Grand Prix and World Cup Swim Meets

Six pool records fell Saturday on the second night of competition at the 2011 Eric Namesnik Michigan Grand Prix. Michael Phelps, Kate Zielger, Natalie Coughlin, Kara Lynn Joyce, Tunisia's Ous Mellouli and Brazil's Cesar Cielo all broke pool records at the meet taking place at the University of Michigan. The Grand Prix swim meet concludes Sunday,...

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps broke two pool records Friday night, winning both the men's 200m free and 100m fly at the 2011 Eric Namesnik Michigan Grand Prix in Ann Arbor. Michael Phelps took home his first win of the night in the men's 200m free. His pool-record win came in a time of 1:48.45 which edged out Olympic gold medalist Ryan...

A talented field of swimmers, including Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Ryan Lochte and Jason Lezak, will compete in the 2011 Eric Namesnik Michigan Grand Prix Swim Meet, April 8-10 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The meet is the fifth stop of the seven-meet 2010-2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series and will take place at the Canham...

On the final night of the 2011 Indianapolis Grand Prix Swimming Meet, Michael Phelps came out on top of one of the most anticipated races, beating Ryan Lochte to the wall in the men’s 200m IM with a time of 1:56.88.

Olympians Matt Grevers and Ryan Lochte tied for gold Friday in the 100m backstroke at the 2011 Indianapolis Grand Prix Swimming Meet. Their time of 54.08 was the fastest time in the world this year.

Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps won the men's 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly Thursday at the 2011 Indianapolis Grand Prix Swimming Meet. His times in both events - 1:46.27 in the 200m free and 51.75 in the 100m fly - were the fastest in the world this year.

Grand Prix Swimming - 2011 USA Swimming Indianapolis Grand Prix Swimming Meet

USA Olympic and National Team swimmer Rebecca Soni set her second meet record at the 2011 Missouri Grand Prix swimming meet Saturday, winning the women's 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:23.27. The third stop of the Grand Prix Swimming Meet Series runs through Monday, February 21.

National Team swimmer Missy Franklin turned in the top performance of the night Sunday, taking home three gold medals in the women's 200m IM, 200m back and the 100m free at the 2011 Austin Grand Prix swim meet. The three-day meet, which took place at the University of Texas at Austin, was the second stop of the seven-meet USA Swimming 2011 Grand...

Olympic champions Jason Lezak and Michael Phelps won gold medals Saturday night on the second day of competition at the 2011 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet. Lezak topped the field in the men's 50m free while Phelps was victorious in the men's 100m back. The meet, taking place at the University of Texas at Austin, concludes Sunday, January 16.

Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps won one gold medal apiece Friday on the first day of competition at the 2011 Austin Grand Prix swim meet. The swim meet, taking place at the University of Texas at Austin, runs through Sunday, January 16.

Missy Franklin won the 50y free and 100y back Saturday night on the second day of competition at the 2010 Minnesota Grand Prix swim meet. Franklin's swimming medal count in Minneapolis is now at four individual golds with just one day of swimming competition remaining. The 2010 Minnesota Grand Prix swi meet is the first stop of the seven-meet...

Olympic gold medal swimmer Ricky Berens and National Team swimmer Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) each took home two gold medals Friday night on the first day of competition at the 2010 Minnesota Grand Prix. The meet, which is the first stop of the seven-meet 2010-2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix Swim Meet Series, runs through Sunday, November 14...

Peter Vanderkaay took home $20,000 Sunday night as part of the Wendy's Carolinas Classic as the 2010 Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix swim meet. Vanderkaay won the top spot of the Classic which awarded swimmer's prize money based upon their performance at the UltraSwim. Justine Mueller also broke a meet record in the 200m IM on the final evening...

Two meet records were broken Saturday night at the 2010 Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix swim meet. Rebecca Soni and Elizabeth Pelton set meet records in the 200m breast and 100m back, respectively, while Nick Thoman had an exciting win in the men's 100m back. The meet, taking place at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, N.C.,...

Michael Phelps won each of his events Friday night, winning the men's 200m free and the 100m fly at the 2010 Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix Swim Meet. Phelps was the only swimmer to win two events Friday. Three meet records also fell Friday night due to strong swims by Rebecca Soni, Dagny Knutson, and Elizabeth Beisel. The swim meet, taking...

2008 Olympians Peter Vanderkaay and Chloe Sutton were victorious on the first night of the 2010 Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix Swim Meet. Vanderkaay took home the win in the men's 1500m free with a time of 15:05.96, while Sutton won the women's 800m free with a time of 8:30.07. The swim meet, taking place at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center...

Twelve USA Olympians and more than 15 members of the USA Swimming National Team, including Olympic swimming gold medalists Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Ryan Lochte, and Aaron Peirsol, will compete at the 2010 Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix Swim Meet, May 13-16, in Charlotte, NC.

Two more pool records fell on the final night of the 2010 Columbus Grand Prix Swim Meet at The Ohio State University, for a total of four pool records over the three-day swim meet. Teenage swimmers Elizabeth Pelton and Jasmine Tosky were responsible for the records in the 100m backstroke and 200m butterfly, respectively.

Olympian Eric Shanteau swam a pool record time of 2:10.84, stopping the clock nearly three seconds ahead of the next swimmer in the men's 200m breaststroke on the second day of swimming at the 2010 Columbus Grand Prix Swim Meet. Nick Thoman also lowered a pool record, swimming a time of 53.95 in the men's 100m backstroke.

