PARIS — The stunning stat that tells the ongoing story of Olympic swimming’s evolution is, on the surface, a testament to Australian speed. It’s the story of Ariarne Titmus, the “Terminator” of world ...

The way the meet was going, it didn’t look like anyone was going to be able to swim faster than Katie Ledecky and Claire Weinstein in the 400 freestyle at the 2025 U.S. National Championships.

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Canada's Summer McIntosh strolled to victory in the women's 400-meter freestyle at the 2025 World Swim Championships, with Katie Ledecky adding a bronze to her impressive career haul. The 400-meter ...

LAKELAND — McKeel junior Chance Swinburne swam 50.03 to finish seventh in the 100-yard freestyle last year to fall short of qualifying for the state meet by just nine hundredths of a second. It was ...

Ready, set, go break a record. As elite athletes compete for top accolades in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, at least a few world records will undoubtedly fall. But some of the Olympics’ speediest ...

The Tufts men’s and women’s swim and dive teams took to the water on Friday and Saturday at Boston University. In a slightly different format, the teams competed without a total team score, but rather ...

Penn women’s swimming and diving is ready to make a splash at the Ivy League Championships just up north at Princeton from Feb. 19-22. The Quakers finished the regular season with a strong 8-4 overall ...