The medley relay features teams of four, where each team member swims a different stroke. Teams are usually comprised of a ...

Swimming is one of the marquee Olympic sports, and it comes with a long list of rules. Between individual events, relays and medleys, there are a bevy of swimming races. Add in varying distances and ...

Short course: A term used to describe a pool in which one length measures 25 meters (or 25 yards). Most college pools are short courses, and most events during the winter are held at short-course ...

Center Grove’s Henry Lyness is congratulated by coach Brad Smith after winning the 100-yard backstroke state championship on Saturday at the IUPUI Natatorium. Henry Lyness went into the final turn of ...

The evolution of the women’s 100 backstroke has been simply astonishing the past two-plus decades. With some of the greatest swimmers in U.S. history swimming the event – and having to battle it out ...

There’s nothing out of the ordinary for a record or two to fall at a championship swimming meet. Sometimes, you can see it coming, like when Lancaster Catholic’s Addison Elliott reset her league and ...

Great Britain had a good day in the pool Wednesday, finishing with a bronze in women's synchronized 10m diving, but disaster struck during the men's 200-meter backstroke heats at the 2024 Paris ...

Center Grove’s Henry Lyness celebrates his victory in the 100-yard backstroke during Saturday’s state finals at the IUPUI Natatorium. In short-course swimming, races are won under the water more often ...

Ellen Walshe also produced an excellent swim on Wednesday morning, breaking her own 100m individual medley record ...

It is not very common to see a Greek swimmer at the top of the world rankings in any event, but that’s where 19-year-old Apostolos Siskos sits in the 200-meter backstroke. And 2025 might just be the ...