Olympian Chloe Sutton earned double gold on the first day of the 2010 Ohio State Grand Prix Swim Meet at the Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, winning both the 200m and 800m freestyle. Sutton and 2008 Olympic teammate Kate Ziegler faced off twice tonight, with Sutton coming out on top on both occasions.

Olympians Michael Phelps, Eric Shanteau, Chloe Sutton, along with other members of the USA Swimming National Swim Team, will compete at the 2010 Columbus Grand Prix Swim Meet, April 1-3 in Columbus, Ohio.

Dana Vollmer had a strong night in the pool Saturday, taking home two gold medals on the final night of competition at the 2010 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet. Vollmer won both the 200m fly and 100m free, an event in which she also set a pool record. Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni also broke a pool record with her swim in the 200m breast.

Two pool records were broken Friday on the second night of competition at the 2010 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet. Matt Grevers broke the pool record in the men's 100m back with a time of 53.05 while Rebecca Soni set the pool record in the women's 100m breast with a time of 1:06.43. The 2010 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet, taking place at the...

Ariana Kukors set a pool record Thursday on the first day of competition at the 2010 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet. Kukors broke Tracy Caulkins' pool record in the 200m IM with a time of 2:10.34. The Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet, taking place at the University of Texas at Austin, runs through Saturday, March 6.

A star-studded group of US swimmers, including Olympic gold medalists Natalie Coughlin, Aaron Peirsol and Rebecca Soni, will headline the field at the 2010 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet, March 4-6 2010. This will be Coughlin's first meet back in the pool since her medal record-breaking performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The 2010 Missouri Grand Prix wrapped up Monday morning with timed finals of the women's 1500m free and the men's 800m free. US National Teamer and 2008 Olympian Chloe Sutton won the women's 1500m free in 16:56.98, ahead of Taylor O'Brien (17:09.91) and Gillian Ryan (17:30.12).

USA Swimming National Teamer and 2008 Olympian Eric Shanteau won two events Saturday on the second night of the 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet. Shanteau took the men's 200m IM with a time of 1:59.75, then returned to the pool a short time later to win the 200m breaststroke in 2:11.17. "To do the times I did tonight bodes really well for the...

Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, in addition to other members of the USA Swimming National Team, will compete at the USA Swimming 2010 Grand Prix, 12-15 February in Columbia, MO. The meet will take place at the Mizzou Aquatic Center, and is the third stop of the eight-meet USA Swimming 2010 Grand Prix Series that awards the...

Olympians Matt Grevers and Katie Hoff took home the men's and women's high-point award Monday at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix in Long Beach, Calif. Michael Phelps took home one gold medal in the 100y fly and a total of three meet records were broken on the final night of competition.

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps claimed the gold in the 400y IM Sunday night at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix in Long Beach, Calif. Phelps held off Japan's Hidemasa Sano in the final race of the night to take home his second gold medal of the meet. Three meet records also fell Sunday night with strong performances by Katie Hoff,...

Olympian Matt Grevers took home two gold medals Saturday night on the second day of competition at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix in Long Beach, Calif. Grevers won gold in both the men's 100y free and 200y back while Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps took home one gold in the 500y free, his only event of the night.

2008 Olympic swimmer Chloe Sutton and USA Swimming National Team swimmer Robert Margalis placed first in the women’s and men’s 1000y free Friday on the first night of competition at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix Swim Meet. The swim meet, taking place at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif., runs through Monday, January 18.

Olympic gold medal swimmers Michael Phelps and Rebecca Soni, and other members of the USA Swimming National Team, will swim in the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix, January 15-18, in Long Beach, CA. The short-course meet will take place at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool and is the second stop in the eight-meet 2009-2010 USA Swimming Grand...

Olympic Swimmer Chloe Sutton of Mission Viejo Nadadores wrapped up the final night of the 2009 Minneapolis Grand Prix Swim Meet with a meet record in the women’s 1650-yard freestyle. It was her second gold medal of the three-day grand prix swim meet, her fourth medal overall.

US swimmers had a strong night in the water Sunday at the 2009 FINA World Cup Swim Meet in Berlin. Jessica Hardy broke her own world record and won gold in the women's 50m breast while Michael Phelps, Peter Marshall, Lauren Driscoll and Whitney Myers all claimed silver medals on the second and final night of the swim meet in Germany.

Thiago Pereira and Olympian Rebecca Soni each won two events and set a meet record Saturday on the second night of the Minneapolis Grand Prix. Soni won the women's 400-yard IM in 4:14.41 and set the meet record in the women's 200y breaststroke in 2:07.68. Pereira set the meet record in the men's 400y IM in 3:43.72 and won the men's 200y breast in 1:56.44.

Olympians Chloe Sutton and Rebecca Soni both won two medals and set meet records Friday on the first night of the 2009 Minneapolis Grand Prix Swim Meet. Sutton, of Mission Viejo Nadadores, won gold in the women’s 1000-yard freestyle with a meet record of 9:33.72, and also took silver in the women’s 200y free in 1:48.18. Soni, of Trojan Swim Club, set the meet record in the finals of the women…

US Swimmers took home three silver medals Saturday, on the first day of competition at the FINA World Cup in Berlin. Jessica Hardy, Peter Marshall and Whitney Myers each took home hardware, while Michael Phelps finished fourth, just outside of medal contention, in the men's 200m fly with a time of 1:52.26.

Top U.S. swimmers, including Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni and World Championship silver medalist Tyler Clary, will compete today in the first USA Swimming Grand Prix Swim Meet of the 2009-10 season - the Minnesota Grand Prix. The event will take place at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, November 13-15.

