Every Friday, USASwimming.org will publish “Coaches You Should Know,” featuring some of the best age group and grassroots coaches in the nation. This week, we bring you ASCA's 2012 Alaska Age Group Coach of the Year, Scott Griffith.

Open Letter from Chuck Wielgus on Rick Curl Sentencing

The Novaquatics Speedo Grand Challenge will take place May 24-26 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Complex in Irvine, Calif. The event will be webcast live on our dedicated page.

“Greatest Show on Earth?” Isn’t that the circus? Or what the USA Olympic Trials have moved toward? But if you go back another half century or so, there is Robert John Herman Kiphuth—a remarkable man, and showman, that lived such an amazing life that this column could be devoted to tell his story weekly and go on for many months.

Even though she and her family have been back in the United States since early May, in many ways, Mary DeScenza Mohler’s heart is still in Japan.

Erica Rose knows preparation. World champion in the 5k by age 15, Rose has been one of the most dominant open water marathon swimmers in the past fifteen years.

The final stop of USA Swimming’s 2012-13 Arena Grand Prix Series – the May 30-June 2 Arena Grand Prix at Santa Clara – will feature a star-studded field including Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), as well as a number of Northern California-based standouts, competing at the George F. Haines International Swim Center.

USA Swimming and Michael Phelps Swim Spas by Master Spas have teamed up to launch a video contest entitled “Go After Your Goals.” To enter, club swim coaches and team members should work together to create a video -- no longer than 2 minutes -- demonstrating their club’s dedication to setting and achieving goals and their passion for the sport of swimming.