Read moreRyan Murphy Will Not Compete This Summer, 'Will Keep the Door Open' for Future Return20 May 2025Ryan Murphy Will Not Compete This Summer, 'Will Keep the Door Open' for Future Return The top men's backstroker in the United States for the past decade will not be part of the team bound for this summer's World Championships in Singapore. Ryan Murphy revealed on social media Tuesday that he will si...
Read moreKnight Commission Discusses Ways to Help Olympic Movement Within College Sports20 May 2025The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics hosted a panel discussing the future of Olympic sports in the current collegiate model on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Indianapolis. The problems facing Olympic sports in the NCAA are well-documented. While 85% of D1 athletes participated in a sport ot...
Read moreTeam USA Swimmer David Curtiss Announces Retirement, Joins Police Force19 May 2025Team USA Swimmer David Curtiss Announces Retirement, Joins Police Force Former U.S. National Team member David Curtiss has announced his retirement from competitive swimming and will begin his next chapter as a police officer. "Time for a little transparency — my time in the sport of swimming has co...
Read moreCadence Vincent Caps Impressive Weekend with 24.80 in 50 Free19 May 2025Cadence Vincent Caps Impressive Weekend with 24.80 in 50 Free Cadence Vincent quietly assembled a breakout week at the Bulldog Grand Slam in Athens, capped by a fast time in the 50 freestyle on Sunday. Vincent set a pair of best times on the day. She clocked in at 24.93 seconds in prelims, then sped...
Read more1Sun Devil Open Day 2: Taylor Ruck, Torri Huske Double Up With Pair of Wins17 May 2025Sun Devil Open Day 2: Taylor Ruck, Torri Huske Double Up With Pair of Wins The Sun Devil Open continued with its second day of competition from Tempe on Saturday, May 17. Taylor Ruck opened the second day of finals with a win in the 50 backstroke. The Canadian Olympian got to the wall in 28.87 to dr...
Read moreHubert Kos, Regan Smith Double Saturday Night in Austin; Marchand Clocks 2:08.25 200 Breast17 May 2025Hubert Kos, Regan Smith Double Saturday Night in Austin; Marchand Clocks 2:08.25 200 Breast A concluding session of tune-up racing at the Longhorn Elite Invitational saw backstroke specialists Hubert Kos and Regan Smith each win over 100 meters in their preferred stroke, and both swimmers returned a...
Read more2Leon Marchand Sends Message with 4:07.11 in 400 IM at Longhorn Invite; Hubert Kos Looks Strong16 May 2025Leon Marchand Posts World's Top 400 IM Time With 4:07.11 at Longhorn Invite Less than 10 months ago, Leon Marchand raced the 400 IM in front of an adoring crowd in Paris on the way to his first Olympic gold medal. The stakes were far lower Friday evening at the Longhorn Elite Invite as he notched th...
Read moreSun Devil Open: Torri Huske Doubles Up to Open Meet16 May 2025Sun Devil Open: Torri Huske Doubles Up to Open Meet Torri Huske won the women’s 200 individual medley and 50 freestyle on the opening day of the Sun Devil Open Friday. Huske went 2:11.57 in the 200 IM final to prevail in an all-Stanford battle for the wall. Second was Caroline Bricker in 2:11.90, wi...
Read more2Ieva Maluka Drops Five Seconds For Latvian 200 Fly Record16 May 2025Ieva Maluka Drops Five Seconds For Latvian 200 Fly Record Ieva Maluka dropped more than five seconds on the 200 butterfly to set the Latvian record at the Bulldog Grand Slam at the University of Georgia on Friday. Maluka entered with a best time of 2:20.20 from the Baltic States Championships in 202...
Read more1Anti-Doping Back on Capitol Hill with Senate Hearing on May 2216 May 2025Anti-Doping Back on Capitol Hill with Senate Hearing on May 22 U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is convening a Senate subcommittee hearing on May 22 over anti-doping enforcement in swimming. The hearing of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy, which Blackburn ...
Read more1Simone Manuel Blasts 53.11 100 Freestyle at Longhorn Elite Invite; Carson Foster Duels with Rex Maurer in 400 Free15 May 2025Simone Manuel Blasts 53.11 100 Freestyle at Longhorn Elite Invite Many of the elite swimmers based at the University of Texas are competing this weekend in their home pool in one last tune-up for U.S. Nationals, the selection meet for this summer's World Championships. In Thursday evening's racing, ...
Read moreUSA Swimming Announces Selection Procedures for 2026 Pan Pacific Championships15 May 2025USA Swimming Announces Selection Procedures for 2026 Pan Pacific Championships USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced its pool selection procedures for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships, which will have its swimming events August 12-...
Read moreUSA Swimming Announces Updates to 2025-2026 National Events Calendar14 May 2025USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced four updates to its 2025-2026 national events calendar. The 2025-2026 season will kick off with the Toyota U.S. Open, which will return to a Long-Course-Meter format and take place December 3-6 a...
Read moreUSA Swimming Foundation Announces 2025 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Grant Recipients14 May 2025USA Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in the United States, and its fundraising arm, the USA Swimming Foundation, today announced the 2025 Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) grant recipients. Eight HBCU programs will receive funding this year, which will help them to...
Read more10Grant House Got Involved With NCAA Lawsuit to ‘Open Up The Doors,’ Not Deny Opportunities (VIDEOS)14 May 2025Grant House Got Involved With NCAA Lawsuit to ‘Open Up The Doors,’ Not Deny Opportunities When he became associated with the lawsuit that would later bear his name, Grant House had no idea of the wide-ranging implications for college sports that would result over the next several years. He never exp...
Read more1Rex Maurer Will Aim to Turn College Wins into International Rise12 May 2025Rex Maurer Will Aim to Turn College Wins into International Rise Entering the summer championship season, the U.S. women continue to look like the world’s deepest and most dominant team. They won 18 medals at the Paris Olympics and are now set up for success at the Singapore World Championships foll...
Read morePassages: Presley Bard Anderson, Former US National Teamer, Dies After Lung Cancer Battle11 May 2025Passages: Presley Bard Anderson, Former US National Teamer, Dies After Lung Cancer Battle Former U.S. National team swimmer Presley Bard Anderson died on April 30, 2025, at age 34. Bard Anderson had been battling lung cancer for the past three years. The news was announced on the family's GoFundMe p...
Read moreA Week of Katie Ledecky Stats (Day One): A Look at All the Records of Her Storied Career11 May 2025A Week of Katie Ledecky Stats (Day One): All the Records of Her Storied Career One week after she stunningly lowered her world record in the 800-meter freestyle to 8:04.12, Swimming World is kicking off A Week of Katie Ledecky Statistics. Each day for the next week, we’ll run a short piece that high...
Read moreClaire Weinstein Making Inroads on World’s Best in Mid-Distance Freestyle08 May 2025Claire Weinstein Making Inroads on World’s Best in Mid-Distance Freestyle Each of the last three seasons has seen Claire Weinstein make a substantial jump in her ascent to international prominence in the freestyle events. In 2022, she was just 15 years old and less than a year removed from joining t...
Read more1ASCA Timothy Welsh Fellowship Program: Call For Fellows07 May 2025Applications are now being accepted for the ASCA Timothy Welsh Fellows Program. In its 23nd year, this excellent career development program aims to identify and foster future swimming coach leaders. Annually, ASCA selects a group of coaches to spend a year of research, education, and career exposure...