USA Swimming Names Mike Unger As Interim Executive Director
USA Swimming has named Mike Unger its interim Executive Director to replace the recently-deceased Chuck Wielgus.
USA Swimming Executive Director Search Part 3: Frontrunners
We’ve looked at the job itself and the process USA Swimming will follow in finding a successor. But who are the top candidates to fill the position? We run through some of the early frontrunners here:
“The Last Gold” Premieres at LA Film Festival to Rave Audience Reviews
“The Last Gold: The greatest untold story in Olympic swimming history,” which recounts the struggle the U.S. women’s swim team had against the doped East Germans at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montréal, opened on Monday at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials Sold Out for Seven of Eight Nights
U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming Sold Out for Seven of Eight Nights; Tickets Remain Only for Sunday, July 3, Final Session
USA Swimming: “Olympic Ring Tattoos Shouldn’t Be An Issue At Trials”
Will swimmers bearing the Olympic rings as part of visible tattoos be DQ’d at U.S. Olympic Trials?
The Last Gold chosen as Official Program Selection for 2016 LA Film Festival
See the film’s trailer here and learn why this is the Greatest Untold Story in Olympic Swimming History.
100,000 tickets sold for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in 6 weeks
The high level of competition to claim a U.S. Olympic spot and the return of Olympic legend Michael Phelps will make the competition fierce once again when the Trials begin on June 26 in Omaha.
Despite FINA Vote, USA Swimming, Pan Pac Nations Push Forward With Video Replay
USA Swimming used underwater cameras to review all DQ calls made at the 2014 U.S. Nationals, and the founding nations of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships agreed to do the same in the Gold Coast.
Backstroke Ledges “Unlikely” to Be Ready in Time for Mesa Grand Prix
After originally hoping to debut the newly-approved “backstroke wedges” for the Mesa Grand Prix in April, USA Swimming and Omega…
USA Swimming Hopes to Unveil Backstroke Wedges at Mesa Grand Prix
A rendering of an early version of the backstroke wedge start blocks that Omega and Myrtha Pools are developing.
US World Trials GoPro Video Walk Through, Featuring Rowdy Gaines Masters Swim Practice
Photo Credit: Mike Lewis, olavistaphotography
USA Swimming’s Unger Explains Why Omaha Won The Olympic Trials Bid
Mike Unger was a part of USA Swimming’s livestream presentation today to announce which of the top three cities would…
USA Swimming to Announce Site of 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
“USA Swimming, in collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee, will announce the host city for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming via an exclusive, live webcast Saturday, April 27 at 4 p.m. MDT.”
Decision on Olympic Trials Host Just 6 Weeks Away
USA Swimming’s Mike Unger shares the process that the 5 remaining Olympic Trials bids will go through.
Universal Sports Network and USA Swimming Extend Television Partnership Through 2016
“The deal includes exclusive coverage of the Grand Prix Series, begining with The Austin Grand Prix, January 18-20. Olympic Gold Medalists Missy Franklin and Ryan Lochte will headline!” (Photo Credit: USAs)