Articles by Braden Keith

Bootsma Breaks Pan Ams Record, Cielo Ties Van den Hoogenband on Day 2 at Pan Ams

The Brazilian men had a great day of competition, to sweep the three finals, as did the American women, who…

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Anthony Ervin Caps Pacific Masters Champs with Stellar 50 Free Effort, National Record

Yesterday, comeback Olympic Champion Anthony Ervin looked a touch slow in his 100 freestyle at the Pacific Short Course Meters Championships….

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2011 Pan Ams Day 2 Finals Preview: Liz Pelton Seeks to Lower Meet Record (Live Video Link)

American Liz Pelton wow’ed the crowd in the day 2 prelims session from Guadalajara, Mexico when she broke the 3rd-oldest Games…

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Pac-12 Roundup: Edwards Beats Nolan Twice as Stanford Wins UoP Invitational

Cal Men 154, Hawaii 135 The Cal men welcomed in defending Conference USA Hawaii on Thursday evening and though the…

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Americans Win 4 of 5 Golds on Day 1 at Pan Am Games

The American contingent scored 4 gold medals, and the maximum possible 9 medals, on the first day of the 2011…

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Anthony Ervin Post 51.67 at Pacific Masters Championships

During today’s Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships, we got another look at the comeback potential of 2000 Olympic gold…

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Big East Sends Invites to 5, Including Two New Swim Programs

Thus far, we’ve tried to do a pretty good job of keeping up with all of the changes to the…

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In Briefs: Anthony Ervin Continues Comeback Attempt at Pacific Masters SCM Championships

Word from the deck in Berkeley, California, where former Olympic Champion Anthony Ervin has been training, is that his comeback…

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Top-30 Recruit Rachel Moore Chooses Virginia

The recruiting of the Virginia women’s program is really heating up, with the latest signing being collegeswimming.com’s 30th-ranked recruit, Rachel…

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UCLA Scores Top Recruit Out of Washington State

There is a whole lot of recruiting competition in the State of California. Last year, the Sunishine State was home…

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Off the Deep End: Ohio Bobcats Have a Feeling…That Tonight's Gonna be a Good Night

When the Ohio State women’s swim team dropped their interpretation of AC/DC’s “TNT,” I was able to successfully incite a little bit…

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Jr. Nats Runner-Up Amanda Carner Picks Tennessee

Tennessee women’s coach Matt Kredich landed his 2nd big recruit in as many days. After the announcement yesterday that the…

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1:01 Breaststroker Romy Landeck Verbals to Texas A&M

Nationwide, the recruiting class of 2012 is not all that deep in breaststrokers. One of the best available, however, is…

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Handicapping the 2011 Golden Goggles Nominees

It’s hard to believe it’s that time again, but USA Swimming Foundation is gearing up for another edition of the Golden…

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Michael Phelps Beats Jimmy Fallon by a Touch!

Yesterday we reported about the release of Michael Phelps’ new video game for XBox 360 called “Michael Phelps: Push the…

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