Records

Virginia Breaks American Record In 400 Medley Relay With 3:21.48, G. Walsh Splits 47.15 On Fly

Gretchen Walsh swam the fly leg tonight rather than the backstroke leg and was two seconds faster than Alex Walsh’s split from two years ago.

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Tampa’s Jacob Hamlin Completes Distance Trifecta With Another NCAA D2 Record

After breaking records in the 500 and 1650 frees at the team’s mid-season invite, sophomore Jacob Hamlin got the 1000 free in a dual meet on Friday.

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SwimMAC 13-14s Crush National Age Group Relay Record by 4 Seconds

The team of Karina Plaza, Scott Williams, Emma Grace Richardson, and Eli Sweet took more than four seconds off a mixed 400 medley national age group record last weekend.

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Polish Open Water Swimmer Bartłomiej Kubkowski Posts New World Record for 24-Hour Swim

Covering a distance of 103.58 kilometers in 24 hours, Kubkowski improved the previous record by 780 meters.

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Changes in Swimming Record History If Super Suits Never Existed: The Past 15 Years

If the super suits from 2008 and 2009 never existed, how different would the world record books have looked over the past 15 years?

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Kenyon’s Jennah Fadely Breaks NCAA D3 Record in the 100 Breaststroke in Tri Meet

The two-time defending NCAA D3 Champion in the 100 breaststroke Jennah Fadely is now the national record holder in that event.

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ASU Women Break 200 Medley Relay School Record For Fourth Time This Season In Win Over Rice

Miriam Sheehan, Iza Adame, Julia Ullmann, and Caroline Bentz broke ASU’s 200 medley record for the fourth time this season to lead a dominant win over Rice.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Crooks’ 50 Free, Walsh’s 100 Fly Voted Top Swims of SC Worlds

Jordan Crooks’ stunning 19.90 performance in the men’s 50 free was voted the best male swim of SC Worlds, topping Luke Hobson’s 200 free.

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Comparing The Fastest Times Ever In Yards With LCM & SCM World Records

Gretchen Walsh is one of the few swimmers to hold U.S. Open Records in yards and world records in both long course and short course meters.

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What Draws Olympians and Elite College Swimmers Back to the Pool as Masters Swimmers?

Olympian Dave Sims’ interview is an interesting take on why elite swimmers are finding their way back to the pool via Masters Swimming.

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Ellen Reynolds Shatters 26 Individual Masters World Records in 2024

Ellen Reynolds shares the secrets to her record-breaking year on the Champion’s Mojo Podcast for Masters Swimmers.

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Lincoln Wearing Downs Grant Hackett Record On Day 6 Of QLD Championships

Lincoln Wearing of Chandler dominated the 15-year-old boys’ 1500m freestyle, overtaking a Grant Hackett Queensland state record.

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The Super-Suit World Record That Wasn’t: Men’s 4×50 Free

Fred Bousquet split a blistering 19.87 on the French 4×50 free relay in 2008 that owns the fastest time ever, with the U.S. owning the official WR.

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Duna Arena Is Now Home To 62 Swimming World Records, #2 All-Time

Coming out of Short Course Worlds, Budapest’s Duna Arena has now seen 62 world records broken in it, including 28 of the current marks.

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All 30 World Records Broken at Short Course Worlds

There were a staggering 30 World Records set at Short Course Champs, and Gretchen Walsh was solely responsible for 11 of them.

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