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Olympian Alex Meyer Walks The 2014 YMCA Nationals Parade

2012 Olympian and open water World Champion, Alex Meyer, walks the famous YMCA Nationals Parade in Greensboro, North Carolina. Alex…

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Motivational Cal NCAA Highlight Video: Passion Has A Funny Way of Trumping Logic

The Cal Berkeley YouTube account posted a highlight video from the 2014 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. This inspiring two…

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San Antonio Swim Coach Under Investigation After Making Student-Athletes “Bear Crawl”

According to San Antonio news station KENS5, a swim coach in Northeast ISD is under investigation by Child Protective Services…

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Riding On A Crest Of A Wave…Support From A Home Crowd

With just a week until the British Gas Swimming Championships in Glasgow (10-15 April), Scotland’s Ross Muir can’t wait for his shot at qualifying for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

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Get To Know Your Canadian Hopefuls: Ryan Cochrane

Working on my sprinting and working on my shorter distance events can support my longer distance events…

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SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 3/26/2014

Short course season is wrapping up all over the country. Here are our Weekly Wonders for the weekend of March 21-23, 2014.

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Heading Into Trials Atkinson Discusses His First Year On The Job

It has now been just over a year since John Atkinson was hired as Swimming Canada’s High Performance Director…

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McEvoy Swims Lifetime Best to Win 200 Free on Day 2 of 2014 Australian National Championships

In addition to McEvoy, Alicia Coutts sealed up her spots on this summer’s rosters with a win in the women’s 100 fly.

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Another National Record Goes Down-2014 YMCA Short Course Nationals: Day 2 Prelims-Full Recap

Day 2 of YMCA Nationals was again highlighted by a new national record. This time it was Countryside’s Emily Slabe in the 100 backstroke.

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European Champion Vitalii Melnikov Provisionally Suspended After Positive Tests for EPO

Russian Sergey Melnikov has been provisionally suspended by FINA after a positive test for EPO at the 2013 European Championships.

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SwimSpray to Work with Chloe Sutton as First Athlete Ambassador

A partnership between SwimSpray, Chloe Sutton and the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour Presented by Swimoutlet.com, will help increase awareness in the swimming community about the benefits of using all-natural formulas, to remove chlorine from your hair and skin.

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1946 NCAA Champion, Swimming Philanthropist Charles Keating, Jr. Passes Away

Charles Humphrey Keating, Jr., a juggernaut across many worlds, passed away on Monday in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 90 years…

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U.S. Olympic Committee announces 2014 Best of U.S. award winners

The United States Olympic Committee today announced the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games honorees for Best of U.S.,…

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Collegiate Club Swimmers & Divers Return to Georgia Tech for National Championship Meet

Thanks to Kevin Gell and Patrick Chai for sharing this preview of the Eastern Collegiate Club Championships. Live meet results…

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Minnesota “Head Men’s Coach” Dennis Dale Leaving Program

Minnesota Head Men’s Coach Dennis Dale is out in Minneapolis. Derek Toomey (above) is one of his most recent success stories.

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