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Golden Goggle Awards Announced in Denver: Who Were the Winners? The 2025 Golden Goggle Awards took place on Saturday, Sept. 27, in Denver. The USA Swimming award celebration is in its 22nd year. This year’s ballot features five awards: Female Athlete of the Year, Male Athlete of the Year, Coach of t...

Jack Bauerle Among Four Elected to USA Swimming Board of Directors USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, has announced the election of Jack Bauerle, Billy Doughty, Brent Lang, and Kate Lundsten to its Board of Directors. The organization’s House of...

Katie Ledecky Pushing Toward LA28 With Focus on 'Want Times' With all of the training, distance and build up to a big meet, one of the biggest issues facing competitive swimmers is a burnout. Several months of getting in elite shape, followed by a taper, then a performance on the biggest stage takes...

Gretchen Walsh Confirmed for World Cup Series; American Star's Presence Adds to Stacked Field With the start of the World Cup on the horizon, World Aquatics has announced that American superstar Gretchen Walsh will be part of the three-meet circuit in North America. The governing body made the annou...

Olivia Smoliga, Becca Mann Win First Chicago River Swims in Nearly a Century The Chicago River hosted its first open water swim since 1926 on Sunday, and Olympian Olivia Smoliga made a big splash in her hometown. Smoliga won the non-wetsuit 1-mile race on Sunday near her home of Glenview. The river ...

Swimposium by Connecticut Swimming Brings Key Speakers, Big Audience, Including New USA Swimming CEO The Connecticut Swimming Swimposium took place last week with an all-female lineup of speakers. It was a two-day in-person event that included separate learning tracks for officials, athletes and coa...

Three-Time Olympic Medalist Erika Connolly Retires Erika Connolly, a two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist, announced her retirement on Friday. Connolly and her husband, Alec Connolly, had announced in August that the couple is expecting a baby. That post came a day after Connolly turned...

Golden Goggle Awards Auction Features Dozens of Intriguing Items The Golden Goggle Awards are a week away in Denver and the event's auction is in full swing, with a number of attractive lots available for bid. The auction offers experiences, such as a round of golf at Winged Foot with National Team ...

What Your Favorite Piece of Equipment Says About You  Every swimmer knows the feeling of digging through their mesh bag during practice. The fins are wedged under the paddles, the snorkel is somehow twisted into the straps of the mesh bag, and the pull buoy is always missing when you need it most. S...

Father-Son Reunion or Brief Respite? Michael Andrew Rejoins Father in Hawaii Beautiful waves crash the shore every day in Oahu, Hawaii, from sunrise to sunset. The water surges toward its breaking point, only to gently slow to relaxation. Even after a hard effort, the wave finds peace for itself, a ...

USA Swimming Announces 2026 Pan Pacific Championships Roster USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced its pool roster for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships, which takes place August 12-15, 2026, in Irvine, California. “It was exciting....

Los Angeles Olympic Qualification Procedures Present New Obstacles for American Swimmers Around the world, the qualification process for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles will look different than in previous years. Swimmers aiming to qualify for the newly-added 50-meter stroke events will have t...

Sean Green, Gabi Brito Lead 2025-26 U.S. Junior National Team Sean Green and Gabi Brito are among the headliners on the 2025-26 U.S. Junior National Team, released on Monday by USA Swimming. The roster features 91 individuals, who posted the top-five times in each event among swimmers aged 18 and yo...

The Sydney Six: A Group of Teenagers Launched a Special Era for USA Swimming Today, September 15, marks the silver anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Over the next week, Swimming World will celebrate some of the iconic performances from the Olympic Ga...

Regan Smith Deserved Nomination for Female Athlete of the Year Award Later this month, at the Golden Goggle Awards in Denver, USA Swimming will announce award winners in five categories. When Female Athlete of the Year is revealed, an acceptance speech will be given by Katie Ledecky, Gretchen Walsh,...

Dick Shoulberg Honored with ISHOF Lifetime Achievement Award A multi-time Olympic coach and the man behind the powerhouse Foxcatcher/Germantown Academy program, Richard "Dick" Shoulberg was honored on Saturday night by the International Swimming Hall of Fame. At ISHOF's annual awards ceremony, Shoul...

U.S. Masters Announces Election Results and Award Winners at 2025 Annual Meeting U.S. Masters Swimming elected officers to its Board of Directors and honored many deserving volunteers and coaches with awards at its 2025 annual meeting. Elections The following officers were elected or re-elected: Ed ...

Tickets on Sale for First Stop of World Cup Tour in Carmel (Ind.); Stacked Field Ready to Race Carmel High School is known for its powerhouse status in the sport, but the Indiana school will take on a different identity when it hosts the first stop of the World Aquatics World Cup circuit next month....

When USA Swimming announced its National Team of 121 athletes for 2025-26, a number of swimmers made the jump from the National Junior Team. Twenty members of the 2024-25 USJNT were named to the National Team roster, including World Championships squad members Luka Mijatovic and Campbell McKean. On ...

Michael Norment and His Journey to Notre Dame: 'The People Make This Place Special' Michael Norment was happy at the University of Georgia. After swimming for the Bulldogs and spending the past two seasons as the program's Associate Head Coach, Norment enjoyed being part of what Neil Versfeld was bu...