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• 2026 European Swimming Championships: Roster Index

  23-06-2026 21:06 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  European Swimming ChampionshipsAugust 10-16, 2026
  Paris, France — Olympic Aquatics Centre
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Meet Information
  Meet CentralWe are just over a month away from the 2026 European Swimming Championships, and that means it’s time to start tracking the rosters as national federations begin announcing which athletes will be racing this summer.
  This summer marks the first year without a World Championships or Olympic Games since the pandemic disrupt
  
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• Versatile Middle-Distance Specialist KK Sullivan Verbals To William & Mary For Fall 2027

  03-07-2026 20:15 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Versatile middle-distance specialist KK Sullivan has announced her verbal commitment to swim and study at The College of William & Mary beginn
  
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• Eva and Roos Rottink Set Lifetime Bests at NAC Synergy Dryland Summer Sizzler

  03-07-2026 19:25 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 NAC Synergy Dryland Summer SizzlerJune 18-20, 2026
  Nashville, Tennessee — Tracy Caulkins Competition Pool
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Full Meet ResultsHonorable mention recruits for the class of 2026, Roos Rottink and Eva Rottink recently raced at the Nashville Aquatic Club Synergy Dryland Summer Sizzler, and both set new lifetime best times along with a few season bests.
  Eva, who is committed to Indiana for the fall, won three events, the 50 back (29.11), 200 back
  
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• Maria Erokhina Breaks Cyprus Breaststroker Records in Indy…Then Does It Again a Week Later

  03-07-2026 18:58 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2026 Cyprus National ChampionshipsJune 26-28, 2026
  Limassol Olympic Swimming Pool, Limassol, Cyprus
  Long Course Meters (50 meters), Prelims/Finals
  Complete Meet Results:Day 1
  Day 2
  Day 3Maria Erokhina entered the second half of June staring down a grueling competition lineup. From June 17-20, she was scheduled to compete at the USA Swimming Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis, and just a few days later she was scheduled to swim at the Cyprus National Championships in her
  
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• East Carolina Women’s Swimming And Diving Welcomes 11 Newcomers For The 2027-28 Season

  03-07-2026 17:11 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  East Carolina Women’s Swimming and Diving announced the addition of 11 new athletes for the 2027-28 season on Tuesday. The 11-member group, made up of 10 swimmers and a diver, includes eight freshmen and three sophomore transfers. They will join a returning roster of 16 athletes who contributed to the team’s third-place finish at the American Conference Championships in February.
  “Very excited about this group,” head coach Matthew Jabs sai
  
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• East Carolina Women’s Swimming And Diving Welcomes 11 Newcomers For The 2026-27 Season

  03-07-2026 17:11 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  East Carolina Women’s Swimming and Diving announced the addition of 11 new athletes for the 2026-27 season on Tuesday. The 11-member group, made up of 10 swimmers and a diver, includes eight freshmen and three sophomore transfers. They will join a returning roster of 16 athletes who contributed to the team’s third-place finish at the American Conference Championships in February.
  “Very excited about this group,” head coach Matthew Jabs said in
  
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• SwimSwam Pulse: Douglass Edges Out McIntosh As Most Versatile Female Swimmer

  03-07-2026 16:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast your vote in our newest poll on the SwimSwam homepage, about halfway down the page on the right side.
  Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers who the most versatile female swimmer in the world:
  Question: Is Kate Douglass the most versatile female swimmer in the world?
  RESULTSYes – 53.0%
  No (McIntosh) – 43.8
  
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• arena Swim of the Week: Lillian Slusna Breaks Slovakian 50 Free Record For Third Time In 24.67

  03-07-2026 14:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Swim of the Week is brought to you by arena, a SwimSwam partner.
  Disclaimer: Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of the week, but rather one Featured Swim to be explored in deeper detail. The Swim of the Week is an opportunity to take a closer look at the context of one of the many fast swims this week, perhaps a swim that slipped through the cracks as others grabbed the headlines, or a race we didn’t get to ex
  
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• Daily Swim Coach Workout #1122

  03-07-2026 12:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam
  SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily swimming workouts have been written using Commit Swimming. The workouts themselves are not indicative of SwimSwam’s or Commit’s views on training. They strictly reflect the opinions of the author swim coach.Workout ContextPurpose:Capacity (Base) Building
  Target age group:15-18 years old, 19-22 years old
  Target level:Senior A
  
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• Commit Swimming Introduces Qualification & Time Standard Reports

  03-07-2026 12:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam
  Commit Swimming Introduces Qualification & Time Standard ReportsTracking swimmer qualifications has never been easier. With Commit Swimming’s new Qualification & Time Standard Reports, coaches can quickly see who has achieved specific standards, identify swimmers who are close to qualifying, and generate reports for meets and championship events.
  Everything you need to monitor athlete progress is now available in one powerful report.
  What’s New with
  
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• 4-Time Louisiana D1 State Champion Aidan Villars Set to Join Florida State for Fall of 2026

  03-07-2026 00:35 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Metairie, Louisiana, native Aidan Villars has signed to represent the Seminole men of Florida State University as a member of the 2026-27 season.
  In h
  
