By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam Mike Pelton, a former swim coach at Mission Viejo High School, died of cardiac arrest at the age of 76 in mid-June. Prior to his death, Pelton had a history of heart disease and a rapid heartbeat. Pelton led the Mission Viejo boys’ swim team for about 25 years, guiding…
By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam 2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024 Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024 La Défense Arena — Paris, France LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Full Schedule SwimSwam Preview Index Entry Lists BY THE NUMBERS — WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE World Record: 51.71 — Sarah Sjostrom,…
By Riley Overend on SwimSwam 2024 AUSTIN SECTIONALS July 11-14 Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center Austin, Texas LCM (50 meters) Results on MeetMobile: “2024 ST TXLA SZ LC Sectional Champs” Day 1 Recap Day 2 Recap Day 3 Recap Rising University of Texas sophomore Nate Germonprez capped the four-day Austin Sectional meet on…
By Nicole Miller on SwimSwam The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) recently recovered the country’s first Olympic gold medal, which was originally won by swimmer Malcolm Champion at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Champion originally won the medal as a member of the joint Australasian 4x200m freestyle relay team alongside Australians Harold Hardwick,…
By Riley Overend on SwimSwam Two-time Turkish Olympian Viktoria Gunes has been suspended two years by World Aquatics for “whereabouts failures” from last February, suggesting she did not make herself available for random drug testing. Gunes is ineligible until May 23rd, 2026, and her results are disqualified since February 19, 2023. The 26-year-old native of Ukraine…
By Riley Overend on SwimSwam Hong Kong 15-year-old Sum Yiu Li posted a personal-best 50 freestyle time of 25.03 at the Hong Kong Open Swimming Championships on Saturday, touching a few tenths faster than two-time Olympic silver medalist Siobhan Haughey‘s old junior city record from 2013. Li knocked a couple tenths off her Hong Kong…
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam Katie Ledecky will be a host to Laura Paluck in ESPN’s “My Wish” series. Paluck battled cancer and had to have a mass removed above her knee, requiring her to learn how to walk again. Ledecky was one of five hosts to children with critical illnesses. Other hosts include the…
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam Almost all of the head coaching positions have been filled in the last month, with the biggest flood coming at the end of US Olympic Trials. With just over a month to go before most schools start, 4 positions are open at the moment. PROGRAMS THAT STILL HAVE A HEAD…
By Braden Keith on SwimSwam West Virginia University swimming and diving head coach Brent MacDonald announced that three-time Canadian Olympian Sydney Pickrem will join the staff as an assistant men’s and women’s swimming coach. Pickrem will join the team after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where she is scheduled to compete later this month. Pickrem…
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam 2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024 Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024 La Défense Arena — Paris, France LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Full Schedule SwimSwam Preview Index Swimming begins in just over two weeks in Paris at the 2024 Olympic Games. As…