KING will have an athlete representing Pacific Northwest Swimming at the 2025 USA Swimming Western Zone Age Group Championships will be held from August 6-9 in Elk Grove, California Congratulations to the following athlete! RESENDEZ, Jordan (11-12 Boys)

From the Swimming World website... By Temarie Tomley After celebrating my recent birthday, I realized just how old I’ve gotten and how long I’ve been in this game. I’ve been swimming for 15 years, and in those 15 years I have learned so much. Everyone’s journey through this sport is different, and here I just want to share a little bit of what I wish I’d known when I was a young age group swimmer. Read more >>

From the Swimming World website... By Peyton Curry Age-group swimming shouldn’t involve overtraining or pushing too hard. The sport should bring joy to swimmers’ lives, rather than take away from it. The early years of a swimmer’s journey should be all about having fun, developing new skills, and forming new friendships. Read more >>

From the SwimSwam website... By Ari Meyer If you’ve ever finished a tough swim practice craving something rich, chocolatey, and satisfying—but don’t want to derail your nutrition, this Brownie Loaf has your name all over it! Read more >>

From the Swimming World website... By Peyton Curry Swimmers spend up to 30 hours per week training, stretching, lifting weights, and rehabilitating injuries. In the pool, they build endurance, focus on technique, and push to be as fast and efficient as possible. In the weight room, they condition their bodies, develop fast-twitch muscles, and build strength. Just like the physical side of the sport, the mental aspect of swimming needs consistent training and focus. Read more >>

From the Swimming World website... By Bri Groves, Swimming World College Intern, in collaboration with the creator of Swim Science, Dr. G. John Mullen It’s no surprise that swimmers keep their bodies in peak shape and their commitment comes with an added benefit for fans. Not only can we watch them dominate in the pool, we can also enjoy the visual display of muscles flexing, faces grinning, and some seriously hot racing. Here’s a stroke by stroke breakdown of the stereotypical swimmer’s body. Read more >>

From the Swimming News website... By Adam Denn The sun beams down, striking you with overwhelming heat. In the warm water, you feel heavier and heavier with every stroke. The clustered lanes are filled with sweaty, out-of-breath swimmers. Swimming outside can be one of the greatest joys of summer. But it can also be a serious challenge, especially in the “dog days of summer” in July and August. Read more >>

From the Swimming World website... By Chandler Brandes There is no such thing as a perfect swimmer. As swimmers, we sometimes (although rarely) make mistakes. We may DQ, forget our heat and lane, or even accidentally-on-purpose rip our cap at the exact moment a hard set is about to begin. Mistakes are inevitable and they happen to the best of us. However, there are seven so-called “mistakes” that should never be made, no matter the circumstances. These mistakes can only be referred to as the Seven Sins of Swimming. Read...

From the Swimming World website... By LILLIAN NELSON Whether you are 13 years old and just growing into your body, or 20 years old and reshaping your body with college swimming, this sport really forces you to be aware of your own presence. I cannot speak on behalf of our male counterparts in the sport, but growing up as a female swimmer, I can fully relate to the feeling of exposure swimming induces. When you are wearing a swimsuit in public for a few hours every day, it can feel...

From the SwimSwam website... Courtesy: American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Congratulation to King Aquatic Club (KING) coach Alex Nowjack for being named one of the 2025 Top 25 Age Group Coaches of the Year for small teams (less than 199 swimmers) divison. The results were compiled using a dataset provided by USA Swimming’s data scientists of swimmers ages 10-14 with qualifying time standards from the 2024 Long Course season and 2024-25 Short Course season. Coaches of record were collected for swimmers who achieved these times to populate the 2025 Top...