USA Swimming will launch a new background check program on January 10, 2011.   All non-athlete members who have not previously completed the USA Swimming background check must successfully complete the new background check program by February 15, 2011.   All non-athlete members who have previously completed the USA Swimming background check before September 1, 2010, are required to complete the new check prior to April 30, 2011.   Any non-athlete members who completed the USA Swimming background check after September 1, 2010 must complete the new background check prior to...

University of California - Berkeley head women’s swim coach Teri McKeever and University of Florida head coach Gregg Troy have been selected to lead the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swim Team, USA Swimming announced via media conference call today. McKeever will serve as Head Women’s Coach while Troy has been named Head Men’s Coach.*   “Teri McKeever and Gregg Troy are two truly exceptional coaches and we are honored to have such high caliber leaders at the helm of our Olympic Team,” said Chuck Wielgus, USA Swimming’s executive director. ““Our goal...

    12/7/2010     As 2010 draws to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of USA Swimming and its athletes, both in and out of the pool. In the pool, 2010 saw a dominant performance by the U.S. National Team at the year’s biggest international event, the Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships. Team USA topped the medal count with a total of 51 medals (27 gold, 17 silver and seven bronze) and broke 23 meet records. The U.S. team’s performance dwarfed the competition...

  Florida Swimming has released the latest update of the Top 10 LC Times for 2010 here.

We will be closed December 22 through December 31 and will reopen January 3, 2011.

Attached is a document that by Monday of next week will be mailed and e-blasted to all USA Swimming clubs and LSC's.  Teams are to have a Travel Policy in place by December 31, 2010.  The USA-S House of Delegates voted this fall that all USA-S clubs are to have a Travel Policy for their team trips.  Attached is information on this and a letter from our USA-S President, Bruce Stratton. Model Travel Policies Intro Letter Model Travel Policies Final Letter

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Michael Alexandrov set the American record in the men’s 200-yard breaststroke Saturday at the AT&T Short Course National Championships, turning in a time of 1:51.73. It bettered the former mark, set in 2006 by Olympian Brendan Hansen, by one-hundredth of a second.   It was Alexandrov’s second win and second American record in as many days at the Ohio State University’s McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion. He also set the American record in the 100y breast Friday night, a performance that earned him the ConocoPhillips Performance of the Meet...

 COLUMBUS, Ohio – U.S. National Teamer Michael Alexandrov set an American record in the men’s 100-yard breaststroke Friday at the AT&T Short Course National Championships, turning in a time of 51.35. His performance bettered the former mark, which he set in 2007, by 21-hundredths of a second.   “I was aiming for a best time, and for me that would mean an American record,” Alexandrov said. “It’s an honor to have an American record. I’m just really excited. We have some great coaching at Arizona (where he swims with Tucson...

  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Olympians Ryan Lochte, Kara Lynn Joyce and Nathan Adrian each won gold medals Thursday at the AT&T Short Course National Championships. It was the first night of the three-day meet, which is being held at The Ohio State University’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Lochte won the men’s 200-yard IM in 1:42.60, edging out Austrian Olympian Markus Rogan by 34-hundredths of a second. His time was about two and a half seconds slower than the American, U.S. Open and meet record he set in the event in 2007,...

OLYMPIC MEDALISTS RYAN LOCHTE, NATHAN ADRIAN, KARA LYNN JOYCE TO COMPETE IN THE 2010 AT&T SHORT COURSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, DEC. 2-4 11/28/2010   Top swimmers in the country, including Olympians Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.) and Kara Lynn Joyce (Ann Arbor, Mich.), will compete at the 2010 AT&T Short Course National Championships, December 2-4, at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at The Ohio State University.   Both Lochte and Adrian took home gold medals this summer at the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships and will...