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• What Did We Learn From Leon Marchand’s Return To Competition?

  05-05-2025 16:31 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Dominique Hérailh
  In his latest interview with L’Equipe, Leon Marchand declared, “I didn’t know where I stood; now I know.” He added, “Now it’s more concrete. I’m a long way from my best times of last year, but at least I know what I need to work on…”
  The areas he mentioned at the time concern:“Reworking” the four strokes
  Improving his underwaters (we can only agree with this
  
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• Schroeder Swim Team’s Boys’ 11-12 200 Free Relay Breaks Wisconsin State Record in 1:39.22

  19-12-2025 01:27 via swimswam.com
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  2025 WI OZ SINGLE AGE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPDecember 13-14, 2025
  Racine Aquatic Center, Mount Pleasant, WI
  SCY (25 yards)
  ResultsThe Schroeder Swim Team boys’ 11-12 200 freestyle relay team of Adino Misany (25.40), Ethan Smith (24.34), Chase Komassa (23.58), and Owen Smith (23.58) lowered both their team record of 1:39.61 and the Wisconsin 11-12 state record, besting the 2015 time of 1:39.28 from the Badger Aquatics Club.
  That quartet went on to win by just over fo
  
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• 2025 Swammy Awards: CAC Male Swimmer of the Year – Lamar Taylor

  19-12-2025 00:25 via swimswam.com
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  See all of our 2025 Swammy Awards here.
  Lamar Taylor is just the third different Swammy winner of the Caribbean/Central American Male Swimmer of the Year since 2020, joining Jordan Crooks (2022 and 2024) and Dylan Carter (2020, 2021, 2023). Taylor spent the year rewriting a number of his own Bahamian records while making a significant impact on several University of Tennessee relays at NCAAs, becoming the first swimmer ever to break an NCAA record in the same event a
  
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• Ethan Holloway Swims Personal Bests In All Events At Winter Juniors Including 20.05 50 Free

  19-12-2025 00:24 via swimswam.com
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Ethan Holloway, the son of NC State head coach Braden Holloway, committed to NC State for 2026 earlier this fall. Just two months later, Ethan posted lifetime best times in all of his events at Winter Juniors-East.
  He most notably finaled in the 50 and 100 freestyles at the meet. After tying for 24th in prelims of the 50 free in a 20.37, he blasted a 20.05 to win the swim off, earning him a spot in finals. At night, he swam a 20.14 to win the ‘C’ fina
  
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• Lithuanian Coach Paulius Andrijauskas Resigns After Accusations of Harassment

  18-12-2025 23:23 via swimswam.com
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Lithuanian coach Paulius Andrijauskas has resigned from his post after facing allegations of harassment and psychological abuse.
  Andrijauskas, who represented Lithuania at the 2004 Olympic Games and worked with world champion breaststroker Ruta Meilutyte briefly from 2017 until 2018, was accused of harassment by current World Junior champion and Virginia commit Smilte Plytnykaite.
  Plytnykaite, 18, spoke to Lithuanian outlet Lietuvos Rytas in multipl
  
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• Texas Men Stay On Top of December CSCAA Dual Meet Polls

  18-12-2025 21:54 via swimswam.com
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  The University of Texas men came out on top of the December edition of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) dual meet poll for the 3rd of three times this season with 400 total points.
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  NovemberThe Texas men did not swim any dual meets in November, so their record stayed at the 2-0 from their two meets in October, but they dominated the Texas Hall of Fame Invite with huge swims and best times across the board.
  One
  
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• Kwong/Verzyl, Hedberg/Tyler Win Synchro Gold on Final Day of USA Diving Winter Nationals

  18-12-2025 21:54 via swimswam.com
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: USA Diving
  The 2025 USA Diving Winter National Championships wrapped up Tuesday with Anna Kwong and Sophie Verzyl winning the women’s synchronized 3-meter title and Joshua Hedberg and Carson Tyler winning men’s synchronized 10-meter.Full ResultsHedberg and Tyler, who won bronze in 10-meter synchro at the World Aquatics Championships earlier this year, dominated the field with 827.02 points, including 82.14 on a
  
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• Virginia Women Stay On Top of December CSCAA Polls, Michigan and Tennessee Leap Up Rankings

  18-12-2025 21:19 via swimswam.com
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  The Colleges Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) has released December dual meet polls, the last edition for the 2025 calendar year, and the Virginia women maintain their stranglehold of the top spot with 425 points.
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  NovemberSince last month’s polls, the UVA women have swum three dual meets (at the CSCAA Dual Meet Tournament), all three of which they won in dominant fashion.
  In the first meet of the tournament they ca
  
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• 2025 Swammy Awards: South American Male Swimmer Of The Year – Gui Caribe

  18-12-2025 21:18 via swimswam.com
  By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
  See all of our 2025 Swammy Awards here.
  Many professional swimmers enter a golden age of their career when they reach their early to mid 20s. They find their stride at an established training base, rise in seniority and speed within their institutions, and their name recognition in the sport burgeons. Few swimmers have stepped into this phase in the past 12 months more profoundly than Gui Caribe. The now-established Brazilian star leaves 2025 a more mature, faster, wel
  
