G. Walsh, Curzan, Cox, and Pellacani Nominated for 2025 Honda Sport Award For Swim/Dive
Gretchen Walsh is among the nominees for the 2025 Honda Award for Swimming and Diving, marking her fourth-ever nomination.
Swim Coach Doc Counsilman, 2 Swimmers Among 2025 USOPC Hall of Fame Finalists
Doc Counsilman (left) coached at least 60 Olympians while at Indiana and was the head coach of the 1964 and 1976 U.S. Olympic men’s swimming teams.
Jimmy Carter’s Complicated Legacy With the Olympic Movement
Jimmy Carter had a complicated relationship with the U.S. Olympic movement, signing into law the Ted Stevens Amateur Sports Act and enacting the 1980 Olympic boycott.
Home Pool Advantage: A Host Country Swimming Analysis
Léon Marchand led France to a historic performance in the pool this year, winning four events in Olympic record time. Did the home crowd have any effect?
The Streak Continues: Women’s 200 And 400 IM Won By Same Swimmer Since 1996 Olympics
The winner of the 200 and 400 IM has been the same on the women’s side in the last 8 Olympic Games. It is the most common double for gold.
How Unprecedented Is Kate Douglass’s Olympic Swimming Lineup?
Douglass’s 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 IM lineup at the Olympic games is a type of lineup that not many swimmers have taken on before.
Making the US Olympic Team vs. Making the Podium at the Olympics, a Statistical Review
Hali Flickinger occupies a pretty unique space in American swimming history, threading a needle that nobody else has done in at least 40 years.
Leon Marchand: Mastering Breaststroke and Butterfly
Marchand has the chance to become the first swimmer in Olympic history to win a medal in both butterfly and breaststroke in Paris.
SwimSwam Pulse: 69.4% Believe Katie Ledecky Is The Female GOAT
Ledecky’s resume currently includes seven Olympic gold medals, 10 in total, along with 21 World Championship titles, 16 of which are individual.
Bob Bowman Talks Balancing Time Between Team USA, International ASU Swimmers
“There’s a global community in swimming,” Bowman said. “Almost every one of the coaches on this deck is involved with more than one country’s swimmers.”
Explaining the Unicorn World Records from the 2000 and 2004 NCAA Championships
In order to alleviate confusion, here are the details on how World Records were broken at two separate NCAA Championship meets.
Kate Douglass Named 2023 Honda Sport Award Winner For Swimming And Diving
Douglass, who also won in 2022, becomes the first swimmer since Natalie Coughlin to earn multiple Honda Sport Awards in their collegiate career.
Max Stern Breaks 2 LSC Records at Southeastern Swimming Championships
Samuel “Max” Stern of Opelika breaks two 10&U LSC records and takes home 6 individual golds at “Southeasterns” in Huntsville, AL.
Tracy Stockwell (Caulkins) Out As President of Swimming Australia After Nine Months
Swimming Australia announced the election of Dr. Michelle Gallen as its new President, axing Tracy Stockwell after just nine months.
Returning To Racing In The Open Sea
Accomplished open water swimmers speak on competing in the Maui Channel Swim From Lanai to Maui.