By Riley Overend on SwimSwam Russian Olympic medalist Vladimir Morozov announced his retirement from professional swimming at age 31 in a recent interview with Match TV. The former world record holder said “really wanted to swim at least to Paris,” but “factors that I could not control intervened.” Morozov hasn’t competed since the 2021 Short Course Championships, where he placed 17th in the 50 freestyle (21.54) while also helping Russia set a meet record in the 200 medley relay. Russian and Belarusian swimmers were banned from international competition a couple months later after the Ukraini ..read more

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam Every summer, we rank down the top recruiting classes snagged by each team. But what do those rankings look like four years later, when each swimmer has had an opportunity to complete a full NCAA career of competing and scoring? We’ve already looked back at our top 20 individual athletes in the high school graduating class of 2020, re-ranked when they were high school seniors in the summer of 2020. Now it’s time to look back at our team-by-team recruiting class rankings to see which teams got most from their recruiting hauls. Revisiting Recruiting Ranks: Top 2 ..read more

By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam West Virginia’s Vic Riggs resigned from his head coaching position after being with the program for the last 17 years. According the public records, Riggs made $134,611.71 in 2023 and has hovered in the $130-140K range since 2018. The West Virginia men and women compete in the Big 12 Conference, which will be without Texas for the first time this upcoming season as Texas is moving to the SEC. Let’s wildly speculate about who might take over this job. The two most obvious choices are West Virginia alums who are currently coaching elsewhere in the NCAA, to notable su ..read more

By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam 2024 BERLIN SWIM OPEN Friday, April 19th – Sunday, April 21st Berlin, Germany LCM (50m) Olympic Qualifying Event Live Results Livestream Day one of the 2024 Berlin Open started off fairly quiet, as many of the big name swimmers are focused on next week’s National Championships at this same venue. Both meets serve as Olympic qualifying opportunities though, and Josha Salchow took full advantage. The 24-year-old popped a winning time of 47.85 in the men’s 100 freestyle, which erased Rafael Miroslaw‘s 2022 national record of 47.92 in the event. A big swim from S ..read more

By Retta Race on SwimSwam 2024 ROMANIAN NATIONALS Wednesday, April 17th – Sunday, April 21st Otopeni, Romania LCM (50m) Start List Recap #1 Results Day 3 of the 2024 Romanian Nationals unfolded in Otopeni with 19-year-old David Popovici taking on his 3rd freestyle event of the competition. After already topping the 50m free (22.27) and 200m free (1:45.10) podiums, Popovici tried the 400m free on for size and found the same gold medal-worthy success. The teen stopped the clock in a result of 3:47.54 to handily defeat the field as the sole swimmer to dip under the 3:50 barrier. Behind him ..read more

By Retta Race on SwimSwam 2024 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Friday, April 19th – Sunday, April 27th Shenzhen, China LCM (50m) SwimSwam Preview Results The 2024 Chinese National Swimming Championships kicked off today from Shenzhen with the competition spanning a massive 10 days on the journey to Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualification. Already on day one, we saw four swimmers add their names to the potential Chinese roster, 2 for the men and 2 for the women. The men’s 400m free was one of tonight’s finals, with newly-minted 100m freestyle world record holder Pan Zhanle firing ..read more

By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam The Aquatics Integrity Unit of World Aquatics has issued a 20-year ban to Marcos Jara, the former president of the Chilean Federation of Aquatics Sport. World Aquatics delivered the sanction after Jara was found to have violated the FINA Code of Conduct on two counts and the FINA Code of Ethics on one count. Jara submitted tampered invoices and false information to World Aquatics on two occasions in 2020 and 2021 in a ploy to gain additional funds through the Olympic Aquatics Support Program. He received an additional $50,000 USD through his corrupt actions befo ..read more

By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam 2024 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS April 14-19, 2024 Kazan, Russia LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Live Results Livestream Day 1 Recap Day 2 Recap Day 3 Recap Day 4 Recap Day 5 Recap The 2024 Russian Swimming Championships have officially come to a close. The final night of swimming in Kazan was filled with nine individual finals: the women’s 200 breaststroke, men’s 100 freestyle, women’s 100 butterfly, men’s 50 breaststroke, men’s 200 backstroke, women’s 50 freestyle, men’s 200 butterfly, women’s 200 freestyle, and men’s 1500 freestyle. After winning the 100 breast ..read more

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast your vote in our newest poll on the SwimSwam homepage, about halfway down the page on the right side. Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers if they think taking a year off from college swimming is beneficial to success in long course: Question: Do you subscribe to the idea that taking an NCAA redshirt season leads to greater success in the summer? RESULTS No – 62.3% Yes – 37.7% We sometimes see college swimmers ..read more

By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam 2024 NCAA qualifier Tristen Ulett will return to Louisville to use her COVID-19 fifth year during the 2024-2025 season. View this post on Instagram A post shared by tristen ulett (@tristen.ulett) At the end of her senior season, Ulett closed her Instagram caption saying, “i love this team and i am so proud to be associated with this group and i am even more blessed that i get the opportunity to do what i love one final time!!” Ulett competed as an undergraduate with Louisville for all four seasons. Ulett was the #12 ranked recruit coming out of high school an ..read more