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• Commit Swimming Automatically Syncs Team Records and Top Times to Your Website

  09-06-2026 12:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam
  Commit Swimming Automatically Syncs Team Records and Top Times to Your WebsiteKeeping your website updated with the latest team records and top times just became effortless. Commit Swimming now automatically syncs approved results directly from your backend to your public-facing website—eliminating manual updates and reducing the chance of errors.
  This seamless connection makes it easier than ever to showcase your team’s achievements online.
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• Auburn Deepens 2026 Recruiting Class with World Juniors Qualifier Gabriel Machuco

  09-06-2026 23:45 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.
  São Bernardo, Brazil, native Gabriel Machuco has announced his commitment to Auburn University as a member of the Tiger men’s 2026 recrui
  
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• 2026 Australian Trials Day 2 Roster Update: Breaststroker Sienna Toohey Earns Roster Spot

  09-06-2026 22:19 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALSMonday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
  Sydney, Australia
  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Commonwealth Selection Criteria
  Pan Pac Selection Criteria
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Live Stream
  Storylines To Watch
  Live Recaps:Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2After two days of competition at the 2026 Australian Trials, the Pan Pacs and Commonwealth Rosters are getting more
  
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• Bob Bowman Leads USA Swimming Coaching Staff for 2026 Pan Pacs

  09-06-2026 21:23 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  USA Swimming has officially announced the coaching staff for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California.
  This is the 2nd year that USA Swimming is using the new coaching structure which features just one head coach to lead the men’s and women’s teams, and Bob Bowman, the Director of Swimming and Diving at the University of Texas, was named.
  This is not Bowman’s first time serving in a head coaching role on the USA Swimming staff
  
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• Tampa Adds Pro Swim Series Qualifier Lachlan Gantt to 2026 Recruiting Class

  09-06-2026 19:41 via swimswam.com
  
  By Charlotte Wells 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.
  Lachlan Gantt, who competed at the 2026 Pro Swim Series in Westmont, is headed to the sunshine state this fall, as he has announced his commitm
  
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• Lubo Liu-Tchorbadjiyski Moves To #2 In 50 Free For 13-14 Age Group This Season

  09-06-2026 19:31 via swimswam.com
  
  By Keith Dunlap on SwimSwam
  2026 Illinois-Indiana-Gulf Duel in the PoolMay 30-31
  Westmont, IL
  LCM
  ResultsLubo Liu-Tchorbadjiyski was among the swimmers making moves up the national rankings (LCM) at the 2026 Illinois-Indiana-Gulf Duel in the Pool, an annual meet pitting three LSC all-star squads against one another.
  Swimming for the Illinois Zone Team, Liu-Tchorbadjiyski, a member of New Trier Aquatics, turned in a personal best time of 24.67 to win the 50 free, topping his previous best time of
  
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• Kornev’s 21.06, Chikunova’s 2:20.59 200 Breast Highlight Day 4 of Russian National Championships

  09-06-2026 19:19 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  2026 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSJune 6-11, 2026
  Kazan, Russia
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Live Results
  Days 1-3 RecapDay 4 of the Russian Swimming Championships featured yet another historical 50 freestyle swim from Egor Kornev, who blasted a 21.06, to move him up to the 5th fastest performer all-time in the event.
  In the semifinals, Kornev popped an already blistering 21.12, which put him just behind Ben Proud‘s 21.11. That time rebreaks the Russian Record
  
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• Five Takeaways From Day 2 At The 2026 Australian Swimming Trials

  09-06-2026 19:17 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
  2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALSMonday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
  Sydney, Australia
  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Commonwealth Selection Criteria
  Pan Pac Selection Criteria
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Live Stream
  Storylines To Watch
  Live Recaps:Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2Men’s 200 Free Studded With Sparkling Performances
  Sam Short took the headlines in the 200 free, lowering his PB i
  
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• FINIS Introduces SlipFin Pro: A New Approach to Swim Training

  09-06-2026 18:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam
  Courtesy of FINIS, a SwimSwam partner.
  Livermore, CA — [ June 9, 2026] —FINIS today announced the launch of SlipFin Pro, a next-generation swim fin designed to move with the body.
  For the last decade, swim fins have helped swimmers build strength and propulsion, but many also alter natural kick mechanics and training rhythm. SlipFin Pro was developed to challenge that convention, offering a new approach to fin-assisted training that preser
  
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• Georgia Tech Announces 2nd Edition of Dual Swim Meet Tournament

  09-06-2026 17:47 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  The Georgia Tech Yellowjackets are bringing back their Dual Meet Tournament for the 2026-2027 season, hosting eight teams for the second edition.
  Georgia Tech will host Auburn, Florida State, Kentucky, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Penn State, and George Washington University.
  Auburn, Florida State, Minnesota, and Georgia Tech return from last year’s edition, with the other four teams being newcomers.
  2026 NCAA Championship Finishes o
  
