Thomas Heilman

Emerson Callis Wins Seven Titles, Sets Six Personal Bests At Virginia Senior Championships

Callis, who has committed to swim in college for NC State, is SwimSwam’s No. 11 ranked recruit in the girls’ high school class of 2026. 

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South African Age Group Record-holder Kris Mihaylov Verbals to UVA

South African freestyler Kris Mihaylov will suit up for the Cavaliers a month after graduating high school in December 2025.

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UVA Adds South African World Junior Record Holder Chris Smith to Class of 2025

Smith joins a stacked recruiting class after breaking the World Junior Record in the 50 breaststroke at the 2024 Short Course Worlds.

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UVA Adds Finnish Breaststroker Davin Lindholm to Loaded Class of 2025

Finnish breaststroker Davin Lindholm joins UVA’s elite 2025 recruiting class, adding key depth to an already stacked team.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2025: Men’s #80-71

Matthew Temple has fully cemented himself as Australia’s go-too 100 butterflyer and is, therefore, a key part of the nation’s medley relay.

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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.

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2024 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year 17-18

Katie Grimes and Thomas Heilman take home the Swammy for 17-18 Age-Group Swimmer of the Year in an absolutely stacked category.

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Swammy Awards: Nuotatore Rivelazione Dell’Anno 2024: Ilya Kharun, Canada

Nel 2024, Ilya Kharun ha vissuto un anno straordinario, conquistando il titolo di Nuotatore Rivelazione dell’Anno ai Swammy Awards

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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.

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2024 Swammy Awards: Breakout Male Swimmer Of The Year, Ilya Kharun

This year, Kharun won his first-ever long course senior international medals and firmly established himself as the third-best 200 flyer in the world.

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SwimSwam’s Official 2024 Swammy Awards Index

Summer McIntosh’s dominant swims at both the Olympics and SC Worlds were among the highlights of the year as we look back on 2024 in our annual Swammy Awards.

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Watch: Top Race Videos From 2024 Winter Junior Championships East and West

Now that the 2024 Winter Junior Championships had wrapped-up, its time to go back and watch some of the top races from the two sites.

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2024 Winter Junior Championships: A Look at the Full Combined East/West Results

We thought it would be interesting to take the combined results from both the East and West meets and put them all in one place.

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Charlotte Crush, Baylor Stanton Claim High Point Awards At Winter Juniors – East

Charlotte Crush raced 17 times during the four-day meet, winning three individual events, marking the ‘A’ final in two others and adding a new NAG record.

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Thomas Heilman Swims 1:38.95 200 Fly, Breaks 17-18 NAG By Over A Second

Heilman’s time makes him the youngest swimmer to ever break 1:40 in the 200 fly at just 17 years of age. He would have placed third at 2024 NCAAs.

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