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USA Swimming Announces 2025 Domestic Schedule

USA Swimming will hold the 2025 Open Water National and Junior National Championships April 4-6 in Sarasota, Florida, while Indianapolis will host the 2025 National Championships, June 3-7 and the U.S. Open will take place December 3-6 in Austin, Texas. The 2025 event schedule also features Open Water Nationals and Junior Nationals, Speedo Winter Juniors, […]

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KC Session
The session "Breaking New Ground — The First Women’s Professional Sports Venue" included KC Current General Manager Stefanie Tomlin (center) and Derek Byrne, director of Content Strategy at Visit KC (right). Jared Wickerham photo

TEAMS ’24 Highlights Women’s Sports Movement in Kansas City

In a year when women’s sports have had a breakthrough, one project stands out above the rest. Earlier this year, the KC Current of the National Women’s Soccer League opened the first stadium in the world devoted to a professional women’s sports team. In this session, hear from team and destination leaders on how the […]

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2024 SportsTravel Awards
Winners for the 2024 SportsTravel Awards were recognized at the TEAMS Conference at the Anaheim Convention Center on Wednesday in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jared Wickerham)
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Winners of 2024 SportsTravel Awards Announced at TEAMS ’24

The Northstar Meetings Group announced the winners of the 2024 SportsTravel Awards during the TEAMS ’24 Conference & Expo in Anaheim, California, honoring the best events, venue and host city in the sports-event industry. TEAMS: Travel, Events And Management in Sports, is the world’s largest gathering of event organizers and travel planners from the sports […]

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US Swim Trials 2024
Tim Hinchey III, president and CEO of USA Swimming, speaks during a 2022 news conference in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

USA Swimming, CEO Tim Hinchey Parting Ways

Tim Hinchey will leave USA Swimming after seven years as chief executive officer in which the national governing body made strides on the business side and established new programs to counter sex abuse in the sport. USA Swimming Chief Operating Officer Shana Ferguson will take over as chief executive officer on an interim basis. Hinchey’s […]

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Tim Hinchey in Paris

Q&A: USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey on the Paris Olympics

PARIS — The last time I had the chance to interview USA Swimming President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Hinchey in person, it was during eight hours of quarantine together at Narita Airport in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Summer Games. Three years after those pandemic-era Games, I had the opportunity to catch up with […]

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Paris 2024 USOPC
USOPC top leadership at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games includes Board Chair Gene Sykes, CEO Sarah Hirshland, Chief of Sport Rocky Harris, Chief Security Officer Nicole Deal and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jonathan Finnoff. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

USOPC Leadership Not Concerned over Salt Lake Host Contract Clause

PARIS — The elation of having the Olympic Winter Games return in 2034 to Salt Lake City and the United States on Wednesday was tempered by a dispute involving doping that led to an unusual clause put into the Host City Contract, one that the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee tried to downplay on […]

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Emma Weyant
Emma Weyant poses with her silver medal on the podium for the women's 400-meter Individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Visit Sarasota County Inks NIL Deal with Olympic Medalist Emma Weyant

Visit Sarasota County in Florida has announced a Name, Image and Likeness deal with Emma Weyant, a Sarasota native and Olympic silver medalist swimmer at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. Weyant, who is between her junior and senior seasons at the University of Florida, will be competing for USA Swimming in the 400-meter individual medley […]

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USA Swimming Teams with Indy Parks and Recreation on New Event

USA Swimming and Indy Parks and Recreation have teamed up to host a four-day swim meet this week at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis. The National Parks and Recreation Championship, presented by Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, is the first USA Swimming-sanctioned national competition for parks and community swim clubs across the United States. Swimmers […]

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Lucas Oil Stadium Trials Setup
The U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the first time the Trials have been held in an NFL stadium. Rendering courtesy Indiana Sports Corp

Why USA Swimming Put a Pool in Lucas Oil Stadium for the Olympic Trials

Indianapolis has been the location for several firsts within the sports-event industry. It was the first Super Bowl host to organize a Fan Village in 2012, something the NFL now requires of any future host. It was the first city to host an entire NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. And this summer, Indianapolis will host the […]

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