Lucas Henveaux Rips Pool Record 4:11.1 500 FR in Return to Cal; Golden Bears Roll USC
The Golden Bears emerged victorious in lopsided final scores for both the men’s and women’s meets.
Top 5 Can’t-Miss NCAA Dual Meets Between Now And Conference Season
The UVA/NC State/Texas/ASU quad meet looks to be the dual meet of the year. See the other top meets to watch for the rest of the season here.
Reviewing SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024
Tomoyuki Matsushita (left) was unranked last year but won silver in the 400 IM in Paris, while Leon Marchand (center) backed up is #1 ranking with four golds.
Shouts From The Stands: Unofficial Swammy Awards – Relay Swimmers of the Year (Men’s 100 Free)
Hunter Armstrong was a clutch relay performer for the Americans at the Olympics in Paris, pushing them to gold in the men’s 4×100 free relay.
SwimSwam’s Top 10 Most-Liked Instagram Posts of 2024
With the Olympic year in full force, posts about World Records, Olympic qualifiers, and Dirty Doubles dominated the SwimSwam Instagram account in 2024.
2024 Swammy Awards: U.S. Coach Of The Year – Todd DeSorbo
DeSorbo played a important roles this year as the head coach of both the U.S. Olympic women’s team and the NCAA champion University of Virginia women.
2024 Swammy Awards: U.S. Male Swimmer of the Year – Bobby Finke
With a new World Record and Olympic Gold Medal in the 1500, Bobby Finke takes home the Swammy for U.S. Male Swimmer of the Year.
SwimSwam Pulse: American Sweeps In 200 IM, 100 Free Were Most Unexpected In Budapest
Shaine Casas and Kate Douglass made it a gold medal sweep for the U.S. in the 200 IM at SC Worlds, one of six events where a nation won both golds in a race.
After Hyper-Focus During Olympic Leadup, Not Overthinking Led To a World Title for Jack Alexy
Jack Alexy showed out in Budapest, winning 5 total medals including individual gold in the 100 free and bronze in the 50 free
2024-25 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Post-Invites Edition
Rex Maurer and the Texas Longhorns take over the #1 spot in our NCAA Power Rankings after a dominant performance at their home invite.
La Duna Arena Seconda Solo Al Foro Italico Di Roma: 62 Record Del Mondo Totali
Dopo i Mondiali di vasca corta il conteggio dei record del mondo alla Duna Arena di Budapest è di 62, tra cui 28 sono ancora imbattuti.
Duna Arena Is Now Home To 62 Swimming World Records, #2 All-Time
Coming out of Short Course Worlds, Budapest’s Duna Arena has now seen 62 world records broken in it, including 28 of the current marks.
SwimSwam Awards: 2024 Short Course World Championships (Men’s Edition)
Noe Ponti went undefeated during evening finals at Short Course Worlds, setting world records in the 50 and 100 fly and adding a meet record in the 100 IM.
Claire Weinstein Officially Ends the Era of America’s Weird “Suit Gap” Records.
When Claire Weinstein swam faster than Allison Schmitt’s best time in the women’s 200 free, she wrote one of the final chapters on one of the strangest eras in swimming history.
Prigoda Splits 55.15 100 BR To Help Neutral Athletes B Break 4×100 Medley WR (Relay Analysis)
Kirill Prigoda’s split gave the Neutral Athletes ‘B’ team the lead, which they never gave up as Lifintsev, Prigoda, Minakov, and Kornev swam a WR of 3:18.68.
