Pratt Sets Two Provincial Records at Canadian Age Group Champs
13 year old Cole Pratt of the Cascade Swim Club set two Alberta Provincial records in the first two events of the first night of the Canadian Age Group Championships…
Michael Phelps Given USOC “Best of July” Honors
After winning his record 14th, 15th, and 16th U.S. Olympic Trials titles, Michael Phelps was named the USOC’s Best of July.
At Least 8 More Russian Sports Allowed Into Olympics Unscathed
After the IOC’s directive that International Sporting Federations (IFs) apply standards for participation for Russian athletes in the 2016 Olympics…
Three Modest Proposals to Improve Age Group Swimming
Swimming’s benefits include: teaching the value of goal-setting, and of learning to deal with both success and failure; learning to love exercise for its own sake and developing a life-long love of the water; exposing the children to one of the few sports where boys and girls train and compete together; and teaching them the value of teamwork.
Caitlin Leverenz and Matt Grevers Named Jr Pan Pacs National Team Reps
Caitlin Leverenz (above) and Matt Grevers will be the two USA Swimming National Team representatives that go to Maui, Hawaii for the Jr. Pan Pac Championships.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu To Launch New Iron Aquatics Training Program
“I’m proud to announce that we open up our own swim club, Iron Aquatics, in September.” – Katinka Hosszu
Rio Torch Relay Day 85: Four Cities In São Paulo
On each day of the official Olympic torch relay, carrying the Olympic flame to the Olympic cauldron in Rio de Janeiro,…
2 Multi-Class World Records, British Age Group Records Go Down At Ponds Forge
Two multi-class world records, along with a new British Age Group Record from Anna Fleming highlighted Day 2 of 2016 British Summer Championships.
Video: Emily Overholt Overcomes Injury On Road To Rio
Canadian swimmer Emily Overholt was forced to overcome a hamstring injury that occurred right after she qualified for the Olympic team in the 400m IM as she trained for the upcoming Games.
Video: Ben Titley Says Canadian Team Is Looking Fabulous
Canadian Olympic head coach Ben Titley discussed the state of the Canadian team with SwimSwam as they prepare for the Rio Olympic Games.
USA Women Finish Three Game Sweep Of Russia With 16-7 Victory
The ‘Rumble To Rio’ was a fitting name for the final match of a three game set between the U.S. Olympic Women’s Water Polo Team and Russia as Team USA capped a rumble through the series with a 16-7 victory and a clean sweep.
Drop All Olympic Events Except Swimming, Men’s Marathon and Ping Pong
In a time where the Olympic movement seems to be falling apart from disease, corruption, doping, and every other imaginable flaw of sports, Charles Hartley envisions a different version of the Olympics, one where the focus is on just 3 Olympic events.
Missouri State’s Collins Named Latvian Olympic Swim Coach
Missouri State University swimming and diving head coach Dave Collins will serve as the Latvian men’s swimming coach for the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games, the Latvian Olympic Committee announced recently.
Meet the 2016 USA Olympic Swimming Team: Conor Dwyer
Meet 2016 US Olympian Conor Dwyer, from Winnetka, Illinois, who this summer is on his way to a 2nd Olympic Games…
Meet The 2016 USA Olympic Team: Jacob Pebley
Watch first-Olympian Jacob Pebley recall how he first got into the swimming world.
