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Five Takeaways From Day 5 At The 2026 Australian Swimming Trials

Mollie O’Callaghan’s second 50 is the best in the world in the 100 free, but does she need more opening speed to crack 52 seconds?

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2026 Australian Swimming Trials: Day 2 Prelims – Live Recap

After winning the 100 fly last night, Alexandria Perkins returns to the pool for the 50 fly where she is the co-Australian Record holder.

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Leny Grigor Undercuts Matt Wilson’s Age Record In 16-Yr-Old Boys’ 100 Breaststroke

Leny Grigor, right, earned his third Australian Age Record of the Championships, taking the 16-year-old boys’ 100m breaststroke event.

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Koa Stotz & Molly Young Wrangle Up Wins At Aussie Age Championships Day Three

Catch up on the remaining results from day three of the 2026 Australian Age Championships, featuring distance freestyle ace Molly Young.

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Leny Grigor Smashes Mitch Larkin’s 400 IM Aussie Age Record For 16-Yr-Olds

Just 16 years of age, Leny Grigor put up the fastest 400m IM time of his career to erase Olympic medalist Mitch Larkin’s Aussie Age Record from 16 years ago.

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Aussie Henry Allan Takes Down Aaron Peirsol’s 25-Yr-Old All Comers Age Record

17-year-old Henry Allan busted out the fastest 200m backstroke of his young career to take down American Aaron Peirsol’s long-standing All Comers Age Record.

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2026 M. NCAA Previews: “Maybe Next Year” is Here, Kos Aims For 1:33 200 Back At Final NCAAs

In 2025, Texas senior Hubert Kos said “maybe next year” after he just missed swimming 1:33 in the 200 backstroke final. It’s next year.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2026: Men’s #10-1

Leon Marchand’s dominance continued in 2025, highlighted by his stunning world record in the 200 IM, helping land him the #1 spot for the third straight year.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 71.1% Think Peirsol’s 200 Back World Record Survives 2026

The fastest swimmer in history in the men’s 100 and 200 back in short course yards and meters, will Hubert Kos snag a long course mark in 2026?

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2025 Swammy Awards: Top Races of 2025 (Meters Edition)

Welcome to the 2025 Swammy Award for the top-10 meters races of the 2025 calendar year, plus a few honorable mention swims.

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2025 Swammy Awards: U.S. Coach of the Year – Bob Bowman

Bowman’s swimmers combined to win 10 individual medals at the World Championships, and he landed eight athletes on the U.S. roster for Singapore.

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2025 Swammy Awards: Oceanian Male Swimmer of the Year – Cameron McEvoy

For the third year in a row, Australia’s Cameron McEvoy has been the fastest 50 free swimmer on the planet, winning the gold at Worlds this past summer.

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2025 Swammy Awards: Breakout Male Swimmer of the Year – Ahmed Jaouadi

Ahmed Jaouadi earns the Breakout Male Swimmer of the Year award after shocking the distance free field in Singapore and setting a textile World Record

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Cam Brooker Breaks British SCM 200 Back Record, Jumps To #17 All-Time

Cam Brooker hacked nearly three seconds off his personal best to soar up the 200 back all-time rankings in Sheffield tonight and crack the British Record

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Italian Simona Quadarella Will Take a 2 Month Training Camp with Dean Boxall in Australia

World Champion Simona Quadarella is taking a training camp to Australia in the new year to train with one of the world’s best coaches Dean Boxall.

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