Articles by Annika Johnson

Daniel Diehl Sets New 13-14 NAG Record in 200 Yard Free (Race Video)

Summer Juniors qualifier Daniel Diehl swam the all-time top 13-14 boys 200 free in the country, breaking Destin Lasco’s National Age Group record from 2016.

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29 Transfers: The Result of ECU Cutting Swim and Dive Team

When East Carolina University cut their swim and dive team they promised to honor all scholarships for students who chose to stay. So far 29 have transferred.

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Jonas Deichmann Begins World’s Longest Triathlon

Jonas Deichmann (above) has embarked on an estimated 40,000km, 12-month-long triathlon that circumnavigates the world. The current record is less than 7,000km

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U.S. National Teamer Claire Curzan Lowers 50 Free Time

On Day 1 of TAC Titans’ meet, U.S. National Team members Claire Curzan (above) and Charlotte Hook raced alongside ISL team members and age group powerhouses.

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Scholarship Fund Honors Mumper Family After Their Deaths

The Mumper Family Fund will honor the lives of Jakob Mumper (left), his sister Emma, and his mother Greta, after they were killed in early September.

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Motion For Simple Majority Vote to Allow Formation of New LSCs is Denied

Orange County’s desire to form an independent LSC hit another obstacle today when the House of Delegates retained that a two-thirds majority vote is required.

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Katie Meili and Kathleen Fish Elected To The USA Swimming Board of Directors

At USA Swimming’s Virtual Convention, Kathleen Fisher was voted the Board’s new At-Large Director and Katie Meili was named their new Athlete Representative.

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17-Year Old Jackson Stallworth Swims 56.87 100M Fly, Ranks #12 in Texas

Winter Juniors qualifier Jackson Stallworth was a dominant swimmer at the Waterloo Invite, dropping 1.51 seconds in his 100 fly for a total of 3 event wins.

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Jason York Appointed Head Coach Of San Clemente Aquatics

Jason York, former head coach of BSC, will be replacing San Clemente’s former head coach, Goran Westerlund, who announced his retirement in late August.

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15-Year-Old Tess Howley Swims Sub-50 Second 100 Free

Barriers were broken over the weekend at the Freedom Pool in NY where National Junior Team member Tess Howley (above) went 6-6 and lowered her 100 free time.

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Futures Finalist Kadin Denner Verbals to Cal State Bakersfield

Kadin Denner, a Futures-level breastroker, IM’er, and distance swimmer, has joined the class of 2021 California State University, Bakersfield verbal commits.

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Tim Connery Goes 3 For 3 At SwimMAC Intrasquad After Verbal To Texas

SwimMAC held their third sanctioned swim meet post-quarantine over the weekend. Tim Connery, the #4 recruit in his class, finished the meet with 3 event wins.

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Mission Viejo’s Joey Gracia Named Head Coach at Kentucky Aquatics

Joey Gracia discusses his mid-pandemic move to Kentucky Aquatics as their new head coach and “starting from scratch” with his athletes post-quarantine.

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Dartmouth Class of ‘74 Alumni Completes 15 Mile Swim To Raise Pledges for DCSD

The Big Green community gathered together for Jim Bayles’ (68) open water swim which was dedicated to raising pledges for the recently cut swim and dive team.

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Eastern Michigan Hall of Fame Swimmer Jay Jones, 59, Has Died

Dr. Jay Jones, a 5-time individual MAC champion at Eastern Michigan University, died at age 59. He was inducted into the EMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992.

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