Katie McLaughlin

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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Miranda Grana Becomes First Indiana Hoosier Woman Under 50 Seconds in the 100 Yard Fly

2025 Ohio State Fall Invitational November 18-21, 2025 McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion, Columbus, OH 9:30 am ET swimming prelims/11:30am diving prelims/5:30…

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Olympic Medalist Leah Smith Marries Scot Robison in Pennsylvania Wedding

Olympic medalist Leah Smith married longtime partner Scot Robison in an outdoor Pennsylvania ceremony on September 19th.

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US Women’s 4×200 Free Relay Sets New American Record With 7:40.01 To Win Silver

Weinstein led off in a 1:54.83, a second and a half faster than Allison Schmitt led off (1:56.34) at the Tokyo Olympics.

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USADA Questions Chinese Contamination Case, Katie McLaughlin Testifies In Front of Congress

McLaughlin was on the U.S. women’s 4×200 free relay that won silver at the Tokyo Olympics behind the Chinese team that had two swimmers who tested positive.

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Three-Time Olympian Abbey Weitzeil Weds Short Course World Champion Michael Jensen

The pair began dating in 2018 while swimming together at Cal and got married in Napa surrounded by friends, family and former teammates.

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Paige Madden, Regan Smith Break Speedo Grand Challenge Records During Day 2 Prelims

Paige Madden took down another Speedo Grand Challenge meet record on Saturday, this time in the 200 freestyle with the top qualifying time of 1:57.53. 

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Santa Margarita Girls, Boys Hold Serve in CIF-Southern Section Prelims, But Loyola Is Charging

Double World Junior Champion Teagan O’Dell led the Santa Margarita girls safely through prelims as they seek a 10th-straight CIF-Southern Section title.

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Santa Margarita Star Teagan O’Dell Scares Olympic Medalist’s Orange County Record in 200 Free

Only Junior National Teamer Madi Mintenko (1:43.15) has been faster than Teagan O’Dell (1:43.26) so far this high school season in the 200 free.

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Aggiornamento: World Aquatics Smentisce La Notizia Della Squalifica Della 4×200 Cinese

un portavoce di World Aquatics ha dichiarato di non essere al momento a conoscenza di alcuna violazione delle regole antidoping

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{UPDATE} World Aquatics Denies That Chinese 800 Free Relay Has Been DQ’ed

The US 800 free relay that won silver at the 2020 Olympic Games has been notified they will receive gold medals after China was retroactively DQ’ed.

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Staffetta 4×200 Stile Libero Femminile Cinese Rischia Il Ritiro Dell’Oro Di Tokyo2020

la staffetta femminile cinese 4×200 stile libero dei Giochi Olimpici di Tokyo 2020 è stata privata della medaglie d’oro per doping

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How Does The Girls Class of 2025 Stack Up Against The Star-Studded 2015 Class?

The girls’ high school class of 2025 appears to be the best in recent memory, and perhaps rivals the class of 2015 that was spearheaded by Katie Ledecky.

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Could the Entire Women’s 100 Fly A-Final Go Sub-50 at This Year’s NCAA Championships?

Olivia Bray’s previous-best 50.19 from 2019 ranked her No. 8 all-time, but her new lifetime best of 50.07 only ranks eighth this season. 

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Alex Shackell Drops 2:09 200 Fly in Irvine, #9 All-Time 15-16

Carmel Swim Club’s Alex Shackell broke 2:10 for the first time to win the girls’ 200 fly, besoming the 9th all-time fastest swimmer in her age group.

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