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World Junior Champion Sprinter Jana Pavalic Commits to Virginia for Fall 2026

The 18-year-old Croatian Jana Pavalic will join the rebuilding of the Cavalier sprint group after the graduation of Gretchen Walsh.

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Oldest, Youngest, Zodiacs, and the U.S. Men Get Younger at the 2025 World Championships

Santo Condorelli is making his international debut for Team USA this summer as the oldest member of the World Championship swimming team.

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Re-Rank: Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits In The Girls’ High School Class of 2025

Alex Shackell’s world class ability in the 100 and 200 fly, potential as a relay game-changer and overall unmatched versatility makes her the #1 recruit.

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Where Do the Members of the U.S. 2025 World Championships Pool Swimming Team Actually Train?

Texas has taken some heat for training the world’s best swimmers, but that hasn’t precluded them from contributing to the American effort at the same time.

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Alex & Gretchen Walsh Reflect on Each Others’ US Nationals Swims, NCAA Careers

Whether it’s winning high school championships, fueling a full-blown NCAA dynasty, or competing at the Olympics, the Walsh sisters have been side-by-side.

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Longhorn Aquatics Sweeps Team Titles at 2025 U.S. National Championships

The University of Texas/Longhorn Aquatics co-op has added three more titles to their trophy case in the Bob Bowman era.

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USA Swimming Names Coaching Staff for 2025 World Championships

Arizona State head coach Herbie Behm is part of a very fresh-facing USA Swimming coaching staff for the 2025 World Championships.

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SwimSwam’s Awards For The 2025 U.S. Nationals: Women’s Edition

Gretchen Walsh rolled to three wins, two American Records and four individual entries at Worlds over five days at U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.

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BOTR Ranked Recruit Sara Czirjak Commits To Virginia For 2026

Czirjak just swam to a 12th place at US Summer Nationals in the LCM 200 breast, posting a lifetime best of a 2:30.23.

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Cavalier Aquatics Head Coach, UVA Associate Gary Taylor Serving Two-Year Probation

Taylor admitted to emotional misconduct while coaching swimmers from 2015 until 2022 at NC State, Auburn and Cavalier Aquatics.

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Alex Walsh on 200 IM After Season of Focusing on Breaststroke: “I’m ready to be faster”

Coming off of an Olympic season where she put much of her focus on the 200 IM, Alex Walsh decided to take a break from training for the 200 IM this season

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USA Swimming Annuncia La Squadra Ufficiale Per I Mondiali 2025

Al termine dei Campionati Nazionali 2025 a Indianapolis, USA Swimming ha diramato la lista ufficiale dei convocati per i Mondiali di Singapore

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WATCH: Gretchen Walsh’s 23.91 50 Free & Other Day Five U.S. Nationals Race Videos

SwimSwam has compiled a list of all of the available race videos from night five of the 2025 U.S. National Championships.

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2025 U.S. Nationals, Final Pick ‘Em Contest Results: Bacon, Condorelli, Julian Shake Things Up

Though many Pick ‘Ems entries had Phoebe Bacon making the Worlds team in the 200 back, no contestants picked her to qualify in the 200 IM.

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2025 U.S. Nationals: Night 5 Photo Vault

SwimSwam’s Jack Spitser was on deck in Indianapolis capturing the action on Night 5 of U.S. Nationals, these are the top shots from the night

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