Loveland, CO—February 6, 2024— Colorado Time Systems, a PlayCore company, is pleased to announce our partnership with United States Deaf Swimming, Inc. (USADS) through 2027. As the "Official Timing and Scoring Partner of United States Deaf Swimming, Inc.," Colorado Time Systems will support the USADS with the use of the new Championship Elite Start System. "We value our partnership with Colorado Time Systems," said Elizabeth Escobar, United States Deaf Swimming Director. "The addition of the Championship Elite Start System with the external multicolor strobes and visual start signaling system is...

SwimSwam, August 28, 2023 https://swimswam.com/carli-cronk-thrives-at-world-deaf-swimming-championships-with-12-gold-medals/ Carli Cronk was a dominant force at the 2023 World Deaf Swimming Championships in Buenos Aires, with the six-day competition wrapping up earlier this month in the Argentine capital. Despite missing deaf world record holder Matthew Klotz, who is currently on Season 25 of Big Brother, the United States emerged atop the medal table with 13 gold and 25 total medals, primarily due to the performance of Cronk. The 17-year-old Notre Dame Commit was nearly unstoppable, piling up 12 gold medals to go along with...

Team USA topped the medal chart at the end of the 6th World Deaf Swimming Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. All 7 athletes medaled during the 6 days of grueling competition where 29 countries sent their best deaf swimmers to represent them. Team USA earned 25 medals with 13 Gold, 6 Silver and 6 Bronze. Every athlete achieved 2 or more personal best times during the competition. Holden Ewan, 14 from Austin, TX, set personal best times in all 9 of the individual events he competed in. Individual Medal highlights:...

The USA Deaf Swimming is sending 7 athletes to represent the United States at the 6th World Deaf Swimming Championships hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Competition beings on August 14th and ends on August 19th. Competition will be live streamed on YouTube.

Matt Klotz is the first hard-of-hearing contestant in the 25 season history of CBS's Big Brother. The show airs on CBS and is streamed through multiple venues. The winner takes home $750,000. Matt, who is from California and lives in Baton Rouge, joined USA Deaf Swimming in 2013 where he competed in the Summer Deaflympics in Bulgaria. There he claimed 2 gold and a bronze medal. In the 2017 Deaflympics held in Turkey, he continued his wins with 5 medals including 3 gold medals. In 2018 he was awarded the...

Matthew Klotz sets Deaf World Record number 6 at the Tristan Vessel Invitation in Baton Baton Rouge, LA, 9-11 June 2023. Klotz bettered his own world record in the 50 backstroke (LCM) with a time of 25.32 and then set a new deaf world record in the 50 butterfly (LCM) with a time of 24.54. Klotz' times are faster than the posted Deaf World Records but must be confirmed by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) before being made official. Once recognized, Klotz will hold Deaf World...

We are excited to announce Team USA for the 6th World Deaf Swimming Championships hosted by Argentina in August 2023. Congratulations to our athletes and Coach Maccoll. The Team will compete in grueling 7 days of completion which is expected to be attended by more than 30 countries. At the Deaf Olympics in 2022, the USA returned home with 55 medals -- 35 of which were won by our swimmers. We expect an equally exciting performance this year at Worlds!!

The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) yesterday announced that 17-year old American swimmer Carli Cronk has been named the 2022 ICSD Sportswoman of the Year Award. The Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year awards comprise the ICSD’s highest recognition for “exemplary sport achievements” by a deaf female athlete and a deaf male athlete. The Sportswoman of the Year recognition comes at the heels of Cronk’s record-setting performance at the 24th Summer Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil this past May. Winning gold in each of her 12...

Collin Davis set a new USA deaf swimming record in 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:49.67. Davis broke the old record by nearly four seconds, beating out Matt Klotz’s time of 1:53.52, which was set in 2013. The record, which is pending verification, was set at the SMU Invitational on November 17th, 2022. Collin swims for the University of Wyoming where he is a freshman. Read more about Collin on Wyo Sports Net.

USA Deaf Swimming is forming Team USA to compete in the 2023 World Deaf Swimming Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 2023. The 6th World Deaf Swimming Championships is a long course meters competition being held from August 13 – 19, 2023 in the Olympic Swimming Complex – Parque Roca, Buenos Aires where more than 30 countries and 300 athletes will participate. The USA dominated swimming at the 24th Deaf Olympics held in Brazil in May 2022. “Team USA is seeking to do the same at Deaf Worlds in...