On the final day of competition at the 2009 FINA World Cup Swim Meet in Stockholm, USA swimmers took home two gold, one silver and one bronze medal. Michael Phelps earned a silver medal in the men's 200m IM, while National Teamers Jessica Hardy and Peter Marshall each took home gold medals and broke world records in their respective events. In addition, the 2009 National Youth World Cup Team adva…

The 2009 USA Swimming National Youth World Cup Team took home one silver medal and two bronze medals on the first day of competition at the FINA World Cup in Stockholm. Melissa Franklin earned the silver, while Amber McDermott and Kyle Whitaker both won bronze medals. Michael Phelps, competing in Stockholm as a National Team representative to the Youth Team, also took home a bronze medal.

Swimmers on USA Swimming's 2009 National Youth World Cup Team will begin competition at the FINA World Cup event in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday, November 10. The two-day event will feature 46 of the top youth swimmers in the U.S. as well as 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, who is traveling and competing with the team as the USA Swimming National Team athlete representative.

The 2009-2010 USA Swimming Grand Prix Swim Meet Series will kick off in Minneapolis on November 13 and will feature a total of eight swim meets throughout the USA, an increase of two swim meets from the 2008-2009 Grand Prix Series. The top swimmers in the USA will be back in the pool competing for a $20,000 Grand Prix Swim Meet prize purse that...

Jessica Hardy (Long Beach, Calif.) broke the world record in the 50m breaststroke when she time-trialed the 100m breast on the third day of competition at the 2009 U.S. Open National Championships. Hardy split a time of 29.95 to swim under the previous world record of 30.09.

Four meet records fell on the second day of the 2009 U.S. Open National Championships. National Teamers Nick Thoman (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Nick Brunelli (Mansfield, Mass.) each lowered their own meet records in their respective events.

Olympic silver medalist Elaine Breeden (Lexington, Ky.) scored gold on the first day of competition in the women's 200m butterfly at the King Aquatic Center with a time of 2:08.07. Meet records also fell in the men's and women's 200m breaststroke to kick off the five-day competition.

Olympians Margaret Hoelzer, Kate Ziegler, and Elaine Breeden will head to Federal Way, August 4-8, for the 2009 US Open Swimming Championships. Competition will take place at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center and will feature a field of more than 800 swimmers.

Mary DeScenza claimed the 2008-2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series Sunday night at the final stop of the Series - the 2009 Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand Prix in Santa Clara, Calif. With the win, DeScenza took home a $20,000 prize offered to the winner of the six-meet scoring race from USA Swimming. She competed in all six of the Grand Prix Series meets, winning a total of 20 gol…

Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte added to his Grand Prix gold medal haul Sunday night, with a win in the men's 100m back at the 2009 Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand Prix swim meet. Lochte also claimed the men's high-point award for his overall performance in Santa Clara.

Two meet records were broken Saturday on the third day of competition at the Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand Prix. Nathan Adrian broke the meet record in the men's 50m free in 22.04 and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry won the women's 400m IM in a meet-record time of 4:32.15. Michael Phelps took home his second gold medal of the meet, winning the men's 400m free in 3:48.05.

Michael Phelps broke the meet record and earned his first gold medal of the meet in the men's 200m fly Friday night at the Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand Prix. Phelps finished with a time of 1:54.31, more than a second in front of the rest of the field.

US National teamer Chad La Tourette and Amber McDermott placed first in the men's 800m free and women's 1500m free, respectively, on the first night of competition at the 2009 Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand Prix. The meet, which is the sixth and final stop of the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series, runs through Sunday, June 14.

More than 20 US Olympians, including Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will compete at the 2009 Santa Clara International Grand Prix Swim Meet, June 11-14 in Santa Clara, Calif. The meet is the final stop of the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series and the last major U.S. meet before the 2009 ConocoPhillips National Championships and World Championship Trials in July.

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Two-time Olympic swimmer Peter Vanderkaay lowered the pool record in the men's 1500m freestyle on the first night of the 2009 Charlotte UltraSwim, the fifth stop in USA Swimming's six-meet Grand Prix Series, while Olympic swimming teammate Katie Hoff collected her first gold of the meet in the 800m free.

When the professional swimming world arrives in Charlotte, NC for the 2009 Charlotte Ultra Swim Grand Prix Swim Meet on May 14th, they will be accompanied by the voice of American swimming, three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines. Gaines will provide color commentary for Universal Sports. He will call Michael Phelps' first race, the...

Fifteen US Olympic swimmers and more than 25 US National Swim Team members, including Michael Phelps, 14-time Olympic gold medal swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones, will compete at the 2009 Charlotte UltraSwim, May 14-17, in Charlotte, NC. This meet will be the first long-course meet since the 2008 Beijing Olympics for swimming...

Olympian Eric Shanteau lowered the pool record in the men's 200m breaststroke on the final day of the 2009 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet. His time of 2:09.97 was Shanteau's personal best time, as well as the fastest time recorded in the world this year.

Two-time Olympic swimmers Katie Hoff and Peter Vanderkaay lowered pool records in the women's and men's 200m freestyle, respectively, on the second day of competition at the 2009 Austin Grand Prix Swim Meet. Only one day remains in the three-day Grand Prix.

Two-time Olympian Peter Vanderkaay swam under the American record pace for 250 meters of the men's 400m free on the opening night of the Austin Grand Prix. His final time of 3:45.21 erased the pool record, previously held by three-time Olympian Klete Keller, by more than two seconds.