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• Egor Kornev Fires Off 21.06 50 Free To Move To #5 All-Time, Reset Russian Record

  09-06-2026 17:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  2026 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSJune 6-11, 2026
  Kazan, Russia
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Live ResultsTwenty four hours after shattering the Russian Record and becoming the sixth-fastest performer of all-time in the men’s 50 free, Egor Kornev one-upped himself on Tuesday at the Russian Swimming Championships.
  The 22-year-old blasted his way to a time of 21.06 in the 50 free final, chopping six one-hundredths off his day-old national record of 2
  
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• OPINION: Behind All The Narcissism And Histrionics, The Enhanced Games Never Truly Had A Soul

  09-06-2026 14:29 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
  The contents of this article are the opinion of its author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SwimSwam as a whole.
  We’ll start with the money. That’s where these things always start, right? You can’t pay a mortgage with morals, can’t live off liberty. The best way to ensure something new like this is a success is to go around offering huge stacks of cash to the people you need involved.
  Because it works, doesn’t it? Sport is a
  
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• Sienna Toohey Hits 1:05.97 100 BR To Clip Leisel Jones’ Age Record, Fastest Aussie Post-Supersuit

  09-06-2026 12:50 via swimswam.com
  
  By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
  To kick off the second night of Australian Swimming Trials, 17-Year-Old Sienna Toohey put together a statement swim. The Albury native threw down a 1:05.97 100 breaststroke to break an iconic age record and become the fastest Australian in the post-supersuit era.
  The 17-year-old age record previously belonged to all-time great Leisel Jones. She posted a 1:06.37 at the same age at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, which was a new world record at the time. Toohe
  
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• THE PLUNGE: Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and the Transformative Power of Cold Water

  09-06-2026 12:45 via swimswam.com
  
  By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwam
  Ice swimming occupies a strange frontier at the edge of our sport, equal parts fascinating and intense. Thankfully, Chris Ballard captures this icy world with a reporter’s curiosity in THE PLUNGE: Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and the Transformative Power of Cold Water.
  Ballard, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated and an award-winning author, didn’t simply drop into the ice-swimming scene and call it reporting. He spent three years chas
  
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• 2026 Australian Swimming Trials: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

  09-06-2026 11:10 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALSMonday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
  Sydney, Australia
  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Commonwealth Selection Criteria
  Pan Pac Selection Criteria
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Live Stream
  Storylines To Watch
  Live Recaps:Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2
  Finals: Day 1
  Day 2 Finals Heat SheetThe second night of action from the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials in Sydney is set to get underway with Commonwe
  
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• BREAKING: South African Matt Sates Is Seeking Australian Citizenship Ahead of LA 2028 Olympics

  09-06-2026 05:23 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Mat Thompson, part of the broadcast team for the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials, dropped a bomb of a newsbreak during Tuesday’s prelims session in Sydney.
  Thompson revealed that South African swimmer Matt Sates is seeking Australian citizenship with the intention of representing the country internationally in the future.
  While Thompson’s news was light on details, the move would be big for Sates, who has been a high potential swimmer whose long cours
  
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• Sam Short Goes Short in the 200 Free; O’Callaghan and Southam Both No-Show Races on Tuesday

  09-06-2026 04:50 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALSMonday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
  Sydney, Australia
  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Commonwealth Selection Criteria
  Pan Pac Selection Criteria
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Live Stream
  Storylines To Watch
  Live Recaps:Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2
  Final: Day 1A pair of high profile no-shows from Mollie O’Callaghan and Flynn Southam plus a new lifetime best from Sam Short sho
  
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• NCSAs Finalist Luke DeFrancisco Commits to Denison for Fall 2026

  09-06-2026 03:54 via swimswam.com
  
  By Charlotte Wells 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.
  NCSA Championship finalist Luke DeFrancisco has announced his commitment to swim for Denison University in Ohio beginning in the fall of 2026,
  
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• Collin McKenzie Graduate Transferring From Indiana to USC

  09-06-2026 02:44 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Collin McKenzie has announced he will stay in the Big Ten as a graduate transfer, joining USC after spending three seasons at Indiana.
  “Excited to announce my commitment to USC for my next and final chapter of my career. Thankful to everyone who helped me get to this moment. Fight on”
  McKenzie joined the Hoosiers as a sophomore, transferring in after his freshman season with NC State where he only competed through midseason. He arrived in Bloomington in fa
  
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• Division III Case Western Reserve Lands Freestyle Specialist Catherine Kwong for 2026

  09-06-2026 02:36 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.
  Burlingame Aquatics’ Catherine Kwong has committed to further her academic and athletic career at Case Western Reserve University beginning in t
  
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• 2026 Australian Swimming Trials: Day 2 Prelims – Live Recap

