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Intriguing Program Awaits Leon Marchand at Sole World Cup Stop The entry lists for this week’s Carmel stop of the World Aquatics World Cup show Leon Marchand in seven events. Whether the four-time Olympic champion contests every discipline will be determined by the Frenchman and his coach, Bob Bowma...

Indiana, Florida, Arizona State Seeking Improved National Standing in 2026 Order was restored at last season’s NCAA Men’s Championships as Texas took the win and Cal claimed second, the 12th time since 2010 that those two teams have occupied the top-two spots in the standings. But Indiana was not fa...

2026 Cutino Award Watch List Released: Nation's Top Water Polo Talent Recognized USA Water Polo, The Olympic Club, and the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches recently released the 2026 Peter J. Cutino Award Watch List, highlighting 20 of the best players in collegiate water polo. The list,...

U.S. Water Polo Olympian Maggie Steffens Announces Pregnancy U.S. water polo Olympian Maggie Steffens announced that she and her husband are expecting their first child. Steffens, 32, and husband Bobby Conner made the announcement on social media. View this post on Instagram ...

Three-time Irish Olympian Shane Ryan Steps Away from Competitive Swimming Shane Ryan, an American-born three-time Olympian for Ireland, announced via social media that he is stepping away from competitive swimming. Ryan made the post on social media. View this post on Instagram ...

Claire Curzan, Thomas Heilman Among Standouts at Virginia Intrasquad The Virginia Cavaliers held an intrasquad competition Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., swimming a series of off-distance events in an Orange vs. Blue format. The Orange team came out on top 252-216 while swimmers such as Claire Cu...

World Record on Alert as Stacked Field Gathers for Women's 50 Backstroke at World Cup When the athletes are called to the starting blocks for the women’s 50-meter backstroke at this week’s World Cup stop in Carmel (Ind.), an argument can be made that the event is the deepest on the female program. T...

Virginia Tech Cruises in Dual Meet Against George Washington The Virginia Tech Hokies traveled to take on George Washington in a Saturday dual meet and had no trouble leaving with a pair of wins. The men's team came out on top 212-87 while the women's score was nearly identical, 211-89. The Hokie me...

SMU Cruises to Home Wins Against Regional Competition Southern Methodist University welcomed a variety of regional opponents to Dallas Friday as the Mustangs begin their second season competing in the ACC. The SMU women beat North Texas 193.5-99.5 while also taking victories over Incarnate Word (204...

Stanford Men Debut at Pacific Invite as UC-Santa Barbara Wins Men's and Women's Competitions The Stanford men opened their season with strong efforts during Friday's morning and evening sessions at the Pacific Invitational, winning every event contested. The Cardinal did not return Saturday, allowin...

Women's 400 Freestyle Soared in 2025 with Best Days Seemingly Ahead In the second article in a series that examines event growth in the sport of swimming, we profile the women’s 400-meter freestyle and the combination of firepower and depth currently seen in the discipline. ******************** Afte...

Ilya Kharun Lights Up Scoreboard as Arizona State Opens Season Against UNLV The first stunning times of the 2025-26 college swim season came Friday evening in Tempe, Ariz., as the Arizona State Sun Devils welcomed the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in front of a huge crowd at Mona Plummer Aquatic Ce...

NCAA Swimming Championships Overhaul and New Event Lineup Approved The NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships will look drastically different in March 2026. The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced Friday that the NCAA Swimming and Diving Oversight Committee a...

Louisville Dominant in Season-Opening Home Win Over Xavier The Louisville Cardinals opened their 2025-26 season with dominant wins over Xavier in the women's and men's competition. The final scores were quite similar, 192-67 for the Louisville women and 196-61 on the men's side, and the Cardinals di...

With Olympic Debut on the Horizon, Men's 50 Butterfly Heating Up The last time there was movement at the top of the 50-meter butterfly historical rankings was 2019. That year, the United States’ Caeleb Dressel registered the No. 2 performance in history with a 22.35 clocking at the World Championshi...

Sam Short Turns Up The Heat With His 7:31.79 To Win The 800m Free At the Australian Short Course Former world champion Sam Short has taken just 7:31.79 to signal his intentions for the up-coming World Aquatics World Cup Series in the US – the time it took to win the 800m freestyle on the final nigh....

Adam Peaty Set to Race at World Cup Tour, with Olympic Title in 50 Breast an Enticing Goal When the 2024 Olympic Games concluded, there was uncertainty concerning the future of breaststroke legend Adam Peaty. Would Paris be the final Olympic appearance for the British star? At the time, it was a dis...

Reigning National Champs Virginia, Texas Atop Opening CSCAA Polls Reigning NCAA champions Virginia and Texas are atop the opening CSCAA dual-meet polls released on Thursday. The first poll of the season, as voted on by national Division I committees, ranks teams for head-to-head dual meet championsh...

Caeleb Dressel Reuniting with Coach Steve Jungbluth at Sporting JAX Aquatic Club Caeleb Dressel, the three-time Olympian and nine-time Olympic gold medalist, is reuniting with one of the coaches he worked with at the University of Florida. In a press release on Thursday, it was revealed that Dressel...

Singapore’s Chua Jia Long Completes Open Water Triple Crown in Record 23 Days Chua Jia Long of Singapore has completed the three Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in a record 23 days, culminating this week. Chua swam the 32.2-kilometer Catalina Channel swim in California on Sept. 5, the 20 Bridges...