Articles by Ben Dornan

Evergreen Girls Take 2022 Colorado High School 3A State Title

Evergreen High School collected its fourth straight team title at the 2022 Colorado High School Activities Association Championships.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Let The Championships Week Begin

We are back with your weekly dose of swimming’s TopTenTweets, where we round up the best of this week’s swimming Twitterverse.

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Watch Dressel Swim 49.72 100 Freestyle, Hinds A 54.70 At Sectionals

Olympians Dressel and Hinds time trialed the 100 freestyle at Sectionals on Saturday before heading back to Gainesville.

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Katie Ledecky Closes Out Sectionals With a 15:40.63 1500 Freestyle

In her 5th event of the meet, Ledecky got within 4 seconds of her Olympic gold medal-winning 1500 freestyle time with a 15:40.63.

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2022 Southern Zone Sectionals: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Follow along here for live coverage of the fourth and final night of competition at the 2022 Southern Zone South Sectionals.

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Michael Andrew Swims 2:20.81 200 Breast Prelim On Final Day Of Sectionals

Andrew qualified for the final in third place with a 2:20.81, which is roughly 9 seconds slower than his 2021 PB of 2:11.32.

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2022 Southern Zone South Sectionals: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Follow along as Natalie Hinds contests the 50 free Katie Ledecky the 400 free, and the trio of Dressel, Fratus, and Andrew battle it out in the 50.

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Fratus, Andrew, And Dressel Set For Battle In Men’s 50 Freestyle At Sectionals

Three of the four fastest men in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic final are set to compete in the men’s 50 freestyle final at Sectionals.

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Watch Caeleb Dressel And Michael Andrew Go Head-To-Head In The 50 Fly

Check out race footage of the Caeleb Dressel v Michael Andrew 50 butterfly from night one of the Southern Zone Sectionals.

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Ledecky Hits 1:56.09 200 Free / 4:40.92 400 IM Prelim Swims At Sectionals

Ledecky threw down a field-leading time of 1:56.09 in the 200 freestyle prelims, getting within a second of the time she swam in Tokyo.

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Katie Ledecky Hits 8:11.83 Negative Split 800 Freestyle, Faster Than Tokyo

Florida-trained Ledecky has emerged in full force, throwing down an 8:11.83 800 freestyle in Orlando, beating her recent Olympic gold medal-winning swim.

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2022 Southern Zone South Sectionals: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Caeleb Dressel, Natalie Hinds, and Michael Andrew are among those racing tonight at the Southern Zone South Sectionals sprint session.

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TopTenTweets Special Edition: Erica Sullivan’s Third Annual Oscars Thread

Olympian Erica Sullivan provides her yearly reminder of the many similarities between elite swimming and the Academy Awards.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: The World Reacts To Budapest 2022

Did you know that Lilly King set a total of 4 world records the last time the World Championships took place in Budapest?

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Federica Pellegrini Awards Men’s Super-G Medals At Beijing 2022 Games

Two-time Olympic medalist in the 200 freestyle Federica Pellegrini took part in a medal ceremony at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.

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