  09-06-2026 02:23 via swimswam.com
  
  By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
  2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALSMonday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
  Sydney, Australia
  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Commonwealth Selection Criteria
  Pan Pac Selection Criteria
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Live Stream
  Storylines To Watch
  Live Recaps:Prelims: Day 1
  Final: Day 1HEAT SHEET (ALL PRELIMS)
  Day 2 of the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials is expected to feature a great slate of swimming, as swimmers buoyed by their p
  
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• D3 Bluffton University Quietly Drops Swimming & Diving Programs Amid Shrinking Rosters

  09-06-2026 01:40 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  NCAA D3 school Bluffton University in Bluffton, Ohio has quietly eliminated its men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs.
  While the school has made no announcements, both programs have been removed from the list of athletic offerings. That reduces the schools athletics offerings to 16 programs: 7 men’s, 7 women’s, and 2 coed programs.
  The university has not responded to multiple requests about the future of the program, but members of the
  
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• 2026 Australian Trials Day 1 Roster Update: Forrester Punches her Ticket(s) in two Events

  09-06-2026 01:02 via swimswam.com
  
  By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
  2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALSMonday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
  Sydney, Australia
  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Commonwealth Selection Criteria
  Pan Pac Selection Criteria
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Live Stream
  Storylines To Watch
  Live Recaps:Prelims: Day 1
  Final: Day 1After an exhilarating first day of competition in Sydney at the 2026 Australian Trials, the first batch of athletes have been named to the Pan-Pac an
  
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• US Olympian Zach Harting Takes Part in Grown-Up Swimming in Denver

  09-06-2026 00:33 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  Tokyo Olympian Zach Harting has traded his token walkout costumes and 200 butterfly races for a bit of a different type of racing atmosphere, with Grown-Up Swimming, a different twist on the sport, allowing adults to reignite the flame of racing short and fun races, as many athletes did as children.
  The concept of Grown-Up Swimming is to give its members a low-pressure, fun environment, involving athletes of all skill levels, featuring shorter races, such as 25s and
  
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• Kauã Santos Carvalho Scares 50 Breast World Junior Record with 27.08 at Brazilian Junior Champs

  08-06-2026 22:57 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  Brazilian Junior Winter ChampionshipsJune 2-6, 2026
  Julio de Lamare Aquatic Pool, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  LCM (50 meters)
  ResultsAt the Brazilian Junior Winter Championships in Rio, future Auburn Tiger Kauã Santos Carvalho nearly clipped the World Junior Record in the 50 breaststroke, touching in 27.08, just over a tenth of a second off of Germany’s Jan Malte Grafe‘s 2025 World Junior Record of 26.95 from the World Junior Championships in Otopeni, R
  
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• Five Takeaways From Day 1 At The 2026 Australian Trials

  08-06-2026 20:31 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
  2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALSMonday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
  Sydney, Australia
  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Commonwealth Selection Criteria
  Pan Pac Selection Criteria
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Live Stream
  Storylines To Watch
  Live Recaps:Prelims: Day 1
  Finals: Day 1With the first day of the 2026 Australian Trials now done and dusted, the first spots on the Commonwealth and Pan Pac teams have now been claimed and s
  
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• Army Hires Scott Thacker from VMI as New Head Swim Coach

  08-06-2026 20:25 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Army West Point has announced the hiring of Scott Thacker as its new head men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach. He replaces Brandt Nigro, who left the program to take over as associate head coach of the University of Texas women’s teams.
  While being an athletics coach at a service academy is a unique role, Thacker will bring relevant experience to the position. He comes from the Virginia Military Institute in Virginia, a Senior Military C
  
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• AUS & Russian Trials, Longhorn Invite, And Podcast Roundup | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

  08-06-2026 20:09 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwamToday on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the ongoing Australian and Russian Trials Meets, the Longhorn Invite, and last week’s many episodes of the SwimSwam Podcast.
  Read the full story on SwimSwam: AUS & Russian Trials, Longhorn Invite, And Podcast Roundup | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
  
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• LA28 Paralympic Swimming Schedule Revealed, Including 1 New Event

  08-06-2026 19:11 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Organizers of the LA28 Paralympic Games have added an S14 Class mixed 400 medley relay to the schedule for the 2028 Games.See the full day-by-day Paralympic schedule here.The Paralympic swimming schedule is generally less stable than the Olympic swimming schedule, with events shifting based on participation numbers. For example, the Paris 2024 Paralympics had 8 fewer individual events and 3 more relays than the Tokyo 2020 Games did.
  By comparison, the Los Angeles Para
  
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• Kolesnikov, Kornev Highlight First Three Days of Russian Swimming Championships

  08-06-2026 19:10 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  2026 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSJune 6-11, 2026
  Kazan, Russia
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Live ResultsOne national record and a number of noteworthy performances have gone down through the first three nights of action from the 2026 Russian Swimming Championships, with the competition in Kazan having gotten underway on Saturday and running through Thursday.
  On Monday, Egor Kornev fired off a new Russian Record in the semi-finals of the men’s 50 free,
  
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