Articles by Braden Keith

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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Leverenz Moves to 10th on All-Time List in 200 IM at 2011 Winter Nationals

Tonight was the first evening, of three, at the 2011 USA Swimming Winter Long Course National Championships, and things were…

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Arizona's Barber Scorches 4:16 in 500 in Fast Morning Session at Texas Invite

We usually don’t make a habit of recapping prelims sessions of college invites, but with the times being thrown down…

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Annie Fittin to Represent Maryland in 50 Free A-Final at Winter Nationals

The French came out hot in the first session of the 2011 USA Swimming Winter National Championships, held in Atlanta,…

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Against the Tide Promo: The Greatest Music Video You Will Ever Watch

Today, Ed Moses and crew dropped the promotional music video for his upcoming “Against the Tide” documentary with the fully…

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Chris Ritter: The Art of Training "Inside the Box"

Chris Ritter is a former college swimmer at Cal State-Bakersfield, and is the founder of RITTER Sports Performance. He has…

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