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How to Find a Good College Swim Team

It is pretty easy to find a strong swimming school by looking at the rankings, but what about all of the other schools that are not consistently ranked. How do you determine if a school has a good swim program and if it is headed in the right direction?

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Mare Nostrum: Six Meet Records Fall in Barcelona

Chad le Clos was one of six swimmers to break competition records on the first night of competition in Barcelona…

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Ryan Cochrane and Kierra Smith win Mare Nostrum medals

Veteran Ryan Cochrane won silver and emerging breaststroker Kierra Smith had a breakthrough bronze on a solid day for Canada on the Mare Nostrum Series.

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27 Swimmers Named To DIII Academic All-America At Large Team By CoSIDA

  The College Sports Information Directors of America, CoSIDA, recently published their 2015 Capital One Academic All-America team for the NCAA…

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Following the Feet: Part 3 – Time Trials

For this one morning, all the swimmers count: the slow ones who barely make it across the pool, the fast ones who are set to break records this season.

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TYR Sport Releases 2015/2016 Brand Video

Swimming video is courtesy of TYR Sport. FROM TYR SPORT: It is with great excitement that we at #TeamTYR pass along…

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Mixed Duet Swimmers Set To Make History At FINA World Championships

May, once barred from competing at international events because of his gender, and former Olympians Christina Jones and Kristina Lum Underwood are USA Synchro’s official selections for the inaugural mixed duet at the World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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An Age Group Coach’s Thoughts on Goal Setting

Thomas South is an Age Group Coach working for the Foothills Stingrays Swim Club near Calgary Alberta. He shared his thoughts with us on goal setting with age group swimmers.

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Former Swimming Captain Brian Goldman Passes Away

Former Blue Devil captain Brian Goldman passed away May 10 in Raleigh, N.C., following a battle with colon cancer. He was 50 years old.

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Georgia Southern Swimming And Diving Adds Eight To Class Of 2019

Georgia Southern Swimming and Diving Head Coach Nate Kellogg announced the signing of eight student-athletes in the regular signing period.

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Team GB Aquatics Athletes Arrive In Baku For Start Of European Games

This Friday (12 June) marks the start of the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, where 61 aquatics athletes across a range of disciplines are set to compete on behalf of Team GB.

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Brazil adds 200 athletes including 3 swimmers to Target Group for anti-doping tests

Brazil’s doping control agency, ABCD, has added 200 athletes to a special Target Group for anti-doping monitoring in an effort to make the nation’s medal hopefuls extra prepared for next summer’s Olympic Games.

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USOC relaxes contentious ‘Rule 40’ on athlete marketing during the Olympics

The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) has amended one of its most criticized rules, “Rule 40,” which restricts independent athlete marketing during the Olympics.

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Joseph Schooling Earns Seventh And Eighth Gold On Day 5 Of SEA Games

In the six events contested tonight at the Southeast Asia Games, six new Games Records were set including two by Singaporean swim star Joseph Schooling.

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