As the swimming’s final session at the Commonwealth Games began, all eyes were on 22-year-old South African Pieter Coetze. Already the gold medalist in the 50 and 200 backstroke, Coetze was aiming to ...

McCallie junior swimmer Collin Holgerson set the swimming world abuzz this past weekend at the U.S. Junior Nationals in Indianapolis by recording the fastest high school backstroke in history.

The past year has seen a huge surge in speed in the men’s 100-yard backstroke after the event was essentially stagnant for nine years. A lone, almost-fluky relay leadoff in 2022 was the only time ...