If you thought the first five days of swimming at the Tokyo Olympics were fun, well day six just outdid all of those in my swim nerd opinion. Every event seemed to just continually “one-up” the prior event and it just snowballed all the way down until the end leaving swim fans across the country dazed, confused, and yearning for more. Enough rambling. Let’s get into it.

Recap by Hunter Peters NEWARK, Del. (Mar. 27, 2021) – Day two of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Diving Championships was highlighted by a pair of UNCW student-athletes as Kolbein Bjugan won the men's 3-meter diving event and Courtney Clausen was victorious in the women's 1-meter diving competition. Bjugan won the men's 3-meter dive sweeping both diving events at the 2021 CAA Championships while Clausen stood all alone atop the podium in the women's 1-meter diving competition after tying for the top spot a season ago.

As expected, the North Shore Aquatic Complex was a hub for international-level talent and racing over the past few days at the 2021 ISCA International Senior Cup. While the Lochte & Dressel storylines were definitely the focus of the event, the depth of talent was also on full display as names like Joseph Schooling and Farida Osman popped up across the web as they prepare for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as well. Once again the meet as held in the Short Course (SCY) prelims and Long Course (LCM) finals format allowing for swimmers to both put up times for the collegiate/recruiting format as well as further prepare for the Olympic Games or Olympic Trials looming in the coming months. Below we’ll break down a few highlights from each day of competition out in St. Petersburg.

Bloomington, INDIANA - The Big Ten Conference crowned swimming and diving champions during the last two weekends. Competing first in Iowa City, the women deviated from previous years as Ohio State won by nearly 200 points. This past weekend in Bloomington, the men produced many great finishes and a Michigan victory. 

Congratulations to the 2020 Mountain West Swimming & Diving Champions, San Diego State!  The Aztecs went wire-to-wire to win back-to-back titles and this year it was a runaway. SDSU scored a conference-record 1463.5 points compared to Nevada who came in second place with 1015.5 points. The Aztecs won 12 of the swimming events, which included all four relays, and diver Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez displayed her dominance by taking gold in the three-meters.

The Short Course FINA World Swimming Championships offered great racing by the Team USA contingent. Star swimmers rose to the occasion and claimed numerous medals against the worlds best. 

With the Asian Games swimming wrapping up at the end of last month, it’s time to combine the entire summer swim season. Lacking an international meet that included every nation, determining this year’s winners is completely based on the rankings. Although everyone can agree, racing head to head is much more exciting, a virtual podium is the only option for this summer.

U.S. swimming star and 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte has accepted a 14-month ban from competition for receiving an intravenous infusion without a therapeutic use exemption, USADA announced today.

While the TYR Pro Swim Series was going on in Austin, Texas, this past weekend, many NCAA swimmers were making their first appearance in competition after winter training. With most teams still 4-6 weeks out of their conference championship, many swimmers are in the hole. That didn't stop some of the best from putting up nationally ranked swims, though.

Speed, speed, speed! Oh yeah, and a couple of 400m freestyles. But, speed was the name of the game at the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series in Austin, Texas, on Saturday morning with the preliminaries of each 50m of stroke. The top eight in each prelim move on to Saturday night's shootout, which will be whittled down to four and then two by round.

The swim of the morning Friday in Austin was undoubtedly Margo Geer's 53.76 in the 100m freestyle — a lifetime best. But what does that mean in the big picture?

The swim of the morning Thursday in Austin, Texas, came from 14-year-old Chinese swimmer Xuwei Peng. Xuwei unloaded a 2:09.36 in the 200m backstroke to take the top seed ahead of Regan Smith (2:10.18) and Taylor Ruck (2:10.46).

Imagine this... It's an October Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, AL, and the top-ranked Crimson Tide football team is obliterating Vanderbilt 35-10 at the end of the third quarter. Alabama puts up another two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, making the final score 49-10.

In a very rare Monday afternoon dual meet, the Texas Longhorns No. 2-ranked men's and No. 5 women's teams swept the No. 13/12 Auburn Tigers at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.