Articles by Anne Lepesant

Camille Lacourt Pulls out of Euros Due to Inflammation of the Hip Flexor

Camille Lacourt announced on Sunday, August 3 that he would be withdrawing from European Championships due to inflammation in his hip.

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Abbey Weitzeil of Canyons Ties 50 Free NAG in Time Trials at Juniors

Abbey Weitzeil went a smoking 25.00 time-trialing the 50 free at Juniors on Saturday to tie Kara Lynn Joyce’s national age group record for 17-18 year-old girls.

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INTERVIEW: Sergio Lopez-Miro Talks Commonwealth Games, Discusses Status of Bolles Program

Bolles’ Sergio Lopez-Miro, himself a former Olympic medalist, discusses the latest success of his swimmers at the Bolles School, and gives his assessment of where they are as a program.

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Women’s 800 Meter Freestyle – US Nationals Preview – Ledecky Yes, But Who’s Next?

Katie Ledecky is the runaway favorite to win the women’s 800 at Nationals, but who will come in second?

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Irvine NovAquatics’ 13-14 Boys Reclaim Their 800 Free Relay NAG

Irvine NovAquatics boys 13-14 free relay broke their second national age group record of the day with a 7:58.03 in the 800 free relay.

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Irvine NovAquatics’ 13-14 Boys Destroy NAG in 400 Free Relay

The Irvine NovAquatics boys 13-14 400 free relay of Owen Kao, Justin Nguyen, Andrew Koustik, and Hunter Hitchens went 3:37.77 to break the national age group record on July 27.

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Columbia Women’s Swimming and Diving Welcomes 10 Into Class of 2018

Columbia’s acting head coach Michael Sabala announced the six swimmers and four divers who will make up the class of 2018.

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Columbia Men’s Swimming and Diving Announces 10 Swimmers, 1 Diver for Incoming Freshman Class

Columbia head men’s coach Jim Bolster has assembled a class of 11 to do battle for the Lions in the upcoming 2014-15 season.

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Princeton Women’s Swimming and Diving Head Coach Susan Teeter Elected President of CSCAA

Princeton University’s Susan Teeter will begin a two-year stint as President of College Swimming Coaches Association of America this fall.

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Ethan Dang Crushes His Own Boys 11-12 200 Breast NAG, Set Two Weeks Ago

Ethan Dang lowered his own record in the boys 11-12 200 breast by 1.13 seconds.

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SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/23/2014

As we move further into championship season the times are getting faster and faster. See who caught our eye for the weekend of July 18-20, 2014.

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Women’s 200 Meter Individual Medley – US Nationals Preview – The Usual Suspects

Maya DiRado is our top pick for the women’s 200 IM at 2014 Nationals.

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Race Video: Men’s 200 IM Final at LA Invite – Meet Record for Justin James

Justin James of Australia won the men’s 200 IM at LA Invite with a meet record of 2:00.49.

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Race Video: Women’s 200 Free Final at LA Invite – Missy Franklin 1:58.38

Missy Franklin won her second event, the women’s 200 free, on Day Four at Los Angeles Invitational. Watch her fend off a strong last 50 from Australia’s Kylie Palmer.

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Race Video: Men’s 100 Back Final at LA Invite – Matt Grevers with Meet Record 54.00

Matt Grevers and Ashley Delaney both dipped under the meet record of 54.05, set by Cal’s Ryan Murphy in prelims, with 54.00 and 54.03, respectively.

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