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.
Kaylee McKeown Is Just The Third Swimmer To Hold 50/100/200 LC World Records Simultaneously
In breaking the 50 back world record, McKeown joined Penny Heyns and Lenny Krayzelburg in the elite group of swimmers to hold 50/100/200 WRs at the same time.
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.
Ilya Shymanovich Betters Own SCM 100 Breast World Record In 55.32
Shymanovich’s time slices .02 off his previous world mark of 55.34, set at the 2020 Belarusian Championships last December.
Ed Moses to Star in Netflix’s New “Ultimate Beastmaster”
2000 Olympic gold medalist Ed Moses is will on an out-of-water physical challenge on Netflix’s “The Beastmaster,” premiering next month.
Cody Miller Lowers 14-Year-Old 50 Breast American Record
Cody Miller broke the American Record in the 50 breast semis in 26.15.
Ed Moses Will Not Swim In Omaha
Despite qualifying for the 2016 U.S Olympic Trials in the 100m breaststroke at the end of May, the former Olympic gold medallist Ed Moses stated in an Instagram post that he will not be racing in the 100m breaststr
USA Swimming’s Olympic Trials Qualifier List by the Numbers
USA Swimming released a new Trials qualifier list this week updated with all swims through June 7th. This is likely…
Kevin Swander Drops an OT Cut After Ed Moses Qualifies for Omaha
Age is just a number. 32-year-old Kevin Swander blasted a 1:02.18 in the 100 breast for an Olympic Trials cut…
Ed Moses Qualifies for Olympic Trials on 2 Practices in 4 Years
Olympic gold medalist Ed Moses qualifies for the Olympic Trials having swum only 2 practices in the past 4 years.
2000 Olympic Champion Ed Moses To Appear on Oh Sit! Season Premier
Ed Moses, seen above at the 2012 Indianapolis Grand Prix, will take on a new kind of competition on Tuesday night. (Photo Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Hu, Seliskar Lead Record-Breaking Night at Northern Virginia Regional Championship
Janet Hu (above) and Andrew Seliskar were swimming in high school action on Saturday in a record-setting night in Northern VA. (Photo Courtesy: Matt Rees)
Swim Prank Videos
If you have a swim prank video, send it to swimswam. (Swim Photo Credit: SP)
Dave Finally Gets to Edit the Column
David: Hey Gary, thanks for going on vacation, I look forward to deleting all the jokes that I never understand.
Shields Smokes 100 Fly; West Adds Second OT Event
Tom Shields is starting to click in long course. (Photo Courtesy: Melissa Lundie)