INDIANAPOLIS — Not all world records are equal. They might seem like they’d all be uniformly awesome in an uncomplicated way, but they don’t all feel like it. Not to Regan Smith, at least. Five years ...

Drama surrounded the men’s 200-meter backstroke at Paris La Defense Arena Wednesday when one swimmer was disqualified and another was missing from the event. Great Britain’s Luke Greenbank touched the ...

PARIS, France — Four-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy secured a spot in the men's 100-meter backstroke finals at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Murphy, who attended The Bolles School in ...

The 2025 IHSAA girls swimming season has begun! IndyStar is providing you with an opportunity to honor the top swimmers in Central Indiana with our latest fan poll! Vote on who you believe will be ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Team USA's Katharine Berkoff, of Missoula, takes home the bronze in the 100m backstroke in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Teammate Regan Smith got second and will take home the silver.

Thomas Ceccon has held the world record in the men's 100 back since 2017, but Pieter Coetze, Miron Lifintsev & Ceccon all ...

Cal alumni Ryan Murphy kept alive his hopes of winning an Olympic gold-medal in the 100-meter backstroke, but he barely made it and had some anxious moments before he knew he would participate in ...

Nearly a decade separates the ages of former Cal swimmer Ryan Murphy and Golden Bears freshman Keaton Jones, but they looked similar on Thursday night in the U.S. swimming Olympic Trials in ...

Regan Smith set another 100m backstroke world record on Friday at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Incheon, South Korea. The 22-year-old Smith set the short-course mark with a time of 54.41 ...

To no one's surprise, Ryan Murphy won the men's 200-meter backstroke event on day six of the U.S. trials. Murphy placed first with a time of 1:54.33, surpassing Keaton Jones by 28 seconds, who claimed ...

Three-time Olympic medalist Regan Smith set a new world record in the women’s 100-meter backstroke Tuesday night with a time of 57.13 seconds at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. The ...

The backstroke events have always been a strength of the United States. There was a time (1996-2016) when American men captured six consecutive Olympic gold medals in both the 100-meter backstroke and ...