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Olympians and Worlds Teamers Partner with Trident Swim Foundation for 2018 Great Relay

The Trident Swim Foundation is partnering with Olympic swimmers and Worlds team members to raise money for its Swimmer Scholars program.

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2018 Florida HS 4A Roundup: District Highlights & Region Qualifiers

Buchholz’s Talia Bates, the 2-time defending 50 free state champion, has already hit the automatic All-American time standard in the 50 free with a 23.23 to lead the way in regional cluster 1 (districts 1-3). She also put up an AA-C time to win the 100 fly.

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2018 Florida HS 3A Roundup: District Highlights & Region Qualifiers

Bartram Trail’s Summer Stanfield put up the only automatic All-American time of the region 1 cluster (districts 1-3). Stanfield’s 2:00.73 puts her far ahead of the field heading into regionals and is nearly 2 seconds faster than her time from the 2017 state finals (her former lifetime best ahead of district prelims).

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Mizzou Coach Rhodenbaugh Under Title IX Investigation, KC Star Says

The Kansas City Star is reporting that University of Missouri men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach Greg Rhodenbaugh’s paid administrative leave is connected to a Title IX investigation into alleged discrimination against female swimmers.

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#20 Abby Harter Verbally Commits to Virginia for 2020-21

NCAP’s Abby Harter has verbally committed to in-state University of Virginia for 2020-21.

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Arizona HS State Champs Preview: Brophy Prep Eyes 31st Straight Title

Check out a full preview of the Arizona High School State Swimming & Diving Championships this weekend.

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What Happens to Amateur American Swimmers’ Prize Money?

The number of Amateur athletes on the American international rosters is falling as professional swimming grows, but for a few, including Mallory Comerford (above), there are strict (and sometimes complicated) NCAA rules on what prize money they can, and cannot, accept. What happens to money that they decline? We asked USA Swimming.

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New York Catholic High School Season Preview: Chaminade Chasing 3-Peat

The 2018-2019 NYCHSAA High School Boy’s Swimming and Diving season is right around the corner and it looks to be one of the most competitive to date. The 19 team conference features some of the most talented swimmers in New York.

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2018 SC World Champs Prize Purse To Exceed $1.1 Million

The total prize money pool for the 2018 FINA Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China is set to exceed $1.1 million USD, the same as the 2016 SC World Champs in Windsor, Canada.

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DIII NCAA Championships Land First-Ever West Coast Site for 2021

For the first time in the sport’s 40-plus year history, the 2021 DIII NCAA Championships will take place on the West Coast.

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WATCH LIVE: Loughborough U. vs. U. of Toronto Dual Meet

2018 DUEL IN THE POOL – LOUGHBOROUGH VS UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Saturday, November 3rd Loughborough University/British Swimming National Centre Races…

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NCAA October Performance: Who is Faster so Far?

Last week I looked at how much valuable information we can glean by looking at October times from D1 swimmers….

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Now & Then: Your Favorite Swimmers’ Evolution In Photos

Reminisce on the early days of several of the world’s most notable swimmers by taking in photos from then versus now as a reminder of the truly glorious era of swimming in which we’re lucky to be.

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500 Athletes Expected at This Weekend’s Riga Sprint Meet in Latvia

With the World Championships less than two months away, this is one of the last chances for eligible swimmers to qualify for the meet.

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Amy Bilquist Reflects on the Death of Her Coach Ryan Kent

Former US National Teamer Amy Bilquist has penned a memoriam to the coach who helped her fall in love with swimming as an age grouper.

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