On September 26, five-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown blasted a new short course meters 100 backstroke world record. Swimming a 54.56, McKeown undercut the previous record by a significant three ...

The past year has seen a huge surge in speed in the men’s 100-yard backstroke after the event was essentially stagnant for nine years. A lone, almost-fluky relay leadoff in 2022 was the only time ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: NANTERRE, France (AP) — Anastasia Gorbenko considers herself caught between two world conflicts. She’s an Israeli Olympic swimmer with ...

Hubert Kos produced a come-from-behind performance to win the men's 200-meter backstroke on Thursday. The Hungarian closed fast on Greece's Apostolos Christou, who surprisingly led the race after the ...

Clarkstown South senior Isaih Francis came into Saturday's New York state swimming championships as the defending 100-yard backstroke champion. He left Ithaca College as a two-time champion in the ...

LEWISBURG — Addie Elliott ended her high school swimming career with a flourish. The Lancaster Catholic senior finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke at Thursday’s conclusion of the PIAA Class 2A ...

The BYU men’s and women’s swim teams welcomed the United States Air Force Academy and Colorado Mesa University Friday for their first home dual meet of the 2025–26 season at the Stephen L. Richards ...

PARIS, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Hubert Kos won the men's 200 metres backstroke to give Hungary a first gold of the Paris Olympics on Thursday while Apostolos Christou took Greece's first medal in a swimming ...

Lauren Kalmanowicz wanted to do something special for Senior Night. So, the Susquehannock swimmer did what she does best. The backstroke. But she didn’t swim in the expected places. Not in the medley ...

Kaden Fatta knows how to provide a dramatic ending. His Hempfield boys team already was well ahead in the standings in the Lancaster-Lebanon League Swimming Championships at Franklin & Marshall’s ...