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• SEC Releases New 7 Day Swimming & Diving Conference Championship Format

  22-09-2026 22:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  The SEC, which has long been at the forefront of stretching and reformatting its conference championship meet, with other conferences often following suit eventually, has released its 2027 championship format.
  The 2027 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships will be held February 14-20 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas on the University of Texas campus.
  The new look schedule will stretch the meet from six days to seven. Rather than havin
  
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• China Nabs Asian Record, Japan Scores National Record In Men’s 4×100 Free Relay

  24-09-2026 21:41 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5The penultimate event on the penultimate night of the 2026 Asian Games brou
  
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• Olympic Gold Medalist Mike Burton Dies At 79

  24-09-2026 21:32 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  Mike Burton, a three-time Olympic gold medalist for the United States, died on September 18, 2026 at age 79 after battling Alzheimer’s and dementia.
  Burton, born on July 3, 1947, qualified for two Olympic teams for the United States, 1968 and 1972.
  At the 1968 Games in Mexico City, he won both the 400 free and 1500 free. He was sick at the meet, but won the 400 freestyle by more than two seconds over Canada’s Ralph Hutton, touching in an Olympic record
  
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• Breaking Down Shin Ohashi’s Blistering 2:04.83 200 Breaststroke World Record Swim

  24-09-2026 20:52 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINALWorld Record – 2:05.48, Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2023
  World Jun
  
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• Behind China, Japan Already Beating Gold Medal Tally From 2022 Asian Games

  24-09-2026 20:50 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
  Prelims at 10am local (9pm previous night ET)/Finals at 5pm local (4am ET)
  Tokyo Aquatics Centre
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5We saw the penultimate night of action unfold at the 2026 Asian Games, and what
  
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• Hunter Armstrong Announces Professional Swimming Retirement, Focusing 100% on Enhanced Games

  24-09-2026 20:32 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  Olympic gold medalist Hunter Armstrong announced today that he is retiring from professional swimming. He will be focusing solely on the Enhanced Games moving forwardView this post on InstagramIn his post, Armstrong thanked the New York Athletic Club, USA Swimming and World Aquatics, stating, “There are few things harder than saying goodbye to something that has been your entire life.”
  Armstrong was a member of the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Olympic Teams, fini
  
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• 2026 College Swim League Match 1: Psych Sheet and Preview

  24-09-2026 19:19 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  College Swim League Match OneSeptember 24, 2026
  Westmont, Illinois
  SCY (25 Yards)
  Psych Sheet
  Live Stream
  Teams: #5/#2 Indiana, #6/#10 Michigan, #10/#12 Louisville, #11/#15 Ohio StateWelcome swimming fans to the first College Swim League Preview!
  The inaugural CSL match kicks off today at 6:30 p.m. ET in Westmont, Illinois, and Indiana, Michigan, Louisville, and Ohio State will all be kicking off their swim seasons tonight.
  SwimSwam will be covering the meet live t
  
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• Defending Champion Rice Selected As American Women’s Swimming and Diving Favorite

  24-09-2026 19:03 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy of American Athletic Conference. 
  IRVING, Texas – Two-time defending American Conference champion Rice was slotted atop the 2026-27 American women’s swimming and diving preseason poll, as voted on by the conference’s head coaches.
  American women’s swimming and diving enters a second season with nine competing teams that includes affiliate members FIU, James Madison, Liberty and Marshall, joining full members East Carolina, Florida Atl
  
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• Zhang Zhanshuo Pulls off Dirty Double With Games Record in 800 Free and 47.65 400 Free Relay Split just Minutes Apart

  24-09-2026 18:11 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5On a day that produced many historic moments and impressive times, one overlooked moment w
  
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• Polish Sprinter Gabriela Bortlisz Hands Verbal Commitment to Northwestern for 2028-29

  24-09-2026 17:49 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anne Lepesant 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.
  Gabriela Bortlisz, a sprint freestyler from Warsaw, Poland, has verbally committed to Northwestern University for the fall of 2028. She shared with Sw
  
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• Teenager Ohashi overcomes Covid to set world record

  24-09-2026 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shin Ohashi, 17, claims his second gold medal of the Asian Games with a world record in the 200m breaststroke.
  