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• From Retirement To European Champion: Kasia Wasick’s Unlikely Comeback

  18-12-2025 21:00 via swimswam.com
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy of THEMAGIC5.
  She retired. She came back. Now she’s beating swimmers half her age. Oldest Swimmer at Elite European Championships, Kasia Wasick, shows that age is just a number as she wins Gold and Breaks Masters World Record with her Brothers.
  Five-time Olympian and Polish national record holder Kasia Wasick sprinted her way to gold in the women’s 50m freestyle at the European Short Course Championships. In front of a raging home crowd, Wasick delive
  
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• Ryan Lochte: “I never swam for the gold medals”

  18-12-2025 20:27 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  American swimmer Ryan Lochte released a statement on his Instagram account that, among other things, responded to the public backlash over his decision to sell three of his Olympic gold medals at auction.
  As part of a six paragraph written post that starts with saying that it is written because he is “too emotional to speak through this,” Lochte addresses a recent post by his ex-wife Kayla Reid and says that “therapy has been a transformative jo
  
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• Doping Case Involving Bolivian Olympian Maria Jose Pinto Ribera Settled

  18-12-2025 19:53 via swimswam.com
  By Keith Dunlap on SwimSwam
  The doping case involving 2024 Bolivian Olympic swimmer Maria Jose Pinto Ribera has been settled.
  The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Pinto will be ineligible until February 2026 after testing positive at the 2024 Paris Olympics for furomeside, a substance classified as capable of masking other drugs from the system.
  The 28-year-old Pinto was officially handed a 16-month ban effective Oct. 8, 2024 after being placed under a provincial suspension.
  One of the
  
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• Lilly King ‘Strikes the Anvil” Ahead of Indianapolis Colts Game

  18-12-2025 19:34 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  American Olympic gold medalist Lilly King ‘struck the anvil’ ahead of the Indianapolis Colts’ game on December 1 in the same stadium where she swam her final Olympic Trials meet in June.
  King, an Indiana native and star at Indiana University, retired at the 2025 World Championships as one of history’s most decorated breaststrokers. She owns six Olympic medals, including three gold. That includes the 100 breaststroke at the 2016 Games in Ri
  
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• 2025 Swammy Awards: CAC Female Swimmer of the Year – Celia Pulido

  18-12-2025 19:15 via swimswam.com
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  See all of our 2025 Swammy Awards here.
  Mexico’s Celia Pulido earns the Swammy for the Central American/Caribbean Female Swimmer of the Year following a year that saw her break four Mexican National Records, qualify for an ‘A’ final at NCAAs from a mid-major program, and represent her country at the World Aquatics Championships.
  Kicking off her 2025 campaign, Pulidio won a trio of individual Missouri Valley Conference Championship titles as a senior
  
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• Kansas, TCU Claim Big 12 Weekly Swim & Dive Honors

  18-12-2025 19:10 via swimswam.com
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Big 12 Sports
  TCU’s Nigel Forbes (men’s swimmer), Shea Skarda (men’s newcomer) and Audrey Worgull (women’s co-newcomer) were joined by Kansas’ pair of Hailey Farrell (women’s swimmer) and Kelly Estebo (women’s diver and co-newcomer) as the recipients of the Big 12 Swimming & Diving weekly awards for competition ending Dec. 14.
  Forbes led the Horned Frogs against Oklahoma Christian, winning two individual events and e
  
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• 2026 Pitt Swimming Summer Camp – Sign Up Today

  18-12-2025 17:09 via swimswam.com
  By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwam
  2026 Pitt Swimming Summer Camp – Sign Up Today
  We are excited to have you part of our camps this summer. We are looking forward to working with each camper, whether they are just learning to swim or looking to master some of the best training and technique methods used by the University of Pittsburgh coaching staff! Please see below for all the camp offerings; there is something for every level swimmer!Event
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• USA Men’s National Water Polo Team To Host Australia In January

  18-12-2025 17:00 via swimswam.com
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: USA Water Polo
  Irvine, CA – December 16, 2025 – The USA Water Polo Men’s National Team will kick off its 2026 competition schedule with a two-game series against Australia this January in Orange County. The two teams that met in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympic Games, a match won by Team USA en route to a bronze medal, squared off last summer in a three-game series, with Australia claiming two victories. This time around the teams will mee
  
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• 2025 Swammy Awards: World Junior Female Swimmer of the Year – Yu Zidi

  18-12-2025 16:31 via swimswam.com
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  See all of our 2025 Swammy Awards here.
  World Aquatics defines junior swimmers as aged between 14 and 18 as of December 31st of the competition year, but given the uniqueness of an athlete like Yu Zidi, we’re willing to bend the rules in this case and award her the Swammy for World Junior Female Swimmer of the Year.
  Yu, who turned 13 in October, had a series of mind-blowing performances throughout 2025 while she was 12, including earning a trio of 4th-p
  
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• On-Fire13-Yr-Old Grayson Coulter Posts 1:52.13 LCM 200 Freestyle