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, the fourth stop of the 2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Swim Meet Series. The meet will serve as the first competition back for both Torres and Peirsol since Beijing. Torres, 41 years old, won an Olympic silver...

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 Missouri Grand Prix. DeScenza now owns a total of 89 points to sit in first by 32 points. On the final day of competition, DeScenza added another two gold medals to her hardware count with wins in the women's 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke.

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

National Teamer Mary DeScenza defeated Olympians Katie Hoff and Christine Magnuson in the 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly, respectively, to score double gold on the first day of the Missouri Grand Prix at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.

Eight members of the 2008 US Olympic swim team and members the USA Swimming National Team will compete at the Missouri Grand Prix in February 13-16. Olympic gold medalist and world record-holder Ryan Lochte, multiple Olympic medalist Katie Hoff, along with Garrett Weber-Gale, Matt Grevers, Eric Shanteau, Chloe Sutton, Mark Gangloff, and...

Olympians Matt Grevers and Ryan Lochte won two gold medals Monday on the final night of competition at the Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming in Long Beach, Calif. Grevers and Mary DeScenza earned the men's and women's high-point award for their overall performance at the meet, while Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics took home the meet's overall team title.

Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Matt Grevers set meet records and Mary DeScenza won two events on the third night of competition at the 2009 Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming in Long Beach, Calif. Lochte won gold and set a meet record in the 200y free with a time of 1:33.32 and Grevers broke the meet record in the 50y free to win...

US National Teamer Mary DeScenza broke the 200y fly American record Saturday on the second day of finals at the 2009 Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming. DeScenza swam a 1:51.28 at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif., breaking the short course record by more than five tenths. The previous record of 1:51.91 was set in 2002...

Open Water Olympian Chloe Sutton and Olympic gold medalist Ous Mellouli placed first in the women's and men's 1000y free Friday night on the first day of competition at the 2009 Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming. The meet, taking place at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif., runs through Monday, January 19.

Members of the 2008 US Olympic Swim Team and the US National Swim Team will compete in the first USA Swimming event of 2009, the Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming, presented by Vintage Design Incorporated, in Long Beach, Calif., January 16-19. Olympic gold medalist and world record-holder Ryan Lochte headlines the field in Long Beach....

Mary Descenza swam a perfect six for six gold medals at the 2008 Minnesota Grand Prix Swim Meet. The American record-holder is now in the top position on the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series leaderboard with 30 points. A $20,000 purse will be awarded to the swimmer with the most points at the conclusion of the six-stop series.

Mary Descenza (Naperville, Ill.) doubled her gold-medal count on the second day of competition at the Minnesota Grand Prix at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Descenza's gold-medal total now stands at four.

The 2008 Minnesota Grand Prix Swim Meet kicked off today at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center. National Teamer and American record-holder Mary Descenza (Naperville, Ill.) earned double gold on the opening night in the 200y freestyle and 100y butterfly, while Olympian Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) took home a gold and silver medal.

2008-2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Swim Meet Series Schedule

The top swimmers in the country will return to the pool for the 2008-2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Meet Series. For the second year in a row, swimmers will be awarded points for medals earned at the six swim meets. A $20,000 purse will be awarded to the swimmer with the most points at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Meet Series.

Universal Sports will provide coverage of the FINA World Cup starting Saturday, October 11 from Belo Horizonte Brazil. Taking place in seven cities on five continents, Universal Sports TV and UniversalSports.com will feature live and on-demand coverage of this major short-course (25m) competitive circuit.

On the final day of competition at the 2008 U.S. Open Swim Meet in Minneapolis, Chad La Tourette (Mission Viejo, Calif.) lowered both the U.S Open record and the meet record in the men's 800m freestyle. Throughout the five-day meet, a total of 15 meet records were broken.

On the fourth day of competition at the 2008 U.S. Open Swim Meet in Minneapolis, Longhorn Aquatics teammates Nick Thoman (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Hayley McGregory (Houston, Texas) closed in on the world records in the 100m backstroke at the 2008 U.S Open. Both swimmers lowered the meet record in the event and earned their second gold medals of the competition.

With two days left in the 2008 U.S. Open Swim Meet in Minnesota, an additional three meet records fell on the third day of competition to bring the total to ten meet records. Michael Klueh (Evansville, Ind.), Mary Descenza (Naperville, Ill.) and Kelsey Ditto (Austin, Texas) also collected their second gold medals of the meet.

Hayley McGregory (Austin, Texas), Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.) and Nick Thoman (Cincinnati, Ohio) each lowered meet records in their respective events on the second day of the 2008 U.S. Open in Minneapolis, Minn.

Mary Descenza (Naperville, Ill.) and Scott Usher (Grand Island, Neb.) kicked off the opening night of the 2008 U.S. Open Swim Meet in Minneapolis, Minn., with gold medal swims at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

Twenty-four swimmers on the USA National Team are slated to swim in the 2008 U.S. Open in Minneapolis, Minn., July 29 - Aug. 2 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center Swimming Pool. Scott Usher, a 2004 Olympian, is scheduled to compete in both breaststroke events, while American-record holder Mary Descenza will be on deck to contest the 100m and 200m freestyle, 100m and 200m backstroke, 100m and 200m butterfly and the 200m IM.

Olympian Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.) nearly erased her own world record in the 100 backstroke when she swam just .05 seconds off of the mark with a time of 59.27 on the final day of the Janet Evans Invitational at the McDonald's Swim Stadium at the University of Sothern California.

