Articles by Garrett McCaffrey

Last Dress Rehearsals before Trials

Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin will be in Austin, while Kosuke Kitajima and Stephanie Rice will be in Santa Clara. Some of the biggest names from this summer’s games are in action this weekend. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Rapid Recap of a Wild Weekend

Garrett McCaffrey gets you caught up on European Championships, Mel Zajac Invitational, Japan Open, and The Speedo Grand Challenge. (Photo Courtesy: ©TIm Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Anthony Ervin tuning up for Trials

Garrett talks to Tony about his training trip in Colorado Springs and his goals going into Omaha. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning, theswimpictures.com)

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Coaching a 15 year old Phenom

Curl-Burke’s Yuri Suguiyama sits down with Garrett McCaffrey to talk about his superstar swimmer Katie Ledecky who, at 15, could be the youngest member of the 2012 US Olympic Team. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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17 year old Gregorio Paltrinieri going the distance at Euro Champs

Garrett recaps day 3 from Debrecen, plus some college swimming news and more love for swimming on NBC.

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Day One from Debrecen

Katinka Hosszu stole the show on the first day from European Championships. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Coaching Chaos

This could be the craziest stretch of coaching changes that we’ve ever seen. And it’s not done yet…

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Roric Fink is the new assistant at Texas

There were two big coaching announcements in Austin today. Fink on his way in as Doug Rusk is on his way out…

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A Happy Homecoming for Ricky Berens

Give Garrett 5 minutes and he’ll catch you up on everything you need to know from the Charlotte UltraSwim, German Olympic Trials, and the CIF Central Coast High School Championships. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)

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Phelps Wraps up GP Career on Saturday in Charlotte

On night 3 of the Ultraswim we saw a top 2012 time from Rebecca Soni and a coming out party for Katie Ledecky. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)

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Garrett Reports: Weekend Edition, SwimSwam News

A new coach in Tuscaloosa, and a rapid recap of CIF Champs, German Trials, and the Charlotte UltraSwim. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)

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The Ultra Quick Ultraswim Preview

Garrett attempts to give you what you want to know about the 2012 Ultraswim in less than a minute. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)

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Dealing with an Overcrowded Omaha

USA Swimming has made some changes in the format at Olympic Trials. Garrett McCaffrey tells you about it and everything else that happened in the sport of swimming this past weekend.

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Beating the Summer Sun, Ryan Cochrane

Ryan says Sun Yang is beatable this summer. (Photo Courtesy © Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)

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Sad Stretch for Swimming

With the deaths of Alexander Dale Oen and Ron Ballatore coming just 4 days apart, it’s been a rough week for swim fans.

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