“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.

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.

USA Swimming and Michael Phelps Swim Spas by Master Spas have teamed up to launch a video contest entitled “Go After Your Goals.” To enter, club swim coaches and team members should work together to create a video -- no longer than 2 minutes -- demonstrating their club’s dedication to setting and achieving goals and their passion for the sport of swimming.

The USA Swimming Foundation today announced World Waterpark Association’s World’s Largest Swimming Lesson as a member of its Make a Splash Affiliate Coalition.

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.

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.

Even though she and her family have been back in the United States since early May, in many ways, Mary DeScenza Mohler’s heart is still in Japan.

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.

An bicycle accident was a huge setback to Alex Meyer as he trained for the 2012 Olympics after making the team, but he still finished top 10 in the world in London. The Harvard alum talks about making up for lost time, but never looking back, in this week’s 20 Question Tuesday.

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.

The 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming was nominated for “Best Sports Event of the Year” by Sports Business Journal. USA Swimming was also selected as an Official Honoree for the 17th Annual Webby Awards in the viral category for its “Call Me Maybe – 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team” rendition.