Olympian Alex Meyer to give open water swimming clinic at the International Open Water Swimming Festival April 12-13
Alex Meyer, 2012 US Olympic Open Water Swimmer and Vasa athlete, will be team up with Teresa Crippen to present an LSC open water swim clinic as part of the events at the annual Open Water Swimming Festival, April 12-13 at Miromar Lakes in Estero, Fla.
How To Foam Roller Yourself Into Being a Better Swimmer
The foam roller is now as common on pool desk as swimsuits and goggles. But do they provide significant benefits? And how should you use them correctly to benefit swimming?
Video: Zachary Mollory wins 200 Free at 2014 YMCA Nationals, 1:35.96
Sitting second coming out of prelims, Ocean County’s Zachary Molloy exploded for a big finals swim, going 1:35.66 to break the national record. The old mark was 1:35.96 set by Nicholas Caldwell back in 2011.
Video: Maxwell Dolan 2014 YMCA Nationals 400 IM Winner, 3:46.81
It was a Wilton 1-2 in the boys 400 IM, with a pair of teammates and future Big Ten foes sweeping the top two spots. Top seed Maxwell Dolan went 3:46.81 to just eke out a win over his teammate Ian Rainey by .01.
Video: Harnish wins 400 IM at 2014 YMCA Nationals, 4:11.93
14-year-old Courtney Harnish continues to improve, dropping 3.3 seconds from her already-lifetime-best prelims swim to win the 400 IM. The York YMCA product went 4:11.93, thanks to some big front-half swimming.
Cyclist Sarah Hammer & Paralympian Evan Strong earn U.S. Olympic Committee’s March honors
Top performances throughout March earned Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.) and Paralympic snowboarder Evan Strong (Maui, Hawaii) Athlete of the Month…
Olympian Alex Meyer Walks The 2014 YMCA Nationals Parade
2012 Olympian and open water World Champion, Alex Meyer, walks the famous YMCA Nationals Parade in Greensboro, North Carolina. Alex…
Riding On A Crest Of A Wave…Support From A Home Crowd
With just a week until the British Gas Swimming Championships in Glasgow (10-15 April), Scotland’s Ross Muir can’t wait for his shot at qualifying for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
SwimSpray to Work with Chloe Sutton as First Athlete Ambassador
A partnership between SwimSpray, Chloe Sutton and the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour Presented by Swimoutlet.com, will help increase awareness in the swimming community about the benefits of using all-natural formulas, to remove chlorine from your hair and skin.
U.S. Olympic Committee announces 2014 Best of U.S. award winners
The United States Olympic Committee today announced the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games honorees for Best of U.S.,…
Video: Ryan Held 2014 YMCA Nationals 50 Free Winner, 19.58
This race was another one of our “pre-meet highlights” and Ryan Held certainly did not disappoint. The senior out of the Springfield, Illinois YMCA not only swam a lifetime best of 19.58 to win the title.
Video: Konopka 2014 YMCA Nationals 50 Free Winner, 22.46
Another Middle Tyger podium finish came from 16-year old Katrina Konopka, on her second swim of the finals session, with a 22.46.
Video: Weaver 2014 YMCA Nationals 100 Fly Winner, 52.87
Courtney Weaver was successful in winning her 10th career YMCA National Championship, and even though she couldn’t match her record-breaking prelims swim of 52.51, Weaver still had a comfortable margin of victory with a 52.87 for the title.
Video: Petersen 2014 YMCA Nationals 100 Fly Winner, 48.12
Led by Nick Petersen from the Schroeder YMCA in 48.12, last year’s runner-up, there were 5 swimmers in this final under 49 seconds.
Feature Video: 2014 Australian Swimming Championships
Swimming video is courtesy of Swimming Australia for the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships.