Michael Phelps is Coming Back by Casey Barrett Is it a rumor? Yes. Is it probably true? Also, yes. Well, that didn’t take long. It’s been less than a year since London. A year of luxurious victory lapping on golf courses and at poker tables across the world… One could get used to that life of competitive leisure. Or maybe not. Maybe it doesn’t take all that long to get bored of such diversions. Because here’s the word: Michael Phelps is about to launch a comeback. He’ll soon be returning...

Jennings, Meyer Win USA Swimming 10K Open Water National Championships 1 1 5/17/2013 Christine Jennings (Longmont, Colo.) and Alex Meyer (Ithaca, N.Y.) won the 10-kilometer titles at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships on Friday at Lower Castaic Lake. With their victories, Jennings and Meyer qualified for the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, in July. In addition to the 10K, they will have the option of swimming in the 5K and 25K events at the World Championships. Also earning spots on the U.S. World Championships Team were...

Edmonton’s Cody Yano impresses at FINA Diving Grand Prix SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Cody Yano of Edmonton earned a personal best score and reached the final on men’s three-metre on Friday at the fifth stop on the FINA Grand Prix diving circuit. Yano took second spot in his semifinal heat with 412.95 points to advance to his second career Grand Prix final. He was fifth at the Spanish Grand Prix in February. The 22-year-old finished behind Cesar Castro of Brazil in first at 448.85 while Constantin Blaha of Austria...

Huntington Beach, Calif. - May 17, 2013-- Two-time Olympian Chris Oeding has been named Assistant Coach for the USA Water Polo Women's Senior National Team, Head Coach Adam Krikorian has announced. The longtime Head Coach at Long Beach City College and captain of the 2000 Olympic Team, Oeding joins the staff of the defending Olympic gold medalists and finalizes the coaching staffs for a host of USA Water Polo National Teams. Fellow Women's Senior National Team Assistant Coach Dan Klatt will add to his responsibilities by taking on the role...

Vancouver swim meet a dress rehearsal for this summer's major competitions VANCOUVER - It's a dress rehearsal for this summer's big shows with some international star power thrown in for added excitement. Many of the country's top swimmers will use next weekend's Mel Zajac Jr. International Canada Cup in Vancouver as a yardstick to measure preparation and fine-tune their training as they prepare for the World Championships and the World Student Games. Over 440 swimmers will compete in the May 24-26 competition at the University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre....

Winnipeg’s Aimee Harrison wins semi heat at diving Grand Prix SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Aimee Harrison of Winnipeg set a personal best score and won her semifinal heat on women’s three-metre on Thursday to open the fifth stop on the FINA Grand Prix diving circuit. Harrison, who made her international debut earlier this month at the Canada Cup Grand Prix, totalled 288 points. Emma Friesen of North Vancouver also advanced to the final placing second in the other semi. The top-three from each of the two semis advanced. Harrison...

First four US divers punch their tickets to World Championships TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Four divers have punched their tickets to Barcelona for the 2013 World Championships as spots on 1-meter were up for grabs Wednesday on day one of the World Championships Trials. Olympic bronze medalist Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif.) and Harrison Jones (Spring, Texas) earned the two men’s spots, while Samantha Pickens (Murrysville, Pa.) and Deidre Freeman (Grinnell, Iowa) will represent Team USA on the women’s side. It will be the third World Championships for Ipsen and the first...

Photos from FINA Swimming Officials Clinics in Paraguay On May 5, 2013 a total of 35 swimming officials participated in a FINA Swimming Officials Clinic as part of the FINA Development Program. The clinic was conducted by Jose Ismael Gonzales Arias, a member of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee and a member of the UANA Executive Committee. The clinic was conducted at the Universidad Autónoma de Asunción, Paraguay Photos: .

Five Ways to Use Goal Setting to Improve Your Swimming Published: January 15, 2013 courtesy of Swimming World Magazine online....see link at end of article Guest editorial by Olivier Poirier-Leroy a former national level swimmer in Canada. He is also the publisher of YourSwimBook. Learn eight ways that it can help your performance by clicking here today. Having goals -- whether they are end of season, end of week, or end of workout, can help give swimmers focus and direction when it comes to the pool. The only thing that...

Dumais wins silver on 3-meter at AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif./Austin, Texas) won the silver medal on 3-meter Sunday as the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix came to a close at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex. China completed the sweep, winning four more gold medals to walk away with victories on all eight events this week. He Chao won the men’s 3-meter gold and Jie Lian took the women’s platform title. Zhang Jun and Qu Lin paired for the women’s synchronized 3-meter...