  18-12-2025 15:49 via swimswam.com
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2025 QUEENSLAND CHAMPIONSHIPSSaturday, December 13th – Friday, December 19th
  Brisbane Aquatic Centre
  LCM (50m)
  Meet Central
  Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap
  Live ResultsDay six of the 2025 Queensland Championships was another showcase of Oceania’s rising talent among the age group set, with multiple records going down with just one more day of competition remaining.
  After his showstopping performance in the boys’ 400m freesty
  
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• Do You Love Swimming? See 213 Swim Jobs You Might Love

  18-12-2025 14:27 via swimswam.com
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  Looking for a job in swimming? Go here to see 213 Swim Jobs.
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  The Glenmark Aquatic Foundation is seeking highly skilled and motivated Senior Coaches to lead the development swimming program at multiple locations in India. This coach will be responsible for developing swimmers from early stroke development (around 6 years) through to competitive group levels (up to 14–15 years), with the additional ability to guide senior-leve
  
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• IU Freshman Noah Cakir: “I’ve doubled my yardage since club… First time doing doubles”

  18-12-2025 13:45 via swimswam.com
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2025 U.S. OPEN
  December 3-6, 2025
  Austin, Texas
  Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming CenterPrelims: 10 a.m. EST
  Finals: 7 p.m EST (Day 1: 5 p.m. EST)
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
    
  Indiana freshman Noah Cakir has been moving up the ranks of college swimming. Quickly.
  At IU’s mid-season meet, the Ohio State Invite, Cakir clocked personal bests of 52.11 and 1:51.68 in the 100/200 breast, good for 34th and 9th in the NCAA. Then a
  
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• Daily Swim Coach Workout #1066

  18-12-2025 13:00 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:13-14 years old, 15-18 years old, 9-12 years old
  Targe
  
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• How Race Swami Simplified Operations by Switching from TeamUnify to Commit

  18-12-2025 12:00 via swimswam.com
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwamCourtesy of Commit Swimming, a SwimSwam partner
  How Race Swami Simplified Operations by Switching from TeamUnify to Commit
  Matt Finnigan, Executive Director and Head Coach of Race Swami
  Before switching to Commit Swimming, Race Swami struggled with TeamUnify’s clunky tools and nonexistent support.
  “TeamUnify never has a representative that gets back to you — EVER. We needed a partner who could help us whenever we had questions, issues, didn’t kno
  
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• 2025 Swammy Awards: Breakout Male Swimmer of the Year – Ahmed Jaouadi

  17-12-2025 22:50 via swimswam.com
  By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
  See all of our 2025 Swammy Awards here
  This year’s World Championships was an historic one for the continent of Africa. For the second time in two years it claimed three gold medals at Worlds, and came away with an 16-year high of six medals overall.
  This success was far from expected. Their five medals in 2023 came from just two swimmers – Ahmed Hafnaoui (three) and Tatjana Smith (two). Neither of those athletes were in attendance in Singapore this summer,
  
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• American Professional Athlete APA Support Increased From $39k to $45k

  17-12-2025 22:45 via swimswam.com
  By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
  American athletes who are members of the Athlete Partnership Agreement (APA) with USA Swimming will be seeing their annual support increase from $39,000 a year to $45,000 a year.
  USA Swimming CEO Kevin Ring went on the SwimSwam podcast, which was released today, and he announced that the professional athletes who were members of the APA would be receiving a 15% increase in annual support, their first increase since the inception of the APA in 2010.The exact figures
  
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• Distance Freestyle Specialist Sarah Ciobanu Commits To La Verne For Fall 2026

  17-12-2025 22:19 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.
  Sarah Ciobanu has announced her commitment to swim and study at the University of La Verne this fall. Ciobanu hails from Stockton, California, whe
  
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• Canadian SC Champs Finalist Justine Lapierre Sends Commitment to Nevada for 2026

  17-12-2025 22:14 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.
  Pointe-Claire Swim Club swimmer and Montreal, Quebec native Justine Lapierre has verbally committed to the University of Nevada as a part of the Wolfp
  
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• Christopher Montana, 16, Blasts 28.38 50 Breaststroke at NSW Senior State Age

  17-12-2025 22:04 via swimswam.com
  By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
  2025/26 New South Wales Senior State Age ChampionshipsDecember 13-19, 2025
  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Long Course Meters (50 meters)
  Live Streams
  Live ResultsBraden Keith contributed to this report. 
  On the 5th day of action at the New South Wales Senior State Age Championships, 16-year-old Christopher Montana took the win in the boys’ 15 & over 50 breaststroke Super Final in 28.38, becoming the fastest Austr
  
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• Tavia Arnell Announces Commitment To Colorado State’s Class Of 2030

  17-12-2025 21:55 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. 
  Tavia Arnell has verbally committed to swim and study at Colorado State University as a member of the Class of 2030. She confirmed the announceme
  
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• Versatile Sprinter Lily Furlow Commits To South Dakota’s Class Of 2030

  17-12-2025 21:51 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.
  Lily Furrow has announced her commitment to continue her academic and athletic career at South Dakota, beginning in fall 2025. She confirmed the d
  
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