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• Cornell Picks Up Summer Juniors Qualifier Alexa Chang For 2027

  22-08-2026 00:53 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom 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.
  Summer Junior Nationals qualifier Alexa Chang has sent her verbal commitment to Cornell University for the class of 2027.
  “I am so excited to
  
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• College Swimming League Announces International Broadcast Agreement With DAZN

  22-08-2026 01:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  The College Swimming League has secured an international broadcast deal with DAZN for its upcoming inaugural season. DAZN will be the exclusive free-to-watch home for all eight CSL matches for viewers outside of the U.S..
  CSL COO Kyle Sockwell said,  “Partnering with DAZN is a major commercial milestone that delivers unprecedented global reach for our premium sponsors and media partners. Launching September 24, this deal monetizes and scales college swimmin
  
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• Raleigh Area Masters Breaks Three Masters Relay World Records At Masters Southeast Zones

  22-08-2026 00:12 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 Southeast Zone Masters ChampionshipsSaturday, August 15 — Sunday, August 16, 2026
  Cary, North Carolina — Triangle Aquatic Center
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Full Meet Results Available on Meet Mobile: “2026 Southeast Zone LCM Championship”The 2026 Southeast Zone Masters Championships raced last weekend, and a group of four Raleigh Area Masters swimmers broke three Masters relay world records, taking down the 4×100 free, 4×50 medley, and
  
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• U.S. Olympian Phoebe Bacon Moving To Charlottesville To Train With Virginia Pro Group

  22-08-2026 00:03 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  U.S. Olympian and LCM World Championship silver medalist Phoebe Bacon has announced that she will move to Charlottesville, Virginia to train with the Virginia pro group. Bacon makes the move after previously staying as a post-grad at her alma mater Wisconsin.
  “I wish I could put into words everything Wisconsin means to me — unfortunately words alone cannot convey the love I have for Madison and the lifelong memories I have created over these last six years
  
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• Alabama Senior Sydney Blackhurst Wins $10,000 In SEC Startup Competition For Adaptive Swim Lessons

  21-08-2026 22:31 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  Alabama swimming senior Sydney Blackhurst recently competed at the SEC Startup Competition and won the grand prize of $10,000 for her adaptive swim lesson foundation, Beyond Barriers.
   
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  A post shared by SEC Academics (@secacademics)SEC Startup is a competition designed specifically for student-athletes at SEC schools to “foster entrepreneurship”. The contest, which is televised, sees student-athletes present their
  
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• SwimSwam Pulse: Curtis, Douglass & Liebmann World Records Biggest Surprises of Euros & Pan Pacs

  21-08-2026 21:37 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.
  We’re coming off an action-packed week of racing that saw no shortage of phenomenal swims, breakthrough performances and massive upsets with the European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships running simultaneously.
  We r
  
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• Virginia Women Primed For 7th NCAA Title With Most Returning Points From 2026

  21-08-2026 21:07 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  With the summer international season mostly wrapping up, we are starting to shift our focus to the 2026-2027 NCAA Swimming and Diving season.
  When it comes to predicting NCAA finishes for this year, one of the major components is the number of points each team will return from the 2026 NCAA Championships. While these numbers don’t tell the whole story, they give us a good starting point for predictions before the season begins.
  The University of Virginia wome
  
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• Former Hoosier Will Jansen Named Diving Coach At Toledo

  21-08-2026 19:40 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Toledo Athletics
  TOLEDO, Ohio – University of Toledo women’s swimming and diving head coach Jacy Dyer announced the hiring of Will Jansen as the diving coach for the program on Wednesday.
  “I am so excited to have Will join our staff,” said Dyer. “Will is extremely passionate about diving. I can’t wait for him to bring that passion and excitement to the entire Toledo Swimming & Diving program. Will is go
  
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• Olympic Champion Becky Adlington Offering 5,000 Free Swim Lessons To Help Young People After BBC Report

  21-08-2026 18:32 via swimswam.com
  
  By Keith Dunlap on SwimSwam
  Following an alarming BBC Report detailing how a sizable percentage of youth swimmers in England aren’t able to swim 25 meters, Olympic champion Becky Adlington is stepping up to try and help.
  Adlington is offering to work with local councils and provide 5,000 free lessons for the rest of the summer through her swimming school.
  The BBC report, which was based on Department for Education data, said that 28% of Year 6 children on average left school unable to swim
  
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• NCAA Wins Court Battle, But Fifth-Year Eligibility Fight For Class of 2022 Is Far From Over

  21-08-2026 18:03 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  The NCAA picked up a significant legal victory on Friday as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit stayed a sweeping federal injunction that had granted thousands of athletes from the 2022 recruiting class another season of NCAA eligibility.
  The stay pauses Judge Charlotte Sweeney‘s ruling in the Wisne v. NCAA case while the NCAA appeals, putting members of the high school class of 2022 who had planned to use a fifth year of eligibility in 2026-27 i
  
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• Hartwick College Swimmer Matthew Cole Dies In Motorcycle Crash