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• Frederic Burks Shines at 2026 Beaman Toyota Firecracker Invite

  02-07-2026 23:45 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  2026 Beaman Toyota Firecracker InviteJune 4-8, 2026
  Brentwood, TN
  LCM (50 meters)
  “2026 Beaman Toyota Firecracker Invite” on Meet MobileSeveral strong age-group talents gathered in Brentwood, Tennessee, for the 2026 Firecracker Invite. Among those in attendance was 14-year-old Frederic Burks, who climbed the National Age Group ranks in a pair of breaststroke events.
  Burks, who represents Excel Aquatics, could not be stopped, swimming to six new career bes
  
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• Kentucky Adds Ben Keast To Staff As Assistant Coach

  02-07-2026 23:07 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Kentucky has added Ben Keast to its coaching staff, the school announced on Thursday. Keast fills a position after the program parted ways with coaches Matt Martinez and Karissa Kruszewski back in February.
  “We’re thrilled to welcome Ben to Kentucky Swimming & Diving,” said head coach Bret Lundgaard. “He is an outstanding coach, but even more importantly, he’s an exceptional person whose character, humility, and ability to connect wit
  
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• Dutch Euros Qualifiers Through Day One Of Eindhoven

  02-07-2026 22:40 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 DUTCH EUROPEAN SWIMMING TRIALSJuly 2nd – July 5th
  Tongelreep National Swimming Centre, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
  LCM (50m)
  SwimSwam Preview
  Meet Central
  Entry List
  Live Results
  LivestreamDay one of the 2026 Dutch European Swimming Trials brought the heat, with a trio of national records biting the dust to kick off the four-day domestic affair.
  Swimmers are vying for slots on the Dutch roster for this year’s European Championships, with swimmers having
  
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• Stonehill Coach Matthew Distler Resigns Ahead of Men’s Program Inaugural Season

  02-07-2026 22:32 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Matthew Distler has resigned from his head coaching position at Stonehill College. Stonehill is set to add a men’s swimming and diving program with the team’s first season being this fall.
  Distler told SwimSwam that he has taken a job outside of coaching. “I’d like to thank Matt for his efforts leading our women’s swimming & diving program for the past four seasons, and wish him the very best in the future,” Stonehill’s At
  
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• World Record Holder Steenbergen Takes Toussaint’s 100 Back Dutch Record Down To 58.33

  02-07-2026 21:04 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 DUTCH EUROPEAN SWIMMING TRIALSJuly 2nd – July 5th
  Tongelreep National Swimming Centre, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
  LCM (50m)
  SwimSwam Preview
  Meet Central
  Entry List
  Live Results
  LivestreamOn day one of the 2026 Dutch European Swimming Trials, we’ve already seen two national records bite the dust on the men’s side of the house.
  We reported how Sean Niewold established a new Dutch benchmark of 22.69 in the men’s 50m butterfly, followed sh
  
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• 2026 French Elite Championships: 7 Women and 10 Men Qualified for Euros After Meet

  02-07-2026 20:56 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPSSaturday, June 27th – Thursday, July 2nd
  Piscine Raymond Sommet, Saint-Etienne, France
  LCM (50m)
  French Selection Criteria for European Championships
  Meet Central
  Event Schedule
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Meet Preview
  SwimSwam RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 |&n
  
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• New Kentucky Assistant Coach Adriana Contreras and Life as an Official on the Soccer Pitch

  02-07-2026 20:51 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  When looking at some of the best alter-egos, Clark Kent and Superman, Tony Stark and Iron Man, Peter Parker and Spider-Man, and new Assistant Coach at the University of Kentucky, Adriana Contreras, who, when she is not coaching All-American-caliber swimmers, is on the soccer pitch as an official.
  Contreras, who just spent her first official day in her new position in Lexington after coming over from the University of Nevada, sat down for an interview with SwimSwam to
  
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• World Record Holder Josh Liendo Will Not Be Attending Pan Pacs; Focusing on Commonwealth Games

  02-07-2026 20:38 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  Canadian world record holder Josh Liendo confirmed to SwimSwam today that he will not be swimming at Pan Pacs this summer, prioritizing the Commonwealth Games instead.
  Liendo, who broke the SCM 100 butterfly world record in October, is the latest in a line of male sprinters to choose to forego Pan Pacs. Australians Cameron McEvoy, Kyle Chalmers, and Matthew Temple also will not be racing in Irvine in August. Liendo’s withdrawal deals another blow to the sprin
  
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• Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Gretchen Walsh Blasts 23.55 50 Free For New World Record

  02-07-2026 20:38 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwamAfter Kate Douglass‘ stunning world record performance in the women’s 50 freestyle on June 19 in Indianapolis, it took just over a week for the mark to fall once again.
  Gretchen Walsh fired off a time of 23.55 at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome on June 28, breaking her training partner’s nine-day-old world record in epic fashion.
  Walsh took hold of the record while racing alongside legendary sprinter Sarah Sjostrom, who held the world rec
  
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• How to Use Overspeed Swimming the Right Way

