SwimSwam Pulse: 66.5% Think Women’s 50 Fly WR Is Going Down…And It Almost Did Friday
Kate Douglass came just four one-hundredths shy of breaking the super-suited world record in the women’s 50 fly on Friday in Singapore.
SwimSwam Pulse: 34.8% Think Yamato Okadome Will Be Top Male International Freshman
Okadome, a Japanese breaststroker at Cal who turned heads when he dropped a 1:52.85 200 breaststroke during the Bears dual with UC San Diego two weeks ago.
SwimSwam Pulse: 43.9% Most Excited To See Marchand Compete At SC Worlds
We got a glimpse of what Marchand can do on the first night of racing at the World Cup in Shanghai, and there promises to be more to come at SC Worlds.
The Magic Of The Water: A Celebration Of Swimmers
For some swimmers in the water something extraordinary happens. It’s more than just technique or talent it’s magic. A moment when the water embraces them
SwimSwam Pulse: 47.3% Indifferent To Lack of Parity In NCAA Swimming
Gretchen Walsh has led the Virginia women to an unparalleled level of dominance in recent seasons. Does that make the sport less exciting?
A Case For Butterfrog
Butterfrog, the original form of butterfly that was swam throughout much of the 1930s and 1940s, deserves to have a comeback.
SwimSwam Pulse: 63.1% Think Hubert Kos Is Most Likely Man To Sweep Backstrokes At NCAAs
Hubert Kos is riding a wave of momentum into his third NCAA season after winning Olympic gold in the 200 back in Paris.
SwimSwam Pulse: 55.7% Think 200 Fly Will Be Toughest SCM World Record For Marchand To Crack
Leon Marchand has been an unstoppable force in short course yards and long course meters, but what he can he do in SCM?
SwimSwam Pulse: 41.9% Want To See Short Course Meters In The NCAA
What kind of damage could Gretchen Walsh do to the world record books if she had the opportunity to race SCM in college competition?
SwimSwam’s Official Ballot for the 2024 Golden Goggles Awards
At the 2024 Golden Goggles Awards, Bobby Finke could match Michael Phelps as the only swimmer to win Male Race of the Year for four straight years.
SwimSwam Pulse: 35.6% Favor Texas To Win Men’s NCAA Title In Bowman’s First Year
When Bob Bowman took over, Texas was coming off its worst NCAA finish in nearly two decades. Now, the Longhorns are favored by many to win the 2025 title.
Where Does Leon Marchand’s Paris Olympic Performance Rank Among All-Time Greats
Marchand’s 4 individual gold medal’s at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was without-a-doubt one of the best individual performances we’ve ever seen.
SwimSwam Pulse: 37.3% Pick Stanford Women As ‘Best of the Rest’ Team Behind Top 3
Behind the proverbial top three of Virginia, Texas and Florida, the Stanford Cardinal emerged as the next-best women’s NCAA team in our latest poll.
SwimSwam Pulse: Pan’s Dominance Makes Men’s 100 Free The Most Surprising Event In Paris
Pan was among the pre-race favorites, but the amount he broke the world record by, and his stunning margin of victory, made the 100 free the biggest surprise.
American swim fans re: gold medal count (@swimswam48/X)
After a tumultuous past few seasons by many of the top U.S. swimmers, the young rising stars at the Junior Pan Pacs are a shining light for USA Swimming.