The Novaquatics Speedo Grand Challenge will take place May 24-26 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Complex in Irvine, Calif. The event will be webcast live on our dedicated page.

The final stop of USA Swimming’s 2012-13 Arena Grand Prix Series – the May 30-June 2 Arena Grand Prix at Santa Clara – will feature a star-studded field including Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), as well as a number of Northern California-based standouts, competing at the George F. Haines International Swim Center.

If watching the 50m freestyle is like watching a July 4th fireworks display, then watching the men’s and women’s 10K races is like watching a long, strategic chess match.

A few weeks before the 2013 Delaware High School State Championships, senior Kaitlyn Jones wasn’t even sure she would swim the 200 IM. Then, when Missy Franklin broke the national independent school record, Tatnall High’s Jones told her coach about Missy’s new record, “I could get that.” Her coach agreed.

Stanford men’s run of 31 consecutive Pac-12 titles is over. The last time anyone but Stanford won a Pac-12 Championship? 1981. IBM had just unveiled their first PC, and Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t even born yet.