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Leah Shackley Has Risen to Swimming World Female High School Swimmer of the Year Via Unusual Setting Elite athletes don’t often come from places like Leah Shackley’s hometown of Bedford, Pennsylvania. A town of some 2,800 people in a county of the same name with a population of 47,000, the facilitie...

Swimming World High School Boys' Mythical Championship Meet: Full Results Recently, Swimming World recognized Carmel High School (girls) and Keller High School (boys) as its national champions for the 2023-24 scholastic season. Now, Swimming World brings its readers a full look at the boys’ mythical...

USA Swimming to Replace CEO Tim Hinchey, Director Lindsay Mintenko (Updated) USA Swimming confirmed in an email and letter posted on its website on Thursday night that CEO Tim Hinchey is resigning from his position. Sources have also told Swimming World that National Team Mnaging Director Lindsay Mi...

Swimming World High School Girls' Mythical Championship Meet: Full Results Recently, Swimming World recognized Carmel High School (girls) and Keller High School (boys) as its national champions for the 2023-24 scholastic season. Now, Swimming World brings its readers a full look at the girls' mythic...

Rylee Erisman Sprinting Through Junior Pan Pacs Toward Senior Level This year, the United States assembled its fastest-ever collection of female 100 freestylers on the way to an American record and silver medal in the 400 freestyle relay at the Paris Olympics. At the U.S. Olympic Trials, a time of 5...

Another Record-Breaking Surge Makes Maximus Williamson Male High School Swimmer of the Year Entering his junior-year high school state meet, Maximus Williamson had conducted his research on the 13-year-old national high school record he was chasing. When David Nolan had clocked 1:41.39 back in 2011,...

Caeleb Dressel Eyeing 2028 Olympic 50 Free as Coda to Career Caeleb Dressel said on Saturday that he has his eyes on the 50 freestyle at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles as a possible end to his storied career. Dressel, a native of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was serving as an honorary official at the...

City Swim Project in Buffalo Thriving With Diversity, Building Toward Future of Swimming Mike Switalski grew up in a mostly white town, went to a mostly white college and competed in a mostly white sport. It gave him a narrow understanding of swimming, but when he got to Buffalo, everything changed....

Junior Pan Pacific Champs: Teagan O'Dell Surges to Gold in 200 IM; Aussie Milla Jansen Takes 50 Free Title One of the themes during the Junior Pan Pacific Championships has been the United States' ability to claim multiple gold-silver finishes in women's competition. So, it was appropriate that one ...

USA Swimming Sends Letter to Membership Addressing Recent Concerns of ASCA and Coach Advisory Council In response to recent letters sent by the American Swimming Coaches Association and the Coach Advisory Council (CAC) to the USA Swimming Board of Directors, USA sent a letter to its membership on Fr...

Junior Pan Pacific Champs: Luka Mijatovic Blasts 22-Year-Old NAG Record in 400 Freestyle; U.S. Delivers Big Night Already the champion of the 200-meter freestyle at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, the United States' Luka Mijatovic added a second individual title in style on Friday night in Can...

Junior Pan Pacs, Day 3 Prelims: Charlotte Crush After 100 Fly Mark; Leah Shackley Pulls Double Charlotte Crush put a prelims scare into the Junior Pan Pacs record in the 100 butterfly, while Leah Shackley is safely through in two events in the third day of prelims at the meet in Canberra. Crush led ...

The Olympics Are Over, So Where Will The World’s Top Swimmers Compete Next?  The 2024 Olympic Games are over. For three years, swimming fans waited to watch some of the biggest stars in the sport battle it out in the iconic La Défense Arena, and the results were certainly worth the wait. Fortunately...

Junior Pan Pacific Champs: Rylee Erisman Doubles with Two Meet Records; Lilla Bognar Snares Gold It's been a superb summer for American teenager Rylee Erisman. The 15-year-old first flourished at the United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, where she finished fifth in the final of the 50-meter ...

Junior Pan Pacs, Day One Finals: Leah Shackley Doubles as Team USA Storms to Seven Titles; Meet Record for Luke Ellis (Full Results) It was a big first night of finals for the United States at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, highlighted by a pair of gold medals from Leah Shackley. Racing at th...

ASCA Board Sends Letter to USA Swimming with Recommendations for Future This week, the Board of Directors of the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) sent a letter to USA Swimming concerning expectations for the next quad, which will lead up to a home Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The letter...

Epic 2024 Continues With Wedding for Olympic Medalist Carson Foster The big year for Carson Foster continued this weekend with the biggest day of his life. The Olympic medalist got married to his longtime partner, Meredith Wolf, in a large celebration in Cincinnati's Monastery Event Center, on Satur...

Paris Olympics: Paige Madden Claiming 800 Freestyle Bronze Was Top Swimming Surprise Paige Madden left U.S. Nationals in 2023 seriously questioning whether she would ever make it back to representing her country at a senior-level international competition. She had missed the A-final in the 200 frees...

Q&A with Coach Gary Taylor: Guiding Thomas Heilman and Joining UVA's Powerhouse Program A seasoned college and club coach, Cavalier Aquatics head man Gary Taylor has spent the last three years training a strong cadre of senior swimmers to national and international prominence, including 2024 Olympia...

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming, today announced its roster for the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, to be held August 21-24 in Canberra, Australia. Athletes qualified based on results from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, presented by Lilly. “B...