By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Fort Lauderdale, FL – The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter & Faster are pleased to announce the TOP 50 AGE GROUP COACHES OF THE YEAR FOR 2024. The results were compiled using the USA Swimming PowerPoints of the top-ranked 11-14 year-old swimmers for…
By Retta Race on SwimSwam 2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, July 2nd – Sunday, July 7th Lazdynai Pool, Vilnius, Lithuania LCM (50m) Meet Central Entries Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap Day 2 Prelims Recap Live Results Livestream ($) GIRLS 200 FREESTYLE – FINAL World Junior Record: 1:53.65, Summer McIntosh (2023) European Junior…
By Laura Rosado on SwimSwam The 2024 Doha World Championships will go down in history as a bit of an anomaly. Some nations treated it as an in-season meet, while others approached it like any other Worlds meet. Many wondered if a Worlds meet at the beginning of an Olympic year would disrupt athletes’ Paris…
By Retta Race on SwimSwam 2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, July 2nd – Sunday, July 7th Prelims 10am local/Finals 6pm local Lazdynai Pool, Vilnius, Lithuania LCM (50m) Meet Central Entries Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap Day 2 Prelims Recap Live Results Livestream ($) Day 2 finals of the 2024 European Junior Championships are…
By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games there will be no less than eight events in which the reigning Olympic champions will not be present to defend their medals. Between goggles hanging up, cutthroat competition between compatriots, political issues and simple lack of physical condition, let’s see who among the stars…
By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam SwimSwam welcomes reader submissions about all topics aquatic, and if it’s well-written and well-thought, we might just post it under our “Shouts from the Stands” series. We don’t necessarily endorse the content of the Shouts from the Stands posts, and the opinions remain those of their authors. If you have thoughts to…
By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam 2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, July 2nd – Sunday, July 7th Lazdynai Pool, Vilnius, Lithuania LCM (50m) Meet Central Entries Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap Live Results Livestream ($) The 2024 European Junior Championships kicked off yesterday from Lithuania, with the nation hosting its first-ever international competition. Let’s…
By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam Courtesy: Charles Hartley Less than one month from now the supersonic swimming events splash down at the Paris Olympics. That leaves you less than 30 days to figure out what to do to pass the time and get juiced up for these events. It’s going to be hard to wait…
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: FAU Sports BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lara Preacco, head coach of the Florida Atlantic swimming & diving teams, has announced the promotion of Ryan Bubb to Associate Head Coach ahead of the 2024-25 season. Bubb joined the Owls’ staff as an assistant coach in 2021. In his three seasons, he has…
By James Sutherland on SwimSwam This article originally appeared in the 2024 Olympic Preview edition of SwimSwam Magazine. Subscribe to the SwimSwam Magazine here. As a whole, swimming has continued to progress and get faster in the three years since Tokyo—we’ve already seen five world records go down so far in 2024, and eight others…