  21-08-2026 17:22 via swimswam.com
  
  By Keith Dunlap on SwimSwam
  The Hartwick College swimming and diving program in New York is mourning the loss of one of its own.
  Matthew Cole, 21, who was about to enter his senior season with the program, died in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday morning.
  New York State Police said Cole was riding a motorcycle on Tuesday morning on State Route 8 when he veered into the other lane and hit a tractor-trailer, which caused him to leave the road and hit a tree.
  State police said Cole was pronounced d
  
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• arena Swim of the Week: Andre Labara Smashes Australian Age Record, Nears Phelps With 4:16 400 IM

  21-08-2026 16:34 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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• Why Sprinters Need to Train Starts More

  21-08-2026 13:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
  One of the coolest parts of sprint swimming events is the start.
  Especially when elite sprinters get after it.
  The way the block nearly rattles out of the bulkhead. The extended flight and clean entry. And then waiting to see who emerges first and in what place.
  But for the enterprising sprinter looking to go faster on race day, it’s worth asking—how many starts are you actually doing in training?
  Why the Start is so Crucial for Sprinters
  For the
  
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• Ukraine Appeals To Court of Arbitration for Sport Over IOC’s Lifted Russia Sanctions

  21-08-2026 10:38 via swimswam.com
  
  By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
  The Ukrainian Olympic Committee has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for the International Olympic Committee’s decision to provisionally lift sanctions on Russia.
  In the beginning of July, the IOC announced the sanction release, saying that Russia’s Olympic Committee no longer recognized regional councils in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.
  The Ukrainian Olympic Committee hit back at this claim with an appeal to sport’s high
  
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• Japan Breaks Jr Pan Pacs Record with 3:35.14 in Boys 400 Medley Relay, Led By Michika Enomoto 51.47 Fly

  21-08-2026 05:14 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 Junior Pan Pacific ChampionshipsAugust 17-20, 2026
  UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, Canada
  LCM 50 Meters
  Event Page
  Live Results
  Psych Sheets
  Live Stream
  RecapsPrelims: Day 1  | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Final: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4The Japan boys’ team closed out the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships with a new meet record in the 400 medley relay with their time of 3:35.14.
  BOYS
  
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• USA Concludes 2026 Junior Pan Pacs At Top Of Medal Table With 23 Golds

  21-08-2026 04:36 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  2026 Junior Pan Pacific ChampionshipsAugust 17-20, 2026
  UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, Canada
  LCM 50 Meters
  Event Page
  Live Results
  Psych Sheets
  Live Stream
  RecapsPrelims: Day 1  | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Final: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4The US led the medal table the entire competition at the 2026 Junior Pan Pac Championships and concluded the meet with 23 gold and 51 total medals. The team was led by Luka
  
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• Australian Amelie Smith Pops 2:24 in the 200 Breast to Win Jr. Pan Pacs, Moves to #3 Aussie Junior Ever

  21-08-2026 04:27 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2026 Junior Pan Pacific ChampionshipsAugust 17-20, 2026
  UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, Canada
  LCM 50 Meters
  Event Page
  Live Results
  Psych Sheets
  Live Stream
  RecapsPrelims: Day 1  | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Final: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4The young Australian women’s breaststroking core continues to get better, as 18-year-old Amelie Smith snapped a Junior Pan Pacs Record in the 200 breaststroke on Frida
  
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• 2026 Junior Pan Pacs: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

  21-08-2026 01:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 Junior Pan Pacific ChampionshipsAugust 17-20, 2026
  UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, Canada
  LCM 50 Meters
  Event Page
  Live Results
  Psych Sheets
  Live Stream
  RecapsPrelims: Day 1  | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Final: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet
  It is almost time for the final session of the 2026 Jr. Pan Pacific Championships.
  There are eight individual events and two relays tonight including the longest an
  
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• International Swimming Hall Of Famer Kenneth Treadway Dies at 96

  20-08-2026 23:06 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  Kenneth Treadway, who was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) in 1983 as a contributor to the sport, died on July 31 in his home in Lawrence, Kansas, at the age of 96.
  Treadway, born in Oklahoma in 1930, founded the Phillips 66 Splash Club in 1950 and later helped establish swimming programs at Bartlesville Public Schools and the Bartlesville YMCA that promoted water safety and competitive swimming.
  He later helped establish the Phillip
  
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• Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Kate Douglass Soars To Historic World Record In Women’s 50 Freestyle

  20-08-2026 22:18 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwamKate Douglass rewrote the record books multiple times during the final day of the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, ultimately walking away as the fastest woman ever in the 50 freestyle by a massive margin.
  Douglass broke the world record in the 50 free earlier this year at the Pro Swim Series stop in Indianapolis in mid-June, clocking 23.59 to break Sarah Sjostrom‘s three-year-old mark of 23.61 set at the 2023 World Championships.
  Just nine days
  
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• Kate Douglass Just Swam One of the Most Impressive World Records in Swimming History

