Previews & Recaps

International Swimming League Power Rankings: Week 1 Edition

One week in and we’ve already got a shift in our #1-ranked team in the International Swimming League, based on high-impact jackpot rules.

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ISL Stars of Week 1: King, Murphy, Mack, Wood & More

We track stars of the week and rising stars of the week – the names you know and ones you might not who had a major impact in the ISL’s week 1.

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Chupkov, Minakov Headline Russian Swimming C’ships

The 2020 Russian Swimming Championships are slated to get underway on October 25th, with more than 700 swimmers lined up to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Diggory Dillingham, Mason Turner Set Iowa Swimming Records at Spooktacular Meet

15-year-old Diggory Dillingham and 14-year-old Mason Turner each set an Iowa Swimming LSC record over the weekend at the DSMY Spooktacular meet.

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Looking At Top 5 Swims From JPN SC C’ships Through ISL Lens

As the ISL team of the Tokyo Frog Kings had the first-weekend bye, many of the squad’s key swimmers raced at the Japan Short Course Championships.

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ISL-Inspired Virtual Relays Set For This Week In Australia

Swimming Australia has unveiled virtual relay training time trials, taking place in  Gold Coast, Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth.

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A Look At Sample COVID Protocols From Illinois’ High School Sectionals

Wondering how your pandemic-restricted meets might look? We break down the rules we obtained from an Illinois high school section meet.

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Dumont’s 200 Free Belgian Record Helps Rocket Her Up ISL MVP Standings

20-year-old Valentine Dumont has been putting on quite the show in freestyle events over the course of this International Swimming League (ISL) match 2.

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Freestyle Ace Femke Heemskerk Now Negative For COVID-19

Good news for ISL Team Energy Standard as dynamic squad member Femke Heemskerk will soon be on her way to Budapest this week.

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7 Big Things We Learned From ISL’s 2020 Match #2

Zach Apple’s emergence is a key storyline, along with new potential lineup strategies in the skins, 100 IM, and mixed free relay.

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Korstanje & Steenbergen Look Sharp At HPC Invitational

Nyls Korstanje logged a new Dutch national record in the men’s short course meters 50 fly competing domestically over the weekend.

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2020 ISL Match 2 – Day 2 Live Recap

Guilherme Guido & Christian Diener wracked up major points in the back for London Roar, leading coach Mel Marshall to select the discipline for today’s skins.

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2020 ISL Match 2 – Day 2 Entry Lists

The 100 IM, new to the ISL format this year, offers some intriguing entries, including IMers like Katinka Hosszu and stroke specialists like Alia Atkinson.

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Evan Petty Swims Lifetime Bests in 50 Free, 200 Back at Rocktober Fest Meet

Evan Petty, a Cal commit, swam a pair of new lifetime bests in an intrasquad meet on Saturday, including in the 200 yard back.

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Takeda Takes Down 800 Free JPN Record As Part Of 1500 Swim

A new national record in the men’s 800m free was set by Shogo Takeda en route to his silver medal in the men’s 1500m freestyle event at Japan’s SC C’ships.

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