SANTA CLARA, California, May 24. THE kick is so important in freestyle races, especially in the sprints but is growing to be increasingly necessary for success in the distance events. G. John Mullen o...
UNIVERSITY CENTER, Michigan, May 24. SAGINAW Valley State University director of athletics Mike Watson announced the addition of women's and men's swimming and diving to varsity status. The women's pr...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 24. LESS than 24 hours after Rick Curl was sentenced seven years in prison for sexually abusing a former swimmer, USA Swimming Executive Director Chuck Wielgus has post...
VANCOUVER, Canada, May 24. YEARS of perseverance and dedication will be recognized this weekend when retirement ceremonies are held for Olympic bronze medallist Brent Hayden and former world record ho...
KANAGAWA, Japan, May 24. THE first day of the Japan open long course competition saw members of the country's world championship swim team impress in their first races since being added to the world t...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 24. RICK Curl was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of his former swimmers back in the 1980s, a charge that came to light in July last year and result...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 24. OLYMPIC and world champion Cesar Cielo is visiting Arizona for a brief training trip before heading to the Arena Grand Prix in Santa Clara, and he sat down with Swimming Wo...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. THE Israel swimming foundation announced this week that seven men and one woman will represent the country at the FINA world championships this summer in Barcelona, Spain.
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BAKERSFIELD, California, May 23. THE California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Central Section Division 1 Championships May 16-18 did not start out quite as Clovis West High School had envisioned. I...
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ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 23. RICK Curl was sentenced to seven years of jail time after pleading guilty to charges that he sexually abused a former underage swimmer over the course of...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. THE nominations for the annual Teen Choice Awards in the United States features Olympic champions Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin in the running for the favorite male and f...
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, May 23. WITH former Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team and Golden West Swim Club employee Bill Jewell now under investigation by USA Swimming according to the OC Register, G...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. MOST of the members of Japan's world championship swim team will race this weekend at the Japan Open in Kanagawa, one of the few meets the team will race in together before...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. MIKE Hoppe, the coach behind Winn Aung's recent national age group national record joins today's edition of The Morning Swim Show.
Hoppe joined the coaching staff at Re...
TULARE, California, May 22. The girls title at the CIF Central Section Division 2 Swimming and Diving Championships, held May 17-18, was decided by just seven points. The Kingsburg Lady Vikings edged ...
LOS ANGELES, California, May 22. THE Palisades Charter Dolphins swept the team titles at the CIF-Los Angeles City High School Swimming and Diving Championships May 14-17. Prelims were held May 14 and ...
ORLANDO, Florida, May 22. AT the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Business Meeting and Convention in Orlando, FL the membership of the CSCAA elected three new representatives to...
By Neville Smith, ZwemZa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 22. SPORT Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced has announced that his department will offer financial assistance to the cash strapped natio...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 22. THE final stop of USA Swimming's 2012-13 Arena Grand Prix Series -- the May 30-June 2 Arena Grand Prix at Santa Clara -- will feature a star-studded field including...
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 22. LAST Sunday, Craig Dietz swam the treacherous 1.5 miles from Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay to the mainland, placing 689th out of 817 competitors.
Dietz...
Contribution by Paul Smith, Sportsbeat
LONDON, England, May 22. SUTTON Coldfield swimmer Bradley Lynch believes he is capable of hitting peak form in time for Rio 2016. The 17-year-old City of Bi...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 22. CHARLIE Wiser joins today's edition of The Morning Swim Show shortly after becoming the second-fastest 100 breaststroker in high school history.
Wiser relives the race ...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 22. USA Diving yesterday named 15 athletes to participate in the world championships in Barcelona this summer, including Olympic champion David Boudia, who will compete in just...
Commentary by Jeff Commings
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 21. THE 2012-2013 high school swimming season will be remembered as one of the most exciting in recent history, if only for the extraordinary numbe...
SAN DIEGO, California, May 21. FOUR sectional and four divisional records fell during the CIF San Diego High School Division 2 Swimming and Diving Championships. The swimming events were held May 15 a...
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 21. THREE of the American divers who won Olympic medals last summer in London look to repeat or improve on their Olympic performances this summer at the FINA world champions...
SAN DIEGO, California, May 21. THANKS to a trio of talented seniors and a solid swimming team, the Torrey Pines Falcons earned their fourth consecutive girls title at the CIF San Diego High School Swi...
SOMERS, Wisconsin, May 21. MARTYN Wilby, Anthony Nesty and Matt Tallman have been named Assistant Coach-of-the-Year by CollegeSwimming.com. Tallman, of Notre Dame was named the top Rising Assistant C...
SARASOTA, Florida, May 21. U.S. Masters Swimming has joined the fray to lower the drowning rate in the United States by offering grants to programs that teach adults to swim the length of a pool.
T...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 21. OLYMPIC champion Yannick Agnel held a press conference today to explain his decision to move to the United States and train with Bob Bowman at the North Baltimore Aquatic Clu...
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 21. YANNICK Agnel has been looking around for a place to train in the United States, and it appears he has found it. The French sports newspaper L'Equipe reports that the 200 f...