Swimmers

Welcome, Swimmers!

USA Swimming is made up of 300,000 swimmers. From big to small, fast to not-so-fast, the world of swimming is a fun, competitive, healthy world. From the 8-year-old working toward their first swim meet to the 22-year-old heroes on the blocks at the Olympic Games, USA Swimming athletes come in all shapes and sizes. In this section, you will find out how you can be a part of this exciting world!

 

America's Swim Team Athlete Focus

Meet Your America’s Swim Team teammates!

Did you know that as a member of USA Swimming, you are on the same team as 300,000 other swimmers across the country? Yep, your team includes heroes like Ryan Lochte and Natalie Coughlin, as well as all the kids on this page. Whether you swim in Eureka or Topeka, you are a member of America’s Swim Team! 

 

southern ZoneChloe Harris (medium)

Name: Chloe Harris
Age: 10
Team: Swim Mac Charlotte-North
Role Models: Ryan Lochte, Mom and Dad
Favorite Stroke: Breast
Favorite Events: 200 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Free
Favorite Swimmers: Missy Franklin, Ricky Berens
Future Goal: To be an Olympic swimmer and one day have a WR 50 breast
Hobbies: Reading, shopping with my mom and all sports
Famous person you’d like to meet: Missy Franklin and the 2012 Olympic Swim Team
Favorite Book: Love Puppies and Corner Kicks
Favorite Movie: The Avengers
When I grow up I want to be: a Veterinarian or a Marine Biologist
If I could change one thing it would be: That everyone would and could know God.

 

Want to see your profile in Splash Magazine or on usaswimming.org? Answer all of the questions above and send your answers and a photo to splash@usaswimming.org. To see more of your America's Swim Team teammates, visit our Athlete Focus archive.

Swimmer's News

05/23/2013  Lessons From Legends: Bob Kiphuth’s Greatest Show On Earth
“Greatest Show on Earth?” Isn’t that the circus? Or what the USA Olympic Trials have moved toward? But if you go back another half century or so, there is Robert John Herman Kiphuth—a remarkable man, and showman, that lived such an amazing life that this column could be devoted to tell his story weekly and go on for many months.
05/22/2013  Loaded Field Slated for Arena Grand Prix at Santa Clara
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.
05/20/2013  The May-June issue of Splash is online now
The May-June issue of Splash should be in your mailboxes soon. If you can't wait, check it out online now. In this issue, we asked nine Olympic gold medalists a few questions that would help you get to know them better. We also asked them to give us five tips for swimming their gold medal events that you can use to swim faster.

Deck Pass

Take full advantage of all USA Swimming has to offer online by creating a “Deck Pass” account.

 

IMXtreme

IMXtreme allows USA Swimming members to track their times against swimmers all across the nation!