Editor’s note: This article is part of our “Origin Stories” series, focusing on the backstories of athletes and topics around the Summer Olympics. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — After the 2022 World ...

Smith College Director of Athletics Kristin Hughes announced the hiring of Devin Javens as the next head swim coach. Javens, who spent the last season as a graduate assistant coach with the Pioneers, ...

Rare are athletes who walk away from their sport at the peak of their powers. Frequently, retirement calls when an athlete – regardless of sport – competes at a percentage of the excellence they once ...

Kim Bierwert, who died suddenly last Saturday at the age of 74, served as head coach of the Smith College swimming and diving team for 42 years. He also earned a degree in economics from the ...

U.S. swimmer Regan Smith is an Olympic medalist, a world record holder, a world champion and even an adoring cat owner. But the 22-year-old former Stanford swimmer might best describe herself as a ...

Lakeville’s Regan Smith peeled off her goggles, looked up at the board and immediately flashed a big smile following her 200-meter butterfly final on Thursday in Paris. Smith delivered a sensational ...

Five-time Paralympic medalist Leanne Smith broke three of her own world records in one day to open the Para Swimming World Series meet in Indianapolis on Thursday. Smith, a 36-year-old from ...

She was a girl then, a woman now. Five years ago, Regan Smith put her hand to her slack-jawed mouth in shock when she saw what she’d done in the pool. Tuesday night in Indianapolis, in her reunion ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – In the mountains or in the desert, every day starts the same way. Regan Smith goes to swim practice and collects a sheet of paper from coach Bob Bowman, listing a detailed ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Regan Smith raced to the top of the swimming world while still in her teens. She didn't really get a chance to enjoy the view. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Smith struggled to cope ...

Michael Phelps is the G.O.A.T. of swimming; that's just a fact. No one in history is more accomplished in Olympic swimming than Phelps, as his multitude of records speaks for itself. Phelps is also a ...

In a span of less than 40 minutes, Regan Smith swam the fastest times ever this early in a year in the 100m backstroke and 200m butterfly. Smith won the 100m back in 57.64 seconds at a Tyr Pro Series ...