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Team USA Will Head to Croatia for Training Camp on June 4

The 2022 World Championship reschedule means that American athletes have a bigger-than-normal gap before leaving for their staging camp in Croatia.

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2022 U.S. Trials: Day 5 Swims You Might Have Missed or Overlooked

These posts focus on the swims from each day of the meet which might have flown under the radar, or not received a sufficient amount of coverage.

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2022 U.S. Trials: SwimSwam Pick’ems Contest Final Results

In this post we’ll be looking at the final scores from the SwimSwam Pick’em contest for the 2022 U.S. International Team Trials.

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USA Swimming Confirms 41 Swimmers for 2022 World Championships

Katie Ledecky has qualified for her 5th World Aquatics Championships with four scheduled individual starts in the 200, 400, 800, and 1500 freestyles.

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Nic Fink on Making the World Champs Team Even With Swimming on the Back Burner

Fink and Swanson lunged for the wall and stopped the clock at exactly the same time, going 2:08.84 to tie for first place.

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Torri Huske on Bouncing Back from COVID to Make World Champs Team

In a repeat of the 2020 Olympic Trials final, Torri Huske and Claire Curzan went 1-2 in the 100 fly to qualify for the U.S. squad in their signature event.

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USA Swimming Names 5 Assistant Coaches for 2022 World Championships

For the second straight year, Ron Aitken (above) has put three swimmers on the United States’ primary long course roster. This year, he was rewarded with an official spot on staff.

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2022 U.S. World Championship Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

We have come to the final session of the 2022 International Trials in Greensboro, where the U.S. World Championship team will soon be revealed.

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Hunter Armstrong Retires From NCAA Swimming, Will Turn Pro

After recently breaking the world record in the 50 back, Hunter Armstrong will forego his two remaining years of NCAA eligibility at Ohio State to turn pro.

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Leah Hayes Breaks 15-16 NAG in 200 IM, Becomes Youngest American Under 2:10

16-year-old Leah Hayes got the job done tonight, finishing 2nd in the women’s 200 IM with a 2:09.99 to qualify for the U.S. World Championships roster.

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Alex Walsh Breaks U.S. Open Record With 2:07.84 200 IM, #2 American Ever

Walsh is now the only other American woman alongside Ariana Kukors to break the 2:08 barrier in the 200 IM, and is the #6 performer of all time.

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2022 U.S. Trials Day 5: Finke, Walsh Break U.S. Open Records, Hayes Makes Team

Tokyo Olympians Bobby Finke and Alex Walsh broke U.S. Open Records in their signature races, adding more events to their Budapest lineups.

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Bobby Finke Breaks US Open Record in 800 Free

Defending 800 Olympic champion Bobby Finke dropped a new US Open Record to close out his Trials to rank third in the world this year.

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Leah Hayes Only New Name to Join Worlds Team on Final Day of Trials

No roster cap limit issues this year, as all swimmers who qualified to make the Worlds team will be able to join Team USA in Budapest.

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Katie Grimes Passes Janet Evans, Now #2 15-16 All Time in 1500

Sandpipers’ Katie Grimes has passed the legend Janet Evans to rank second all time in the 15-16 girls 1500 free, only behind Katie Ledecky.

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