Articles by Braden Keith

Sarah Sjostrom Breaks National Record, Textile Best in 100 Free

At the Dutch Open National Championships in Eindhoven this past weekend, which serves as the first Olympic qualifier for the…

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Hansen Has Best 200 Breast Swim of Return on Final Night of Winter Nationals

Women’s 200 Breast The women’s 200 breaststroke was the highlight swim of the night, though not because of it’s competitive…

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Leverenz Breaks Two School Records After Trekking East to Georgia Invite

After swimming two great IM’s to win long course National Titles on the first two days of Winter Nationals in…

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Hosszu Breaks Pool Record in 200 Fly; Chitwood Breaks School Record in 200 Back at Texas Invite

The final night at the 2011 Texas Hall of Fame Invitational, more commonly referred to as the “Texas Invite,” kicked…

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Natalie Coughlin Rocks Georgia Invite Prelims

American superstar Natalie Coughlin opted out of the USA Swimming National Championships in Atlanta this weekend, but strangely chose to race…

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Incarnate Word’s Thiago Parravicini Breaks Division 2 Record in 200 Breast

While Arizona’s Kevin Cordes was breaking National Age Group records in the prelims session of the Texas Invite on Friday,…

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Kevin Cordes Breaks Another NAG Record in Austin in 200 Breaststroke

In the last two days, across the country, we’ve seen now three National Age Group Records go down, with the…

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Night 2 of Texas Invite Sees Auto Cuts in All 8 Individual Races, Hosszu 3:58 in 400 IM

As action cooled off a bit on day 2 of the USA Swimming Winter National Championships in Atlanta, the performances…

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Soni Drops 1:05 in 100 Breaststroke to Claim World's Top-8 Times

Night 2 is in the books at the USA Swimming Winter Nationals, and though there were strong swims, the 2nd…

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Amber McDermott Blasts 4:34.5, Freshman Record, in 500 Free at Georgia Invitational

There is something in the water this year at the college level. Swimmers are having an unprecedented level of early-season…

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Kevin Cordes Smashes 17-18 National Age Group Record

As we reported earlier today, Arizona freshman Kevin Cordes swam one of the all-time great 100 yard breaststrokes when he went…

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Cordes Marks 51.7 in 100 Breast Prelims, 5th-Best All-Time at Texas Invite

The Texas Invitational is the fastest meet in the country right now this side of Atlanta. Heck, this meet might…

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Italian National Swimmer Catalano Suspended for Positive Drug Test

FINA has announced a drug-test suspension against Italian swimmer Enrico Catalano for a positive test for THC metabolites (which is indicative of marijuana…

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Liz Pelton Breaks National Age Group Record in 200 IM

On the women’s side, 17-18 National Age Group Records have gotten to a ridiculous level. There have been so many…

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Hosszu Goes #2 All-Time Mark in 200 IM at Texas Invitational

The morning on day 1 at the 2011 Texas Invitational, swum in a 25-yard course, was incredibly fast. If the…

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