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• Do You Love Swimming? See 365 Swim Jobs You Might Love

  24-09-2026 15:27 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  Looking for a job in swimming? Go here to see 365 Swim Jobs.
  Elite Head Swimming Coach & Program Director
  Hargrave Military Academy is seeking an energetic, relationship-driven Elite Head Swimming Coach & Program Director to build one of the premier boarding school swimming programs in the country.
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  SwimOutlet is the largest online specialty retailer for swimming and water sports in the US, and part of Spiraledge, whose brands
  
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• Arkhangelskiy And Petrashov Earn First-Ever Asian Games Medals for Bahrain And Kyrgyzstan

  24-09-2026 13:01 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5The 2026 Asian Games continue to produce historic performances, including on night five of th
  
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• 17-Year-Old Shin Ohashi Unleashes Historic 2:04.83 200 Breaststroke World Record (Video)

  24-09-2026 12:18 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5History was made on night five of the 2026 Asian Games, as 17-year-old Shin Ohashi of Japan unleashed a mons
  
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• 2026 Asian Games: Day Five Finals Live Recap

  24-09-2026 09:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
  Prelims at 10am local (9pm previous night ET)/Finals at 5pm local (4am ET)
  Tokyo Aquatics Centre
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 
   
  WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – FINALWorld Record – 23.19, Kate Douglass (USA), 2026
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• 3x Illinois HS State Champion and “Best of the Rest” Freestyler Paige Kowal Verbals to Alabama for 2028-29

  24-09-2026 05:44 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anne Lepesant 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.
  Paige Kowal from Geneva, Illinois, has announced her intention to swim and study at the University of Alabama beginning in 2028-29. She wrote on socia
  
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• Japan’s Shoon Mitsunaga Breaks Asian Games Record in 50 Fly in Prelims

  24-09-2026 04:17 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Japanese 21-year-old Shoon Mitsunaga has taken down his 2nd Asian Games Record in as many days.
  
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• Summer Juniors Runner-Up Will Hartig Commits To Georgia For 2027

  24-09-2026 03:02 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw 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.
  Will Hartig of Williamsburg, Virginia has announced his verbal commitment to continue his academic and athletic career at the University of Georgi
  
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• 2026 Asian Games: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

  24-09-2026 03:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
  Prelims at 10am local (9pm previous night ET)/Finals at 5pm local (4am ET)
  Tokyo Aquatics Centre
  LCM (50m)
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Welcome to the 5th prelims session of the 2026 Asian Games!
  There are a lot of events on the schedule this morning,
  
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• Summer Juniors Finalist Isaac Litwiller Flips Commitment From Louisville To Cal

  24-09-2026 02:42 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw 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.
  Isaac Litwiller of San Jose, California has announced his verbal commitment to continue his academic and athletic career at the University of Cali
  
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• Turkish Nationals Finalist Mert Taşbaşı Sends Verbal to SMU for Fall 2027

  24-09-2026 00:42 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.
  Turkish National Championship finalist Mert Taşbaşı will journey across the Atlantic next fall, as he has announced his verbal c
  
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• Senators File Amendment to Protect College Sports Act To Limit College Coaching Compensation to $5 Million A Year

  23-09-2026 23:11 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  While the Protect College Sports Act is moving through its procedural votes in the Senate, more than 35 amendments have been filed including one to limit college coaching compensation to $5 million a year.
  The bill has currently passed three procedural votes in the senate, and it still has a few more votes to pass after changes were made to the bill language last week.
  While the bill is moving through the votes, senators are filing a range of amendments to the bill
  
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• Nike Swim Signs On as a CSL Series Sponsor

