Records

Laon Kim Breaks Canadian 13-14 Record in the 800 Free by Almost 3 Seconds

Laon Kim broke a 13-14 National Age Group Record on Wednesday in Montreal to pick up his second age group win at Canadian Nationals.

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13-Year-Old Brayden Capen Posts 3 Nation Leading Times at IL Age Group Champs

Academy Bullets’ Brayden Capen swam three nation-leading times for his age group at IL Age Groups in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 800 FR.

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14-Year Old Turkish Swimmer Demir Oezdemir Drops Record 52.68 in 100 Free

14-year old Turkish swimmer Demir Oezdemir is now the fastest European of his age in the 100 free this season, and the fastest-ever in Turkey.

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14-Year-Old Maxine Clark Becomes Youngest Canadian Under 1:00 in 100 Meter Fly

Clark blasted a 59.86 to win the 100 fly at the 2022 Canadian Championships, breaking Penny Oleksiak’s 13-14 national age group record from 2015.

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Ilya Borodin Blasts 4:08.05 400 IM For New Russian National Record

The 2022 Russian Solidarity Games concluded tonight in Kazan, with Ilya Borodin ripping a new lifetime best and Russian national record in the men’s 400m IM.

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How Does Sydney McLaughlin’s 400m Hurdle Record Compare to Similar Swimming Feats?

After Sydney McLaughlin shattered her own 400m hurdle world record on Friday, we explored whether any swimmers had achieved comparable feats in the pool.

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2022 Arab Championships Recap: At Least 17 National Records Fall In 5 Days

At the 2022 Arab Championships, swimmers set new Algerian, Sudanese, Jordanian, Qatari, and Kuwaiti records as Egypt and Algeria dominated the medal table.

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SwimAtlanta Shatters Mixed 400m Free Relay 15-18 NAG Record By Four Seconds

A quartet of SwimAtlanta standouts shattered the mixed 400-meter freestyle relay 15-18 NAG record by more than four seconds on Saturday. 

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Leon Marchand Sets 4th French Record This Summer with 2:08.76 200 Breast

At the Spanish Summer Open Championships, Frenchman Leon Marchand swam 2:08.76 to set a new national record in the 200 breast.

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16-Yr-Old Lorenzo Galossi Fires Off 7:46.28 800 Free At Italian Championships

Day 2 of the 2022 Italian Summer Championships brought the heat, with 16-year-old Lorenzo Galossi firing off a lifetime best in the men’s 800m freestyle.

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Mason Manta Rays Set 17-18 200 Mixed Medley Relay NAG at Ohio Senior Championships

The Mason Manta Rays relay team of Carl Bloebaum, Jessey Li, Gibson Holmes, and Ella Jo Piersma broke the 200-meter mixed medley relay NAG record on Friday. 

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Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk Hits Euro Junior Championships Record In 100 Back

NC State-bound Ksawery Masiuk of Poland produced a new European Junior Championships record en route to winning gold tonight in the boys’ 100m backstroke.

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Following Phelps: Carson Foster Breathed Every Stroke in 200 Fly Pool Record

Carson Foster took down the GOAT’s Texas pool record in last night’s 200 fly with a similar strategy: breathing every stroke.

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Romania On A Medal-Winning Streak In Front Of Home Crowd At Euro Jrs

Only halfway through European Juniors and the nation of Romania has already met its entire medal haul at last year’s edition.

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Lithuania Crushes 4×200 Free National Record at Euro Junior Championships

Sylvia Statkevicius (above) led off Lithuania’s 4×200 free relay which took 8 seconds off their national record from the 2021 European Junior Championships.

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