  20-08-2026 21:33 via swimswam.com
  
  By Daniel Takata on SwimSwam
  Kate Douglass stunned the swimming world last Saturday by setting the women’s 50 freestyle world record in 23.19 at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships.
  The sequence of world records in the event this year is remarkable in itself.
  For nearly nine years, from 2017 to 2026, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom held the world record in the event, first with a 23.67 in 2017 and later with a 23.61 in 2023. She entered 2026 owning the seven fastest times in history.
  Then cam
  
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• Kyle Chalmers Speaks Out on TUEs, Calls For Public Disclosure

  20-08-2026 21:21 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  In the ever-changing landscape of athletics, change is always a constant. For Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers, he used his platform to call for change in the disclosure of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), which allow athletes to take particular medication for the use of treating a certain condition that may contain a substance that is on the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
  TUEs have existed since the 1990s, at the
  
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• Combining the 2026 Championship Meets – Relays and Total Medal Count: USA Surge to Top of the Pack

  20-08-2026 20:31 via swimswam.com
  
  By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
  This article is the third of three articles in this series (maybe there will be a fourth depending on the Asian Games results)Women’s Individual Events
  Men’s Individual EventsWhile Junior Pan-Pacs are still ongoing, the majority of the end-of-season championship meets have concluded. For some, this period is a rest, a break, and a reset before the start of the short-course season, whether in yards or meters. For us here at SwimSwam, the news cycle never ends,
  
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• Aussie Coach Dean Boxall on Pallister and Ledecky at LA28: “It Could be One of the Great Steals”

  20-08-2026 19:01 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  At the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California, Australian freestyler Lani Pallister managed to do something that no swimmer had ever done before: handing Katie Ledecky a loss in the 800 freestyle on the international stage. That race took place about 40 miles from the host site for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
  Tom Decent of The Sydney Morning Herald reported on the Australian team’s visit to SoFi Stadium, where the swimming events of the 2028 Olym
  
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• PODCAST: Sam Short Reflects on Dominant Season & Historic Swims, Looks Toward Distance World Records

  20-08-2026 18:58 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwamSam Short had a historic summer that saw him break numerous barriers and top the podium nearly every time he got in the pool. At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Short swept the 400-800-1500 freestyles and led off Australia’s winning 4×200 free relay. Two weeks later, at the Pan Pacific Championships, he swept the same three events, breaking Ian Thorpe’s 400 free meet record from 1999 and Grant Hackett’s Australian record in the 1500 from 20
  
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• Pan Pacs vs. Euros: Who Wins in a Dual Meet?

  20-08-2026 18:41 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Steven Gambino
  In an Olympic or World Championship year, ranking the best swimmers and top performing countries is straightforward. They all gather together at the same pool on the same days and compete directly against one another. However, in a year like 2026, when the world’s best athletes are scattered between Pan Pacific Champs and European Champs, it’s not as simple.
  Last weekend, on one side of the world at Pan Pacs, Kate Douglass
  
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• 2026 Junior Pan Pacs: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

  20-08-2026 17:49 via swimswam.com
  
  By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam
  2026 Junior Pan Pacific ChampionshipsAugust 17-20, 2026
  UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, Canada
  LCM 50 Meters
  Event Page
  Live Results
  Psych Sheets
  Live Stream
  RecapsPrelims: Day 1  | Day 2 | Day 3
  Final: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3The final day of the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships is here. This final prelims session of the meet will feature the 200 IM, 50 free, and 200 breast. This morning will also host the slow heats of the
  
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• The Motivation Trap That Burns Swimmers Out

  20-08-2026 16:45 via swimswam.com
  
  By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
  Burnout is one of those messy things that happens to just about everyone in the pool at one time or another.
  We tend to treat it like it’s purely a motivation problem. We assume that it’s the swimmer that doesn’t really want to be there that burns out. While plummeting motivation is one of the key symptoms of burnout taking root, it’s not the only one.
  And oddly enough, it’s oftentimes the swimmer who is more motivated who is mos
  
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• Summer Brothers: Racing Through the Generations

  20-08-2026 15:43 via swimswam.com
  
  By Liz Rosenthal on SwimSwam
  While championship season grips the nation and the world, big stories are still unfolding on small pool decks. Summer league is where many young swimmers first fall in love with the sport. It’s full of fun, friendship and fast swimming. But there’s something else that makes summer swimming special: tradition. 
  Traditions are handed down. Records become family lore. Children race in the same lanes their parents once did.
  Early Saturdays, hand-painted
  
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• Do You Love Swimming? See 327 Swim Jobs You Might Love

  20-08-2026 15:36 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  Looking for a job in swimming? Go here to see 327 Swim Jobs.
  Head Age Group Coach
  Pacesetters Aquatic Club (PACE) is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Head Age Group Coach to join our team in Angleton, Texas. We are a small, close-knit club dedicated to developing swimmers both in and out of the water, with an emphasis on athletic growth, confidence, character, and teamwork.
  Assistant Coach Diving/Pool Manager
  The Assistant Coach Diving will assist the head coach
  
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