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UChicago’s Cooper Costello Breaks Own D3 Record With 45.85 100 Fly

Costello broke his own record of a 45.97 that he swam to win the title a year ago. He had a strong back half today to get under the record.

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Kaley McIntyre Breaks D3 Record in the 100 Free (And Other D3 Highlights)

Kaley McIntyre, the 2025 CSCAA Swimmer of the Year for D3, smashed her own NCAA D3 record in the 100 free on Sunday in Ohio.

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2025 Worlds, Day 8 Africa Recap: Banner Season for Continent, Most Medals at Worlds Since 2009

Tunisian Ahmed Jaouadi’s Distance Double and South Africa’s Pieter Coetze’s three African Records capped off a historic meet for the continent.

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2025 Worlds, Day 7 Africa Recap: Mustafa Hashim Becomes 1st to Represent Somalia at Worlds

2025 World Championships July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming) Singapore, Singapore World Aquatics Championships Arena LCM (50m) Meet…

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2025 Worlds, Day 6 Africa Recap: Gallagher & Coetze Double Up on South African Records

South Africa’s Erin Gallagher was just .01 off of the African Record in the semifinals of the 50 fly and advances to tomorrow final ranked 3rd.

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2025 Worlds, Africa Recap Day 5: Corbett’s Consistency Yields 6th Major 200 Breast Final

South Africa’s Kaylene Corbett has made the final of the 200 breast at every major international meet since 2019 including a 5th place finish in Tokyo and 7th place finish in Paris.

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2025 Worlds, Day 4 Africa Recap: Tunisa’s Jaouadi Joins Mellouli & Hafnaoui as Worlds Medalist

2025 World Championships July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming) Singapore, Singapore World Aquatics Championships Arena LCM (50m) Meet…

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2025 Worlds, Day 3 African Recap: Coetze’s African Record Caps off WUGS/Worlds Double Victory

South Africa’s Pieter Coetze took gold in the men’s 100 back, the first medal for South Africa so far, and the first gold for a South African man since 2019.

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2025 Worlds, Day 2 African Recap: Coetze on the Hunt for Rare WUGS and Worlds Double

South Africa’s Pieter Coetze has managed the transition and extended taper from WUGS to Worlds, and is well placed to earn his second Worlds medal in the 100 back.

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2025 Worlds, Day 1 African Recap: Gallagher Making Semi-Finals A Habit In 100 Fly

Erin Gallagher made it through to at least the semi-finals for the third major championship in a row today after swimming her second-fastest time ever

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A Year After Finals DQ, Cooper Costello Becomes First D3 Swimmer Under 46 Seconds In 100 Fly

Last year, Cooper Costello was DQed in the men’s 100 fly final. Now, he’s the DIII champion and the first DIII swimmer under 46-seconds (45.97).

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2024-25 NCAA Digest: Swims You May Have Missed From The First Semester

Before the calendar flips, let’s take a look at some of the swims you may have missed from the first semester of the 2024-25 NCAA season.

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2024 Paris Olympics Data Dive: Day 7 Prelims

Katie Ledecky is the top seed going into tomorrow’s 800 freestyle final, after swimming an 8:16.62. What other swims stood out from Day 7’s prelims?

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2024 Paris Olympics: 2x D3 NCAA Champion Jesse Ssengonzi Lowers Own Ugandan Record in 100 Fly

Ssengonzi just wrapped up his senior year at UChicago, capping off his NCAA season with an NCAA record in the 100-yard butterfly.

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Kristel Kobrich Headed to Sixth Olympics for Chile, Joining Exclusive Quintet of Swimmers

Derya Buyukuncu, Lars Frolander, Therese Alshammar, and Oussama Mellouli are the only swimmers besides Chile’s Kristel Kobrich to swim at six Olympics.

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