Articles by Annika Johnson

Han Blasts 4:16 400 Meter Free in Roseville, #47 All-Time in 13-14 Age Group

Recently aged-up Kayla Han’s previous lifetime best time of 4:17 set the 11-12 National Age Group record in May. Now she is already #47 in the 13-14 age group

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: Dressel on World Record Watch in M 50 FR

Caeleb Dressel has led the world rankings of the 50m free for the past three seasons. He matched his lifetime best time of 21.04 at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

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Florida’s Talia Bates Highlights Florida Sectionals With 25.66 50 Meter Free

Florida rising senior Talia Bates won all six events she swam and posted a lifetime best 50 free time of25.66, taking .07 off her previous best from 2018.

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CAS Opens Legal and Anti-Doping Field Offices in Tokyo For 2020 Olympic Games 

The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) anti-doping office played a huge role at the 2016 Olympics where multiple swimmers had recent positive test results.

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Two Russian Olympic Swimmers Provisionally Suspended for Doping Violations

Aleksandr Kudashev was scheduled to swim the 200 fly and Veronika Andrusenko (above) was set to swim the 200 free at the Tokyo Olympics in less than two weeks

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AAU Opens Applications For National Team, Will Compete in Serbia and China

The Amateur Athletic Union has opened applications for their U.S. National Team which will compete in Serbia and China in the fall. The deadline is July 28.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Previews: King vs Efimova Again in the 100 Breast

World Record holder King of the USA and Russia’s Efimova placed 1-2 in the 100 breast at the Rio Olympics. They hold the fastest 100m breast times since 2016.

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NC Swim Coach Jeremy Gregory Given Interim Suspension For SafeSport Allegation

Jeremy Gregory, a two-time North Carolina Coach of the Year award recipient, was issued an interim suspension from the U.S. Center for SafeSport on July 6th.

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More Swimmers Beat Their Seed Times at U.S. Olympic Trials in 2020 Than in 2016

29.6% of times were faster than entry times at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II while in 2016 this number was 26.1% for the top 40 seeds in each event.

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Great Britain’s Golden Generation of Sprinters Grows by One on Thursday in Rome

18-year-old Edward Mildred won silver in the 100 free at the European Junior Championships (48.77), adding to Great Britain’s arsenal of young sprinters.

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2021 European Junior Championships Day 3 Finals Live Recap

The 7 finals on day 3 include the men’s 100 free where Popovici has one more shot to outdo his relay leadoff time of 47.56 that set a new World Junior record.

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Jovan Lekic and Lana Pudar Break Bosnian National Records at Euro Juniors

Jovan Lekic (left) won silver in the 1500 free final on Thursday, breaking his own Bosnian and Herzegovinian National record from Wednesday by 4 seconds.

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2021 European Junior Championships Day 2 Finals Live Recap

16-year-old David Popovici broke the World Junior record in the 100 free on a relay split Tuesday. He is the top seed in the men’s 100 free semifinal today.

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Scottsdale Aquatic Club Names Andrew Nguyen As New Head Coach

Bellevue Club Swim Team head coach Andrew Nguyen has accepted the head coaching position at Scottsdale Aquatic Club, filling the former role of Kevin Zacher.

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CSCAA Announces 2021 Scholar All-American Individual Awards

Kentucky led all DIvision I women’s teams with 12 first-team selections and Texas led all Division I men’s teams with 14 first team selections.

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