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USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
The United States Swimming National Championships (a.k.a. "Nationals") are held annually, in summer. The event is organized by USA Swimming , and is held in a long course (50m) pool. In the past, and as recently as 2007, there were 2 meets annually: a Spring and a Summer Nationals.
(USA Swimming Rules 104.2.2(A)(1)). Note: Portions of this rule were changed in September 2008 so that only swimmers who are representing the USA at the time of the swim, or capable of representing the USA, are eligible. This follows Mike Alexandrov's setting of the American Record in the 100 yd breaststroke at a time when he was swimming ...
INDIANAPOLIS – Five things to watch at swimming’s U.S. Olympic Trials, which open Saturday and run through June 23.The event selects a team for the Paris Olympics, which run from July 26-Aug ...
During a mixed 4×100 metres freestyle relay, Australian Libby Lenton became the first woman to beat the 53 second mark swimming freestyle over a distance of 100 metres, beating the previous world record by 0.31 seconds with a time of 52.99. At the time, she was racing a relay-leg against American Michael Phelps, who clocked in at 48.72 seconds.
USA Swimming sent 26 male athletes to this temporary pool west of Paris. Heading into Sunday, not a single one had claimed gold. Eight of 13 individual events had ended without an American in the ...
Kate Douglass, an understated star from the University of Virginia, touched in 2:19.24, setting an American record and clinching Team USA's fourth swimming gold of these Games.
The Golden Goggle Awards, presented by the USA Swimming Foundation, is an awards ceremony which recognizes and honors the accomplishments of swimmers who represented the United States, that is USA Swimming National Team members, over the last year. [1]