Articles by Braden Keith

Ruslan Gaziev Scratches Again as #2 Seed in 200 Free on Friday (PSS Ft Lauderdale)

Ruslan Gaziev is swimming well in prelims at this week’s Pro Swim Series, but so far he’s been skipping out on finals swims.

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NCAA D3 School Minnesota-Morris Is Adding Men’s Swimming Next Season

Minnesota-Morris already has a women’s swimming & diving team, but will add a men’s program this fall.

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Pitt’s Cooper van der Laan Hits NCAA “A” Cut in 100 Breaststroke in American SC Prelims

Pitt 5th year Cooper van der Laan, who finished 8th at NCAAs in 2021, is now ranked 8th in the NCAA this season in the 100 breaststroke.

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NC State Now Has 5 Swimmers Under 45 Seconds in the 100 Fly (UNC Last Chance Prelims)

Luke Miller knocked half-a-second off his lifetime best and jumped to #4 in the NCAA so far this season in the 100 fly on Friday morning.

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Siobhan Haughey Smacks Hong Kong Record in 400 Free; Almost Gets Another in a Time Trial

Siobhan Haughey crushed her own Hong Kong Record in the 400 free, and came very close to another record – in an event she’s not really known for.

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Jillian Cox Swims 9:27 in the 1000 Free; Morgan Scott Appears in Texas Ford Cap

There were only six races on night 1 of the 2023 College Station Short Course Sectional Championships, but there was a lot of action in a compact schedule.

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Ilya Kharun Crushes Canadian Record in 200 Fly By Almost 2 Seconds

18-year-old Ilya Kharun swam a 1:54.49 in the 200 fly on Thursday evening, which ranks him 2nd in the world so far this season.

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Denver Commit Tenaya Winter Drops 12 Seconds to Win 1000 Free at Novato Sectionals

The 2023 CA/NV Sectionals have been split in half; the Northern half kicked off Thursday in Novato, California, with distance races.

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Kaii Winkler Breaks US 15-16 Age Group Record in the 100 Free, Top American This Season

Kaii Winkler (seen at the 2022 Jr Pan Pac Championships) is now the fastest American 15-16 in history in the 100 meter free.

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Arizona State Gets a 2nd Pac-12 Record on Wednesday Night, in the 800 Free Relay

Leon Marchand swam a nation-leading time in the 200 free as Arizona State got their 2nd Pac-12 Conference Record of the session on Wednesday evening.

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Arizona State Ties Pac-12 Record in 200 Medley Relay; Cal & Stanford DQed

The Arizona State 200 medley relay tied Cal’s Pac-12 record on Wednesday to open the 2023 Pac-12 Swimming & Diving Championships.

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Sergio Lopez Gets a Big Raise; Guaranteed Assistant Pay Pool and Operating Budgets

Virginia Tech head Sergio Lopez’s new contract will shift the paradigm for collegiate coaches across the country with modernized languages about budgets and assistant coach salaries.

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What Will Leon Marchand Swim at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships? (PSYCH SHEET DROP)

Arizona State’s Leon Marchand has the fastest time in the Pac-12 this season in six different events. Which three will he pick this week in Federal Way?

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Southern Illinois Freshman Ruard van Renen Pops 44.89 100 Yard Back in MAC Time Trial

A Southern Illinois freshman has stamped his ticket to the NCAA Championships, the team’s first qualifier for nationals since 2005.

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Boulder Swim Team Hires Jordan Brown as New Head Coach

Jordan Brown’s previous stop was at Ensworth Aquatics in Nashville, Tennessee, including the last two years as senior assistant coach.

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