GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/6/2021
In our GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series, we celebrate swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of recent results.
SwimSwam Pulse: 50% Agree That Hoffer Was Best ISL Rookie Draft Pick
Voters overwhelmingly agree: #2 overall pick Ryan Hoffer was the best value of the first-ever ISL Draft, far outpacing #1 pick Arno Kamminga.
Pawlaski, Kern, Zheng Star At Aquajets Summer Inivte
13-year-old Cate Pawlaski went 1:13.18 and 2:36.50 in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, respectively, at the Aquajets Summer Invite.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: US Men’s Medley Streak In Jeopardy
Adam Peaty (above) is the most powerful medley relay ace in the world, but the British leadoff Luke Greenbank might be the key to the whole thing.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: Nailbiter Set In Women’s Medley Relay
Whether you look at season-bests or best splits over the past three years, things come down to tenths between the U.S. and Australia in this relay.
FINA Rejects Soul Cap For International Competition, Drawing Criticism
The Black-owned swim cap company says FINA would not approve its caps for competition, saying the cap does not “follow the natural form of the head.”
SwimSwam Pulse: Omaha Nips Indy As Voters Preferred 2024 Trials Host
37.1% of voters would like to see the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials return to Omaha, Nebraska in 2024, while 34.7% favor Indianapolis, Indiana.
Eddie Reese Un-Retiring, Returning To Texas For 44th Season
Swim coaching legend Eddie Reese announced his retirement this spring. But University of Texas officials are suggesting things might not be so final.
Full ISL Rosters Heading Into 30-Day Free Agency
The Aqua Centurions kicked off their rebuild by making Dutch breaststroker Arno Kamminga the International Swimming League’s first-ever #1 overall pick.
Guinea-Bissau’s Siphiwe Baleka Blocked From Olympics Over FINA Deadline Rule
FINA has denied an application that would make Siphiwe Baleka the first-ever Olympic swimmer from Guinea-Bissau in a dispute over the qualifying deadline.
LIVE Recap of the 2021 ISL Draft
The International Swimming League (ISL) is holding its first-ever swimmer draft – and we’re covering every second of it.
Kameneva Heads Top-Scoring Unretained ISL Veterans Before Fan Vote
After yesterday’s rounds of retained swimmers, we’re keeping track of the top-scoring swimmers who have not yet been retained by their teams.
Ohashi, Irie, Larkin, Seliskar Out of ISL For 2021 Season, Per Fan Vote Options
The list of ISL swimmers up for fan voting reveals several key names who have withdrawn from the professional swimming league.
2021 ISL Draft: Live Updates of Retained Swimmers & Rookie Picks
Follow this live-updating page of all the swimmers retained by each International Swimming League franchise as the draft begins today.
Peaty, Proud Among Top Options For ISL’s Fan-Vote Swimmer Retention
The London Roar have three top-50 scorers from last year among their unretained athletes: Adam Peaty, Maria Kameneva, and Christian Diener.