Three meet records were set Sunday, bringing the meet total to 14 on the final day of action at the Charlotte UltraSwim. U.S. National Teamer Elizabeth Beisel (Saunderstown, R.I.) of Bluefish Swim Club set the first record Sunday morning, in the prelims of the women's 200m backstroke (2:11.07). Auburn University's Ava Ohlgren (Northville, Mich.) also a National Teamer, followed suit with a meet record in the finals women's 200m IM (2:12.97).

Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.) and Race Club teammate Gary Hall, Jr. (Miami Beach, Fla.) finished less than two-tenths of a second apart to take first- and second-place respectively in the men's 50m freestyle final tonight at the Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational. More than 4,100 people were in attendance at Qwest Center Omaha, which will host the 2008 Olympic Team Trials for Swimming later this month.

Pan American gold medalist Julia Smit (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) captured three gold medals and set two meet records on the second day of competition at the Janet Evans Invitational at the University of Southern California with wins in the 200m freestyle, 400m IM, and 200m backstroke.

Eight more meet records fell Saturday at the Charlotte UltraSwim, bringing the total to 11 in the three-day-old meet. National team members Mary DeScenza (Naperville, Ill.) and Cullen Jones (New Brunswick, N.J.) each broke two. DeScenza shattered the 200m butterfly record twice, first in the prelims (2:09.26) and again in the finals (2:08.10) and Jones bettered the 50m freestyle record in the prelims (22.36) and finals.

Michel Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) won his third gold medal of the meet and clinched the Toyota Grand Prix Series crown on the second night of action at the 2008 Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational in Omaha, Neb.

Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) secured the top spot on the leaderboard for the Toyota Grand Prix Series following his impressive performance at the Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational in Omaha, Neb. With a win in the men's 100m back today, Phelps took home a $20,000 prize offered to the winner of the eight-meet scoring race from Toyota and USA Swimming.

Kate Ziegler took home the first gold medal at the 2008 Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational with her win in the women's 1500m free. Ziegler, who holds the world record in the event, finished in 16:13.93. Tom Koucheravy won the men's 800m free with a time of 8:06.31.

Erik Vendt ended the final day of competition at the Toyota Santa Clara International Invitational Grand Prix on a high note, breaking his own U.S. Open record in the 1500m free with a time of 14.46.78. Michael Phelps' overall performance earned him the men's high-point award, while the women's award went to Mary DeScenza. Club Wolverine took...

Peter Vanderkaay lit up the pool Saturday night, breaking the American record in the men's 400m free at the Toyota International Invitational Grand Prix in Santa Clara, Calif. Vanderkaay won gold in 3:43.82, breaking Klete Keller's American record set in August of 2004. In addition to Vanderkaay's standout swim, a total of seven meets records...

Natalie Coughlin broke her own 100m free American record Friday night at the 2008 Toyota International Invitational Grand Prix in Santa Clara, Calif. Coughlin finished with a time of 53.39 to earn silver behind Australia's Cate Campbell, who won gold with a new U.S. Open time of 53.30. Lacey Nymeyer was third in 54.92. A total of four meet...

The first day of the meet saw Kate Ziegler swim a 8:30.29 in the 800 Freestyle to claim the top preliminary spot, with Kylie Palmer in second (8:32.63) and Alyssa Anderson third (8:37.22). In the men's 1500 Freestyle prelims, Erik Vendt had the top time, 14:54.89. Michael Klueh qualified for second for finals with a 15:18.75 and Tyler Clary took...

More than 15 members of the U.S. National swim team will compete at the 41st Toyota Santa Clara International Grand Prix, May 15-18 in Santa Clara, Calif. Olympic gold medalists Natalie Coughlin, Michael Phelps, and Ryan Lochte are expected to compete at the final West Coast stop on the eight-meet Toyota Grand Prix Series. The top medal-winner at the end of the Toyota Grand Prix Series will be awarded $20,000, courtesy of Toyota and USA Swimming.

Olympians Natalie Coughlin and Klete Keller each captured their second gold medals of the meet on the final day of competition at the Stanford Grand Prix. Five more pool records were broken to bring the total to 15 throughout the three-day event. Despite colliding with the lane line, Coughlin clocked the fourth-fastest time in the world when she matched her previous world record in the 100m backstroke at 59.44.

Peter Vanderkaay became just the fourth American to go under 15 minutes in the 1500m freestyle and won his second gold medal of the Toyota Grand Prix at the Ohio State University as meet action concluded tonight. Vanderkaay improved his own best time by 28 seconds and bested the field by more than 53 seconds with a time of 14:52.56.

Olympians Natalie Coughlin and Klete Keller collected their first gold medals of the meet at the Stanford Grand Prix. With just one day to go in the meet, an additional five pool records fell to bring the total to 10. Competition concludes tomorrow with the 100m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 400m I.M.

Katie Hoff won her third gold medal of the meet in the 400m IM on the second night of action at the Toyota Grand Prix at the Ohio State University tonight. In addition, the world record-holding trio of Michael Phelps, Brendan Hansen and Aaron Peirsol each won their respective events.

Olympian Natalie Coughlin set a pool record and came within a half second of her own American record in the 100m freestyle on the first day of the Stanford Grand Prix at Avery Aquatic Center on 4 April 2008. An additional four pool records fell on a night that saw three Olympians win gold.

2004 Olympian Katie Hoff won two events, leading a field of Olympians on the opening night of the Toyota Grand Prix at the Ohio State University on 4 April 2008. Olympic medalists Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, and Kaitlin Sandeno were also winners as action got underway in Columbus. The meet continues tomorrow with prelims and finals in the 400m IM, 50m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 100m backstroke and 400m freestyle. The 400m medley relay will be swum with finals.