  23-09-2026 23:05 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Staff on SwimSwam
  Nike Swim is joining the College Swimming League as a sponsor of our entire inaugural series, all eight matches, from the season  opener on September 24 through the Championship on November 6.
  Nike Swim’s commitment covers the full series in Year 1. A season-long commitment from one of the most recognizable names in  swimming reflects the momentum behind what we’re building, and the direction we intend to keep taking  the sport.
  “Nik
  
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• Cal Kicks Off 2028 Recruiting with Verbal Commitment from Top Backstroker in Class, #9 Grant Bellin

  23-09-2026 22:58 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anne Lepesant 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.
  Grant Bellin from University Place, Washington, has announced his verbal commitment to the University of California, Berkeley, for the 2028-29 school
  
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• Olympic Medalist Kim Woomin Withdraws From Asian Games 800 Free With Shoulder Injury; 400 Status Uncertain

  23-09-2026 21:39 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
  Prelims at 10am local (9pm previous night ET)/Finals at 5pm local (4am ET)
  Tokyo Aquatics Centre
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4The men’s 800m freestyle is set to take center stage tomorrow at the 2026 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan; ho
  
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• 2026-27 College Swimming Previews: Ilya Kharun Leads the #4 ASU Men That Lost A Lot of Star Power

  23-09-2026 21:31 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  It’s that time of the year again. SwimSwam will be previewing the top 12 men’s and women’s teams (and then some) from the 2026 NCAA Championships. Follow along with the College Swimming Preview Channel. Want to read even more? Check out the latest edition of the SwimSwam magazine.
  #4 Men: Arizona State Sun Devils
  Key Losses: Remi Fabiani (37 NCAA points, 4 NCAA relays), Jonny Kulow (27 NCAA points, 4 NCAA relays), Adam Chaney (19.5 NCAA
  
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• China Has Monster Asian Games Night Four, Winning All But One Event

  23-09-2026 20:51 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2026 ASIAN GAMESSeptember 20th – September 25th (pool swimming)
  Prelims at 10am local (9pm previous night ET)/Finals at 5pm local (4am ET)
  Tokyo Aquatics Centre
  LCM (50m)
  Meet Central
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  RecapsPrelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Day four of the 2026 Asian Games unfolded in thrilling form tonight from the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with the powerhouse n
  
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• 22nd National Masters Swimming Championships: Swimmers Raise Questions Over Planning, Scheduling and Management

  23-09-2026 20:15 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sanuj Srivastava on SwimSwam
  The 22nd National Masters Swimming Championships, held in Bahadurgarh, Haryana, saw participation from more than 1,200 swimmers from across India. While the large turnout highlighted the growing popularity of Masters swimming in the country, several swimmers have raised concerns over the planning and management of the championship.
  A letter shared among swimmers in WhatsApp groups by Maharashtra Masters swimmer Kushal Bhagi highlighted concerns ranging from change
  
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• Judge Grants Owen McDonald and Zalan Sarkany 5th Year of Eligibility

  23-09-2026 20:11 via swimswam.com
  
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  An Indiana judge has granted a preliminary injunction, giving Indiana swimmers Owen McDonald and Zalan Sarkany a 5th year of eligibility one day before Indiana starts their swim season.
  At the beginning of September, McDonald and Sarkany were part of a lawsuit against the NCAA, seeking an extra year of eligibility after the NCAA passed the five-for-five rule this summer.
  That judge granted the athletes, which included a few Indiana football players, a Temporary Res
  
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• Hungarian Olympic Bronze medalist David Betlehem Hints at Retirement Dependent on World Champs or Olympic Gold

  23-09-2026 18:40 via swimswam.com
  
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  Hungarian Olympian and Open Water Olympic Bronze medalist David Betlehem has hinted at when he may hang up his cap and goggles, likely after he secures a World Championship or Olympic gold medal.
  In a report from 24.Hu, Betlehem, who is only 23 years old, says the idea of both golds is the main driving force in his career today.
  “Two more medals, from two competitions. It remains to be seen how many opportunities I will have for this. Hopefully one next year an
  
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