Sectional results are now available here.   USA Swimming Sectionals, Gainesville: Ryan Lochte Doubles With Swift 200 Back GAINESVILLE, Florida, July 11. DAYTONA Beach's Ryan Lochte put a cap on the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Gainesville with a double that included a top-15 time in the men's 200 back. The meet took place in long course meter format. L... Click Here To Read The Full Story! USA Swimming Sectionals, Gainesville: World Champions Ryan Lochte, Gemma Spofforth Win on Third Night By David Rieder GAINESVILLE, Florida, July 10. TWO University...

  Proposed Legislation to Help Protect USA Swimming Athletes PHOENIX, Arizona, July 10. TODAY'S episode of Split Time focuses on the controversy surrounding USA Swimming's reaction to the media's focus on sexual abuse, featuring a conversation with four-time Olympic medalist David Berkof... Click Here To Read The Full Story!

2010 Bud & Irene Hackett Scholarship Award Florida Swimming will present two $1,000.00 awards to one male and one female Florida Swimming/USA Swimming athlete member, in 2010. If you know of a student/athlete member you believe deserves and meets the criteria please have them fill out the enclosed form and return it by July 13, 2010.  The awards committee will review the applications and announce the recipient Saturday, July 24, during the “2010 Long Course Senior Championship” being held at Sarasota YMCA, Sarasota, Florida. Click Here   for complete information...

Ryan Murphy on Breaking Aaron Peirsol's National Age Group Backstroke Record RYAN Murphy just broke Aaron Peirsol's 13-14 national age group record in the 100 backstroke, and on today's edition of The Morning Swim Show, the Bolles School sophomore-to-be talks about breaking the record, potentially meeting Peirsol at nationals and his competition plans for August.  Full Story!

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO USA SWIMMING'S RULES AND REGS Proposed amendments to USA Swimming’s Rules and Regulations will be considered during the House of Delegates meeting on Saturday, September 18, 2010, in Dallas, Texas. They were reviewed by the Rules & Regulations Committee during its meeting in June 2010 and each item includes the Committee’s tentative recommendations. Check out the proposed amendments to USA Swimming’s Rules and Regulations here.

Athlete Protection Policies, Reporting Procedure Top Agenda at USA Swimming and Child Welfare League of America Meeting                     COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –  Building on the national partnership announced a week ago, USA Swimming and the Child Welfare League of America held a joint working session in Colorado Springs today. At the meeting, the groups reviewed proposed policies and guidelines to govern coach-athlete relationships, discussed key education topics and audiences and reviewed potential improvements to the complaint reporting system and background screening requirements. The points will be shared with the USA...

NOMINATIONS REQUESTED FOR DISABILITY SWIMMING AWARDS   The Disability Swimming Committee is seeking nominations for national and LSC-level awards for swimmers with a disability and their coaches, as well as members of the swimming community who have provided outstanding service to disability swimming. Award descriptions and nomination forms are posted in the "Records and Recognition" section of the  disability swimming section of this Web site. The deadline for nominations is August 1, 2010.

June 28, 2010 from swimingworldmagazine.com JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 28. RYAN Murphy, who swims for the Bolles School, demolished the U.S. National Age Group record for 13-14 year olds in the 100-meter backstroke this weekend. At the TYR Summer Classic, Murphy turned in a blazing fast time of 57.76. That effort downed one of backs... Click Here To Read The Full Story!

USA Swimming Partners with Child Welfare League of America Nation’s Oldest and Largest Child Welfare Organization to Provide Independent Expertise in the area of Athlete Welfare COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. and WASHINGTON, D.C. – In continued efforts to provide safeguards, policies, guidelines and resources to provide a safe, healthy and positive environment, USA Swimming today announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Child Welfare League of America. CWLA, the nation’s oldest and largest organization dedicated wholly to child welfare, will work with USA Swimming on the creation and...

Deadline For 2009-10 Scholastic All-American Is August 1 The deadline for 2009-2010 Scholastic All-America applications is August 1. Applications can be downloaded from our Scholastic All-America page. The deadline for qualifying swims is June 30.   Please follow all instructions, and send a completed transcript along with a copy of your individual times to the tabulator listed on the application form.  Read More