A talented field of top American swimmers, including world record-holder Natalie Coughlin, will compete in two meets on opposite sides of the country April 4-6 during a pair of stops on the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix Series (Natalie Coughlin and Jason Lezak to Swim in California).

A talented field of top American swimmers, including world record-holders Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin will compete in two meets on opposite sides of the country April 4-6 during a pair of stops on the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix Series (Michael Phelps And Katie Hoff To Swim In Columbus).

Two-time Olympian Erik Vendt broke the U.S Open record in the men’s 1500m free Monday, on the final day of competition at The 2008 Missouri Grand Prix. Vendt swam under American-record pace for the majority of the 1500m race, however, he faded slightly in the last 200 meters, to finish in 14:47.59. Mission Viejo teammates Chad La Tourette and Fran Crippen hit the wall next in 15:03.59 and 15:20.74, respectively.

Olympic gold medalist Natalie Coughlin shocked the crowd and herself with her 100m back world-record breaking swim Sunday night during prelims at The 2008 Missouri Grand Prix. She lowered her previous world record in the event by more than two tenths with a time of 59.21. “If you could see my face, I was slightly shocked,” Coughlin said following the race. “I was thinking about BBQ and no warm down. It was a strange race. I really didn’t expect it.”

Katie Hoff broke her second American record of the meet with her standout swim in the women's 200m free during Sunday morning finals of the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix. Hoff's gold-medal winning time of 1:56.08 lowered the previous 200m free American record set by Natalie Coughlin at World Championships in 2007. Coughlin was second with a time of 1:57.47. Kara Lynn Joyce was third with a time of 1:58.72. Hoff, Coughlin and Joyce all wore the new Speedo LZR RACER swimsuit during their swim.

Katie Hoff swam well in Saturday night's preliminary session, earning a first-place seed heading into finals in the 200 free. With Kara Lynn Joyce, Natalie Coughlin, Kim Vandenberg and Kate Ziegler poised to compete in Sunday's finals, this race will be no easy win. Hoff will also find herself in lane four of her signature event, the 400 IM, Sunday morning.

Swimmers lit up the pool Saturday morning at The 2008 Missouri Grand Prix as Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry broke a world record in the 200m backstroke and US National Teamer Katie Hoff swam to an American record in the 400m freestyle Coventry's time broke the second-oldest world record in the books in the 200m back in a time of 2:06.39, while Hoff erased the longest-standing American record in the 400m freestyle swimmers wore Speedo LZR RACER suit during their record-breaking swims

Twenty Olympians, including eight-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps and four-time Olympian Dara Torres, are expected to compete at the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix, February 15-18 at the Mizzou Aquatic Center in Columbia, Mo. The third stop in the 2007-2008 Toyota Grand Prix Series marks the first long course competition of 2008 for many of the...

National Teamer Mary Descenza topped the 2007-08 Toyota Grand Prix Series’ leaderboard this weekend, having accumulated 41 points from the Minnesota and Southern California Grand Prix meets. After the Minnesota stop, Descenza trailed Olympian Ryan Lochte in second place with 19 points. However, the two-time national champion picked up an additional two gold and four silver medals to bring her 22 points closer to the grand prize of $20,000 to be awarded at the Omaha Grand Prix, June 5-8.

World-record holder Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) won two gold medals and set one meet record Sunday on the final night of competition at the 2008 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming. Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Kaitlin Sandeno (Lake Forest, Calif.) earned the men's and women's high-point award for their overall performance at the meet, while the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club took home the meet's overall team title

Kara Lynn Joyce (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.) took home two gold medals Sunday at the 2008 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming. Joyce set a meet record with her swim in the 50y free and also took the top spot in the 200y free. Grevers won gold in the men's 50y and 200y free, setting meet records in each event. In addition to Grevers and Joyce's record-breaking performances, three other meet records fell on the meet's second full day of competition.

Seven meet records were broken Saturday on the second day of competition at the Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming. Six-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) led the field with wins in the 100y free and the 500y free.

Olympic silver medalist Erik Vendt (North Eaton, Mass.) broke an American record Friday on the first day of competition at the 2008 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming. Vendt set the American record in the 1000y free with a time of 8:36.49, beating the previous record by more than six seconds.

A talented field of top American swimmers, including 23 members of the U.S. National Team, are expected to compete at the Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming in Long Beach, Calif., Jan. 18-21. This event, which will be held at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, is the second stop in the eight-meet Toyota Grand Prix Swim Meet Series.

2007-2008 Toyota Grand Prix Swim Meet Series Schedule

USA Swimming and Grand Prix Series title sponsor, Toyota, have teamed up to offer a $20,000 purse to the winner of the eight-stop 2007-08 Toyota Grand Prix Series. Swimmers will earn points for each medal won at a Grand Prix meet with the prize set to be awarded at the series finale in Omaha, Neb. June 8, 2008. This is the first time USA Swimming will crown a Grand Prix Series champion.

For the first time in its history, USA Swimming will keep a running leaderboard for the 2007-2008 Toyota Grand Prix Series of Swim Meets. The eight-meet scoring race, which kicks off Nov. 9 in Minneapolis, will culminate with recognition of the top medal-winning swimmers at the swim meet series' conclusion, June 8 in Omaha, Neb.

