Brendan Burns Pulls Off Huge Upset, First Hoosier Since 1973 To Win 200 Fly
Despite the fact that only 2 out of 713 people picked him to win the event in Pick’ems, Burns won the 200 fly with a new best time of time of 1:38.71.
Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass: The Most Dominant Duo In NCAA History?
Douglass and Walsh both went three-for-three in individual events at NCAAs this year, a feat that has only happened three times in history between teammates.
Kate Douglass Is First To Win Individual NCAA Titles In Three Different Strokes
Douglass is the first swimmer, man or woman, to win individual events across three different strokes, not factoring n individual medley races.
Swimmers With The Most World Records Set In One Calendar Year
Michael Phelps set a total of nine world records in 2008, including seven at the Beijing Olympics. But he’s not the swimmer with the most WRs set in one year.
2021 Swammy Awards: Todd DeSorbo wins US Coach of the Year Honors
Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo is the 2021 Swammy US Coach of the Year, having won Women’s NCAA championship and coaching multiple Olympic medalists.
Caeleb Dressel Named Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year
Dressel competed in 6 events in Tokyo, 3 individual and 3 relays, winning 5 Gold medals, and breaking 4 Olympic Records, as well as 2 World Records.
Michael Phelps’ 30 Olympic Finals Scored with ISL Rules
What if Michael Phelps swam in the ISL? Even if we never see it, we can apply ISL rules to Phelps’s Olympic races and see how things turn out.
CSU Sacramento to Host Olympic Swimming Forum on Transition to “Civilian Life”
7-time Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz (above) is one of five panelists alongside other big names Summer Sanders, Mike Burton, Jeff Float and Debbie Meyer.
SwimSwam Tokyo Olympics Awards: Dressel and McKeon Swimmers of the Meet
Caeleb Dressel and Emma McKeon are the most decorated athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Dressel earned 5 golds and McKeon earned 4 golds and 3 bronzes.
The Five Best Swimming Stats From The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Caeleb Dressel was one of the history-makers at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, joining rarefied air with five gold medals.
The Golden States: Which U.S. States Are Home to the Most Olympic Medalists?
Since the 1896 Olympics, athletes born in California have won 491 Olympic gold medals for Team USA. New York has the 2nd-most Olympic gold medals with 246.
Emma McKeon Becomes First Woman Since 1964 To Lead Medal Count At An Olympics
By winning seven medals in Tokyo, McKeon became the first woman since Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina to lead an Olympic Games in medal count.
Tokyo 2020, North America Day 8: Dressel Joins Elite Company With Five Golds
Caeleb Dressel joins Mark Spitz, Matt Biondi and Michael Phelps as the only male swimmers to win five gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
Take A Look at the Historic Progression of Men’s Olympic Swimming Medal Leaders
Even the most casual swim fans know that Michael Phelps is all-time Olympic medal leader, but here’s the other men who have led the swimming medal count.
Swimmers With The Most Victories In History At The U.S. Olympic Trials
Katie Ledecky already has four U.S. Trials victories thus far in her career, and has a great chance to double that total next week in Omaha.
