The most vital time for a competitive swimmer is in the five minutes before each race. This is the time that makes or breaks a swimmer – often from this ... Read More

Ten members of the 2008 US Olympic Swim Team, including Dara Torres and Aaron Peirsol, will compete March 5-7 at the 2009 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet, the fourth stop ... Read More

The 53rd Men's and 29th Women's NAIA Championship Swim Meet (a coed meet) will be 4-7 March 2009 at the St. Peters Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Missouri.

One of the goals of competitive swimming is to get faster. That's obvious. There are thousands of ways to swim faster, and every swim coach and swimmer has great ideas. ... Read More

So, Triathlon is on your mind again, and you're revving up your training to prepare for the next racing season. Swimming has been on the back-burner during the off-season, and ... Read More

The Men's and Women's NJCAA Championship Swim Meet (a coed meet) will be 4-7 March 2009 at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Athletic Center in Buffalo, New York.

There is no doubt that swimming is good exercise. But - is it a good exercise choice if your primary goal is to lose body weight? Apparently not, although many ... Read More

FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation) has started to move the line backward, beginning the process of undoing the record havoc caused by the amazing swimsuits of 2008, like the Speedo ... Read More

Swim Log is a handy piece of software that helps swimmers and parents keep track of best times, set goals, and record workouts. It has a lot of other features, ... Read More

Sometimes you want to focus on one distance. While no one workout can make you better, swimming shorter distance repeats than the aimed for race distance can help your body ... Read More

National Team Swimmer Mary DeScenza expanded upon her lead as the highest scorer in the 2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series with a total of five gold medals at the ... Read More

The 2009 NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) men's and NCAA women's swimming and diving championship swim meets are as much a part of the annual March Madness as the NCAA ... Read More

Two-time Olympians Katie Hoff and Ryan Lochte both earned a pair of gold medals at the 2009 Missouri Grand Prix on the second day of competition at the Mizzou Aquatic ... Read More

Mary DeScenza came out on top twice on Friday the13th at the 2009 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet. Her first victory was in the 200 IM over Olympian Katie Hoff, ... Read More

Sport specific work is the best way to get better at that sport; if you want to be a better swimmer, then swim! But how can you make additional gains ... Read More

Eight members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team and members the U.S. National Team will compete at the Missouri Grand Prix in Columbia, Mo., February 13-16. Olympic gold medalist ... Read More

USA Swimming named Catherine Vogt as the head USA Swimming open water coach for the 2009 FINA World Championships. Vogt will join coaches Bob Bowman and Sean Hutchison in Rome, ... Read More

When lifting weights, you have a pretty good idea how the work should be done. Up, down, a certain number of repeats with a certain amount of weight, maybe repeated ... Read More

Financial cutbacks are everywhere. What does it cost to swim? Have they changed your or your family's swimming? Have you done anything to save money or stretch your budget so ... Read More

USA Swimming has reprimanded Michael Phelps under its Code of Conduct by withdrawing financial support and the eligibility to compete for a period of three months effective today, February 5.

A reader asks: The longer I race, the slower I get. In a 50, I am faster than my friend, but in a 1500 he is faster. How can I ... Read More

On February 14th, Swim Across America is hosting a national fundraising event to raise money for cancer research. This event is a tribute to the legendary Olympic coach, Richard Quick, ... Read More

A photo of Michael Phelps smoking from a marijuana-type pipe (also called a bong) appeared in the British tabloid News of the World on Sunday. The authenticity of the photo ... Read More