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How They Train: The Work of ASU Standout Jonny Kulow Under Coach Herbie Behm (Full Week of Sets) Early on, a Wyoming coach suggested to Bob Bowman that Lander Valley High School swimmer Jonny Kulow was someone to watch. Coming out of high school, Kulow was SwimCloud’s top-ranked swimmer in Wyoming (...

Q&A With Arizona State Coach Herbie Behm By Michael J. Stott A sprinter himself Herbie Behm mastered the art of sprint coaching at Utah and with Bob Bowman at Arizona State University. When Bowman left for Texas this spring, Behm was promoted to ASU head coach and now has the Sun Devils once again v...

Last-Minute Gift Guide for Swimmers, Coaches, and Parents Swimmers live and die by the clock—whether it’s hitting their splits or making intervals. With the holidays speeding closer, it’s time to dive in and find last-minute gifts! Here are trending gift ideas to delight swimmers, coaches, and paren...

Training, Trust & Family Fuel Breakthrough For Rex Maurer at University of Texas At the end of the 2023-24 college season, Rex Maurer made “probably the hardest choice I’ve ever had to make.” After an up-and-down freshman season at Stanford, he saw an opportunity to advance his swimming career with ...

As holiday training prepares to ramp up, Swimming World is running this piece from the archive that emphasizes the connection between an athlete and the grueling nature of holiday work in the water and the weight room. The piece stresses the importance of this time of year, so get yourself ready to ...

Based on the TikTok Trend: We're Swimmers, Of Course We ... (Fill in the Blank)! Many of us have seen the TikTok trend, “We’re girls, of course we ALWAYS have a hair tie around our wrist!” Why not transition this trend to make it swimming-related? Read along for 10 relatable, “we’re swimmers…” phras...

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has released the December edition of the Division I Top 25 dual meet poll, with the University of Virginia women and Texas men retaining their top spots to close out the calendar year. The committee, consisting of Division I coa....

Luke Hobson, Jillian Cox Return From Worlds to Lead Texas to Sweep of Georgia Seventy-two hours earlier, Luke Hobson was in Budapest, winning a short course world title and a world record in the 200-meter freestyle. Now back with his University of Texas team in Austin, Hobson returned to yards and l...

Army-Navy and College Swimming's Attendance Boom: A Significant Shakeup December 6 was a typical Thursday night in West Point, New York, with hundreds briskly shuffling in to watch their Knights compete. The stands were packed shoulder-to shoulder, anxious in their anticipation of the big event. Thi...

Holiday Gift Ideas From a Swimmer: We Know What We Want...and Can Use By Casey McNulty & Edie Sawyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXhgy7f-SFA&feature=youtu.be It’s that time of the year again. The holiday season is upon us, which means it is time to start forming your list of gift ideas, to finis...

5 of the Hardest Winter Training Sets Winter training… aka, every swimmer’s worst nightmare. Winter training is known to be the hardest week of practice during the swim season. The part that makes it so difficult is the high intensity workouts and the increase in yardage. Listed below are five of th...

The eighth-ranked Lady Vol swimming & diving team capped the fall slate with a commanding 200-99 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats. The Kentucky men beat the No. 11 Vols 173-127. The Tennessee women won all 14 of their races and swept five of the events during the dominant performance. Nine differe...

University of Iowa swimming and diving defeated Iowa State in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series meet, 215-84, on Friday night inside the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. “The whole team came out with a ton of energy tonight to get the rivalry started,” Iowa head coach Nathan Mundt said. “First of a...

American Athletic Conference Adds Liberty, Marshall, James Madison for 2025 Season The American Athletic Conference on Thursday announced three women’s swimming programs as affiliate members for the 2025-26 season. Liberty University, Marshall University and James Madison will join the conference as...

NCAA Water Polo Crown Returns to West Hollywood: UCLA 11, USC 8 In a commanding performance at Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center, the UCLA Bruins affirmed their top-seed status by defeating the USC Trojans 11-8 to clinch the 2024 NCAA Men's Water Polo National Championship. This victory mar...

  NCAA Water Polo Update Halftime Score: UCLA 4 USC 4 Watch Live on ESPN+ Now! The NCAA Men’s Water Polo Finals are at the halfway mark all tied up 4-4! [caption id="attachment_601193" align="alignleft" width="450"] USC pre-game huddle[/caption] At halftime of the 2024 NCAA Men's Water...

  NCAA Water Polo Thrillers set up Epic Final on ESPN+ 3PM PT Today! The NCAA Men’s Water Polo semifinals lived up to the hype on December 7, 2024, delivering high drama and unforgettable moments at Stanford University’s Avery Aquatic Center. In a tale of two games, UCLA toppled Stanford in a...

The final night of the Minnesota Invitational saw the Cal Golden Bears sweep the team titles behind some fast racing. Fifth-year Isabelle Stadden lead a 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 backstroke for the Golden Bears. She got to the wall in 1:50.93, finishing ahead of freshmen teammates Finley Anderson (1:54...

A Bronx Tale - Fordham is For Real! Taking the Fight to USC in Semifinals at NCAA Water Polo Champs In the late afternoon matchups during the 2024 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship Opening Round at Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center, the University of Southern California (USC) showcased it....

Kristina Paegle Has Hand in Four Wins as Indiana Sweeps Cincinnati Kristina Paegle was part of four victories for the Indiana women as as the Hoosiers wrapped up the fall schedule with a domination of Cincinnati. The women’s team won, 171-123, in a meet full of exhibition swims from the beginning. T...