Articles by Amanda Smith

Simone Manuel Breaks 100 Freestyle American Record at NASA Junior National Championship Cup

Simone Manuel went 46.83 in prelims at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup to break the American Record in the 100 yard freestyle.

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2014 M. NCAA Championships: Texas Relay Exchanges

Texas has been displaying a bit of a different relay pick-up here in Austin, Texas on the NCAA Championships.

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2014 M. NCAA Championships: Day One Quotes

Quotes from Tyler Messerschmidt, Christian Quintero, Marcin Cieslak, Brandy Tandy, Kristian Gkolomeev, Ryan Murphy, Seth Stubblefield, Matt Scoggin, Michael Hixon & Eddie Reese

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2014 NCAA W. Picks: Is a 56 100 Breaststroke Possible?

Breeja Larson is the two-time defending champion in this event; she just set the NCAA record at SECs, how much faster can she get?

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2014 NCSA Junior Nationals: Day 1 Full Recap

NCSA Junior begin today, and will coincide with NCAA, as it runs through Saturday; NCAP and Dynamo both have great nights to kick off the meet.

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2014 W. NCAA Picks: Cal Looking to End Georgia’s 200 Freestyle 4-Year Streak With Franklin

The finals of the 200 freestyle this weekend could feature the key legs from the big stage 800 freestyle relay legs from the Olympics and World Championships.

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Division II Nationals Day 4 Prelims Report

The final day of competition is underway at SPIRE — setting up for a good chase for the women’s title, and the men of Drury in grasp of theirs tonight.

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2014 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Prelims Real-Time Recaps

Cal sophomore Jacob Pebley comes into prelims of the men’s 200 back as the top seed at the 2014 Men’s Pac-12 Championships, but David Nolan and Ryan Murphy won’t let him have that title without a fight.

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Tennessee Aquatics’ Southern Premier Meet: Day One Full Recap

University of Tennessee’s state of the art facility is hosting Tennessee Aquatics’ Southern Premier meet this weekend.

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University of Southern California’s Jack Wagner: No Fears

Read senior captain Jack Wagner’s moving story as he finishes his final few weeks as a collegiate swimmer at USC.

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Paralympic Medals to Include Event Names in Braille

Pictured are the 2014 Sochi medals, which will feature braille for the Paralympic athletes.

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Reunited: Ohio Swimmer Gets a Special Surprise From Military Father Before Race

Alyssa Haidet of the Westerville Aquatic Club stepped behind the blocks for her 200 breaststroke swim on Saturday evening at the Tim Myers Ohio Senior Championship at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio just looking for a good swim. She hadn’t, afterall, been a best time in the 200 breaststroke in two years.

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2014 Pac-12 Women’s Championships: Final Day Real-Time Recaps

Arizona’s Margo Geer is the defending NCAA Champion, and it’s she, not Missy Franklin, who’s in control going into the women’s 100 free final.

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Bosch Breaks Big Ten Record in 200 Fly, Dances with 1:39 in Prelims at Big Tens

Michigan is comfortably in the lead turning into the final day of competition. Connor Jaeger will swim his final B1G race tonight in the finals of the 1650 freestyle.

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2014 ACC Men Prelims Day 4: Real-Time Recaps

Virginia Tech has moved into the final day of competition at ACCs.

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