Texas High School phenom Jimmy Feigen went from the realm of mere mortals into that of legend today at the Texas 5A State Championships.  First event of the day: 200 medley relay.  Over/under on his split: 19.00.  The unders win it.  Also, how about Mary Beck popping off two of the fastest high school swims […]

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The men’s 50 freestyle record is sacred, regardless of age.  While Alexander Papov’s long course mark may be safe from from Texas’ Jimmy Feigen for a while, Mike Cavic’s National High School Record is not: Feigen broke it today in prelims action of the Texas 5A District Champs.  His time of 19.65 just edged out Cavic’s 19.69 […]

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In today’s competitive sports atmosphere, Roger Peterson is an anomaly. With most coaches having advanced pedigrees in their sport of choice - Peterson - who is now the head coach of the Storm Lake High School girls’ swimming team - is unlike them all. Why? He has no knowledge of the sport of swimming except […]

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The news is spreading around the swimming community about the NCAA’s Legislative Review Interpretations Committee’s (LRIC) endorsement of the organization’s recent reinterpretation of Bylaw 13.11.1.2, outlawing competition between college and high school athletes.
While there has been no comment by the NCAA, Phil Whitten, Executive Director of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America […]

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The Baylor School of Chattanooga won it’s record tying 19th men’s team championship and Harpeth Hall of Nashville swam to it’s record 9th team title at a very fast 2007 Tennessee State Swimming Championship. Baylor also claimed the combined team championship with 434 points, the most since 1994. It was Baylor’s first state championship […]

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I swim for the Home Schoolers! For the last three years, home school teams did not get any recognition because Tennessee high school swimming recognized home-schooled swimmers as individuals but not as a team.
All that changed Thursday night on the eve of this season’s state swimming championships, when high school coaches from across the […]

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Oratory Prep freshman Connor Tucciarone was born with one leg. Tucciarone, who has proximal femoral focal deficiency, says he was just built differently than the other kids. This year, he joined the swim team at his Summit, NJ, school Oratory Prep and recently won his first race.
“That kid is so brave it’s unbelievable,” Oratory’s captain […]

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