While both breaststroke winners from last year's national meet have graduated, Hubert Kos returns to continue his backstroke ...

The United States women were dominant in the backstroke events during 2025, taking 17 of the 30 top-10 positions.

The medley relay features teams of four, where each team member swims a different stroke. Teams are usually comprised of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Kaylee McKeown pulled off her second successful title defense in Paris on Friday night in the women's 200-meter backstroke. The Australian, who also repeated in the 100-meter backstroke, set an ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: NANTERRE, France (AP) — Anastasia Gorbenko considers herself caught between two world conflicts. She’s an Israeli Olympic swimmer with ...