying meets for the European Youth Olympic Festival, European Junior Championships and World Championships.

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BSN Sports Swim Team of the Week: V.R. Eaton High School Eagles

V.R. Eaton High School is less than five years old, but the Eagles swim team has already seen success under head coach Michael Rourke.

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2019 Des Moines Pro Swim Series: SwimSquad Projections

There’s a backstroker shortage in Des Moines: two teams will struggle to fill complete lineups this month, while several captains will face tough decisions about what to do with versatile talents like Michael Andrew (pictured) or Caeleb Dressel.

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Tokyo 2020 Foreign Ticket Sales to Begin in June

Tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are set to go on sale to foreign buyers on or after June 14, 2019, a little over a month after they go on sale in Japan.

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