  02-07-2026 20:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
  One of the most enjoyable tools that swimmers have at their disposal to improve performance is overspeed training.
  Highly fun.
  The concept is straightforward:
  Swim or walk out against resistance tubing that is belted around your waist until it’s really really taut, hold onto the wall for a few breaths, and then let the tension pull you back to the wall at Mach 5.
  The wave that thunderclaps into the wall is always awesome. And on the surface, the reasoni
  
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• De Groot Takes Down Own Dutch Record In Men’s 50 Breaststroke

  02-07-2026 19:35 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 DUTCH EUROPEAN SWIMMING TRIALSJuly 2nd – July 5th
  Tongelreep National Swimming Centre, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
  LCM (50m)
  SwimSwam Preview
  Meet Central
  Entry List
  Live Results
  LivestreamWe saw the second national record bite the dust on day one of the 2026 Dutch European Swimming Trials, with 24-year-old Koen de Groot joining the party with a new lifetime best in the men’s 50m breaststroke.
  Powering his way to the wall first, de Groot stopped the
  
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• Sean Niewold Clocks 22.69 Dutch Record In Men’s 50 Fly

  02-07-2026 19:25 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 DUTCH EUROPEAN SWIMMING TRIALSJuly 2nd – July 5th
  Tongelreep National Swimming Centre, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
  LCM (50m)
  SwimSwam Preview
  Meet Central
  Entry List
  Live Results
  LivestreamThe 2026 Dutch European Swimming Trials kicked off today from Eindhoven and our first A-final of the evening session saw a new national record get established in the men’s 50m butterfly.
  24-year-old Niewold fired off a lifetime best of 22.69 to take the decisive victor
  
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• 2026 French Elite Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

  02-07-2026 17:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPSSaturday, June 27th – Thursday, July 2nd
  Piscine Raymond Sommet, Saint-Etienne, France
  LCM (50m)
  French Selection Criteria for European Championships
  Meet Central
  Event Schedule
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Meet Preview
  SwimSwam RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5W
  
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• 2026 French Elite Championships: Lots of Close Races in Day 6 Prelims

  02-07-2026 16:28 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPSSaturday, June 27th – Thursday, July 2nd
  Piscine Raymond Sommet, Saint-Etienne, France
  LCM (50m)
  French Selection Criteria for European Championships
  Meet Central
  Event Schedule
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Meet Preview
  SwimSwam RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5The final
  
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• CSP Tideriders Invitational: 88 Summers and Still Making History

  02-07-2026 15:55 via swimswam.com
  
  By Liz Rosenthal on SwimSwam
  88th CSP Summer InvitationalJune 26-28, 2026
  50 Meters (LCM)
  Shaw Park Aquatic Center
  Clayton, MO
  Results on Meet Mobile: 88th CSP Summer Invitational
  Results (SwimCloud)
  All photos courtesy of CSP TideridersThe CSP Summer Invitational isn’t just one of America’s oldest swim meets. It’s more like a living time capsule, where every summer adds a new piece of history.
  Since 1938, the CSP Tideriders swim team and its annual meet have shared the same ho
  
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• Do You Love Swimming? See 236 Swim Jobs You Might Love

  02-07-2026 14:51 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  Looking for a job in swimming? Go here to see 236 Swim Jobs.
  Age Group Development Coach- Arcadia Riptides- Southern California
  We are an elite swim club that elevates athletes towards greater success by providing highly professional coaching guidelines and cultivating a secure, inspiring, and motivational atmosphere. We are looking for a knowledgeable, committed age-group swim coach with an outstanding work ethic who is ready to assist our swimmers in continuing to
  
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• Competitor Coach of the Month: Bruce Marchionda

  02-07-2026 14:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwamCompetitor Coach of the Month is a recurring SwimSwam feature shedding light on a U.S.-based coach who has risen above the competition. As with any item of recognition, Competitor Coach of the Month is a subjective exercise meant to highlight one coach whose work holds noteworthy context – perhaps a coach who was clearly in the limelight, or one whose work fell through the cracks a bit more among other stories. If your favorite coach wasn&rsquo
  
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• World Aquatics Expands High Diving World Cup To Three Stops, Adding Zhaoqing, China For 2026

  02-07-2026 13:11 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: World Aquatics
  World Aquatics has signed with the China Swimming Association to bring the World Aquatics High Diving World Cup to Zhaoqing, China, from 21-22 November 2026.
  Zhaoqing holds a special place in the history of high diving. The city in Southern China opened the world’s first permanent high diving towers – including competition platforms of 27m for men and 20m for women – in 2018 and hosted its first global competition the following y
  
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• Hannah Saiz Explains Life as a DI Head Coach, Why Excellence Isn’t Normal

  02-07-2026 13:01 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwamSwimSwam sat down with Hannah Saiz, the first-year head coach for Youngstown State University. Saiz was an NCAA DIII National Champion, Olympic Trials finalist, and member of the US National Team before her coaching career. She’s coached DIII, DI, high school, and now is in her first foray as a DI head coach. She gives great insight into being yourself during recruiting, balancing student-athlete life, and why excellence isn’t the norm.
  In the SwimSw
  
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