Blake Pieroni

Tennessee’s Koby Bujak-Upton Becomes First Sub-1:30 Freshman 200 Freestyler Ever in 1:29.79

Bujak-Upton’s 1:29.79 makes him the fastest freshman of all time, and the 9th fastest performer ever in the 200 freestyle.

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World Aquatics Drops Mixed 400 Free Relay from World Championships Schedule

The event was added to the World Championship schedule in 2015 and survived a decade. It will now be dropped, aligning the World Championship schedule with the Olympic program.

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OSU Clock 6:06.64 To Shatter Big Ten Meet Record In 800 Free Relay, Four Teams Under Previous Mark

Tristan Jankovics anchored OSU home to a huge new Big Ten meet record in the 800 free relay, as the Buckeyes shattered their school record

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Olivia Smoliga Announces Return To The Pool With Coley Stickels at Texas Ford Aquatics

Olivia Smoliga announced her return to the pool and move to Texas Ford Aquatics on Instagram, where she will now swim with Coley Stickels.

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Mitchell Schott Drops 3:41 400 Free In Toronto, Continues Great Form From WUGs This Summer

Mitchell Schott had a breakout summer in long course, and continued in the same vein in his first swim of the season in Toronto this morning

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2025 Florida vs Indiana Live Recap: Gator Women, Hoosier Men Earn Decisive Victories

Josh Liendo leads the Florida men into battle as the reigning NCAA champion in the men’s 100 free and 100 fly.

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World Aquatics Outlines New Olympic Swimming Qualification Systems Ahead of IOC Approval

World Aquatics previews the new Olympic qualifying procedure that will be confirmed later this week. It comes with significant changes.

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Swimming’s Greatest Record Years: The 2009 Super-Suit Era To The 2024 Short Course Worlds

2024 was the first year since 2009 in which at least 50 world records were set, largely due to the record-breaking frenzy at Short Course Worlds.

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Summary of Confirmed Swimmers With Illness At The 2025 World Championships

The 2025 World Championships seemed to have more athletes effected by GI/food issues than the 2024 Paris Olympics did with COVID-19.

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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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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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Is this Shaine Casas’ Breakout Summer? 2024 Olympian Seeded to Make Worlds Roster in 5 Events

One thing that has begun to stick out as we look through the events is that 25-year-old Texas pro swimmer Shaine Casas has the stage set for a breakout summer

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Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink Among US Medalists Absent From 2025 US Nationals Psych Sheets

None of the four pictured above (Dressel, Fink, Ryan Murphy, and Hunter Armstrong) will compete at 2025 US Nationals next week.

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2025 U.S. World Trials Previews: The 200 Free is Hobson’s World, We’re Just Living In It

Luke Hobson is the red-hot favourite after a fantastic last 12 months, but Shaine Casas, Rex Maurer and Carson Foster may look to shake things up behind him.

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2025 U.S. World Trials Previews: Guiliano & Alexy Lead 100 Free With Uncertainty Behind

Chris Guiliano and Jack Alexy are the big favorite in the men’s 100 free, while the status of veterans like Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Held is up in the air.

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