SwimMom Musings: To Every Champion
Now that the trials are in the books and the newly crowned and seasoned veterans head for Rio, it’s time to reflect.
Bethany Galat Enjoying The Race En Route To Big Summer of ’16
In our post-Olympic Trials analysis, Texas A&M’s Bethany Galat stood out as one of the meet’s most dramatic improvers – she put up two of the four biggest time drops of all female swimmers in the meet. So we caught up with the rising Aggie junior to talk Trials.
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Men’s Race Videos
Re-live the drama from Omaha, where Michael Phelps qualified for 3 individual events and will join a load of new faces on the U.S. Olympic men’s roster.
IUPUI Men Add 6 to 2016-17 Roster
Following a year in which the team virtually rewrote the records books, the IUPUI men’s swimming and diving team has announced the addition of five freshman swimmers and one diver for the 2016-17 season.
AgonSwim Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 6/29/2016
There were quite a few age group meets all over the country during the first of the two weekends of Olympic Trials. Here are some of the swims we noticed during the weekend of June 24-26, 2016.
Three Time Paralympian Michael DeMarco Announces His Retirement
Paralympic Bronze Medalist and American Record Holder Michael DeMarco announced his retirement shortly after the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Trials in Charlotte.
Roster Swapout on U.S. Paralympic Team After Selection Error
Lindsay Grogan (above) has been added to the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team roster for the Rio Paralympics and Haley Barenbaum dropped from the team as a result of an error in the original selection process.
2016 Olympic Trials ‘Guess the Times’ Contest: Final Results
We’ve crunched the numbers in our ‘Guess the Times’ contest, and have a runaway winner.
2016 Rio Olympics Diving Entry List Released, 135 to Compete
David Boudia and Steele Johnson (pictured above) are entered as a team in the men’s synchronized platform diving event in Rio. They both qualified individually in the 10m platform, too.
Rio 2016 Warm Up Pool Enclosure Ready For The Olympic Games
After the Maria Lenk Trophy served as a test event for the 2016 Games, it was determined that the outdoor warm up pool had issues with mosquito infestation. The new cover around the warm up pool should relieve the athletes of some of their concern, as it will help to keep mosquitoes out of the area.
2016 European Junior Championships: Brandt Wins With Sub-3:50 400 Free on Day 1
Spain’s Hugo Gonzalez, a finalist at last summer’s Junior World Championships, qualified 3rd for the 100 back final with a 54.94. Gonzalez qualified to swim for Spain in Rio, where he’ll compete in the 200 back.
Rio 2016 Names Off! As Official Bug Spray Sponsor to Combat Zika
Reasserting the Olympics’ power as a revenue-driving juggernaut, the IOC has named SC Johnson’s OFF! as the first-ever official bug…
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Women’s Race Videos
Re-watch Lilly King’s 100m breaststroke victory, among other available race videos from the magical 8 days in Omaha.
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Fun Facts
Now that Trials are over, we can comb over the results in detail. Thanks to Barry Revzin who sent us the…
