14 Storylines for the 2014 FINA Short Course World Championships, plus all the links you need
Cesar Cielo is already the fastest man in history in long course meters and short course yards. Can he add the short course meters world record this week in Doha?
Swimming featured on first batch of Rio 2016 commemorative coins
The Brazilian Central Bank has launched its first group of commemorative coins for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and swimming is one of four sports featured.
Longtime high school and college coach Joe Gentry passes away
Joseph Gentry, a renowned coach at the college and high school levels for the past three decades, has passed away due to cancer at age 66.
Nica Nadadores: Using swimming to make a difference in Nicaragua
A group of former collegiate swimmers are bringing the sport they love to Nicaragua in order to help local kids develop leadership skills and gain better educational opportunities.
PHOTO & POSTER VAULT: 4th Annual Private School Invite in Grapevine, Texas
Andy Ringgold was at the 4th Annual Private School Swimming & Diving Invitational earlier this month, and gives us an inside look at the action with this photo and poster vault.
Australian open water stars get their tail feathers wet to launch the 2015 Swim the Swan
Network Ten sports journalist Lachy Reid has today challenged Australia’s Open Water swim team members Rhys Mainstone and Simon Huitenga to an open water race with a twist in Perth’s iconic Swan River.
US Olympic Committee looking for ways to aid college sports
With budgetary constraints threatening several Olympic sports on the college level, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is looking into various ways to help support college athletic programs.
Collegiate Water Polo Association Releases 2014 Men’s Varsity Week 12/November 26 Polls
If change is the only constant, then then 2014 Men’s Varsity Week 12/November 26 National Top 20, Division III Top 10 and Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top 10 Polls stay true to science as the aftermath of the 2014 conference championships cause dramatic shifts in this week’s rankings.
United Nations passes resolution to respect autonomy of sport apart from politics
The upshot of the resolution is that it calls for sport to exist independently of politics, meaning that nations shouldn’t boycott sporting events to make political statements, among other things.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Simone Manuel and the swim that changes everything
In a busy weekend for fast college swimming, one race was on another level entirely.
B.C. Para-swimmer wins first Big Splash Award
Swimming Canada’s Big Splash Awards Week is underway as Nathan Stein of Maple Ridge, B.C., was named the Team Aquatic Supplies Male Para-swimmer of the Year today.
Kierra Smith is Big Ten Swimmer of Week after conference’s first A cut
Minnesota’s Kierra Smith was named the Big Ten Female Swimmer of the Week after hitting the conference’s first NCAA “A” cut of the season at the Minneapolis Grand Prix this past weekend.
Florida, A&M clean up on SEC weekly awards for November 25
Texas A&M won three of the conference’s six weekly awards, while Florida took two.
Florida State captures two weekly ACC awards for Nov. 25
Duke and North Carolina student-athletes each take home one apiece
SDSU’s Apostalon, Fresno State’s Holden win Mountain West Awards (Nov 25)
San Diego State’s Anika Apostalon and Fresno State’s Shelbie Holden were honored with Mountain West weekly awards.