Legends of the Pool: Johnny Weissmuller
While today’s class of swimmers are breaking records at a clip never before seen, they are not the first swimming…
Coventry Signs Deal with Arena
This press release came across the wire this morning. After signing big contracts with both Auburn and the Cal men,…
Janet Evans Leads Incredible 2010 Class Into High School Hall of Fame
Janet Evans, who is probably the greatest American distance swimmer in history, was one of 12 inductees into the the National…
Former Olympic Champion Tom Dolan Suffers Severe Concussion
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com is reporting that former Olympic gold medalist Tom Dolan is recovering from a very severe concussion. The injury supposedly…
Cincinnati Pools Receive Boost From Unlikely Source
The Cincinnati public pool system has received a $1,000 donation from, of all places, inmates at an Ohio prison. The…
Butterfly Drill: One-Armed Fly, The RIGHT Way
One of the most popular butterfly drills, where I come from, is the one-armed butterfly. This drill comes in a…
USA-Swimming Rule Change Proposals Include Major Overhauls to Abuse Reporting System, Glossary Rewrite
USA-Swimming has released all of the proposed rules changes that will be voted on at the House of Delegates meeting…
Phelps, Team Speedo Swim Around the Earth to Fight Malaria
Girl Scouts sell cookies. Firefighters fill their boots. Sororities host car washes. In swimming, our go-to fundraiser is the famous…
Suburban Phoenix High School Swim Teams Cut, Denied Chance to Self-Fund
The Tolleson Union High School District, a Western suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, has decided to cut the swimming programs at…
Cielo Breaks Pre-Polyurethane World Record
Riddle: When is a time of 21.55 better than a time of 20.91? Cesar Cielo’s world-record time of 20.91 seconds,…
The Truth Comes Out: USA Swimming Recommendation of Uchiyama Surfaces
The AP is reporting that the recommendation of Everett Uchiyama, the former USA National Team Director from 2002-2006, has finally…
7 Biggest Mistakes Swimmers Make Before a Championship Meet
The swimming taper is a complex, scientific, precise thing. Then again, we’re not all collegians or Olympians, so for some…
FINA.org Gets Design Overhaul
Following the USASwimming.org major overhaul, FINA has unveiled it’s own site remake. The site has been down over the…
Update on the Orca Start: Gaining Traction
When Matt Wunderlin first published his story about the “Orca Start” in Swimming Magazine, and then sent us some videos…
2010 Swimming World Cup Sites Announced
Rio De Janeiro has been awarded a host slot for the next world cup! Swimming World Cup, that is. Just…
