USA Swimming Confirms It Won’t Send Team To 2022 World Junior Championships
The U.S. will instead focus on the Junior Pan Pacific Championships this year, which will run in late August in Honolulu, Hawaii.
2022 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?
Penn’s Matt Fallon was the top domestic scorer out of the high school class of 2021, though a pair of international freshmen won individual titles.
SwimSwam Pulse: Split Vote On Who Will Emerge As The Top US Woman In 100 Free
26.6 percent of readers think Claire Curzan will be the top American in the 100 free this year, though a pair of NCAA stars are close behind.
arena Swim of the Week: Lukas Märtens Drops Fastest 400 Free Time In Five Years
Märtens’ time of 3:41.60 is the third-fastest we’ve seen in a decade and is nearly two seconds quicker than what it took to win Olympic gold last summer.
Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2018
Kieran Smith was the 11th-ranked recruit back in 2018 but emerges as the top scorer in his high school class after four seasons in the NCAA.
Noah Cakir Becomes Just Fourth U.S. 13-14 Boy Sub-56 In 100 Breast
Team Suffolk’s Cakir clocked 55.94 to move into fourth all-time in the boys’ 13-14 age group in the SCY 100 breaststroke.
Riverside County High School Coach Arrested On Charges of Lewd Acts With Minor
Amanda Quinonez is accused of committing lewd acts with a male student and was arrested in California on Tuesday.
USA Swimming Releases Qualifying Criteria For 2022 World Championships
Qualification berths for the 2022 World Championships will be on the line later this month at the International Team Trials in Greensboro, N.C.
U.S. Selection Criteria Released For 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships
U.S. swimmers who qualify for the World Championships won’t be eligible to qualify for Junior Pan Pacs, which will run in late August in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Who Are The New ISL CEO and Commissioner?
The league has appointed Ben Allen as its new Commissioner, and Matt Dawe as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Towson’s Benzing, UNCW’s Newis Earn Top CAA Men’s Swim & Dive Honors
Towson sophomore Brian Benzing earned CAA Men’s Swimmer of the Year honors after earning a 13th-place finish at NCAAs in the men’s 100 breaststroke.
Whistleblower Alleges FINA Vice President Behaved Unethically At Tokyo 2020
A whistleblower complaint alleges FINA Vice President Zhou Jihong has used her power to try and manipulate diving results.
Former Towson Head Coach Jake Shrum Returns To UVA In Assistant Role
Shrum, a 2008 UVA grad, will return to his alma mater after spending the last six seasons as the head swimming and diving coach at Towson University.
Lukas Märtens Negative-Splits 7:41.43 800 Free For German Record, #10 All-Time
Märtens’ time of 7:41.43 is faster than what Bobby Finke went to win the Olympic gold medal last summer, and makes him the 10th-fastest swimmer ever.
Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2018-2022
Rhyan White helped lead the Alabama women to a surprise #1 ranking with 237 NCAA points out of the high school class of 2018.