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Maximus Williamson Repeats as Swimming World Male High School Swimmer of the Year A year ago, Swimming World recognized Keller High School's Maximus Williamson as its High School Male Swimmer of the Year. Well, the Texan finds himself in the same situation, as Williamson was the runaway choice for S...

A Look at Swimmer Muscles by Stroke By Bri Groves, Swimming World College Intern, in collaboration with the creator of Swim Science, Dr. G. John Mullen It’s no surprise that swimmers keep their bodies in peak shape and their commitment comes with an added benefit for fans. Not only can we watch them...

Dartmouth Hires Allison Henry as Assistant Coach Dartmouth Friday hired Allison Henry as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving staff. Henry arrives after wrapping up her college career at Virginia Tech in 2024. The Philadelphia native was an individual medley, breaststroke...

Carmel High Girls Lead Nation with Longest State-Championship Streak; Swim Programs Dominate List With the 2025-26 high school sports seasons now going strong, MaxPreps recently ran a feature on the longest active state-championship winning streaks. Of the top six streaks on the list, five were swim...

Zhang Zhanshuo Destroys World Junior Record in 400 Freestyle at Chinese Nationals A little more than a month after finishing fifth in the event at the World Championships in Singapore, China's Zhang Zhanshuo destroyed the world junior record in the 400-meter freestyle. Racing at the Chinese National...

By Chandler Brandes (From the Archive) Swimmers spend the majority of our time with our faces in the water staring at a black line lap after lap. Although we don’t get the opportunity to speak too often during practice, when we do get the chance to talk, we have a lot to say. In the rare instance wh...

Two-Time Olympic Champion Sharon van Rouwendaal Brings Curtain Down On Historic Career Sharon van Rouwendaal has announced her retirement after a career in which she became the most successful open water swimmer in Olympic history while claiming medals in the world and European long and short-course...

What Awaits Kevin Ring as New CEO of USA Swimming As he prepared to move into a new role guiding USA Swimming into an all-important home Olympics and beyond, Kevin Ring explained that the role felt like a great fit despite having no experience working in swimming. Ring told Swimming World that durin...

Todd DeSorbo Leads List of ASCA Coach of the Year Winners The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA), holding its World Clinic in Reno, has announced the names of its Coach of the Year recipients. The announcement revealed that the University of Virginia's Todd DeSorbo has been named the 2025 ...

Men’s 100 Backstroke: Pieter Coetze Leads Deepest Event in Men's Swimming For almost a decade, Ryan Murphy was an international stalwart in the men’s 100 backstroke, winning Olympic gold in 2016 and a world title six years later. He missed an international podium exactly once, by one hundredth of a ...

Hanging Up Your Goggles: The Ins and Outs of Retirement The only inevitability that comes attached with each part of life is that everything must come to an end. For a swimmer, this is no different. The number of considerations applicable to this point in a career are infinite. Some lose passion ext...

New USA Swimming CEO Kevin Ring: ‘I’m Going to Call Michael Phelps Very Quickly’ A common thread in the professional experience of new USA Swimming CEO Kevin Ring, whose hiring was announced Thursday, is managing relationships. The role he fills atop USA Swimming has seen a rupture in the link betwe...

CSCAA Announces Nov. 14 Rankings Will Be Used for Dual Meet Challenge Seeding In a push to generate excitement around the dual-meet season, the CSCAA will hold its first Dual Meet Challenge in November, a competition that will feature four elite programs from the Power 4 conferences. On Thursday, th...

Pros vs. College Kids Brought Attention to New York City Water Polo Last night, Asphalt Green played host for the first of two evenings of high-quality water polo. As hoped, it was an entertaining—if one-sided—extravaganza, as Pro Recco, the world’s most recognizable water polo club, headlined a sla...

With Outsider's Perspective, Kevin M. Ring Aspires to 'Smart Growth' for USA Swimming Kevin M. Ring’s work experience in sports has cut across different dimensions. He’s been in the for-profit sector and on the governing body side. He’s been a part of established brands and relatively young ones. He...

USA Swimming Hires Kevin Ring as New CEO After Year-Long Search A year after the job initially became vacant, USA Swimming has landed on its new leader. Kevin Ring, who has been President of Legends Golf for the past three years, takes over the organization during the critical leadup to an Olympics ...

The All-Time Olympic Medals by Country; United States Owns Massive Lead In a recent article, we looked at the number of countries that have medaled at each Olympiad since the 1896 Games in Athens. At the most recent Olympics in Paris, 19 nations sent athletes to the podium inside La Defense Arena, a...

Dave Durden: Running Toward the Fire, Building Efficiency and Finding Joy in Coaching Dave Durden, the head coach of the University of California men’s and women's swimming programs and a U.S. Olympic coach, has built his career on resilience, precision, and an unwavering commitment to learning. In ...

5 Hidden Reasons Athletes Stay Tired ... and What You Can Do About It Ever hear this at home? “Mom, I’m exhausted." "Dad, I can’t keep up at practice.” Or maybe you’ve seen your athlete dragging, moody, or battling one injury after another. You’re not alone. Fatigue is one of the top issues I hear f...

ASCA Coaches Receive Timely Updates on Leadership, Coaching and Performance At the ASCA World Clinic in Reno, coaches are receiving timely insights on leadership changes, international performance, and a shared vision for the future of the sport. Swimming World continues to provide the most up-to-da...