Swimming

9/28/2024 |  USA Swimming Announces 2025 Domestic Schedule (SportsTravel) USA Swimming will hold the 2025 Open Water National and Junior National Championships April 4-6 in Sarasota, Florida, while Indianapolis will host the 2025 National Championships, June 3-7 and the U.S. Open will take place December 3-6 in Austin, Texas.
The 2025 event schedule also features Open Water Nationals and Junior Nationals, Speedo Winter Juniors, three TYR Pro Swim Series events, the Toyota U.S. Open and National Championships, June 3–7 in Indianapolis, which recently hosted the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium.

9/13/2024 |  Investigator backs WADA's handling of Chinese swimmers case (Reuters Sports) Sept 12 (Reuters) - An investigator has backed the World Anti-Doping Agency's handling of a case involving 23 Chinese swimmers who failed drug tests weeks before the Tokyo Games and said WADA had not been complacent nor shown bias towards China.

9/5/2024 |  Australian swimmer celebrates gold after fortune teller prediction (Reuters Sports) PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Three years after surviving a horrific bike accident, Australian Paralympic swimmer Alexa Leary claimed her second gold medal in a world record time in Paris on Wednesday.
Leary's swim of 59.53 seconds in the 100 metres freestyle final broke her world record in the heats of the S9 category which includes swimmers with severe weakness in one leg.

8/26/2024 |  Atlantic City to Host 2025 US Open Pool Championship (SportsTravel) The 48th US Open Pool Championship will return to the Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City from August 18–23, 2025.
“We are honored to be hosting the US Open Pool Tournament again for the fifth consecutive year,” said Dan Gallagher, director of sports sales for the Atlantic City Sports Commission. “Our seaside destination could not be better positioned to host this glorious event in our world-class venues along with ample experiences for athletes and spectators.”

8/16/2024 |  'Gambling culture' sinks Notre Dame men's swim team (United Press International (UPI)) Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Notre Dame men's swimming program has been suspended from competition for a year following an investigation that revealed concerns regarding gambling and culture, the school's athletic director said Thursday.
"These findings are contrary to the University's values and all that we stand for in Notre Dame athletics," Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua said in a statement. "In order to ensure that this behavior ends and to rebuild a culture of dignity, respect and exemplary conduct, we have decided to suspend the men's swimming program for at least one academic year."