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Anna Moesch Joins Sub-1:40 Club With No. 3 All-Time 200 Free The 1:40 mark in the women’s 200-yard freestyle is hallowed for its roundness and its rarity. When Missy Franklin went 1:39.10 in 2015 to found the sub-1:40 club, it was a swim that seemed a generation ahead of its time. A decade later, no...

ACC Championships, Night 3 Finals: Lucy Bell Starts Record Setting Night in 400 IM Records fell with regularity on Thursday night at the ACC Championships, starting with Stanford’s Lucy Bell in the 400 IM. Bell went 3:59.11, downing the three-year-old mark set by Ella Nelson of Virginia. It would be...

Big Ten Women's Championship Day 2 Finals: Michigan's Bella Sims, Letitia Sim Race to Wins The 2026 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 2 finals session on Thursday, Feb. 18, from Minneapolis. The events on the docket are the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle ...

SEC Championships, Day 3: Josh Liendo Swims 43.06 100 Fly, Ties Second-Fastest Time Ever In the first men's race of the SEC Championships, Josh Liendo utilized a sensational 17.58 anchor split to bring Florida to first place and an NCAA/U.S. Open record in the 200 medley relay. Now, Liendo is back i...

ACC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Anna Moesch Goes 1:41.67 in 200 free All eyes in the women’s 200 freestyle at the ACC Championships will be on Anna Moesch. Given the other top seeds that opted for other races and Moesch’s proximity to a hallowed round number, Moesch has the potential to do somethi...

The 2026 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 2 prelims session on Thursday, Feb. 18, from Minneapolis. The events on the docket are the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke before 1-meter diving prelims. Here is a look at what happened Thursd...

SEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Josh Liendo’s 43.26 100 Fly Sets Stage Josh Liendo brought a season-best time to prelims of the 100 butterfly on Thursday morning at the 2026 SEC Championships. His time of 43.26 was .16 under his seed and sets up a showdown with 200 fly winner Luca Urlando. On the ...

The Other Side of Championship Season: An Appreciation of Coaches With conference season here and championship season just around the corner, it’s easy to get caught up in the races, the splits, and the excitement. In the middle of all that energy, it is worth pausing to recognize the heroes behind ...

Big Ten Women's Championships, Day 1: Michigan Shatters Meet Record in Both Relays The University of Michigan swam to the lead at the 2026 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Minneapolis. The Wolverines won both relays on Wednesday, the only two events on the ...

ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Sprints to 200 Free Conference Record Wednesday is the sprinters’ day at the ACC Championships, with the 50 freestyle and the 200 free relay. NC State is taking full advantage. Quintin McCarty set the meet record in prelims in the 50, then split 18.19 to lea...

SEC Championships, Day 2: Hubert Kos Edges Will Modglin in Electric 100 Back Showdown The first full finals session of the SEC Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., featured racing in the women's and men's 100 backstroke, 200 butterfly and 100 breaststroke along with men's 3-meter diving. A pair of rei...

The 2026 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships continued from the University of Tennessee on Wednesday, Feb. 18, with Day 3 of the meet, the first full day of prelims. The events are the men's and women's 100 backstroke prelims, 200 butterfly prelims and 100 breaststroke prelims. Here is a look at w...

ACC Championships, Day 2 Prelims: 50 Free Depth on Display to Open Officially, it’s the fourth day of the 2026 ACC Championships. But the meet’s swim schedule begins in earnest on Wednesday at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Center. With diving done and the relays started, individual events finally get under...

5 Races To Watch: Men's Conference Championships Edition After months of buildup, we’ve finally arrived.  Championship season has begun in the college swimming world, with the Power 4 conferences’ meets beginning this week. College swimming’s greatest stars and top rivalries will be front and center...

ACC Championships, Night 1 Finals: Louisville, UVA Women Open with Flair; DQ Opens Foor for Florida State The 2026 ACC Championships are off to a perhaps surprising start, with Louisville’s women and the Florida State men winning the 200 medley relay. The two relays opened the swimming competition T...

SEC Championships, Day 1: Jillian Cox, Ahmed Jaouadi Shine in 1650 Free; Tennessee Women Take Down 200 Medley Relay SEC Record The swimming portion of the SEC Championships began Tuesday in Knoxville, Tenn., with action in the 1650 freestyle, 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay. Highlighting th...

Josh Liendo Anchors in 17.58 as Florida Men Swim Fastest 200 Medley Relay in History As soon as the SEC Championships began, the University of Florida men were ready to fire off a massive performance in the 200 medley relay. The team of Jonny Marshall, Koen de Groot, Scotty Buff and Josh Liendo reco...

USC's Minna Abraham Withdraws from Big Ten Championships Citing 'Personal Reasons' USC's Minna Abraham will not be competing at the Big Ten Championships alongside her Trojan teammates. The school announced the withdrawal on social media, with a message from Abraham citing "personal reasons." ...

Hubert Kos Leading 100-Yard Backstroke Improvement Toward 42-Second Swim The past year has seen a huge surge in speed in the men's 100-yard backstroke after the event was essentially stagnant for nine years. A lone, almost-fluky relay leadoff in 2022 was the only time anyone had broken the all-time ...

ACC Championships: Chiara Pellacani, Max Fowler Repeat on Boards Chiara Pellacani and Max Fowler repeated as ACC champions for the second straight season as the ACC Championships kicked off in Atlanta this week. Pellacani, the Italian Olympian, won the women’s 3-meter event on Sunday for the second ...