High School

A Swimmer's Starter Pack: What Screams 'Swimmer?' There are some things that just scream, “you’re a swimmer!” If swimmers had a starter pack, what do you think would be in it? Read along to see what critical items swimmers can’t live without, and what common looks identify a typical competitive swim...

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...

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...

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...

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Maximus Williamson, Teagan O'Dell Add More Victories on Final Day The Winter Junior Nationals careers for Maximus Williamson and Teagan O'Dell concluded Saturday evening in Austin, Texas, with both swimmers adding their fourth wins of the competition while Williamson late...

Speedo Winter Juniors East: Thomas Heilman, Rylee Erisman Take Down National Age Group Records One day after becoming the first 18-and-under swimmer to swim under 44 in the 100 butterfly, Thomas Heilman has again posted a groundbreaking effort in a butterfly race, this time over double the distance....

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Teagan O'Dell, Maximus Williamson Win Two Events Apiece High school seniors Teagan O'Dell and Maximus Williamson continued to impress at their final Winter Juniors meet, with both swimmers capturing first place in their respective 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke races Fr...

Speedo Winter Juniors East: Thomas Heilman Drops 100 Fly NAG to 43.86 Thomas Heilman twice lowered the national-age group record in his signature 100 butterfly Friday at the Speedo Winter Juniors East meet. Heilman went 44.55 in the morning at Greensboro Aquatic Club. That eased the 17-18 NAG held b...

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Maximus Williamson Opts for Sprint Focus, Drops 19.29 Maximus Williamson had an interesting night Thursday at the Speedo Winter Juniors West Championships. The reigning champion and record holder in the men’s 200 individual medley finished just third in that event at Aust...

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Maximus Williamson Helps Lakeside Scare 800 Free Record Maximus Williamson was the only holdover from the quartet that set a Speedo Winter Juniors record last year. Turns out, they’re still pretty fast thanks largely to Williamson. Williamson went 1:32.28 off the front of...

Speedo Winter Juniors East: Bolles Sweeps Boys Relays despite Thomas Heilman 1:32 Bolles School kicked off the Speedo Winter Juniors East meet Wednesday night in North Carolina by winning both of the boys relays on offer. The Sharks went 1:27.33 to win the 200 medley relay, then 6:26.00 to claim the...

Meet Warmup: A Step-by-Step Process to Get Ready to Race Once swimmers are no longer considered age-group or club swimmers, that means they are usually on their own when it comes time to warming up at meets. Without the guidance of their coach telling them exactly what to do, swimmers sometimes feel...

Motivational Monday: Swimming with Teens Helped Make Swimming Fun Again When I came home from college in May, I was burned out. I knew that if I wanted to hit the goals I set for myself for my senior season, I had to train often this summer. However, I was so emotionally, mentally and physically dra...

Canada's Laon Kim, Junior Pan Pacs Medalist, Commits To Texas For 2026 NEW COMMIT: Freestyler Laon Kim out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Texas beginning in Fall 2026. He will join Andrew Maksymowski, Rowan Cox and Austin Carpenter as a member o...

Italian National Junior Teamer Tanni Stevenato Picks Stanford For 2026 NEW COMMIT: Stanford University has added an international flair to its Class of 2026 recruiting, having recently received a verbal pledge from Tanni Stevenato of Venezia, Italy. She will join Taylor Klein and Clare Watson on The...

Army West Point Secures 2026 Verbal From Kellie Kincaid NEW COMMIT: Futures qualifier Kellie Kincaid of Silver Spring, Maryland, has announced her verbal commitment to Army West Point beginning in Fall 2026. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am beyond honored to announce my verbal commitment to...

The Changing College Landscape: How Coaches Are Counseling Recruits Let’s start by agreeing it is currently a crazy world for college swimming. True story: Last fall, an all-state Mid-Atlantic swimmer decommitted from Boston College following revelations of misconduct in its men’s program. After car...

A Letter to Swim Coaches Everywhere: Thank You From the Archive (Thanksgiving Tradition) Dear Coach, I would like to begin this letter by asking you a question. A simple, one-word question: Why? Why did you pursue this career? Why do you wake up at the most ungodly hours every day, just to inevitabl...

8 Types of Coaches: Where Does Your Coach Fit? Over my many years of swimming, I have experienced a lot of different coaches, all who have had a different coaching style. From club to high school swimming, and from high school to college swimming, I have learned how to adapt to different coaches and...