Yury Kuzmenko

USA Swimming Names 45-Strong Roster For 2025 World Junior Championships

The roster is headlined by the star female trio of Charlotte Crush, Audrey Derivaux and Rylee Erisman, who all qualified to swim five individual events.

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2025 U.S. Nationals: Projected World Junior Championships and World University Games Rosters

While official rosters for the Junior World Championships and World University Games won’t be announced until later, here’s how we think those rosters stand.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 6/7/2025

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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CIF Meet Record-holder Yury Kuzmenko Makes Verbal Commitment to Princeton for 2026-27

Yury Kuzmenko, who set the California High School State Meet record in the 50 free last weekend, is headed to Princeton in 2026.

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Psych Sheets Drop For 2025 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships

St. Margarita is aiming to sweep the CIF swimming and diving team titles for the 3rd straight season at this year’s edition of the championships this weekend.

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Palo Alto Becomes First Program To Win Girls & Boys CIF Central Coast Team Titles In Same Year

Multiple meet records fell as Palo Alto became the first Central Coast program to win both the girls’ and boys’ CIF CCS team titles in the same year.

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Two Championship Records Go Down During Boys Prelims Of CIF-Central Coast Section Champs

Yury Kuzmenko (pictured) broke the 100 freestyle CCS record during boys prelims with a 43.44, which was one of two CCS meet records to go down in prelims.

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Luke Ellis Closed out CA-NV Sectionals with an 8:44.62 1000 FR, Weinstein Clocks 47.95 100 FR

It was Sandpipers 18-year-old  Luke Ellis who won the men’s 1000 free, popping a new personal best of 8:44.62.

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Hanz Palattao Breaks 20-Year-Old Meet Record at Summer Far Westerns

Hanz Palattao, 12, erased a 20-year-old meet record in the 100 backstroke, breaking Shayne Fleming’s mark of 1:04.57 from 2004 with a winning time of 1:04.23.

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Cal Commit Dar Lavrenko Spooks CIF Central Coast 100 FR Section Record at 43.97 in Prelims

Mountain View junior and Cal commit Dar Lavrenko broke 44-point in the 100-yard free to scare the 2019 CIF Central Coast Section record of 43.52, in prelims.

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