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Chris Giuliano Wins 100 Free at Indy May Cup in 48.70 Chris Guiliano was within a second of his best time in winning the 100 freestyle at the Indy May Cup on Saturday night. Guiliano went 48.70 at night to outduel Blake Pieroni by .04 seconds. Andrej Barna was third in 49.03, with Rafael Miroslaw ro...

Ryan Murphy Swims 53.16 100 Backstroke in Irvine (Club Excellence Challenge Men's Roundup) Veteran backstroker Ryan Murphy continues to round into form as he approaches this summer's Olympic Trials. The reigning world champion in the 100 back will try to put himself in position to reclaim the Olympi...

Kasia Wasick Leads Fast Pack of 50 Freestyle Performances (Club Excellence Challenge Women's Roundup) During the fourth and final day of racing at a trio of meets comprising USA Swimming's Club Excellence Challenge, designed as one final tune-up prior to next month's Olympic Trials, the speediest wo...

Alex Shackell Just off Best Time with 2:07 200 Fly at Indy May Cup Alex Shackell was just off her best time in the 200 butterfly Friday night en route to a win at the Indy May Cup. Shackell went 2:07.16. That’s just .03 off her best time from Speedo Sectionals. More telling, it’s well quicker than t...

Ryan Murphy Notches His Fastest 200 Back Performance of 2024 (Club Excellence Challenge Men's Roundup) The top U.S. men's backstroker of the past decade, Ryan Murphy, is hoping to win medals at a third consecutive Olympics this summer, and he appears to be rounding into form just in time for the upc...

Katie Ledecky, Emma Weyant Impressive at Atlanta Classic (Club Excellence Challenge Women's Roundup) During the first two days of the Atlanta Classic, seven-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky set herself up for a strong Olympic summer with the world's fastest time in the 1500 freestyle and then tyi...

With the 2024 Paris Olympics in full focus, Olympic champion Michael Phelps sat down with NBC's "Meet the Press" to discuss his experiences at the pinnacle of swimming. The full interview will air on Sunday on NBC. Phelps is a 23-time Olympic gold medalist and 28-time overall medalist in Olympic com...

Lilly King, Zach Harting Pick Up Wins at the Indy May Cup Olympians Lilly King and Zach Harting were among the big names to pick up wins Thursday at the second day of the Indy May Cup at IU Natatorium. King won the women’s 100 breaststroke in 1:06.37. She had another Olympian in the field in Lithuan...

Caeleb Dressel Clocks 48.30 100 Freestyle at Atlanta Classic (Men's Roundup) Last year's Atlanta Classic marked the first meet in which Caeleb Dressel raced in almost a year, and since then, he has steadily progressed back toward top form as he aims to qualify for his third Olympic team next month. ...

Katie Ledecky Breaks 4:00 in 400 Freestyle at Atlanta Classic; Dakota Luther Shines in Austin (Women's Roundup) Meets in Atlanta, Austin and Irvine comprise the USA Swimming Club Excellence Challenge Series, providing the last major racing opportunity for top swimmers prior to the U.S. Olympic Trial...

Katie Ledecky Swims World's Fastest Mile at Atlanta Classic In her final tune-up for the Olympic Trials, Katie Ledecky has gotten her racing lineup started with the world's fastest time in the women's 1500 freestyle. Racing Wednesday evening at the Atlanta Classic, Ledecky dominated the field by mor...

One Month Out: American Swimmers Last Final Trials Tune-Ups in Atlanta, Austin, Irvine As of Wednesday, exactly one month remains before the first spots on the U.S. Olympic swim team will be decided at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Accordingly, the upcoming weekend will mark the last races for ...

How Fast to Qualify For United States Swimming Relays in Paris? In the final leadup to next month’s Olympic Trials, plenty of top contenders are putting an inordinate focus on the 100 and 200 freestyle. Rightfully so, with the top-six male and female swimmers in each race likely to earn relay bids o...

Morgan Pearson Makes History with World Triathlon Series Win Morgan Pearson won the World Triathlon Series Championships Series race in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, the first American man to win a world series event since 2009. Pearson had medaled three times before on the world circuit, but no Americ...

USA Swimming Announces Support Staff, Physicians for 2024 Olympics USA Swimming on Monday revealed the support staff for the American swim team at the 22024 Olympics in Paris. The pool team will be accompanied by physicians Katie Edenfield and Brian Krabak. Carrie Belleson is the team chiropractor, ...

Jon Urbanchek Inspired Entire Swimming Community to 'Keep it Moving' Last week, the U.S. swimming community lost a legend when Jon Urbanchek died at age 87. Over the next few days, tributes poured in from across the swimming community, athletes who swam for Urbanchek at the University of Michigan or...

Lilly King ‘Not Confident’ in Clean Olympic Field after China Doping Revelation Lilly King, long an outspoken critic of the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports, told the New York Times on Sunday that she is “not confident” in the sports’ anti-doping process. King spoke to the Times, which w...

Michael Phelps Soaks Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show' (VIDEO) Michael Phelps is used to being soaked, but on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, he got to soak the host. Fallon and Phelps played a game on the show called "Water War" which is just the card game war, where the high card wins. Loser ...

Todd DeSorbo Named College Coach of the Year by USOPC The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Thursday named Todd DeSorbo its national college coach of the year. The USOPC honored eight coaches and staffers in its annual awards for outstanding leadership across Olympic sports. DeSorbo ...

Adjustments in College Season Have Aiden Hayes Looking Toward Trials Chances are, if you knew of Aiden Hayes before he arrived at NC State, the two talking points would’ve been Oklahoma and the 50 free. The native of Norman and Swimming World’s 2021 Boys High School Swimmer of the Year, Hayes made h...