Top American swimmers, including 2004 Olympians and 2008 Olympic hopefuls, will travel to Minneapolis for the 2007 Minnesota/Toyota Swimming Grand Prix 9-11 Nov 2007. World record-holder Kate Ziegler, and Olympic medalists Erik Vendt and Kaitlin Sandeno are just some of the big names expected to compete at the University of Minnesota.

The 2007 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup (SWC) promises to be a whirlwind of spectacular competition. As with previous editions, participating swimmers will square-off in 25m pools on five continents, beginning with Africa, and followed by Asia, Oceania, Europe, and then Americas. But this year, swimmers face an agenda that will test their endurance, as all seven swim meets will take place in a time-span of a little over six weeks.

On the final day of swimming competition at the 2007 International Swim Meet in Chiba, Japan, the USA Swimmers racked up more hardware than any other day with five medals. In total, America's swimmers brought home 12 medals from the swim meet.

With just one day left in the 2007 Japan International Swim Meet, American swimmers added two more medals to the hardware count for a total of seven in Chiba, Japan. Rachel Komisarz and Rebecca Soni each swam silver-medal performances.

American swimmers picked up two more medals on the second night of competition Wednesday at the International Swim Meet 2007 in Chiba, Japan. Randall Bal won silver in the 100m backstroke, while Nick Brunelli finished with a bronze in the 100m free.

Team USA Swimming totaled three medals on the first day of the 2007 Japan International Swim Meet at the Chiba International General Swimming Center. Trojan Swim Club swimmer Rebecca Soni and Olympian Tara Kirk took two of the top 3 spots in the women’s 100m breast.

Mare Nostrum, the annual European swimming series held in three cities around the Mediterranean Sea, will be available live and on-demand at WCSN.com from June 9 - June 17. The meets feature more than one thousand swimmers from around the world competeing in Canet, Barcelona and Monaco.

Seven U.S. Olympic swimmers and two international Olympic swimming medalists highlight a rich field set to compete at the Janet Evans Invitational, July 12-15, 2007 at the McDonald's Swim Center at the University of Southern California. Among the group of U.S. Olympians are world record holders Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer and Klete Keller as well as Larsen Jensen, Carly Piper, Tara Kirk and Allison Wagner. In addition, South African Olympians Ryk Neethling and Roland Schoeman will compete.

Five-time Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin won two individual events, including a record-breaking performance in the 100m butterfly, and world record-holders Michael Phelps and Brendan Hansen each easily won their respective events on the first full day of competition at the 2007 Toyota International Invitational Grand Prix swim meet in Santa Clara, CA.

Ladies and gentlemen, set your alarm clocks, the Hoff-Phelps-Lochte show begins at 9 a.m. Saturday. Olympians Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) will each compete in three individual event finals tomorrow in the second morning of finals at the Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix Swim Meet in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) brought his meet total to five individual first-place finishes after winning three events Saturday morning. Phelps won the 100m fly, 200m free and 100m backstroke on the second morning of finals at the Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix in Ann Arbor, Mich. He has won all of his individual events so far this meet.

Prelims for 10 events were contested tonight, in preparation for tomorrow’s morning finals session. The Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix will draw to close tomorrow, after finals in the 200m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly and 800m free relay. In addition, the women’s 800m freestyle, men’s 1500m freestyle will be contested.

Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) turned in two gold medal-winning performances as the final day of action at the Eric Namesnik Grand Prix drew to a close in Ann Arbor, Mich. this morning. The 2004 Olympian accumulated one silver and two bronze medals in the meet prior to today. Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) closed out his program with a silver medal in the men’s 1500m freestyle. Phelps, who swam six individual events, finished the meet with five golds and one silver medal.

Three-time Olympian and owner of 10 Olympic medals Gary Hall, Jr. will join Olympians Amanda Weir and Mark Gangloff in a deep field of swimmers set to compete at the Charlotte UltraSwim June 7-10, at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, N.C. In addition, 17 members of the 2007 U.S. Pan American Games Team will swim at the meet.

Most of the team didn't arrive until 1:05 a.m. Friday; competition at the 2007 Comunidad de Madrid Grand Prix Diving Meet in Spain started at 9:30 a.m., but the Team USA divers didn't let travel delays and jet lag get in the way of Grand Prix success. The road-weary U.S. divers responded with two medals on the first day of competition at the Comunidad de Madrid on Friday. Haley Ishimatsu and Mary Beth Dunnichay won silver in 10-meter synchro, and Troy Dumais took the bronze on men's 3-meter.

The World record-holding trio of Michael Phelps, Brendan Hansen and Ryan Lochte headline the swimming talent slated to compete at the George Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara CA, Jun 28-Jul 1 2007. The trio joins US Olympians Scott Usher, Kaitlin Sandeno, Erik Vendt and Tara Kirk at the fourth stop of the 2007 Toyota Grand Prix Series. Also swimming will be members of the 2007 US World Championships Team and international Olympic swimming stars Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling.

World record-holder Michael Phelps was dominant on the second full day of competition at the 2007 Toyota International Invitational Grand Prix in Santa Clara, setting a new meet record in the 400m free and tying the meet record in the 200m back. He now has three gold medals after competing in three events this meet.

Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps maintained his perfect record on Sunday evening, winning three individual events and setting two meet records to bring his meet total to six gold medals and five meet records as the 2007 Toyota Santa Clara International Invitational drew to a close. Phelps' performance earned him the high-point award, while the women's award went to 16-year-old Pan American Games Team member Jessica Rodriquez.

Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Kaitlin Sandeno (Lake Forest, Calif.) each earned two individual first-place finishes on day two of the 2007 Eric Namesnik Grand Prix at Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Mich. today. Sandeno and Phelps were winners in the 200m individual medley and 400m freestyle.

The Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix kicked off in Ann Arbor, Mich., tonight, with top swimmers advancing in six events. The finals of the 400m freestyle, 200m individual medley and 50m freestyle will begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. the Namesnik Grand Prix is the third stop on the 2007 Toyota Grand Prix Series, and the first to feature the Olympic-like schedule of evening prelims and morning finals.

Olympians Kaitlin Sandeno and Ous Mellouli kicked off the 2007 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming Friday with victories in the timed finals of the 1000-yard freestyle at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool.

Olympians Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Kaitlin Sandeno (Lake Forest, Calif.), both representing Club Wolverine, won two events apiece Saturday night at the Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming. Phelps came out on top of the men's 100-yard free and 500y free, while Sandeno took a tough double in the women's 200y butterfly and 500y free.

Natalie Coughlin broke her own American and U.S. Open record in the 200-yard freestyle Sunday night at the 2007 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming, turning in a time of 1:41.66. It was the first of two wins for the five-time Olympic medalist on the third day of the meet. Coughlin's performance in the 200y free shattered the previous mark she set in 2002 (1:42.65) by almost a full second. She outdistanced the rest of the field by about five seconds.

Michael Phelps went 1-for-3 Sunday night at the Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming, swimming back-to-back match-ups with the best swimmers in the world in their specialty events. But Phelps wasn’t the only swimmer to tackle multiple events on the final night of competition. Olympian Natalie Coughlin went 2-for-2 in her races, winning the women’s 100y butterfly and 100y backstroke, just fractions of a second off her American record in both events.

Twenty-one American Olympic Swimmers are expected to compete at the Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet, Feb 16-19 at the Mizzou Aquatic Center in Columbia, Mo. The third stop in the Toyota Grand Prix Swim Meet Series, it is the last major competition before the 2007 FINA World Championships, March 18-April 1 in Melbourne, Australia. The World Championships is the top swimming competition in the world outside of the Olympic Games, and this meet will be the best indicator of the stars to watch in 2008.

Olympians Tara Kirk and Rachel Komisarz were two of the four Olympians who notched victories on Friday to kick off the 2007 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. Kirk won the 50m breaststroke in 31.16, while Komisarz finished first in the 50m butterfly with a time of 27.11. Both Kirk and Komisarz will represent the United States at the 2007 World Championships next month in Melbourne, Australia.

Michael Phelps broke the world record in the 200m butterfly during the finals of the Missouri Grand Prix tonight. His time of 1:53.71 bested his own world record of 1:53.80, which he set at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships.

Missouri Toyota Grand Prix Swim Meet Results Day 3

Missouri Toyota Grand Prix Swim Meet Results Day 4

Olympic gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg headlines a stacked field of 17 American Olympians expected to compete at the 2007 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming, Jan. 12-15 at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif. This event is the first stop in the seven-meet Grand Prix series and is one of three meets in Southern California leading up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The event format is short course yards, meaning the swimmers will compete in a 25-yard pool.

USA Olympic Swimemrs, including Olympic gold medalists Natalie Coughlin and Ryan Lochte, will compete at the 2010 Santa Clara International Grand Prix Swim Meet, June 17-20 in Santa Clara, Calif. The meet is the second-to-last stop of the eight-meet USA Swimming 2010 Grand Prix Swim Meet Series.

Dana Vollmer broke a meet record Friday night with her performance in the women's 100m fly at the 2010 Santa Clara International Grand Prix Swim Meet. Vollmer took home a total of three gold medals Friday, with a win in the 100m free, 100m fly and as part of Cal Aquatics 400m free relay team. The swim meet, taking place in Santa Clara, Calif.,...

Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte took home a gold medal Saturday night with his swim in the 200m back at the 2010 Santa Clara International Grand Prix Swim Meet. The meet, taking place in Santa Clara, Calif., concludes Sunday, June 20.

The 2010 Santa Clara International Grand Prix Swim Meet came to a close Sunday night with gold-medal-swims by Olympians Nathan Adrian and Julia Smit. Meet high-point awards were awarded to Ryan Locthe and Elizabeth Beisel for their outstanding performances throughout the four-day meet in Santa Clara, Calif., which was the seventh stop of the...

2008 Olympic swimmer Kate Ziegler opened the 2010 Los Angeles Grand Prix Swim Meet Thursday night by setting the meet record in the prelims of the women's 800m freestyle. In Friday's finals, Ziegler shattered that mark by more than five seconds, turning in a time of 8:25.89.

It was a big night for American Olympic Swimmers Saturday at the 2010 Los Angeles Grand Prix Swim Meet. First, Kara Lynn Joyce and Nathan Adrian won their second events of the meet, taking the women’s and men’s 50m freestyle. A short time later, Katie Hoff set the meet record in the women’s 400m free with a time of 4:06.21.

Olympians Dana Vollmer, Rebecca Soni and Japan's Kosuke Kitajima each set meet records Sunday on the final night of the Los Angeles Grand Prix Swim Meet. Vollmer set the meet record in the women's 100m butterfly with a time of 57.39, while Soni and Kitajima set the marks in the women's and men's 100m breast in 1:06.23 and 1:00.82, respectively.

The top swimmers in the country, including Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will be back in the pool November 12-14 for the Minnesota Grand Prix Swim Meet, the first stop of the 2010-2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix Swim Meet Series. The Grand Prix Swim Meet Series, which awards the top swimmer of the Series a $20,000 purse, includes a total of seven...