Davis Tarwater

The Meet Of Tears: U.S. Olympic Trials

At every Trials, there’s a small subset of about 25 swimmers who carry a heavy burden: they miss qualifying for the Olympics by a single spot.

  81 Comments

Katie Ledecky Confirms She’s Not Planning On Swimming 200 Free In Paris

Ledecky said she won’t swim the 200 free in Paris “if all goes well” in the 800 and 1500 free later this week in Indianapolis.

  54 Comments

Katie Ledecky Drops 200 Free From 2022 Worlds Championship Schedule

Ledecky will be replaced in the event by Leah Smith, who finished third at U.S. Trials last week in a time of 1:57.44.

  118 Comments

Katie Meili and Kathleen Fish Elected To The USA Swimming Board of Directors

At USA Swimming’s Virtual Convention, Kathleen Fisher was voted the Board’s new At-Large Director and Katie Meili was named their new Athlete Representative.

  10 Comments

Looking Back at Day 4 of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

Let’s go back and remember what was going on during the 4th day of the Olympic Trials back in 2012 and 2016.

  5 Comments

SwimSwam Podcast: Davis Tarwater on Making the Olympic Team After Finishing 7th

Davis explains his training as an age grouper, including beating Michael Phelps at Jr Nationals, Swimming at Michigan under Urbanchek and Bowman, and more

  2 Comments

USA Swimming Calls for Nominations for 2 Board of Director Seats

USA Swimming has announced that it will elect two new members to its Board of Directors in September 2020: 1 At-Large member and 1 athlete representative.

  7 Comments

Vanderkaay, Tarwater Help Raise $36,000 for Detroit Swims

Peter Vanderkaay and Davis Tarwater helped raise over $36,000 for Detroit Swims, an initiative to teach kids in the city to be water safe.

  4 Comments

Bob Vincent Voted as Chair of USA Swimming Board of Directors

Bob Vincent (right) and his wife Erin at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

  4 Comments

Coughlin, DiRado, Tarwater Named USA Swimming BOD Athlete Reps

Natalie Coughlin, Maya DiRado and Davis Tarwater have been elected as USA Swimming’s new athlete representatives on the Board of Directors.

  10 Comments

3 Athlete Members Will Be Appointed to USA Swimming BOD on Friday

Nathan Adrian is one of 6 candidates for 3 open positions.

  2 Comments

Adrian, Coughlin Among USA Swimming Athlete Director Nominees

Nathan Adrian is one of six who are running for three USA Swimming Athlete Director spots.

  2 Comments

Wilimovsky Takes Two Wins At Historic Flowers Sea Swim

Jordan Wilimovsky won the 1-mile and 10k races at this year’s Flowers Sea Swim, an open water event held in Cayman Islands. But the 2015 world champion wasn’t the only big name among the almost 800 swimmers competing at the event.

  1 Comment

A Family’s Passion: 25 Years of the Flowers Sea Swim

This short film shot, edited and produced by Brittany Tarwater and narrated by Olympic Gold Medalist, Davis Tarwater, captures a unique swimming story relatable to anyone who has loved this sport.

  2 Comments

USA Swimming Board’s Athlete Reps Release SafeSport Statement

Among the signatories of the letter were Anthony Ervin, Natalie Coughlin (above), and Aaron Peirsol.

  6 Comments